An escaped convict takes refuge in his married mistress's house in East London.
Decent thriller which is quite atmospheric and well acted with the East End nicely captured. Exciting ending, one little scene with two railway trucks and the points I absolutely loved. Jck Warner was as disappointing as ever. 6/10
Trials and tribulations of a circus owner.
Some nice parts including scenes with lions and an elephant giving a shower, WC Fields was irritating, the show was stolen by the ventriloquist dummy. 5/10
Documentary short of fascinating historical interest. 6/10
An MI5 undercover man finds himself sympathising with a gang of robbers and falling in love with one of them.
Decent crime thriller with a nice different take, loads of time spent on the planning and execution of the jewel robbery which added well to the plot. All quite satisfactory. 7/10
When gangsters kidnap stars of Earl Carroll's nightclub, the restaurant staff put on their own show.
Sorry, but I never got engaged with this at all. Humour just wasn't funny and songs never did it for me either. 1/10
When his old guardian dies, a small boy and his girl friend run away with their pet lion.
Absolutely charming. Bid names like Michael Douglas and Jodie Foster and the grandparents from The Waltons. Sometimes you need a film that looks great and makes you feel good. The undoubted star was the lion. 9/10
An author commissioned to write the biography of a dead airman finds him very much alive and his own life in danger.
Fairly routine thriller of its time that gets a little too complicated for its own good but has some nice moments. 5/10
An American film producer in England is plagued by a strange girl who claims to have been his mistress.
Has a quite cheap look to it and wasn't terribly interesting despite some good looking performers. 4/10
A mysterious virus has killed billions and turned many others into bloodthirsty zombies. Unable to stop the virus, the government develops a video game, "Dead Trigger," that mirrors the terrifying events that curse the world.
Fairly dreadful movie to be honest, I never understand the fascination with zombie movies. Quite what the lovely Autumn Reeser was thinking about is beyond me. 3/10
Two young women, their male flatmate and their landlords combine forces to prevent the terrace from being razed for redevelopment.
TV shows normally do not translate to the big screen at all, I watched this for nostalgic reasons and thoroughly enjoyed it. Had a decent plot, was not over-long and made me laugh in a few places. Bonkers cameo at the end from Spike Milligan was priceless. 8/10
Cheap remake of The Most Dangerous Game
Made guy on an island takes in a shipwrecked man and then hunts him for sport. I actually rather enjoyed this, all a little over the top but quite good fun. 7/10
In 1850, a Shanghaied sailor on Hawaii helps a lady potato farmer to turn her land into a cattle ranch.
Not sure I ever bought it as a period piece but the Hawaii locations were stunning. Garner was so easy to watch and perfect in roles like this. I actually really enjoyed it, thanks Disney Channel. 7/10
The honorary chairman of a cemetery seems to have the power to mark people for death.
All a bit ridiculous to be honest and I thought of the idea of replacing black pins with white about 30 minutes before the lead. Watchable as it was so unusual. 5/10
An editor has to allow his star reporter to expose a murderer - himself.
What a decent thriller this is, you know who the murderer is from the start but to watch the net closing in around him was very well done. Not overlong in length too. 7/10
A Civil War colonel finds his brother fighting on the other side.
Any film with Reagan always sparks my interest, not a bad effort either, best in the closing fight scenes with the Indians. 5/10
Dim student applies to go to the same difficult-to-enter college as the girl he loves.
Didn't really do it for me, all I little silly. I did like the sequence at the end as all the students were getting their acceptance/rejection letters, the twins scene my favourite. 4/10
In a small coastal village, incompetent policemen accidentally expose smugglers who are scaring the locals with a headless horseman legend.
Extremely dated and amazes me how much humour has changed since that time. The headless horseman carriage was a good effect. 4/10
An Irish caretaker falls down a well and is captured by leprechauns, who allow him three wishes to rearrange his life.
All very Irish and a little difficult to understand at times. Great to See Sean Connery in this early role and the film looks great. 5/10
An impoverished comic-book writer and his artist wife become involved with a wealthy young fantasist.
A very odd sub-titled movie and yet strangely watchable. If nothing else, it looked really good. 5/10
A prostitute is murdered by her client and her pimp is executed for the crime.
I've always been a fan of Edward G Robinson and this is another terrific performance. There's no fool like an old fool, loved the direction that this movie heads in, it was well filmed and neatly tied up at the end. Great start to 2022. 8/10
