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Category Archives: Movies
Weathering With You (Review)
Let’s get the elephant out of the room straight away. This is Makoto Shinkai’s first film after the huge hit Your Name, and it’s not as good. But that’s a bit like saying gold is not as good as platinum. … Continue reading
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Tagged Makoto Shinkai, Weathering With You
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Never Back Losers (Review)
Never Back Losers is an unusual entry into the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of films. There is no detective, and for much of the film I didn’t think there was going to be a murder either. Despite that, I found … Continue reading
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Tagged Betting, Crime, Films, Horse Racing, Never Back Losers, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Man Detained (Review)
We start once again with a burglary at a business premises and a safe being cracked. This time the thief in question, Frank Murray, really hits the jackpot, finding £10,000 in cash. How much is that in today’s money? Answer: … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, Man Detained, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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Lu Over the Wall (Anime Review)
Kai is a grumpy teenager. If you’re an anime fan, you’ll recognise the character trope, a boy who doesn’t seem interested in life and can’t get enthusiastic about anything. He is virtually railroaded by a couple of friends into putting … Continue reading
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Tagged Lu Over the Wall, Mermaids, Ponyo
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (Review)
This is a curiously structured murder mystery because the running time is about the usual 55 minutes for this film series, but it takes 30 minutes for the first murder to happen. That actually works surprisingly well, because we know … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempt to Kill, Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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Brave Story (Anime Review)
Grief can do different things to different people, and some of the responses can be the exact opposites of each other. For example, grief can make a person kind, or it can make a person cruel. Brave Story is a … Continue reading
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Clue of the Silver Key
Bernard Lee is back as Superintendent Meredith and he’s even more watchable than last time, mainly because of a very entertaining double act with young bobby on the beat Quigley, played with an endearing air of bewilderment by future Doctor … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Lee, Clue of the Silver Key, Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Man at the Carlton Tower
This 1961 entry into the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of B Movies is the first offering on the second DVD set. It starts in a very different way to any of the previous ones, with a burglary being committed. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, Man at the Carlton Tower, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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Mirai (Anime Review)
Kun’s life is turned upside down when his little sister is born. At first he is enchanted by this new, amazing thing that has become a part of his family, but soon he realises that all the attention has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, Films, Mirai
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Penguin Highway (Review)
What connects penguins that are appearing in a Japanese town, and seem to be manifested out of random objects by a mysterious beautiful lady, and a strange sphere of liquid floating in mid air? That’s the question facing young boy … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, Films, Penguin Highway
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October Moth
This British B movie from 1960 is melodramatic and tries to be Film Noir, neither of which are qualities I particularly look for in a film. I only ended up watching it because it’s an extra bonus feature on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, October Moth, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Fourth Square
This instalment in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series opens with a burglar sneaking into a darkened room, opening a safe, taking one specific item, and then sticking some little squares on the wall. It’s an odd and creepy start, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, The Fourth Square
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Clue of the New Pin
I suppose the best way to describe this entry into the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series is a locked room mystery. There certainly isn’t a lot of mystery apart from that, with the identity of the killer in no doubt … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, Locked Room Mysteries, The Clue of the New Pin, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Partners in Crime
When I started this episode playing I noticed that the running time was a bit shorter than usual for this crime series, at just over 50 minutes instead of the usual 60-ish. I was hopeful that it might be an … Continue reading
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Sound! Euphonium The Movie (Review)
The clumsily titled Sound! Euphonium – The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day picks up where we left off at the end of the second season, with Kumiko and her friends starting their second year of high school. … Continue reading
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Tagged Kyoto Animation, Our Promise: A Brand New Day, Sound! Euphonium
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Man Who Was Nobody
This instalment in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of films feels more like an early episode of The Avengers than the usual detective crime drama. That’s because the detective is rarely the main focus of the story. On paper, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, The Man Who Was Nobody
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Marriage of Convenience
The first Edgar Wallace Mystery featured Wilfred Bramble, and now it’s the turn of the other Steptoe, Harry H. Corbett, this time in the lead role as Inspector Bruce, a detective on the trail of an escaped convict. We start … Continue reading
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Clue of the Twisted Candle
This is the first film from the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series that is actually based on an Edgar Wallace book, and it’s certainly very different to Urge to Kill, which we looked at a couple of weeks ago. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Clue of the Twisted Candle, Crime, Films, Locked Room Mysteries, Mystery, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Urge to Kill
Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at A for Andromeda, and this week we are moving from one creepy statue, revolving in the mist, to another. The bust in question belongs to Edgar Wallace, and appears … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, Mystery, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Thriller, Urge to Kill
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