The Howling 1980

Starring: Dee Wallace

A lady newscaster discovers that the medical retreat at which she stays to recover from a nervous breakdown is likely to give her another.

Crude werewolf story that jumps rather from scene to scene. This took a while to get to the main drama. Once it did, the special effects were impressive, but the horror was all a bit predictible.

A bit dull really. 4/10

Captain Horatio Hornblower RN 1951

Starring: Gregory Peck

Events from the adventure novels about a 19th-Century sailor who outwits the Spaniards and the French and marries his admiral's widow.

Schoolboy type seafaring adventures about this famous captain. Well shot in nice tongue in cheek style. Interesting to see James Robertson Justice actually acting a part rather than just barking out lines. A movie that was very easy on the eye. 8/10

Flying deuces 1939

Starring: Laurel & Hardy

Laurel & Hardy join the foreign legion

Laurel & Hardy were the masters of farce. So why are their movies never as funny as their 20 minute shorts? This movie has the occassional moment, but the funny scenes are too far apart and the movie was just a little too pedestrian.
This made me smile, rather than laugh. I'll stick with the shorts I think. 5/10