Corridors of blood 1958

Starring: Boris Karloff

Seeking to discover anaesthetics, a Victorian doctor falls prey to a resurrection man.

This movie is on the edge of horror but just resists from moving into that genre. The fact that it remains more plot ridden certainly increases the interest. There are nicely created seedy London locations, the whole piece is very well costumed and there are some decidedly unlikeable & dispicable characters. One of the more watchable of Karloff's movies. 6/10

Spaceballs 1987

Starring: Mel Brooks

A ruthless race is out to steal the air supply from the planet Druidia.

You know what you're going to get with a Mel Brooks film. If you throw in as many jokes as he does, some are bound to hit the mark. This grew on me enormously and was played in exactly the right spirit. It never for one minute pretended to be anything other than a spoof and with it not being over long, got it just about right. 7/10

The Pirate 1948

Starring: Gene Kelly

In a West Indian port, a girl imagines that a wandering player is a famous pirate, who in fact is her despised and elderly suitor.

Gene Kelly & Judy Garland, on paper, what a combination! But I'm afraaid I just never bought into this, there's no chemistry between the two stars and infact I found Kelly's character really annoying. A couple of good songs but very little else to impress me. 4/10