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Showing posts with label Anthony Bushell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthony Bushell. Show all posts
Saturday, 27 January 2024

The Red Beret (1953)

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 "There are two kinds of men who jump- those who are crazy and those who are stupid." This is, I suppose, a fairly standard Britis...
Friday, 22 December 2023

Bitter Victory (1957)

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 "All men are cowards in some things..." This film does not, it seems, have much of a reputation. Richard Burton gets top billing ...
Saturday, 12 February 2022

The Ghoul (1933)

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 "I shall be among the trees, waiting..." There are quite a few '30s horror films, in the wake of Frankenstein , starring Bori...
Sunday, 9 January 2022

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

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 "The captain must have a hat!" I suppose I've slightly neglected war films. I've seen and blogged a few, like Wesrerns, b...
Friday, 22 January 2021

The Terror of the Tongs (1961)

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 "Like all occidentals, you find it impossible to accept the inevitable." This is one of those occasional non-horror films Hammer ...
Thursday, 10 May 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 6- Hob

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" We are the Martians." Hmm. Quatermass and the Pit used to be my favourite of the three serials but, while still seminal and e...
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 5- The Wild Hunt

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"We're the Martians now." It is both a complement and an observation on how television pacing has changed over the decades t...
Friday, 4 May 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 4- The Enchanted

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“You realise what you’re implying? That we owe our human condition to the intervention of insects?” And here we have it; the ideas episode...
Thursday, 3 May 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 3- Imps and Demons

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"It's a good thing to be insured. At least it cheers you up." After last episode’s slight wobble we’re back to the gripping ...
Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 2- The Ghosts

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"It was a kind of figure!" Once again Nigel Knee shows us, in an unusually slow episode that for once feels a little padded, tha...
Thursday, 26 April 2018

Quatermass and the Pit: Episode 1- The Halfmen

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"They'll stick me alongside the Piltdown forgeries as a horrid warning!" It's good to get back to Quatermass , that slow...
Saturday, 12 March 2016

The Black Knight (1954)

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"I know I'm not a knight, but is it impossible to become one?" I only sat through this film because it had Patrick Troug...