HD Alert!

Margaret Lee and Reg Lewis in COLOSSUS OF THE STONE AGE (1962) 

These screenshots were taken from the recently released Blu-ray from Germany. It's called LAND OF THE MONSTERS. As goofy as it is, I always liked this movie and having it in HD is great. To make it even better, the English audio is included! My only issue with this release: the image is good but it's not a wow! It already had some decent DVD releases and, yes, this is a step up but I'm not wowed by it. Is it worth buying? Yes! Buy it here.

 

Note: my list of topics for posts on Tuesdays is one my other computer. I'll post more once I retrieve it. For now it's only one post for today.

Musings!

Pierre Cressoy and Hélène Rémy in THE BARBARIANS (1953) 

A very well made movie few people know. It was written and produced by Mario Francisci, who is related to Pietro Francisci, director of HERCULES (1958). The two leads in this Italian production are French actors! The movie is known under other titles, including THE SACK OF ROME and THE PAGANS. The movie is interesting as it has a different style compared to other productions with the same type of story. I got the Italian version recently while the English version was always available. A rare situation in collecting PEPLUM movies. 

NOTE: my main computer crashed at the beginning of my break. I'm still in the process of fixing up everything as it used to be but it will take some time so I'll be posting irregularly until everything is finally settled. Sorry about this. Most of my files are still on the old computer. I hope you understand.

PEPLUM Movie Poster

Original Italian poster of THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1959)

Very nice poster which really sells the movie. Steve Reeves looks more like Burt Reynolds but that's fine. 

PEPLUM Break

I take a break roughly every two months so this is that time again.

(I'll have a rundown on all the blu-rays and dvds I recently bought...)

So stay tuned!

I'll leave you now with King Leonidas (Richard Egan) from THE 300 SPARTANS (1962), saying "From this wall, we do not retreat!"

Image of the week!

A victorious Menelaus (Niall MacGinnis) meets his wife Helen (Rossana Podestà) for the first time during the Fall of Troy in HELEN OF TROY (1956)

At the movies...

 KING OF KINGS premiere at the Loews State theatre in New Your city.