Terror of the Tongs (1961)

Terror of the Tongs (1961)

[3] The output from Britain's Hammer Films is usually surprisingly entertaining, but such is not the case for this dreadfully dull would-be thriller. Terror of the Tongs is about a sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) who stops at nothing to expose…
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

[4] In one of Hammer Films' more underwhelming genre efforts, Richard Greene stars as Robin Hood, Sword of Sherwood Forest. Robin discovers a conspiracy between the Sheriff of Nottingham (Peter Cushing) and a band of nobles who want to steal…
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

[8] Stanley Kubrick advanced the art of special effects and brought the science-fiction genre out of low-budget purgatory with 2001: A Space Odyssey. With a script co-written by Arthur C. Clarke, based on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", 2001 opens…
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

[2] Any reasonable viewer would expect a certain guaranteed level of enjoyment from a '60s romantic comedy set in Paris that stars William Holden and Audrey Hepburn. Yet somehow, Paris When It Sizzles squanders ever ounce of its cast's and…
Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

[6] Claude Dauphin stars as a race car driver who suffers from head trauma following a crash. The trauma is much more than physical, too -- he has uncontrollable urges to strangle his new wife (Diane Cilento). While recuperating together…
You Only Live Twice (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

[7] James Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Japan for the fifth film in the franchise. Someone is capturing both Russian and American space vessels in attempt to start a war between the two superpowers. Bond works with the Japanese Secret…
Thunderball (1965)

Thunderball (1965)

[7] James Bond is sent to the Bahamas to locate two nuclear bombs stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. in Thunderball, arguably one of the most widely anticipated 'event movies' since Gone with the Wind. Sean Connery's fourth time at bat starts off…
Goldfinger (1964)

Goldfinger (1964)

[8] In the third James Bond film, agent 007 (Sean Connery) is trying to stop the title character, a nefarious gold tycoon, from breaking into Fort Knox. Goldfinger is a standalone story, without any connection to the overarching SPECTRE storyline,…
The Brides of Dracula (1960)

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

[7] Peter Cushing returns in Hammer Films' first of many Dracula sequels. Despite the odd absence of Christopher Lee this time out, The Brides of Dracula is more fun and engaging than 1958's Horror of Dracula. The film opens with…
The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

[8] In this American western adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, seven gunslingers are hired to protect a small Mexican village from a posse of relentless bandits who steal all their food and goods. The motley 'seven' teach the…