Light At The End…

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Yearly archives: 2007

Die Another Day gets a bit of a rough ride from James Bond fans, and it’s easy to see why. “Too much” is the problem. This is the movie that everyone accused Moonraker of being – full of gadgets, sci-fi, and special effects. While Moonraker doesn’t warrant that accusation, Die […]

Die Another Day

June 16, 2007 in James Bond / Movies & Films / Reviews by Jonathan Rudderham

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle original story The Valley of Fear. Filmed in 1935, this movie comes three years before the last one I watched (they’re out of sequence on the DVD) but Dr Watson is played by Ian Fleming again and […]

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

June 2, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Fleming / Lyn Harding / Sherlock Holmes / The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes / The Valley of Fear by Jonathan Rudderham

Tonight I watched another of the old black & white Sherlock Holmes movies from the 30s. This was the latest movie in the set – filmed in 1938, and it shows. Sherlock Holmes is again played by Arthur Wontner and he has really got a handle on the character by […]

Silver Blaze / Murder at the Baskervilles (1938)

May 30, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Fleming / Lyn Harding / Murder at the Baskervilles / Sherlock Holmes / Silver Blaze / The Hound of the Baskervilles by Jonathan Rudderham

It’s 1932 and Arthur Wontner in the third of his five Sherlock Holmes movies. His earlier outings, filmed in 1931 and earlier in 1932, are not available in this DVD set that I have available. This third movie is the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic – The Sign of Four. […]

The Sign of Four (1932)

May 23, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Hunter / Sherlock Holmes / The Sign of Four by Jonathan Rudderham

In 1933, Reginald Owen starred as Sherlock Holmes in A Study In Scarlet. This one shares little in common with the original Conan Doyle novel. The original A Study In Scarlet tells the story of Watson and Holmes meeting for the first time. It tells a terrible story of revenge, and it […]

A Study in Scarlet (1933)

May 22, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged A Study in Scarlet / Reginald Owen / Sherlock Holmes / Warburton Gamble by Jonathan Rudderham

In my continuing quest to satisfy my enthusiasm for Sherlock Holmes stories, I recently picked up a couple of DVDs of old Sherlock Holmes adventures. I watched one of them tonight, the oldest one in the set. It’s called The Speckled Band and it follows the original Sir Arthur Conan […]

The Speckled Band (1931)

May 22, 2007 in Movies & Films / Sherlock Holmes tagged 1931 / Conan Doyle / Raymond Massey / Sherlock Holmes / The Speckled Band by Jonathan Rudderham

The final part of Human Resources, and this season, continued from the end of last week’s with the Doctor having made a bit of an error which resulted in the Cybermen gaining access to the platform and threatening to convert everyone they can and kill everyone they can’t – no […]

8DA 1.08 – Human Resources (part 2)

February 24, 2007 in Big Finish Audios / Eighth Doctor Adventures / Review tagged Human Resources / Paul McGann / Sheridan Smith by Jonathan Rudderham

The first episode starts as a continuation of last week’s cliffhanger. The headhunter has finally caught up with Lucie and the story begins with Lucie’s first day at work. Apparently, Lucie’s story at the top of the season began with her on her way to work before being lumbered onto […]

8DA 1.07 – Human Resources (part 1)

February 13, 2007 in Big Finish Audios / Eighth Doctor Adventures / Review tagged Human Resources / Paul McGann / Sheridan Smith by Jonathan Rudderham

Continuing their broadcast of Big Finish’s 8th Doctor adventures, BBC Radio 7 aired Phobos last Sunday evening. In his quest to get Lucie back to her own time on Earth, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on one of Mars’ moons in the future. There they meet a group of thrill-seekers, […]

8DA 1.05 – Phobos

February 2, 2007 in Doctor Who / Eighth Doctor Adventures / Review tagged Paul McGann / Phobos / Sheridan Smith by Jonathan Rudderham

Following on from last week’s Horror of Glam Rock, the BBC7 Doctor Who adventures continued last night with an episode entitled Immortal Beloved by Jonathan Clements. This one’s a bit of a mixed-bag compared to last week’s. The 8th Doctor (Paul McGann) is still trying to get Lucie back to […]

Immortal Beloved

January 22, 2007 in Big Finish Audios / Doctor Who / Reviews tagged Big Finish / Doctor Who / Jonathan Clements / Paul McGann / Sheridan Smith / The Eighth Doctor by Jonathan Rudderham

No, don’t laugh at the silly title, which is obviously a play on the 4th Doctor’s televised serial of The Horror of Fang Rock from the 70s. Going through the endless cable channels with their evermore endless rubbish programmes, I stumbled onto BBC7 (radio) on Sunday evening and they have […]

The Horror of Glam Rock

January 17, 2007 in Big Finish Audios / Doctor Who / Reviews tagged Bernard Cribbins / Big Finish / Doctor Who / Paul Magrs / Paul McGann / Sheridan Smith / The Eighth Doctor by Jonathan Rudderham