Starring: John Mills
An actress is found dead in Dr Latimer's flat and the weapon turns up in the boot of his car.....
An entertaining plot driven murder mystery filled with plenty of twists & turns. The story is so entertaining that you don't really notice the acting. An amusing little yarn that keeps you guessing all the way through. 8/10
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Arabesque 1966
Starring: Gregory Peck
An Oxford professor is asked by middle Eastern oil magnates to decipher a hieroglyphic, and finds afterwards that he is marked for assassination.
This is like a long episode of the Avengers. Extraordinary, excessive use of camera shots using reflection & unnecessary, moody lighting. Gregory Peck is not at his best & Sophia Loren....looks nice. This was so bad that it almost became good. 4/10
An Oxford professor is asked by middle Eastern oil magnates to decipher a hieroglyphic, and finds afterwards that he is marked for assassination.
This is like a long episode of the Avengers. Extraordinary, excessive use of camera shots using reflection & unnecessary, moody lighting. Gregory Peck is not at his best & Sophia Loren....looks nice. This was so bad that it almost became good. 4/10
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Retreat hell 1952
Starring: Frank Lovejoy
Adventures of a marine unit in the Korean war.
A standard war film, but one which focuses on the Marines feelings & insecurities as well as the action. For this to work, you have to care about the characters. The Commander grows on you & the captain comes through, but the undoubted star is the young McDermott who gives a lovely nieve performance. There's lots of action & explosion and although it's a bit dated and cheesily patriotic at the end, it's not at all bad. 6/10
Adventures of a marine unit in the Korean war.
A standard war film, but one which focuses on the Marines feelings & insecurities as well as the action. For this to work, you have to care about the characters. The Commander grows on you & the captain comes through, but the undoubted star is the young McDermott who gives a lovely nieve performance. There's lots of action & explosion and although it's a bit dated and cheesily patriotic at the end, it's not at all bad. 6/10
Sunday, February 04, 2007
The Slipper and the rose 1976
Starring: Richard Chamberlain
The story of Cinderella
I love pantomime! This is the story of Cinderella portrayed on the big screen. It's lavish, colourful with good song & dance. It amused me as well with Michael Hordern and Annette Crosbie my pick of the actors. This was my kind of movie and I loved it. 9/10
The story of Cinderella
I love pantomime! This is the story of Cinderella portrayed on the big screen. It's lavish, colourful with good song & dance. It amused me as well with Michael Hordern and Annette Crosbie my pick of the actors. This was my kind of movie and I loved it. 9/10
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