Retro Reviews
Sometimes the older movies and even the classics need to be shouted about from time to time. Here in the Retro Reviews category, we like to bring you reviews of those movies that have been released and we just want to bring them back to the attention of movie fans.
Sep
17
2018
With The Predator recently release we take a look back at the movie that launched the franchise, the 1987 Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator), this classic: the man vs. alien ‘rumble in the jungle’ movie is still a firm favourite...
Jul
16
2018
Recently I was chatting away on Twitter and got on to the subject of the 80s movie, The Monster Squad, a movie that I loved when I first saw it back in 1987.
Surprisingly this brilliant jump back to the...
Mar
11
2018
Akira has to be one of those groundbreaking movies that even after all these years since it first came out still has the power to excite and delight the watcher.
Discovering Akira
I first saw Akira many years ago in the...
Jan
09
2018
In the 1980's a young James Cameron was fairly unknown and came up with the idea of a movie that would make his name, even though his agent at the time said the idea for "The Terminator" was a...
Dec
23
2016
I can't believe it has taken me this long to finally see John Carpenter's 1982 cult Sci-Fi Horror classic "The Thing". Actually, I can, as this is not the type of genre to which I'm typically drawn. This said,...
Feb
14
2014
The 80s were a great time for movies and in particular a very violent and at some times black humoured movie from director Paul Verhoeven, yes folks, I'm talking about the original RoboCop.
It's the film that a lot of...
Jan
31
2014
One film which I often watch when I have the time is Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate, which stars Johnny Depp.
The Ninth Gate - Unlocking The Gates of Hell
Although the film has never had high ratings from the critics...
Jun
25
2013
Those of you with a keen eye looking at the categories here on Blazing Minds will have noticed the Film Friday category and those that have been reading the blog since it started over 4 years ago (wow time...
![Spanish Fly (1976) – British Film Classic Re-Release [Review]](https://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Spanish-Fly-1975-Header-300x200.jpg "Spanish Fly (1976) – British Film Classic Re-Release [Review]")
Apr
26
2013
Now I do have to admit that I love the classic movies from the 70s and with a lot of them and Spanish Fly included they all seemed to move towards taking a Carry On film style, but with a more...
Apr
26
2013
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch) sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe (Sean Connery), and works up a lucrative racket in conning...
Mar
16
2012
It's been a while since the last Classic Film Friday post, so as I mentioned last week, I've decided to bring the series back, in the Classic Film Friday series I bring you a film that you may have...
Nov
25
2011
It's Friday, which can mean only one thing, it's nearly Saturday, ok two things, it means it's time for my choice in this weeks Classic Film Friday.
As a lone stranger rolls in to a town filled with hate. We...
