Roger Browne, Mario Novelli and Mimmo Palmara are grateful to have a flute in THE THREE SWORDS OF ROME The set-up of the scene : a cobra...

New publicity still from the upcoming WONDER WOMAN film project (a spin-off of BATMAN VS SUPERMAN film). Gal Gadot plays Wonder Woman. Th...

Gabriele Antonini, as Zorro sans mask, is pinned by Claudio Undari in THE SIGN OF THE AVENGER This film was never dubbed in Engli...

Carita and Don Murray enjoy a break from filming THE VIKING QUEEN

Jayne Mansfield in IT HAPPENED IN ATHENS Though not a PEPLUM film per se the story is set during the Olympic games. And we do see Jayne...

Continuing with the discussion of how the PEPLUM genre helped in disrobing the human body in the world of cinema that eventually led to more...

Silvana Mangano stares at the empty tomb where Jesus was buried in BARABBAS The one thing they never show in films about Jesus is where...

Italian poster for the rarely seen THE LION OF AMALFI Colorful poster for a black & white film directed by Pietro Francisci. 

For those who are celebrating Easter Weekend, here's the crucifixion scene from KING OF KINGS starring Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus For t...

Deron Mcbee plays a barbarian stuck in present day L.A. in TIME BARBARIANS A Troma film, which means quality is very low. The success o...

Retro Friday : Old posts updated ( originally posted on January 2, 2013 ) 6 degrees of separation between two productions of THE LAST D...

An athletic Giuliano Gemma thwarts the bad guys with his acrobatic skills in MY SON THE HERO (aka The Titans) I really have a love/hat...

It looks absolutely awful! Like a FAST & FURIOUS version of the story. The CGI is terrible.

Sebastian Fischer is Sigfrido in SIGFRIDO (1957) This film is really, eh, eccentric. I love it and it's very creative but the film ...

In my long quest to have every PEPLUM film ever made (I know, it's impossible), getting to know the difference between some titles is qu...

Rossana Podestà, as Princess Jamila, is surrounded by suitors who are trying to win her hand in marriage in THE GOLDEN ARROW (1962) Very...

After last week’s post, The Pantless Hero, it was pretty safe to say that the disrobing of the human body, the male body to be more precise,...

Reg Park, as Maciste, saves Eleonora Bianchi and Bruno Piergentili (as Dan Harrison) in MACISTE IN KING SOLOMON'S MINES This fun fil...

Italian poster for the Polish film PHARAOH Epic Polish film of life in Ancient Egypt. Politically incorrect in today's terms but ...

Ursus (Ed Fury) tries to help Doreide (María Luisa Merlo) in trying to know who kidnapped his bride in THE MIGHTY URSUS Doreide is the m...

Retro Friday : Old posts updated ( originally posted on July 3, 2013 ) When GLADIATOR (2000), the Ridley Scott film, was being pro...