Evan Jones Archives

The Damned (1963)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 18, 2000Radioactive Children/Hammer Film

A very atypical Hammer film. US director Joseph Losey makes a stark and effective contemporary set film about the discovery of children that have been left radioactively mutated by an experiment

Director: Joseph Losey

Actors: Oliver Reed, Shirley Ann Field, MacDonald Carey, Alexander Knox, …

Category: Science Fiction

18 July 20005 May 2026 by Roog

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Rating: ★

May 1, 2006Female Super Thief/Comic Book Adaptation

Modesty Blaise was a classic British comic-book about a smart female thief. On screen, it is turned into a copy of the James Bond films that goes for excruciatingly over-the-top camp excess

Director: Joseph Losey

Actors: Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, …

Category: Fantasy

1 May 20065 May 2026 by Roog

Night Watch (1973)

Rating: ★★

May 5, 2026Psycho-Thriller

Called the only horror film Elizabeth Taylor ever appeared in (although one would dispute that somewhat), this feels like a Hammer psycho-thriller made with an A-list cast

Director: Brian G. Hutton

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Bill Dean, …

Category: Horror

5 May 20265 May 2026 by Roog