Tag Archives: Peter Wyngarde

Flash Gordon (1980)

Posted on August 20, 2020 at 3:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Watching the interviews and reading the essays included in Arrow Video’s new deluxe Blu-ray edition of Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon (1980), I’m struck at how poorly received the film was on release. At the time, I was too young to … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner: Checkmate (1967)

Posted on May 12, 2017 at 2:23 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

fa CHECKMATE First UK Broadcast: November 24, 1967 [episode #9 in transmission order] | Written by Gerald Kelsey | Directed by Don Chaffey SYNOPSIS When Rover’s approach once more causes the Villagers to freeze in place (as first seen in “Arrival”), No.6 notices that … Continue reading →

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Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)

Posted on November 6, 2015 at 8:09 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The most effective stretch of Burn, Witch, Burn (1962), whose original British release title is Night of the Eagle, is a long, carefully constructed, vital stretch in which Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde, The Innocents), an erudite university professor and a staunch … Continue reading →

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