A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Sidney Hayers, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 15: The Joker)” (1967) Oops! As Steed (Patrick Macnee) excitedly races down the staircase to greet Peel (Diana Rigg)…
Gordon Flemyng and Peter Duffell, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 6: The Winged Avenger)” (1967) The father-and-son team of stony-hearted corporate vultures at Simon Roberts &…
Charles Crichton, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 9: The Correct Way to Kill)” (1967) Soviet agents are being cut down almost as soon as they arrive…
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 17: The Return of the Cybernauts)” (1967) One of the more openly science fiction episodes in this season of…
T Hayes Hunter, “The Ghoul” (1933) I had never heard of this film before and stumbled on it while looking for something else on Youtube. Boris…
John Krish, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time)” (1967) A particularly memorable episode, “Escape in Time” is premised on the theme of time…
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 1: From Venus with Love)” (1967) This season of the famous British TV show features several episodes with science…
Gordon Flemyng, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 2: The Fear Merchants)” (1967) Even though I was a tiny bairn when “The Avengers” was first broadcast on…
Alastair Laurence, “Faster, Higher, Stronger (Episode 2)” (2012) Part of a BBC TV series on various Olympic Games sports and the most prominent people and landmark…
Maurice Elvey, “The Transatlantic Tunnel” (1935) A visually handsome if very flawed science fiction film, “The Transatlantic Tunnel” is one of three films made in the…