Wednesday, July 15, 2020

What I Watched in June




Poster art from three of the pleasant discoveries of last month. All three are recommended if you can find them. 

THE LIST 

HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1940) – 8 (rewatch)
FACES IN THE DARK (1960) – 7 (excellent British ‘Gaslight’ styled thriller)
RAPE (1976) – 5 (Spanish mystery/horror with Nadiuska)
TWINS OF EVIL (1972) – 8 (rewatch)
FANTASY ISLAND (2020) – 5 (well mounted but falls apart near the end)
THE LEECH WOMAN (1960) – 5 (rewatch on Blu)
ROBIN HOOD AND THE PIRATES (1960) – 5 (Italian adventure with Lex Barker)
NEVER A DULL MOMENT (1967)- 5 (Disney crime comedy with Dick Van Dyke and Edward G. Robinson)
THE H MAN (1959) – 7 (rewatch on Blu)
THE FALCON GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (1944) – 6 (rewatch)
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) – 9 (rewatch)
THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER (1963) – 5
DAKOTA (1945) – 6 (Republic studios/John Wayne western)
THE BLACK ARROW (1948) – 7 (swashbuckler)
GENTLEMEN WITH GUNS (1946) – 5 (very low budget Buster Crabbe western)
BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959) – 6 (beautiful Toho science fiction adventure)
THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945) – 6 (a darker, almost noirish entry)
THE GOLDEN CLAWS OF THE CAT GIRL (1968) – 7 (interesting French crime/espionage film)
MAN, PRIDE AND VENGEANCE (1967) – 6
SKYFALL (2012) – 9 (rewatch)
THE MONSTER AND THE GIRL (1940) – 6 (rewatch on Blu)
CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943) – 6 (rewatch on Blu)
NOTHING UNDERNEATH (1985) – 7 (rewatch)
CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) – 8 (rewatch on Blu)
MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED (2010) - 8 (rewatch)
ARABIAN ADVENTURE (1979) – 7 (fun old-style fantasy film)
YOU’LL FIND OUT (1940) – 6 (silly musical/comedy with Karlof, Lugosi and Lorre giving it some juice)
JUNGLE WOMAN (1944) – 4 (limp sequel to CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN)



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