Tag Archives: Films

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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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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Patema Inverted (Anime Review)

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The White Trap (Film Review)

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Backfire! (Review)

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Sinister Man (Review)

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Never Back Losers (Review)

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Man Detained (Review)

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (Review)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Clue of the Silver Key

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Man at the Carlton Tower

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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Mirai (Anime Review)

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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Penguin Highway (Review)

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Review)

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Roger Pocock

The title of this film seems to have been chosen to make people buying a cinema ticket or asking for the Blu-ray in a shop feel a bit self-conscious, but it does make sense and no, it’s not actually a … Continue reading →

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October Moth

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Roger Pocock

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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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Fourth Square

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Roger Pocock

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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