In the corner of a bar, a small television set is broadcasting a basketball game.  All eyes are fixed on the game save those of two men – Saint John Hawke and Mike Rivers.  Saint John is preoccupied as he considers his future with the Company.  He has come to […]

4.21 Malduke


This third episode of the fourth season of Airwolf opens with a JetRanger, flown by Jo Santini (Michele Scarabelli), in the sky alongside a single-prop aeroplane flown by Saint John Hawke (Barry Van Dyke).  They are testing a new Laser Digital Communication device.  Saint John is to receive the signal that Jo […]

4.03 A Town for Hire


The fourth season of Airwolf opens with an ambitious episode that attempts to knit together the previous three years with a new era, and new cast.  It ends up being a bit of a “jack of all trades, master of none”, in which it adequately does the job it needs […]

4.01 Blackjack


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



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)


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)


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)


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)



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)


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)


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)


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