The Vicious Circle 1948

 

Starring: Conrad Nagel

Five Jewish farmers in Hungary are framed for murder.

Short courtroom drama. Overacted and difficult to connect with as the whole thing had no context. Very short and surely one of the cheapest ever movies to make.   4/10

Outlawed 2018

 

Starring: Adam Collins

An action packed story of corruption and murder. Outnumbered, outgunned and against all odds, a Commando fights his way through a siege to save his girl.

Simply dreadful. Poor and lazy script, the acting was shocking, the whole thing had an echo sound. I simply can't think why anyone would think making this would be a good idea. Occasional good action.   2/10

Mr Dynamite 1935

 Starring: Edmund Lowe

An unconventional private detective outsmarts the police.

Very old, actors shout at each other and talk at 100mph, attempted wisecracks every 30 seconds fall flat. I lost interest very quickly, thankfully short.    2/10

Valentino 1951

 

Starring: Anthony Dexter

An Italian immigrant to the US becomes a World-famous romantic film star but dies young.

In Wikipedia, Charlie Chaplin described Valentino as the shy, introverted friend. Valentino is not depicted like this in this movie, rather as a cad and womaniser that makes him difficult to like. More of a love story, a kind of half-biopic, interesting none the less.  5/10

Man Of Flowers 1983

 

Starring:  Norman Kaye

A model's relationship with her lover, a blackmailing, cocaine-snorting artist, and her admirer, a wealthy, repressed, middle-aged aesthete, leads to violence.

There's a line in a Monty Python sketch that goes "I may not know much about art, but I know what I like". It seemed like this movie was made to shock, nudity a plenty, a lesbian scene, all accompanied by an operatic score. I found it to be pretentious and boring.    2/10

Bombers Moon 1943

 

An American pilot crash-lands into Germany and makes for the coast.

Editing is a little clumsy, woman being mistaken as a boy is laughable but there are some decent scenes throughout with well built tension.   6/10

Saludos Amigos 1943

 

Donald Duck has various South American adventures with a parrot namedJoe Carioca

Slightly misleading, I think Donald was only in two scenes. Semi-documentary, most interesting to see clips of people going about their lives in years gone by. Did make me laugh a couple of times, just a bit of an odd movie and very short.    5/10

Those Were The Days 1940

 

Starring: William Holden

During their 40th anniversary celebrations, a married couple look back to their courtship days at college.

Set around the fraternity scene at Knox College, everything that the students got up to seems so tame, not a patch on the outrageous 'Animal House' but had occasional moments.   4/10

Internes Can't Take Money 1937

 

Starring: Joel McCrea

A hospital doctor persuades a gangster friend to help a woman find her missing child.

The screen debut of Dr Kildare and he comes into the company of Barbara Stanwyck. Kildare is a bit like Macgyver and uses everything around him to aid in operations. Movie can't quite make up its mind whether it's a medical drama or a crime drama but the ending is beautifully done.    6/10

Alive And Kicking 1958

 

Staring: Sybil Thorndike

Three old ladies escape from a home to an Irish island.

Utterly bonkers and yet charming. It's full on and quite exhausting to watch, once you set yourself at piece with the goings on, it is good fun and made me laugh out loud a few times. 7/10

Kill Me Tomorrow 1957

 

Starring Pat O'Brien

A down-and-out reporter confuses to murder in order to obtain cash for his son's operation.

Although slightly flawed, I just never bought Pat O'Brien as the son's father, this is a decent thriller that zipped along nicely, the plot was well constructed and there were interesting characters. Good locations of London and great to see an upcoming Tommy Steele singing a couple of times in a bar.    7/10