Some Girls Do (1969)

Some Girls Do (1969)
Rating: ★★
Jan 8, 2020Spy Film
Bulldog Drummond was a gentleman adventurer hero popular in books and films of the 1930s/40s. Here he is reincarnated as a playboy spy amid the spate of James Bond inspired spy films of the 1960s, battling a super-villain outfitted with an army of women with robot brains

Logan’s Run (1976)

Logan’s Run (1976)
Rating:
Feb 2, 2003Dystopian Future
Dystopian SF mounted on a big budget by people that don't have a clue what they are doing. This creates one of prettiest depictions of the future of any film of this era but it is surface deep depiction that swims free of any sociopolitical understanding

The Monster Club (1980)

The Monster Club (1980)
Rating: ★★
Dec 6, 2002Horror Anthology
Following the collapse of Amicus Films, producer Milton Subotsky went on on his own to make this horror anthology, the bread and butter of Amicus in their heyday. Though he brings in some major horror names – Vincent Price, John Carradine – the jokey tone failed to find any success

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (2001)

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (2001)
Rating: ★★
Jun 15, 2001Videogame Adaptation
The first film adaptation of the popular videogame was a big hit. It is a film largely premised around the personality mystique of Angelina Jolie. Outside of the Jolie presence, the film is a half-baked series of plot ends and action scenes taken from better films