AKA: Colpi di luce, Neon Killer Director: Enzo G. Castellari Starring: Erik Estrada, Thomas Moore (Ennio Girolami), Michael Pritchard, Peggy Rowe, Bob Taylor Music: Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis “It’s maggots like you that make me like my job!” Light Blast is a trashy B-grade cop thriller starring Erik Estrada who was swept [...]
16Feb11
Light Blast (1985)
9Feb11
Do Aur Do Paanch
Country: India Director: Rakesh Kumar Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Lalita Pawar Music: Rajesh Roshan – Lyrics by Anjaan If like me, you’re taking your first tentative steps into an understanding and appreciation of Bollywood film then I guess looking at the films of superstar Amitabh Bachchan is a good place [...]
9Feb11
Satanik (1968)
Director: Piero Vivarelli Starring: Magda Konopka, Julio Pena, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini, Armando Calvo Music: Manuel Parada Because of the marketing of this movie, a masked girl in a black or red catsuit, Satanik is often compared to Danger: Diabolik. It’s an unfair comparison because they are totally different styles of film. Satanik is in [...]
8Feb11
Ten Little Indians (1965)
AKA: Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians Director: George Pollock Starring: Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Daliah Lavi, Wilfrid Hyde White, Fabian, Stanley Holloway, Leo Genn, Dennis Price, Mario Adorf, Marianne Hoppe Music: Malcolm Lockyer I am a simple man with simple tastes. And if you put Shirley Eaton and Daliah Lavi together in a movie then [...]
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Christoher Lee, Crime, Daliah Lavi, EuroCrime, Fabian, Hugh O'Brian, Mario Adorph, Shirley Eaton
Tagged Agatha Christie, Christoher Lee, Crime, Daliah Lavi, EuroCrime, Fabian, Hugh O'Brian, Mario Adorph, Shirley Eaton
Author: Lee Goldberg Publisher: Five Star Publishing Published: 2005 2010 has been a good reading year for me. After people have read some of my reviews, and noticed the generally positive slant to them, I get a few comments along the lines of “What, you like every book you read?” Well this is how it [...]
10Nov10
Destruction Force (1977)
Country: Italy Original Title: La Banda del trucido Director: Stelvio Massi Starring: Luc Merenda, Tomas Milian, Elio Zamuto, Franco Citti, Katia Christine, Rosario Borelli Music: Bruno Canfora Destruction Force is another poliziotteschi, and despite the title, there really is no “force” involved. By that I mean, it’s not a tough band of men within the [...]
27Oct10
The Hand of Power (1968)
Country: Germany Original Title: Im Banne des Unheimlichen AKA: The Zombie Walks Director: Alfred Vohrer Starring: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siw (Siv) Mattson, Wolfgang Kieling, Pinkas Braun, Claude Farell, Peter Mosbacher, Siegfried Rauch, Lillemor ‘Lill’ Lindfors Music: Peter Thomas “The Space of Today” Performed by Lillemor ‘Lill’ Lindfors Based on the novel, ‘The Hand Of Power’ by [...]
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Tagged Crime, Edgar Wallace, EuroCrime, Germany, Joachim Fuchsberger, Krimi
Tagged Crime, Edgar Wallace, EuroCrime, Germany, Joachim Fuchsberger, Krimi
22Oct10
Wild Colonial Psychos
Calling themselves ‘The Kings of cut-throat comedy’, Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson and Mark ‘Chopper’ Read are two of Australia’s biggest and most shameless self promoters. Chopper, apart from being a notorious crim has tried his hand at a few other enterprises. Firstly there were the books – at least ten of them. I must admit I [...]
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Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
21Oct10
From Corleone To Brooklyn (1979)
Country: Italy Director: Umberto Lenzi Starring: Maurizio Merli, Van Johnson, Biagio Pelligra, Mario Erola Music: Franco Micalizzi From Corleone To Brooklyn is slightly different to most of Merli’s poliziotteschi – but not too much. Firstly he is still one tough cop, who’ll go to extreme lengths to stop crime dead in it’s tracks. He is [...]
20Sep10
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Steve McQueen is one of the kings of sixties cool, but despite his successes in films like The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape and The Cincinnati Kid, many people weren’t sure how he’d go dropped into a business suit. They needn’t have worried – it didn’t matter if McQueen wore a cowboy hat, jeans and [...]
