Hell Drivers
The lastest Blu-Ray restoration from Network releasing is the hard boiled British thriller Hell Drivers. The film was originally released in 1957 by the Rank Organisation, a company that was known fo...
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Hell Drivers – Trailer
This tremendous hard-boiled action thriller from Zulu director Cy Endfield, from his and John Kruse’s BAFTA nominated screenplay, features memorable performances from both Stanley Baker and Patrick M...
This Week At The GFT
With the refurbishment works nearing completion and the re-opening of cinema 1, the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) is once again able to provide an extensive and varied programme with a bit of something ...
How To Be James Bond In 7 Easy Steps
If you are a budding super secret spy then the video essay How to James Bond is just the thing for you. In following the seven easy steps, like Number 5: Kill The Bad Guys, it will be possible (or no...
Nobody Does It Better?
Ian Fleming’s James Bond is the longest running franchise in cinema history. Beginning with Sean Connery as Bond in 1962’s Dr No and most recently starring Daniel Craig in Skyfall (2012), everyone’s ...
Dr No
With the release of SPECTRE, the twenty-fourth James Bond film later this year, it seems like an opportune moment to look back at how the world’s most famous spy was first presented to the movi...
Sequels that shouldn’t have been made – Part 1
Films will generally get a sequel based on the box office success of the original. The film may not merit a follow up however this is a minor quibble when profit is involved. Take RoboCop 3 for insta...
Highlander (1986)
Time has a way of changing the perspective for films. What may look staid and rather dull at the time of release can actually benefit a film if and when it is re-assessed. Of course the opposite can ...