The Perfect Woman (1949)
Sep 15, 2021Android Woman Comedy
One of the first depictions of an android on film, a madcap British comedy of manners about the creation of an android woman
Nigel Patrick
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
May 7, 2011Immortally Cursed Sea Captain/Romantic Fantasy
Exquisitely shot Technicolor fantasy in which Ava Gardner is romanced by James Mason as the Flying Dutchman, cursed to eternally sail the seas
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Feb 2, 2003The Quest to Break the Sound Barrier
David Lean conducts a fictional account of the efforts to build a plane that breaks the sound barrier
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Feb 18, 2001Horror Anthology/Comic-Book Adaptation
Amicus adapts several stories from the notorious EC Comics as one of their anthology films. Missing is EC's black humour but this is a worthwhile Amicus anthology