Category Archives: Movies

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Malpas Mystery

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Roger Pocock

We are going back in time to 1960 for The Malpas Mystery, which was the third of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries B movies. As it was made at a different studio its inclusion in the series is apparently debatable, although … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Beyond

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Roger Pocock

I may have finally figured out what’s wrong with me: I have been diagnosed with a case of friendshipitis.  This is an exaggerated sense of what friendships mean between two or more people.  When I tried to dig into how … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Never Mention Murder

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Roger Pocock

These Edgar Wallace Mysteries B movies sometimes play out like an episode of Columbo but with all the scenes featuring Columbo edited out. The murderer is the focus of the whole film, with the police inspector only showing up right … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Into Darkness

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Roger often says I gush over the idea of friendship.  Maybe I’m a sap but friendship matters to me.  Growing up, there were a group of us that were inseparable.  It was a bond of brotherhood that connected us.  And … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Act of Murder

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The first twenty minutes of this one-hour B movie are logical enough. Tim Ford (the excellent John Carson) is trying to get former actress Anne Longman (Justine Lord) to return to acting, because he is in love with her, but … Continue reading →

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Star Trek (2009)

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Roger Pocock

After Roger and I planned to review the classic series of Star Trek, it seemed only natural to continue the voyages with the Chris Pine movies to round out the story of the original crew.  We made our move to … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Face of a Stranger

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence… oh, sorry. Wrong series. This is far from being a comedy, but it does start off in … Continue reading →

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Roger Pocock

We come now to what I consider the finest of the Trek movies.  But to understand that, I need to rewind to 1991.  I’m 19 and at this point in our lives, my friends and I start every weekend with … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Who Was Maddox?

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Roger Pocock

This is a rare treat: an Edgar Wallace Mystery that is actually a mystery. Writer Roger Marshall manages to pack a lot of story into 60 minutes, but I never found it difficult to follow, despite a complicated plot with … Continue reading →

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The year is 1989; 10 years after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  Rumor is, this is the final Star Trek movie.  I’m 17 and I have a brainwave.  I thought, for the tenth anniversary, I should see if my grandfather … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: We Shall See

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Roger Pocock

It’s strange that this series of B movies was promoted as mystery thrillers when they are almost always nothing of the sort. In We Shall See there isn’t even a crime committed until there are only four minutes of the … Continue reading →

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a lighthearted Trek movie and as a result, may be one of the very best.  Another tubular Doomsday Machine is on a direct course to earth.  This is taking ideas from the classic … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Verdict

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Roger Pocock

We’ve been here before with the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of B movies: a story of the battle between two groups of criminals. Previously this has tended to be big, organised crime vs small time crooks, but this time we … Continue reading →

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Star Trek III is, in many ways, the flip side of the coin that was Star Trek II.  In the former, we get a good old spaceship battle akin to the classic episode Balance of Terror (which itself was basically … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Downfall

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Nadja Regin is back for her third appearance in an Edgar Wallace Mysteries B-movie. It had been a good couple of years since Number Six and Solo for Sparrow, because she had become a Bond girl, appearing in both From … Continue reading →

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Star Trek II is usually considered the best of the classic movie series. (I think that distinction goes to The Undiscovered Country, however this is a close contender and both were directed by Nicholas Meyer.)  Like most Trek, there are … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The year is 1979.  I am 7 years old and sitting in my living room in the far corner by the large brown chair when my grandfather comes over.  He has a newspaper with him and offers to take me … Continue reading →

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The Man in the Back Seat (Film Review)

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The bonus film on the fifth volume of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries DVDs takes us back to 1961, for a Malcolm Hulke and Eric Paice adaptation of an Edgar Wallace thriller. This is a film noir effort, which showcases what … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Five to One

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Roger Pocock

What’s the moral of this story? Something about the best laid plans? No, I think it’s the importance of knowing when to quit. Alan Roper is the leader of a gang of small-time crooks, and he is thinking big. We … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Accidental Death

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Roger Pocock

If there is one defining feature of the majority of these Edgar Wallace Mysteries B movies, I would have to say it’s the lack of a mystery. They might better have been described as thrillers, although that description often would … Continue reading →

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