Volume 3, Number 30 of the UK Monthly Film Review is now available in PDF format. This issue features UK film releases from 31 May to 27 June 2025. Films included in this issue are: Ballerina; Chicken Town; Dangerous Animals; Elio; F1; Falling Into Place; From Hilde, With Love; Goebbels and the Fuhrer; How to…
Month: June 2025
Film Review – A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)
FISH CALLED WANDA, A (1988, UK/USA, 108m, 15) **** Comedy, Crime dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), United International Pictures (UIP) (UK); pr co. Prominent Features / Star Partners Limited Partnership; d. Charles Crichton; w. John Cleese (based on a story by John Cleese and Charles Crichton); pr. Michael Shamberg; ph. Alan Hume (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m….
Film Review – MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (2005)
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (2005, UK/USA, 103m, 12) ***½ Comedy, Drama, Music, War dist. Pathe UK (UK), The Weinstein Company (USA); pr co. Pathé Pictures / BBC Film / Heyman-Hoskins Productions / Mrs. Henderson Productions Ltd. / Pathé International; d. Stephen Frears; w. Martin Sherman (based on the book by Sheila van Damm); pr. Norma Heyman;…
Film Review – THE BODY STEALERS (1969)
BODY STEALERS, THE (1969, UK, 91m, 15) ** Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi dist. Tigon Pictures (UK), Allied Artists Pictures (USA); pr co. Tigon Pictures; d. Gerry Levy; w. Michael St. Clair, Gerry Levy (based on a story by Michael St. Clair); pr. Tony Tenser; ph. John Coquillon (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Reg Tilsley; ed. Howard Lanning;…
Film review – THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
LAST OF SHEILA, THE (1973, USA, 120m, 15) ***½ Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Warner Bros. Pictures; d. Herbert Ross; w. Anthony Perkins, Stephen Sondheim; pr. Herbert Ross; ph. Gerry Turpin (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Billy Goldenberg; ed. Edward Warschilka; pd. Ken Adam; ad. Tony Roman. cast: Richard…
Film Review – CARRY ON EMMANNUELLE (1978)
CARRY ON EMMANNUELLE (1978, UK, 88m, 15) *½ Comedy dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Cleves Investments; d. Gerald Thomas; w. Lance Peters; pr. Peter Rogers; ph. Alan Hume (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Eric Rogers; ed. Peter Boita; ad. Jack Shampan. cast: Kenneth Williams (Emile Prevert), Kenneth Connor (Leyland), Joan Sims (Mrs. Dangle), Jack…
Film Review – DOOMWATCH (1972)
DOOMWATCH (1972, UK, 92m, 12) **½ Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller dist. Tigon Film Distributors (UK), AVCO Embassy Pictures (USA); pr co. Tigon British Film Productions; d. Peter Sasdy; w. Clive Exton (based on the TV series created by Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis); pr. Tony Tenser; ph. Kenneth Talbot (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. John Scott; ed….
The Harry O Viewing Companion – promotional interviews update
An update on promotional interviews for our book The Harry O Viewing Companion: All four segments of our interview with Ed Robertson for his TV Confidential Radio Show are now available here: TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 692 and 694 with guests Steve Aldous and Gary Gillies is now available for listening on demand for free…
Film Review – THE SORCERERS (1967)
SORCERERS, THE (1967, UK, 86m, 15) ***½ Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Tigon Film Distributors (UK), Allied Artists Pictures (USA); pr co. Tony Tenser Films / Curtwel Productions / Global / Tigon British Film Productions; d. Michael Reeves; w. Michael Reeves, Tom Baker (based on an idea by John Burke); pr. Tony Tenser; ph. Stanley A. Long…
New Interviews discussing THE HARRY O VIEWING COMPANION
Here is an update on some new interviews in which Gary and I discuss our book, The Harry O Viewing Companion. Part One of our interview with Ed Robertson was recently broadcast on his TV Confidential radio show. TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 692.1 with guests Steve Aldous and Gary Gillies is now available for listening…