Howard Hawks was a legendary director and producer, but perhaps his most famous works exist in that of the most American of genres – the
Tag: 1960s
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
If I’m being honest, when choosing to settle down with a good old western, I usually choose to pick the more stylised, epic works of
Curse Of The Fly
Compared to it’s infinitely classier predecessor, 1958’s Return Of The Fly was strange, erratic sequel that took the original concept and transformed it into a
The Dirty Dozen
You know what most of those war time movies featuring men on a desperate mission have in common – apart from usually having big Hollywood
Gappa: The Triphibian Monsters
When you get past the recognisable scaley visages of the Kaiju rogues gallery of Toho and Daiei and continue onwards into the realms of the
The Professionals
Not to be confused with the 1980’s British cop show where two guys who obviously fancy themselves thwarted baddies around a grotty looking London, The
The Guns Of Navarone
When you amass the titans of the men on a mission sub-genre of the movies made about the Second World War, more often than not
Where Eagles Dare
The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to
Wrath Of Daimajin
If there was a flaw in the inpenetrable stone armour of the vengeful Golem Kaiju known as Daimajin, it’s that his vastly underrated first two
Return Of Daimajin
Displaying the same kind of confidence reserved usually for James Cameron’s ever expanding plans for his Avatar sequels, Daiei films back in 1966 released a
Daimajin
In 1966, Daiei Studios were seeing quite the success with their film slate which was chiefly made up of samurai pics and monster movies –
Gorgo
Hey kids! You ever wonder what it would be like if England had it’s own version of Godzilla?Oh… You hadn’t…? Seriously…?Well, one exists anyway so
Psycho
Technically speaking, I have never seen Psycho – at least not in the way that rotund blonde botherer Alfred Hitchcock had intended. After all who
Planet Of The Apes
Surely one of the more esoteric sci-fi franchises ever to exist, the Planet Of The Apes movies are a fascinating mash up of game changing
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The times were a’ changing and Sean Connery, whose smirking visage had impishly eyed many women from his vantage point of being swaddled in a
You Only Live Twice
It’s a true fact that nothing lasts forever and that sooner or later Sean Connery’s reign as cinema’s premiere super spy would have to come
Thunderball
Where do you possibly go after Goldfinger? After nailing it’s formula and sealing it solid with concrete, steel and other tough compounds to further illustrate
Goldfinger
Growing up, Goldfinger was always that film my dad would go on about that he would always fall asleep in front of on Bank holidays
From Russia With Love
For Bond’s sophomore effort you can really tell that the producers wanted to double down on double 0 with what they had previously achieved with
Dr. No
The year is 1962 and woman plays baccarat in a casino. The man she is playing against is cool, calm and – most importantly –
