In this short series of features, Tom Jolliffe will look at the humble B Movie and everything below. From the golden period of B cinema, to the rise in popularity of the B picture, to the underground mavericks making films on a shoe string from the 50’s right up to the present. To begin with, […]
Blu-ray Review – Broken Flowers (2005)
Broken Flowers, 2005. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Bill Murray, Christopher Lee, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy, Christopher McDonald, Chloe Sevigny, Larry Fessenden. SYNOPSIS: As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 8 – Dracula (1958)
Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), 1958. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, and Carol Marsh. SYNOPSIS: After his friend Jonathan Harker goes missing, vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing finds himself locked into a battle against his murderer, the centuries-old vampire known as Count Dracula. To say that Bram Stoker’s […]
Hot Toys’ Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones Count Dooku collectible figure revealed
Hot Toys has released a batch of promotional images for its 1/6th scale Count Dooku collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Christopher Lee as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones; take a look here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles “I have become […]
DVD Review – The City of the Dead (1960)
The City of the Dead, 1960. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Starring Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor, Valentine Dyall, Venetia Stevenson, Fred Johnson, and Norman Macowan. SYNOPSIS: A student travels to a remote New England village to research a paper on witchcraft, only to discover that the old legends of sacrifice may […]
Giveaway – Win Jinnah starring Christopher Lee – NOW CLOSED
We have three copies to give away of the epic biopic about the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah is the epic biopic about the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the man who founded the Muslim nation of Pakistan in the wake of Great Britain’s relinquishment of control over India. After […]
Blu-ray Review – Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)
Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, 1985. Directed by Philippe Mora. Starring Christopher Lee, Sybil Danning, Annie McEnroe, Marsha J. Hunt, Reb Brown, Jimmy Nail, Ladislav Krecmer, James M. Crawford and Hana Ludvikova. SYNOPSIS: The brother of a girl murdered by werewolves hires an investigator to track the beasts from the US across to […]
October Horrors Day 2 – The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man, 1973 Directed by Robin Hardy Starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee SYNOPSIS: Police Sergeant Howie arrives on the small Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the alleged disappearance of a 12-year-old girl. However, despite Howie’s inquiries, it seems that either no one on the island knows […]
Teaser poster for sci-fi thriller The Time War featuring Christopher Lee
A poster has arrived online for writer-director Neil Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller The Time War. The film is narrated by the late British screen legend Christopher Lee in one of his final roles and also stars Tracey Birdsall (Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter) and Barry Corbin (WarGames); take a look below… The Time War fixes on the […]
Countdown to Spectre – The Man with the Golden Gun Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of The Man with the Golden Gun… While Roger Moore’s first outing as Bond in Live and Let Die was a too campy in some aspects, there were still some moments of seriousness in the film. Moore’s follow-up adventure goes in completely the other direction; […]