Dr Retro
@retroramblings.bsky.social
Writer, film historian, lecturer, freelance bonus feature creator, Wild, Wild Podcast co-host, husband and father, your man in Beijing
Cinema Retro are re-running a review I wrote ten years ago about this fun spy thriller from Don Sharp:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Cinema Retro are re-running a review I wrote ten years ago about this fun spy thriller from Don Sharp:
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
Just bought two big film posters at a market in Beijing. One is an early Jet Li Shaw Brothers film, and the other one is a pretty obscure one with a very dramatic image. They were not as cheap as I'd hoped to find, but still very pleased with both of them. There were dozens more...
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just bought two big film posters at a market in Beijing. One is an early Jet Li Shaw Brothers film, and the other one is a pretty obscure one with a very dramatic image. They were not as cheap as I'd hoped to find, but still very pleased with both of them. There were dozens more...
Me, running away from problems...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Me, running away from problems...
And my final word on the subject (for now), a chapter in an academic collection:
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
And my final word on the subject (for now), a chapter in an academic collection:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/adult-the...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/adult-the...
And here's my copy of the original soundtrack album!
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And here's my copy of the original soundtrack album!
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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October 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
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October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
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About 8 years ago I wrote a booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for the @88films.bsky.social release of Beyond the Darkness. Today I've just written another booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for a surprising top secret release coming soon!
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
About 8 years ago I wrote a booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for the @88films.bsky.social release of Beyond the Darkness. Today I've just written another booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for a surprising top secret release coming soon!
I reviewed the Shaw Brothers oddball action-comedy The Weird Man for Cinema Retro:
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August 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I reviewed the Shaw Brothers oddball action-comedy The Weird Man for Cinema Retro:
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Two Frightfest legends.
August 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Two Frightfest legends.
Excited to be heading back to Frightfest again this year!
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Excited to be heading back to Frightfest again this year!
My review of this excellent new book Screening Sherlock is now over on Cinema Retro:
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August 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My review of this excellent new book Screening Sherlock is now over on Cinema Retro:
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www.cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...
Working on a book proposal for something which might just be the coolest thing I ever do.
August 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Working on a book proposal for something which might just be the coolest thing I ever do.
Together at last. Now I need to find the time to have a Man With No Name day.
August 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Together at last. Now I need to find the time to have a Man With No Name day.
William Castle, the hardest-working man in showbusiness, providing some ballyhoo for I Saw What You Did in Minneapolis, June 1965.
July 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
William Castle, the hardest-working man in showbusiness, providing some ballyhoo for I Saw What You Did in Minneapolis, June 1965.
My freelance work has really kicked up a notch this year. Very pleased to have received this box of comp copies from @imprintfilms.bsky.social!
July 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My freelance work has really kicked up a notch this year. Very pleased to have received this box of comp copies from @imprintfilms.bsky.social!
Just received an email from Arrow Video confirming that they have secured the UK rights for the Golden Princess library. Should keep us spending money on Arrow 4Ks for the next few years.
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just received an email from Arrow Video confirming that they have secured the UK rights for the Golden Princess library. Should keep us spending money on Arrow 4Ks for the next few years.
My top ten list didn't have any horror films in it, so to redress the balance here's an attempt to list my top ten horror films of the 21st Century (I wanted to include The Borderlands (2013) but it wasn't on their list):
June 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My top ten list didn't have any horror films in it, so to redress the balance here's an attempt to list my top ten horror films of the 21st Century (I wanted to include The Borderlands (2013) but it wasn't on their list):
Potentialy interesting news for fans of Luigi Cozzi's fantastic giallo The Killer Must Kill Again. Looks like it's getting its first blu ray release this September, and is being launched with Cozzi in attendance at the CinemArcord festival in Bergamo.
June 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Potentialy interesting news for fans of Luigi Cozzi's fantastic giallo The Killer Must Kill Again. Looks like it's getting its first blu ray release this September, and is being launched with Cozzi in attendance at the CinemArcord festival in Bergamo.
I've come a bit late to this (literally, it's 1 in the morning and I can't sleep) but here's my highly subjective Top Ten films of the 21st century:
June 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've come a bit late to this (literally, it's 1 in the morning and I can't sleep) but here's my highly subjective Top Ten films of the 21st century:
Another first time watch. I really enjoyed this and wish I’d seen it years ago!
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Another first time watch. I really enjoyed this and wish I’d seen it years ago!
Last four watched. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last four watched. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
Looks like @vinsyn.bsky.social will be announcing a new Dario Argento 4K UHD next week. Anyone else hoping it’s Dracula 3D?
June 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Looks like @vinsyn.bsky.social will be announcing a new Dario Argento 4K UHD next week. Anyone else hoping it’s Dracula 3D?
I used to run with a pretty rough gang when I was younger.
June 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I used to run with a pretty rough gang when I was younger.