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Tag Archives: Films
House of Mystery (1961) Review
This 1961 ghost story B movie is included on the fourth volume of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries DVD sets. A young couple who are house hunting go to view a beautiful house in the country, which is priced remarkable cheaply. … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Horror, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
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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Tagged Bebe Daniels, Films, L Frank Baum, Silent Cinema, Silent Film, Wizard of Oz
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Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow
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
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Reviews
Tagged Films, Love Live!, Over the Rainbow, School Idols, Sunshine!!
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (Review)
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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Tagged Dawn of the Deep Soul, Films, Made in Abyss
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Review)
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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Tagged Films, Love Live!, School Idols
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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
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
Breakout (1959) Film Review
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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Tagged Breakout, Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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Patema Inverted (Anime Review)
It might not be fashionable to criticise scientists at the moment, but I’ve long held the view that eventually they will go one step too far with their messing around with things and do some real damage to the world … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Patema Inverted
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The White Trap (Film Review)
Each of the DVD box sets of Edgar Wallace Mysteries contains a bonus film, unconnected to the film series apart from being Anglo-Amalgamated Productions B movies from around the same time. The second volume has The White Trap from 1959, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, The White Trap
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Backfire! (Review)
When cleaner Mrs Chenko greets her employer in a lift with the words “mind you don’t kick the bucket”, she has no idea how ironic that is. Within a few days, both of them will be dead. The company where … Continue reading
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Tagged Backfire!, Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Sinister Man (Review)
Who is the “sinister man” of the title of this film? We shouldn’t read too much into this, as the title is taken from a book, and the plot bears little relation to the book from which the title is … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, The Sinister Man
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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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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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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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