Two big reviews tonight, mainly courtesty of our quietly productive UK correspondent, Lee Broughton, who has come through with another genre double bill.

Paramount presents the superior historical thriller Lady Jane, which manages to create romance and suspense from England's briefest rule - the 9-day empire of Queen Jane Gray, and her honeymooning husband Guilford. Helena Bonham Carter and Cary Elwes star in this beautifully-produced and shrewdly-written epic.

From the UK, courtesy of correspondent Lee Broughton, comes a Region 2 PAL review of two separate discs, Lake of Dracula and Evil of Dracula. These early 70s Toho releases took the Hammer vampire films as their starting point and are very highly regarded.

Besides thanking Lee for helping me out, I have to say that the reviews will still flow .. maybe a bit slower for the next week or so, but I'm working on them, including the Peter Sellers boxed set (so much to see) and Criterion's new I Am Curious double bill. Thanks for reading! Glenn Erickson