The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) – Review

It seems that as long as you put a six shooter in his belt, an unforgettable line of tough guy wisdom in his mouth and

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El Dorado (1966) – Review

Howard Hawks was a legendary director and producer, but perhaps his most famous works exist in that of the most American of genres – the

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) – Review

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 (1965) – Review

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 (1967) – Review

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 (1967) – Review

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 (1966) – Review

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 (1961) – Review

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 (1968) – Review

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 (1966) – Review

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 (1966) – Review

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 (1966) – Review

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 (1961) – Review

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 (1960) – Review

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 (1968) – Review

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 (1969) – Review

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 (1967) – Review

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 (1965) – Review

Where do you possibly go after Goldfinger? After nailing its formula and sealing it solid with concrete, steel and other tough compounds to further illustrate

Goldfinger (1964) – Review

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 (1963) – Review

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

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