FILMS… Silent Movie (1976)

All the signs are there for a Seventies Starry Silent Spectacular... In the 1970s, a one-time director plans his comeback, hoping to make a silent movie with some Hollywood stars.

FILMS… Venom (1981)

Susan George acts with a few slimy and slithery snakes of characters... A kidnapping goes wrong after an asthmatic 10 year old kid brings home his new pet snake.

FILMS… Garbo Talks! (1984)

A Dying Mother has a Silver Screen Dream... After Estelle tells her son she'd love to meet Greta Garbo, he tries to track down the reclusive Swedish actress to do just that.

TV… Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (1979) (TV MOVIE)

On an island with you and you, and you... Six men get into plane trouble and land on a mystical Pacific island full of women, gorgeous women, gorgeous fierce women.

TV… Superdome (1978) (TV MOVIE)

I foresee there's trouble and not just with the Mills... It's five days until the Superbowl and there's foul play at large with a killer on the loose.

BLOGATHON… Announcing the Third Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon

Time to celebrate all things Hammer and Amicus again... Join me and Barry for this blogathon celebrating both those dark and light themed films from these productions.

FILMS… Callaway Went Thataway / The Star Said No (1951)

For a film cameo from Esther Williams look thisaway... A star lookalike, Stretch Barnes is asked to stand in for Smoky Callaway, a cowboy star on the wee screen.

FILMS… Goin’ South (1978)

You know Mr Nicholson, for an actor you've been a pretty good director... An outlaw is saved from the gallows, on condition that he marries. But that's not the only catch.

TV… Those Glory, Glory Days (1983) (TV MOVIE)

She's football crazy, she's football mad...

A sports newspaper journalist recalls her and her friends' teenage obsession with the Tottenham Spurs football team after she accepts a lift from her football idol.