Starring: Natalie Wood
A New York Jewish girl has great ambitions for herself but ends up a suburban housewife.
A light-hearted melodrama that is a delight when Natalie Wood is sneaking across the lake as an 18 year old. The movie loses its way as she becomes older and the tortured minds and egos of the stars become a little tiresome. Classic Hollywood that overstays its welcome. 6/10
Starring: Norman Wisdom
A Scotland Yard car park attendant manages to capture some crooks and become a policeman.
There is something endearing about Wisdom and there are a few delightful moments in this movie. Unfortunately , the whole thing drags on for way too long & I wish a little 'less is more' had been considered. Still the scene write at the beginning was great, as was the scene with the young lads playing football & the scenes with his Italian girlfriend. 6/10
Starring: Richard Gere
A duel to the death develops between an honest and a corrupt cop.
Gritty, tense and violent. This is well acted by Gere & Garcia although I struggled to see when Gere actually did any police work. As well played as this was, every one of the characters was unlikeable to me & for that reason alone it left me with few feelings at its conclusion. Not bad though. 6/10
Starring: Charles Boyer
A romantic Casbah thief makes the mistake of falling in love.
Started well enough with good scene setting but descended into a too single paced, talkative style with little atmosphere and I never felt you got a true feel for the Casbah. Lead actor gave a good performance and the random song was bonkers. 3/10
