Five corners 1988

Starring: Jodie Foster

Four old friends meet again when one of them is released from prison.

Well constructed and nicely filmed, this is a deeply shocking movie in many ways. Apart from Jodie Foster, there really isn't one likeable character in the movie, this along with the brutal murder of a penguin and a psychopath's mother, make it difficult to watch. Having said that, it continues to surprise you all the way through.                       6/10

99 River street 1953

Starring: John Payne

A taxi driver becomes involved in a diamond robbery.

Ex prize-fighter come taxi driver gets tied up with criminals. Small time movie and all fairly routine and forgettable.                  4/10         

In cold blood 1967

Starring: Robert Blake

An account of a real life crime in which an entire family was brutally murdered by wandering gunmen.

Harrowing story which was very effective in black and white. For the majority of the story, you never saw the crime committed, you just heard a scream. I thought this was brilliant, sadly in the last 20 mins we were  shown a depiction of the gratuitous violence. Somehow, you couldn't take your eyes off this movie.       7/10

The Kettles on Old Macdonald's farm 1957

The third of the Kettles series that I've seen. They're just good old-fashioned, harmless viewing. This didn't make me laugh quite as much as the others but I still found lots of it amusing. Just lots of slapstick joined together with a fairly loose plot really.         6/10