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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Ladies who do 1963

Starring: Peggy Mount

Charladies form a successful company from tips they salvage from wastepaper baskets.

It's difficult to ever empathise with Peggy Mount and that harsh, booming delivery that she had. Having said that, this was a bit of fun. As implausible as the plot was, it made you smile and it was nice to see Harry H Corbett in his prime and Robert Morley was almost bearable to watch.        7/10



Sunday, June 22, 2014

Jeremy 1973

Starring: Robby Benson

A music student falls in love with a ballet dancer.

A lovely chemistry between the two actors with a perfect music underscore. You realise how well this is being done as when it becomes intimate, you feel like you're intruding. I'd never heard of this before seeing it but it's a really beautiful movie.          9/10

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Red sundown 1956

Starring: Rory Calhoun

A gunslinger becomes a deputy and tames a lawless town.

Standard Western with its plot but moved along at a nice pace and I found it very watchable. No surprises, but easy on the eye.       7/10

Sunday, June 08, 2014

Horror express 1972

Starring:  Peter Cushing

In 1906 China a fossilized missing link comes to violent life on a train.

My theory that you never get a bad movie on a train was severely tested here. Christopher Lee looked ridiculous and was as wooden as can be, Cushing was marginally better and quite what Terry Savalas was thinking about... This reminded me of the horror films I used to watch late on a Friday night when I was a kid. It fell into the, so bad it became quite good category.      4/10

Sunday, June 01, 2014

THe Guardian 2006

Starring: Kevin Costner

A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.

I have a theory that no Kevin Costner movie ever comes in at even close to under 2 hours, this was no exception. A bit like Top gun for coastguards. It had some good scenes, the chemistry between Costner & Ashton Kutcher was really good. This worked best during the training scenes, the last hal hour somehow lacked the thrill and excitement of similar movies. Not bad though.       6/10