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Pete’s Peek | Vintage British sci-fi Things to Come gets a Blu-ray release

Posted on 22 June 2012 by peter

After The Invisible Man and Island of Lost Souls (read my review here) were adapted for the screen from his novels, HG Wells (pictured below) turned his hand to screenwriting for Alexander Korda’s film version of his 1933 novel, The … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | The classic 1950s sci-fi This Island Earth gets the Mystery Science Theatre treatment on Blu-ray

Posted on 13 June 2012 by peter

During the late 1980s and the 1990s, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, a spoof comedy show on Comedy Central and Syfy saw 198 ‘bad’ movies riffed, rubbished and ridiculed by a man and his robot sidekicks – who appeared in silhouette … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Back on the big screen – Michael’s Powell’s rediscovered masterpiece, Peeping Tom

Posted on 19 November 2010 by peter

With the release of the slightly scary Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 grabbing everyone’s attention, there’s another British frightener that also deserves to be mentioned – Peeping Tom. Released in 1960 – just three months before Alfred … Continue reading →

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