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alexlincs 9th Sep 2024		Cinema Drop Dead Fred (1991)	@Magic Marmalade I'm a big fan of Rik Mayall and it was his attempt to break America. I think Phoebe Cates was a great choice, but as you say the script was too vulgar and mean to have a huge international appeal. However, I saw it when I was about 10 years old and loved it then. I'm not doubting the acting is great from all involved and the plot hasn't really been done since. I can see the Tim Burton style, as well as Alice in Wonderland and Rik Mayall's own violent brand of slapstick. I think where Rik Mayall failed to break America Simon Pegg succeeded. Both appeared in Guest House Paradiso which I found disappointing and they were both distributed by Vinegar Syndrome. I think ultimately Rik Mayall was seen as a bit of an unlikely sex symbol and the best vehicle for him for international appeal might have been his Rik Mayall Presents series.
alexlincs 24th Jul 2024		Book John Fowles - Mantissa	190 pp RRP UK £1.95
alexlincs 22nd Jul 2024		Cinema Satan's Slave (1976)	Title screen from 2K restoration now added
alexlincs 28th Jun 2024		Cinema The Christian Licorice Store (1971)	The title screen is a projection within the film hence the letterboxing and rare for a film of this age are about 12 minutes in. For anyone trying to see it is available on Amazon in some countries.
alexlincs 26th Jun 2024		TV Jack The Ripper [1988] (1988)	Fun fact Jack The Ripper was produced for television by Thames Television, but they had the hindsight to shoot on film (35mm I think); this means the Blu-Ray looks incredible and was perfect for remastering. I've seen made for TV films that were produced 20 years later and look shocking due to them being shot on video or studio VT cams.
alexlincs 25th May 2024		Cinema Burning An Illusion (1981)	One of the locations is The Bouncing Ball in Peckham.
alexlincs 24th May 2024		Cinema Every Which Way But Loose (1978)	@Magic Marmalade How about Kingpin? It was billed as a feelgood comedy by some and he loses the tournament. Also I think Clyde was also in Cannonball Run. It's a fun film and one I've always enjoyed
alexlincs 13th May 2024		Cinema C'è Ancora Domani (There's Still Tomorrow) (2023)	This film beat Barbie at the box office in Italy. It's a drama in the style of a 1940s film but with modern ideas.
alexlincs 8th May 2024		Cinema Talk Of The Devil	@swbcfc Illusion of Happiness seems to be a collaboration name for Eric Woolfson and Peter Jeffries. Eric Woolfson I'm sure you know. Peter Jeffries was a British composer who went on to compose for "nudie" films. The track appears on https://www.discogs.com/release/3904933-Various-The-Electric-Lemonade-Acid-Test-Volume-4-An-Anthology-Of-The-Spark-Label-1967-1970 Woolfson was an engineer and songwriter for the Spark record label; however I don't think Talk of the Devil ever had a single release.
alexlincs 1st May 2024		Cinema A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)	Rated 5/10 One of the worst in the franchise. It has many references to popular films at the time: The A-ha Take On Me music video, The Omen, The Exorcist, body horror like Tetsuo Iron Man & Society, Judge Dredd and Dark Horse comics. Robert Englund is always fun to watch, but for the most part his one liners are forgettable. It is clear to viewers he has become a parody of himself. Due to the popularity of the franchise this film and Dream Master also feel more "child friendly" with less gore and more fantastical effects. It's worth mentioning this film was cut by the MPAA and the cut version was carried over to Blu-ray and streaming media. Even without the cuts the kills while inventive especially a comic book fight with Freddy lack the menace of earlier films, making Freddy look like a loveable Uncle. The film was a box office success making almost triple its 8 million dollar budget. However, it is often panned by both genre critics and fans as being the worst in the series after Freddy's Revenge. It's difficult to argue, but there's still a good deal of invention and style to this bookmark of 80s slashers. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
alexlincs 23rd Apr 2024		Cinema La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) (2013)	Rated 8/10 Honestly they don't get that much better. A 65 year old writer throws parties and goes soul searching in Rome. I think what makes it stand out is just how cack-handed most films are in the treatment of existentialism. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
alexlincs 8th Apr 2024		Cinema From A To Z-Z-Z-Z (1954)	Upgraded title screen from bluray
alexlincs 28th Feb 2024		Cinema The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)	Rated 5/10 Not a bad film per se, despite often being featured on many worst films lists. Mackenzie Astin plays Dodger a young lad who is constantly picked on by bullies who are considerably older for unknown reasons. He works in Manzinis antique shop for Captain Manzini, a fantastic Anthony Newley who manages to come across as likeable, fatherly and avoids all the creepy dirty old man tropes that plague some father figures in family friendly films. We also never see Dodger's parents or him go to school. Is he orphaned? Is it bank holiday? Is his name a reference to street urchin, the artful dodger? I've no idea. The Garbage Pail Kids are little people with animatronic masks and they look pretty decent. Sadly the film suffers from the repetition of unfunny fart, vomit and pee jokes. Kids love gross out humour, but there's no wit to it. The bullying scenes are also unnecessarily mean with no charisma to any of the bad dudes. Compared to Hank and Marv in Home Alone who are not only funny and likeable but also menacingly enough to be a threat. In GPK Dodger just comes across as being abused by 20 year olds which is just plain weird. Gorgeous B-movie actress Katie Barberi plays older love interest Tangerine. It's sort of difficult to like the character, money obsessed and as much of a bully as the other gang. Phil Fondacaro who plays Greaser Greg is kind of fun clearly modelled on the Fonz and possibly Andrew Dice Clay. I don't think the film is unsuitable for children, but the bullying scenes are downright mean spirited. With something like Karate Kid or Monster Squad or Diary of a Wimpy Kid it works as there is more heart to it. Who knows with a better script, some hilarious jokes and some better plotting we could have had something special. What we ended up with was a strange curio that obtained cult status by accident. Real disappointment is just how much better Gremlins, Ghostbusters and Legend are at doing something which is cute but scary while maintaining a broad appeal. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
alexlincs 23rd Feb 2024		Cinema Jing Wu Ying Xiong (Fist Of Legend) (1994)	Upgraded title screen with correct ratio now added
alexlincs 14th Feb 2024		Cinema Dead Man (1995)	@Magic Marmalade in my opinion one of Depp's best and he has done more good films than he gets credit for, also my favourite Jaramusch film.
