John Phillip Law Archives

Danger: Diabolik (1967)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 4, 2000Masked Super-Thief/Comic-Book Adaptation

Mario Bava directs a sublimely stylish and tongue-in-cheek adaptation of an Italian comic-book about a masked super-thief who delights in outwitting and taunting the bumbling authorities

Director: Mario Bava

Actors: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, …

Category: Fantasy

4 July 200016 February 2026 by Roog

Barbarella (1968)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 26, 2000Softcore Space Opera

Charmingly capricious and silly adaptation of the comic-strip with a wide-eyed Jane Fonda as the spacegoing heroine. Filled with some wonderfully naughty gags and a production and costume design scheme that goes to a gorgeously deranged excess

Director: Roger Vadim

Actors: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, David Hemmings, Milo O'Shea, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 March 200013 October 2021 by Roog

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 12, 2002Arabian Nights Adventure

The second of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad films, an Arabian Nights adventure. Made as a vehicle for Harryhausen's stop-motion effects, which are stunning. Everything about the film is classic

Director: Gordon Hessler

Actors: John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, …

Category: Fantasy

12 November 200212 March 2026 by Roog

The Spiral Staircase (1975)

Rating: ★

Nov 18, 2012Psycho-Thriller

A remake of the classic film noir psycho-thriller. Now the story is conducted in colour and with a name star cast but misses all the atmosphere the original had by a wide mile

Director: Peter Collinson

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Mildred Dunnock, …

Category: Horror

18 November 201219 January 2026 by Roog

Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)

Rating: ★

Jul 22, 2012Softcore Tarzan Adaptation

Tarzan turned into a tedious softcore work designed to highlight the talent-free Bo Derek in a state of undress. This directly remakes the 1932 Johnny Weissmuller film - the original was an adventure classic, this is just an expensive nudie film

Director: John Derek

Actors: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe, John Phillip Law

Category: Fantasy

22 July 201218 March 2024 by Roog

Tin Man (1983)

Rating: ★★

Jan 19, 2008Deaf Inventor Builds an A.I.

Earnest, sincere film where deaf Timothy Bottoms receives an operation that allows him to hear again, as well as builds an A.I.

Director: John G. Thomas

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Deana Jurgens, Troy Donahue, John Phillip Law

Category: Science Fiction

19 January 20084 December 2024 by Roog

Space Mutiny (1988)

Rating: ★

Dec 10, 2019Space Opera

This is widely regarded as a classic bad movie. A South African-made space opera where the corner-cutting cheapness of the production proves frequently hilarious

Director: David Winters, Neal Sundström

Actors: Reb Brown, John Phillip Law, Cameron Mitchell, James Ryan

Category: Science Fiction

10 December 201910 July 2026 by Roog