Tobor the Great (1954)
Jan 13, 2026Friendly Robot
Cinema’s first cuddly, friendly robot that is programmed according to Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, predating Forbidden Planet’s Robbie the Robot. A modest overlooked film of the 1950s SF era
Billy Chapin
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Jan 6, 2001Children Pursued by Psycho Preacher
Absolutely extraordinary directorial debut from actor Charles Laughton who transforms the story of an evil preacher (Robert Mitchum) pursuing two children into something approaching a stylised Expressionist fairytale