Category Archives: Movies

Kizumonogatari (Review)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Anyone who has watched any of the Monogatari series will probably know that it is difficult to decide what order to watch the various different instalments. My default approach is normally to go with the original release order, but that … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Incident at Midnight (Review)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Roger Pocock

This series of Edgar Wallace B movies seems to be getting increasingly complex, and Incident at Midnight in particular demands the full attention of the viewer. If you want to read reviews of this film series there are slim pickings … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Set Up (Review)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Roger Pocock

After a couple of turkeys, I was starting to think the best days were behind this series of B movies, but this is a little gem of a film. If you’re a Columbo fan, you’ll probably love this one, because … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Death Trap (Review)

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The action centres around an investment broker in this 1962 entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of B movies. Carol Halston turns up at Paul Heindrik’s office, concerned about the circumstances surrounding her sister’s death. She consulted Heindrik for … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Locker Sixty-Nine (Review)

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Roger Pocock

This 1962 instalment in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series demands the viewer’s full attention. The problem is, it doesn’t earn the viewer’s full attention as well. The story is incredibly complex for a 50 minute film. The idea is … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Roger Pocock

It’s the holiday season, and our TV channels love to show popular old films, to provide us with the background entertainment to our turkey munching and mulled wine sipping, but we don’t want remakes, do we. No, sir. Just the … Continue reading →

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Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Roger Pocock

The original series of Love Live! was about a group of schoolgirls forming an idol group, their difficult path to winning a competition and attempting to use their newfound fame to save their school, which is threatened with closure. The … Continue reading →

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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (Review)

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Roger Pocock

You might have reached this point by watching the first series of the anime, or you might have watched the two compilation films that proceed it. Either way, this feature film is the continuation of the Made in Abyss story, … Continue reading →

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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Review)

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Roger Pocock

What better way to conclude a successful anime series than with a movie, and this feels very much like the last word on the story of the original line-up. Unlike a series where the storylines can be divided evenly between … Continue reading →

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Shadow of the Vampire

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Roger Pocock

There is no doubt in my mind that this is an impressive film with some remarkable performances. Willem Dafoe embodies the vampire in just the same way that Max Schreck did (in the reality of the original acting, of course, … Continue reading →

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Welcome to Halloween in the Junkyard! We are going to start with one of the great classics of silent cinema from 1922, the unauthorised adaptation of Dracula, which only survives to this day thanks to the survival of a handful … Continue reading →

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Breakout (1959) Film Review

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Each volume of The Edgar Wallace Mysteries on DVD contains a bonus film made by the same studio. For the first volume it was the thoroughly watchable but slightly depressing October Moth, and for the second volume it was The … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Playback (Review)

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Van der Valk fans will enjoy seeing this film, because 11 years before he debuted in his iconic role Barry Foster played bobby on the beat Dave Hollis in this entry into The Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British B … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Solo for Sparrow (Review)

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Solo for Sparrow is one of the best known Edgar Wallace Mysteries films, simply because it has Michael Caine in the cast, in an early role before he was famous. After his success in Zulu and The Ipcress File, the … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Time to Remember (Review)

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Roger Pocock

This is Harry H. Corbett’s second appearance in The Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British B movies, and it’s a very different role to Inspector Bruce in Marriage of Convenience. Corbett gave a straightforward performance as Bruce, verging on bland … Continue reading →

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The Spider and the Tulip (Review)

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Roger Pocock

The recent Blu-ray and DVD release of 1945 Japanese wartime propaganda film Momotaro: Sacred Sailors comes with a bonus on the same disk, a 1943 short animation from Kenzo Masaoka. The Spider and the Tulip is absolutely enchanting, but to … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Number Six (Review)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Roger Pocock

A few entries into this series of Edgar Wallace B Movies recently have not really been murder mysteries, and once again we are into the realms of a crime thriller here rather than a mystery. That gives us only two … Continue reading →

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Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (Review)

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Roger Pocock

In 1945 the first ever Japanese feature-length animated film was released, funded by the Japanese Naval Ministry as a tool for propaganda. As an anime fan with a keen interest in history, I couldn’t resist purchasing this as a special … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Share Out (Review)

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Roger Pocock

This entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British B movies shows us the most civilised looking criminal gang I have ever seen. They look like a group of smart business people having a meeting about their company finances, … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Flat Two (Review)

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Roger Pocock

“I’m going away for a little vacation, the South of France, Italy, Greece, I would like to pay this debt myself before I go… it would make my vacation enjoyable, and much more enjoyable if you came with me, especially … Continue reading →

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