BR: Ugly American, The (1963)
After a largely successful series of films in the second half of the 1950s, Marlon Brando’s push into the 1960s seemed a little cursed, starting with his lone directorial effort, the weird but compelling western…
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
The Magic of Robowar (1988)
Review of Bruno Mattei’s PREDATOR-ROBOCOP-ALIENS rip-off ROBOWAR (1988), starring Reb Brown, new on Severin Blu.
BR: Robowar / Robot da Guerra (1988)
Alongside Strike Commando (1987) and Shocking Dark (1989), Robowar is an important entry in Bruno Mattei’s tropical rip-off series in which the plot, scenes, dialogue, and characters of an American hit film(s) are slightly reworked, as done by the husband & wife team of Rossella Drudi and Claudio Fragasso…
Jean Peters at Fox: Anne of the Indies (1951) + A Man Called Peter (1955)
Reviews of Jean Peters’ mid-career actioner ANNE OF THE INDIES (1951) and feature film swan song A MAN CALLED PETER (1955) on Twilight Time Blu + some Editorial Blather.
BR: Anne of the Indies (1954)
Although she’d made her film debut opposite Tyrone Power in the big budget historical adventure-drama Captain from Castile (1947), Fox put starlet Jean Peters through the familiar career-building programme …
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