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Uncovering Curiosities: John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

John Frankenheimer’s 1996 film, Seconds is a wonderfully oblique paranoia thriller with a career best performance from Rock Hudson. Dark and thought-provoking, this is the type of movie that led to Hollywood’s hard-edged cinematic output [...]

May 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Sirk’s THE TARNISHED ANGELS

Director Douglas Sirk is mainly known for his bright melodramas from the 1950s, with The Tarnished Angels he keeps the drama but ditches the colour for this strong Depression era film. Rock Hudson is Burke Devlin, a reporter who becomes fascinated [...]

October 6, 2020

Notebook Reviews: WRITTEN IN THE WIND

Douglas Sirk – 1956 Written In The Wind is a slick and well acted melodrama with a sterling cast (Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorthy Malone). Rock Hudson is well cast at the normal guy who is caught-up within the confines of [...]

September 7, 2020

Notebook Reviews: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

Douglas Sirk – 1955 Douglas Sirk‘s All That Heaven Allows is a glorious looking melodrama which makes good use of its star Rock Hudson. Sirk’s film offers-up a great look at small town America in the 1950s and some wonderful [...]

September 3, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Four Classic Star-Filled Agatha Christie Thrillers

It would be criminal to miss out on these great blu-ray releases of Murder on The Orient Express, Death on The Nile, Evil Under the Sun and The Mirror Crack’d. Agatha Christie is one of best-selling novelists of all time, and the characters [...]

October 29, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Rock Hudson Is A Man With A Secret In John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

John Frankenheimer’s Seconds is a wonderfully oblique paranoia thriller with a career best performance from Rock Hudson. Dark and thought-provoking, this is the type of movie that led to Hollywood’s hard-edged cinematic output of the 1970s. [...]

November 21, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Rock Hudson In Douglas Sirk’s THE TARNISHED ANGELS

Douglas Sirk is mainly known for his bright melodramas from the 1950s, with The Tarnished Angels he keeps the drama but ditches the colour for this strong Depression era film. Rock Hudson is Burke Devlin, a reporter who becomes fascinated by the [...]

August 26, 2013