alexlincs 22nd Jan 2024		Cinema Song Of The South (1945)	@henry29 My images were from a 35mm source, but the remastered looks even better.
alexlincs 17th Jan 2024		Cinema The Love Witch (2016)	@Magic Marmalade I also recommend Ti West's House of the Devil for capturing 70s slasher and witchcraft films; sadly it gets a bit silly near the end. I've not seen The Love Witch, but would like to.
alexlincs 13th Jan 2024		Cinema 英雄本色III夕陽之歌 (A Better Tomorrow III: Love And Death In Saigon) (1989)	Title screen from Blu-Ray now added. The current one is from the trailer.
alexlincs 12th Jan 2024		Cinema Killing Zoe (1993)	@Magic Marmalade I bought this on DVD back in the day. A huge disappointment, but not necessarily a bad film. What struck me most is just humorless it is.
alexlincs 4th Jan 2024		Cinema The Gnome-Mobile (1967)	I've added an upgraded title screen from the blu ray
alexlincs 28th Dec 2023		TV Hale And Pace (1988 - 1998)	Rated 7/10 Coming out in an era when satire was king with the likes of Spitting Image and Ben Elton doing his laborious, but pointed stand-up. Hale & Pace like slasher horror films of the 1980s is a great example of something that was a critical failure, but a commercial success. Much maligned throughout it's incredibly long run; sometimes justifiably, often unfairly. A common criticism was "two straight men"; an unwritten rule of comedy being a straight man and a clown a la: Morecambe & Wise and Laurel & Hardy. However, there are many successful comedy double acts with two jokers like Dick & Dom, Trevor & Simon and Vic & Bob. The criticisms of being vulgar are true and often the laughs would be based on someone saying a rude word or a vulgar punchline about bodily functions. However amongst the throwaway sketches there are some sketches that are as good as anything on any other sketch show at the time: "Yorkshire Airlines", "Piss Off Mr. Chips", "Billy & Johnny" - two kid's TV presenters who hate each other. Weirdly, many comedians who criticised H&P pretty much did the same albeit in a slightly more clever way: Harry Enfield, Lee & Herring, Baddiel & Newman. The mantra being nob gags are OK if there is a literary reference in there. Another thing people forget is just how good the performances of Hale & Pace are. Both having a gift at regional accents. Norman Pace is a surprisingly good singer, while Gareth Hale often bring a pathos to some of the sketches. It may have gone for the cheap laugh or have been unecessarily violent and rude, but it represents a time when there was entertainment for the pre and post-pub audience. I will pick the worst of Hale & Pace over the best of Naked Attraction, which is the late night fare du jour. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
alexlincs 19th Dec 2023		Cinema True Romance (1993)	@Magic Marmalade I couldn't agree more. Tony Scott reels in the pretentiousness that plagues Tarantino's later films. I still think he has the midas touch, but his latest films are just way too long. I also agree it's one of the best 90s films.
alexlincs 17th Nov 2023		Cinema Ghostwatch (1992)	[YouTube Video]
alexlincs 17th Nov 2023		Cinema 快活林 (The Delightful Forest) (1972)	Title screen added from blu-ray
alexlincs 17th Nov 2023		Cinema A Serious Man (2009)	@Magic Marmalade I agree it is one of their weaker movies, but they did raise the bar incredibly high with Fargo, Barton Fink and The Big Lewbowski. I think their worst are Intolerable Cruelty and the remake of The Ladykillers.
alexlincs 3rd Nov 2023		Cinema The Witch Who Came From The Sea (1976)	Proper title screen added from Blu-Ray. This film does suffer from archive damage so about as good as it gets.
alexlincs 3rd Nov 2023		Cinema Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)	Upgraded title screen now added
alexlincs 29th Oct 2023		Cinema House Of Whipcord (1974)	Title screen from Blu-Ray now added
alexlincs 14th Oct 2023		Cinema 江湖情 (Rich And Famous ) (1987)	This has a sequel called Tragic Hero and was screened as a double bill (despite Tragic Hero coming out first). These films have been compared to The Godfather.
alexlincs 4th Oct 2023		Cinema Detainment	Proper title screen from Amazon now added.

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