There are a vast number of old school movies to sit through on a miserable wet Sunday afternoon. Or perhaps even when the sun is shining. After all some films are worth staying inside for any day of the week. There's a certain cosy mood generated by some of them. This is certainly the case with the swashbuckling adventure stories featuring the creations of effects wizard and artist Ray Harryhausen. 'Harry who?' I seem to recall asking as a youngster, when the day's television schedule was being discussed. But realising it was the film with the Cyclops battling a fire breathing dragon, I would undoubtedly spend the next few hours mesmerised. Some decades later and it seems that little has changed.
