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Three Steps to the Gallows, a review by GSyren

Title	Three Steps to the Gallows (US: White Fire)
Year	1953
Director	John Gilling
Stars	Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe, Gabrielle Brune, Colin Tapley
Overview
My thoughts	What's Rita Hayworth and the major from Faulty Towers doing in a an old British crime drama from 1953? Oh, wait, it isn't Rita Hayworth. It's Mary Castle. But by George, she looks incredibly like Rita Hayworth. And as for the major, well it is Ballard Berkeley, but a lot younger, of course. Still, quite recognizeable. It's a case of "who can you trust", and pretty much from the start there is one person where I wondered if he was really trustworth, but there's another that I didn't see coming. There is nothing special about this film, really, but I like these old black-and-white thrillers. And I have always loved London, so it's always fun to see films that are shot in real London locations. Good old Ferdy Mayne is in there, too, but ever since I say "The Fearless Vampire Killers" I always expect to see fangs. The film is supposed to be digitally restored and remastered. And I suppose it is. For the most parts it looks very good, but in some places (probably the reel endings) it is rather worn. But not enough that it should stop you from getting a copy if you are interested in this type of film. I quite liked it (or possibly I was just in the right mood). It kept me from spending the entire afternoon watching the hunt for the Boston Marathon killers on CNN...
Rating

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Citizen Kane, a review by snowcat

(From Emma's Film Reviews (snowcat) on November 14th, 2009)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

21. Benediction
Original Air Date: 5/13/2002
Holtz returns from the Quor-toth dimension and sets into motion the final part of his revenge against Angel.

Guest Stars:
Vincent Kartheiser
Laurel Holloman
Mark Lutz
Stephanie Romanov
Keith Szarabajka

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this one. It was fun to watch Angel and Connor fighting side by side. And how they fight so similar even though he grew up apart from Angel. Though I do think the whole Cordelia's new power saving the day in a previous episode... and her new power "curing" Connor in this episode is a little much. Seems like they are using it as a serve all purpose type thing at this point.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 15th, 2010)