VAMPIRE LOVERS, THE (1970, UK/USA, 91m, 15) *** Horror dist. MGM-EM (UK), American International Pictures (AIP) (USA); pr co. Hammer Films; d. Roy Ward Baker; w. Tudor Gates, Harry Fine, Michael Style (based on the story “Carmilla” by Sheridan Le Fanu); pr. Harry Fine, Michael Style; ph. Moray Grant (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Harry Robertson;…
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Film Review – REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978)
REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978, UK/USA, 99m, PG) **½ Comedy, Crime, Mystery dist. United Artists; pr co. Jewel Productions / Sellers-Edwards productions / Pimlico Films; d. Blake Edwards; w. Frank Waldman, Ron Clark, Blake Edwards (based on a story by Blake Edwards); pr. Blake Edwards; ph. Ernest Day (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. Henry Mancini;…
Film Review – A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964, UK/USA, 103m, PG) **** Comedy, Mystery dist. United Artists; pr co. The Mirisch Corporation; d. Blake Edwards; w. Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty (based on the play by Harry Kurnitz from the play ‘L’idiote’ by Marcel Achard); pr. Blake Edwards; ph. Christopher Challis (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Henry Mancini;…
Film Review – THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU (1967)
VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU, THE (1967, UK/Ireland/West Germany/Hong Kong) **½ Action, Crime, Horror dist. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK), Warner Bros./Seven Arts (USA); pr co. Constantin Film / Shaw Brothers / Terra-Filmkunst; d. Jeremy Summers; w. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) (based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer); pr. Harry Alan Towers; ph. John…
Film Review – THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU (1966)
BRIDES OF FU MANCHU, THE (1966, UK) *** Action, Crime, Sci-Fi dist. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK), Seven Arts Pictures (USA); pr co. Constantin Film Produktion / Fu Manchu Films / Hallam Productions; d. Don Sharp; w. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) (based on characters created by Sax Rohmer); pr. Harry Alan Towers, David Henley;…
Film Review – OCTOPUSSY (1983)
OCTOPUSSY (1983, UK/USA, 131m, PG) *** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United International Pictures (UIP) (UK), MGM/UA Entertainment Company (USA); pr co. United Artists / Eon Productions / Danjaq / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); d. John Glen; w. George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (based on the short stories “Octopussy” and “The Property of a Lady”…