Category Archive: Retrogeek

Top 10 ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes – 1st Doctor Edition

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Over the past couple of months we’ve been posting reviews of the original Doctor Who adventures, and now we present a quick Top 10 of the 1st Doctor episodes to cap it all… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ Review

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Director: Peter R. Hunt Cast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilsa Seppat, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Plot: While perusing Blofeld James Bond meets Tracy di Vicenzo, the daughter… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘You Only Live Twice’ Review

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Director: Lewis Gilbert Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hamma, Tetsuri Tamba, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell Plot: After faking his own death in order to prevent attempts on his… Continue reading

Old Hollywood Stars and Their Contemporary Counterparts

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1. Audrey Hepburn and Natalie Portman: Both actresses are petite brunette women known for their amazing performances and humanitarianism. When you think of top notch actresses, both Hepburn and Portman come to mind.… Continue reading

Retro Doctor Who Reviews – Part 1.5

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Time for the fifth – and final – collection of reviews of the William Hartnell episodes of Doctor Who. At this point we start to see larger gaps in the series as we… Continue reading

Retro Review: The Phantom

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This is a movie that upon it’s release was greeted with terrible reviews and low box office returns; yet when I as a small child saw it, I loved every second of it.… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘Thunderball’ Review

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Director: Terence Young Cast: Sean Connery, Adolfi Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Plot: After dispatching a SPECTRE agent Bond is ordered into a day… Continue reading

Retro Review: Men in Black

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Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio, Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn Plot: When a New York cop discovers a vast underground society of aliens living on Earth he gets… Continue reading

‘Goldfinger’ Review

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Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Plot: Whilst recovering from a mission Bond is introduced to Auric… Continue reading

Top 10 Classic Point-n-Click Adventures

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Back in the good ol’ days when gaming was primitive (the 1990s) there was a large and popular genre called ‘point-n-click’ adventure games. They were simple fare, forsaking action and speed for slower… Continue reading