I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great: www.cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...

Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic! "[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress". www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...

This handsome thing has just been announced by @vinsyn.bsky.social, featuring an essay in the accompanying booklet by me! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

Just submitted a booklet essay for an upcoming release of a late-in-the-cycle spaghetti western.

Something tasty is coming soon from historian and cool dude Eugenio Ercolani: www.ulule.com/cannibalworl...

My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro: www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...

Did anyone else find it weird that Strictly paid tribute to Top of the Pops this evening?

Very excited to have written my first essay for @umbrellaent.bsky.social, and what a great-looking release! I think this is also the first bonus content I've created for a film made in the 21st century. Available for pre-order now! shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/was...

If you listened to every podcast I've ever done back to back without sleep, it will last about a week. www.podchaser.com/creators/dr-...

Another commentary track in the can, this time for a banger of an Italian poliziotteschi.

Another great case for Paul Temple and Steve, with a genuinely perplexing mystery and a whole host of suspects. However, I think we’re supposed to overlook Temple slipping a sleeping pill in his wife’s drink. That’s fine apparently. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The final episode in our Rapiers and Ruffles season is now available on all podcast platforms. What will Rod and I do if we disagree over the films from this season? And which films have you enjoyed? Let us know! Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7AZb...

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!

Latest episode of Wild, Wild Podcast is available everywhere now. Join us for the last film of the season - Zorro in the Court of England! Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/51YV...

I reviewed the Shaw Brothers oddball action-comedy The Weird Man for Cinema Retro: cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...

Two Frightfest legends.

Excited to be heading back to Frightfest again this year!

Hammer are back and breaking the bank again! It's a must have though, so I'll be in the queue to try and get a poster like everyone else next Friday. hammerfilms.com/products/the...

My review of this excellent new book Screening Sherlock is now over on Cinema Retro: www.cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...

Has anyone tried using an external 4K blu ray drive for a Mac? If so, any recommendations on make and software?

Just seen Pulp Fiction at the Komedia in Brighton. For some reason the screen began to get murkier and mistier in the last ten minutes, like I was losing my eyesight in real time.

Also worth checking out are these great BBC radio adaptations from 2007: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Just started watching this show the other day. It's always worth catching anything Edgar Wallace!

Working on a book proposal for something which might just be the coolest thing I ever do.

I missed this coming out, so this is a late plug for a podcast I appeared on to discuss Final Destination. Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

I asked AI what it thought about Roger Corman. This is part of the answer I got: Movies like The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), * Dentist to the Dead* (1967), and The Time Hole (1972) are durable classics that showcase his ability to blend horror with dark humor and imaginative storytelling.

I saw some kids, probably only around 14 years old, shoplifting yesterday from B&Q. Apparently they steal bolt-cutters so they can go out and steal bikes. Instantly this Not the Nine O'Clock News came to mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhst...

Together at last. Now I need to find the time to have a Man With No Name day.

How is this going to be policed? "Excuse me madam, I know I'm only a minimum wage-earning employee here at the gym, but would you mind showing me what's down your pants?"

Very excited to see that War 2 is coming out next week in UK cinemas. Hrithik Roshan kicks ass, and I really love these YRF Spy Universe movies. Alia Bhatt has her own one coming out at the end of the year too! Hopefully that means she has a cameo in this one...

Just submitted an essay for a blu ray release of a French film from the 21st century, by a company I haven't worked for before. This might be the most modern film I've done something on, so it was a challenge but it's nice to be stretched once in a while. And finally, I can relax.

Body Puzzle coming soon from Raro and @kinolorber.com, featuring another commentary from Rod and I. It's been a busy year! kinolorber.com/product/body...

It seems I can now add subtitle QC and translation to my list of freelance skills, as long as it's fairly basic Italian.

Normally not one to show off, but as I'm leaving my current teaching post, I can't resist sharing a bit of student module feedback: "adrian has to be one of the best teachers iv had throughout my entire education." Good job I wasn't their English teacher.

This is fab stuff - Sherlock Holmes meets Jeeves and Wooster. It’s surprising that these stories haven’t been adapted for movies or TV more.They’re so good. This one touches on Wimsey’s PTSD too, which adds a touch of seriousness to his character. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

And then @hammerfilms.bsky.social go and put another new one up for pre-order! It's an expensive day... hammerfilms.com/products/the...

Thunderbirds are GO! 🚀 The most complete and faithful presentation of Thunderbirds to date – fully restored in original 4:3 aspect ratio with audio options and packed with over 8 hours of bonus content across 11 discs 🤯 Pre-order yours here! gerryanderson.com/products/thu...

It's pricey, but worth it. gerryanderson.com/products/thu...

In the space of 8 days I have recorded and edited three feature-length audio commentaries. I'm starting to go a bit snowblind when I look at my Adobe Audition screen now. Plus I am actually supposed to be doing my real job.

Just recorded my first solo commentary track, for this upcoming release of Thief of Baghdad (1961). Exciting times!

Another commentary track in the can this evening, this time for a mid-sixties Universal horror film from one of the all time masters of exploitation cinema. Hope we did it justice.

I’ve mentally checked out at work already and I’ve still got five weeks left. Doesn’t help that I’ve already been invited for leaving drinks next week. August is going to be a slog.

William Castle, the hardest-working man in showbusiness, providing some ballyhoo for I Saw What You Did in Minneapolis, June 1965.

I was just using Word's dictate function and noticed that it couldn't handle "erotic," just giving me "******" instead. Sheesh, ultra-conservative America, is it really that bad?

Very excited to have secured a brilliant new job in these uncertain times for academia. From September I will be working for Nottingham Trent University as a media production and communications lecturer, with all the teaching happening in Beijing. I'm off to China!

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!

This is really good but really horrible. It makes me want to ask the directors, “Are you okay?” boxd.it/afJdBz

This has a good story and a great cast, but my goodness. There’s an academic paper to be written on the way men speak to the female characters in this, which must have been normal in 1965. Things may not be perfect now, but they’ve certainly improved. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Screened DDLJ this week for my students. Can't believe it's 30 years old this year. It's still one of my favourite films. We all want to marry Shah Rukh Khan by the end!

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.