The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Rating: ★★½
May 26, 1999Atomically-Revived Dinosaur
A classic of the genre for a number of reason - it was the film that kicked off the 1950s fad for atomic monsters, featuring an archetypal story about a dinosaur brought back to life by atomic tests. It also featured among the very first screen credits for both Ray Bradbury and stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen

The Spy With My Face (1965)

The Spy With My Face (1965)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 12, 2015The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Film/Spy Film
The second of the feature films repackaged from the tv series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., one of the better copies of the James Bond spy fad of the 1960s. Despite the low conceptual horizons of a tv episode, this plays itself with a splendidly droll tongue-in-cheek panache