Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, 1972. Directed by Curtis Harrington. Starring Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Michael Gothard, Judy Cornwell, Chloe Franks. SYNOPSIS: An insane and elderly widow lures two unsuspecting orphaned little children inside her mansion in a bizarre twist of the story of Hansel and Gretel. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? is […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Dragonslayer (1981)
Dragonslayer, 1981. Directed by Matthew Robbins. Starring Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Sydney Bromley, Chloe Salaman, and Ian McDiarmid. SYNOPSIS: 1980s era fantasy classic Dragonslayer makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in an edition that features spectacular image quality along with a nice complement of newly commissioned bonus features that […]
Blu-ray Review – The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Sound Barrier, 1952. Directed by David Lean. Starring Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin and Denholm Elliott. SYNOPSIS: Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean midway through one of greatest runs in film history, is the story of the bid to […]
Blu-ray Review – Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball, 1975. Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring James Caan, Maud Adams, John Houseman, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Burt Kwouk, Pamela Hensley and Ralph Richardson. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future the corporations control everything, and when they tell top sportsman James Caan he can’t play the game of rollerball anymore he decides to challenge the controlling […]
