Colin Edwards‘Misunderstood’ or — A Loving Lie?‘Misunderstood’ (1966) is an Italian drama about a British diplomat, John Duncombe (Anthony Quayle), living in Florence faced with…3 min read·1 day ago----
Colin Edwards‘Time Out of Mind’ or — A Silk Purse and the Power of Multi-layered Music?The story goes that when director Robert Siodmak was given the script to ‘Time out of Mind’ (1947) he told the studio the story wasn’t…4 min read·3 days ago----
Colin Edwards‘The White Sheik’ or — Entering the ‘Loveworld’ of the Icons?Provincial newlyweds, Wanda (Brunella Bovo) and Ivan Cavalli (Leopoldo Trieste), arrive in Rome for their honeymoon so Ivan can introduce…3 min read·May 8, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Lady on a Train’ or — High Speed Entertainment?Debutante Nicki Collins (Deanna Durbin) is travelling from San Francisco to New York but just as her train is about to arrive at Central…3 min read·May 7, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘The Boss’ or — Explosive Cinema… Literally?OPENING SCENE — A group of Sicilian mob bosses accompanied by their bodyguards meet in a private cinema to watch a porno. As they settle…3 min read·May 1, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Footprints on the Moon’ or — The Impact of Sinister Radiance?Alice (Florinda Bolkan), a language translator, awakens one morning to find the last couple of days of her life completely wiped from her…3 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Totò Le Mokò’ or — Funnier Than ‘The Godfather Part III’?Notorious mob boss Pépé le Moko rules the Casbah through his terrifying air of mystique, yet when he is brutally gunned down his gang, now…3 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘China O’Brien’ 1 & 2 or — Bloody God-Awful yet Awfully Good?Despite being a big Cynthia Rothrock fan I’ve only been familiar with her incredible Hong Kong output meaning I’d never seen the two films…4 min read·Apr 28, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ or — A Triumph of Neo-Neorealism?Rome, 1946. Delia, a mother and housewife, stoically looks after her three children, nurses her bed-ridden father-in-law and suffers the…3 min read·Apr 27, 2024----