Ged Jones
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Robocop
Read more: RobocopA two page article from a February 1988 magazine: This 1987 Sci-Fi thriller receives an 7.0 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen and Dan O’Herlihy. This was one of a number of Orion Pictures titles we were able to obtain from Rank Film Distributors. In a crime-ridden…
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Haunts
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Read more: HauntsThe video cassette market was booming with customers constantly looking for new horror, ‘sex’ and action titles, so it’s easy to understand why we would release this hooror that in reality is a slow-paced thriller that has a real sense of impending doom. The names of May Britt, Cameron Mitchell and Aldo Ray, adorn the…
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Film For The Collector #1
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Read more: Film For The Collector #1I have to thank Dave Hinett for giving me the idea for this short series. When ‘Film Making’ and ‘Movie Maker’, the UKs two small film gauge magazines disappeared from the news stands, everyone at Derann agreed that their passing was only going to be detrimental to the ‘Home Movie’ market, whether it be package…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Read more: The Curse of FrankensteinA page from an unknown issue: This 1957 horror receives an 7.0 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart. Hammer’s first Colour horror and the beginning of a new era. Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought…
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Gone With the Wind
Read more: Gone With the WindA three page article from a September 1968 issue: This 1939 costume drama receives an 8.2 rating on the IMDb. Directors of this 8 times Oscar winner are Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood with Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard. Despite warnings from her family, Scarlett intends…
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“Club”
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Read more: “Club”During the 37 years I spent with Derann, Derek had many weird and wonderful ideas for brand new sales lines or promotions to help garner further sales. He was generally on the ‘mark’ but not always, as with the vast quantity of GAF View-Masters we had lying around for so many years. During 1979 it…
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Victor/Victoria
Read more: Victor/VictoriaA page article from a film publication dated April: This 1982 musical farce receives a 7.6 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner and Robert Preston. A singer in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it gets complicated. This was released as…
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