Talkin’ Oldies: Battle Of The Bulge (1965)

The Talkin’ Oldies series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Ken Annakin’s Battle of the Bulge starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw. Some war films (e.g The Guns Of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen) are intended purely as escapist entertainment, nothing more, nothing less; others take themselves rather more seriously. The difficulty with serious war movies, especially ones that are based on real events, is that... Read More

DVD Review: Death Wish 4 & Death Wish 5

Jonathon Dabell reviews Death Wish 4: The Crackdown; directed by  J. Lee Thompson & Death Wish 5: The Face of Death; directed by Allan A. Goldstein, both starrng Charles Bronson. Both movies making their DVD Region 2 debut on Monday April 30th, 2012 Following DVD releases of Death Wish 2 & 3 earlier this year, anyone with a mind to pursue the saga further can now catch Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Death Wish 5: The Face of Death as they... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Fear is the Key (1973)

Jonathon Dabell introduces the first in a new series focusing on older, lesser known movies by presenting his requirements for meeting this new column’s criteria and its aims before giving his opinion on Michael Tuchner’s Fear is the Key. The purpose of this column is to review and encourage people to watch older films. There are three simple rules to meet the criteria for Talkin’ Oldies which are:- a) The film must be at least 30 years old.... Read More