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Member	Item		Review/Comment
albert 17th Jul 2019		Cinema Blanche (1971) (1971)	Possibly Borowczyk's finest work, the attention to creating the fine details in this period piece is just perfect. And there is hardly any nudity in it. [YouTube Video]
albert 14th Jul 2019		Cinema El Sol Del Membrillo (The Quince Tree Sun) (1992) (1992)	Not really a documentary, more like an observation. Over a number of days/weeks Antonio López tries to make a meticulously accurate painting of the quince tree in his garden, people visit and there are discussions about art and life in general, and the weather causes him problems as he particularly wants to capture the patterns of sunlight. The painting never really gets finished but the artist seems happy just to be painting, the film is likewise.
albert 29th Apr 2019		Cinema Red-Headed Woman (1932) (1932)	Review Jean Harlow plays Lil, the social climbing, marriage wrecking, man-limpet who never takes no for an answer and bullies her men to get what she wants, and she does want everything money can buy. Una Merkel plays Sally, her no-nonsense friend who always has something up her sleeve to deflate Lil's ego. The film zips along with comical cringeworthy situations, witty asides and knowing pointers which you might need a sharp eye to catch. The men are like putty in Lil's hands and when you think she finally gets her comeuppance she still manages to trump them all. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 20th Apr 2019		Cinema Chik Loh Go Yeung (Naked Killer ) (1992) (1992)	Some notes regarding film versions and comparisons can be found on the Movie Censorship website (which includes some naughty pictures).
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The Deep (1977) (1977)	The film does have a couple of good points... Jacqueline Bisset in a wet t-shirt. {Apologies for The Shallow joke}.
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The Deep (1977) (1977)	After the goldmine that was Jaws, this Peter Benchley thriller must have ticked all the boxes in Hollywood, and it certainly enticed me and a bunch of friends to join the queue outside the cinema. Alas it had nothing to get too excited about, and I remember being very disappointed while watching it. The story involves a bunch of people who do underwater diving and when investigating a wreck they discover a large stash of drugs in small glass vials, the wreck is also home to a large deadly fish of some sort. A criminal gang or salvage company get on their backs and I think they also get tangled up with some voodoo hokum and, well you can probably guess the rest, but I hardly recall it being as thrilling as Jaws (as per the hype), maybe I was just too young to appreciate how deep it was. EDIT (with spoilers): Thinking about it, this is one of those films that has a stupid plot thread, in this case it is the drugs. The drugs haul brings a lot of danger to the couple and yet they go and recover it from the wreck and then stash it in some kind of tower hiding place. Why? are they planning on selling it? dunno, can't remember. I suppose without that we don't have much of a story. They could have just let the 'bad guys' have it, they could have told the authorities, but instead they bring themselves a lot of trouble and then they eventually just blow up the tower, huh?, where's the logic, where's the police?
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The System (The Girl-Getters) (1964) (1964)	Supposedly filmed around Brixham and Torbay. I visited a friend who lives down there and while on a pub crawl he pointed out various locations that were used for the shoot; though he did not recommend the film.
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) (1965)	Probably Russ' most consistently entertaining movie with hilariously bitchy OTT dialogue, dangerous women up to no good and dumb square-jawed himbos taking the punishment. A big influence on pop culture still to this day with quotes and images instantly recognisable on posters, t-shirts, mugs etc. The trademark rapid fire editing and great camera angles are coming into place and of course it has that wonderful theme tune. [YouTube Video]
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Theatre Of Blood (1973) (1973)	Review Hammy and deluded stage actor Edward Lionheart loses out on the top award he was so convinced he deserved, and so exacts a Shakespearean bloody revenge on the critics that denied him. Lionheart is quickly identified as the murderer but his acting skills and ingeniously-staged ploys enable him to both dupe his victims and evade capture, (despite having the plot laid out for all to see). Grand Guignol of the finest order. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Theatre Of Blood (1973) (1973)	A bloody black comedy: [YouTube Video]
albert 17th Apr 2019		Cinema Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981) (1981)	Review This clunky, Halloween-inspired story concerns a released mental health patient who goes around killing people, or maybe he just imagines it, he also visits sordid peep shows and suffers fits, and then he wants to go to the nice suburb where he grew up and bother the family living in his old home. Well something like that. Regrettably the plot is a bit of a mess, there are jarring changes in pace and the tension gets built up then lost several times. Still there are sequences that will stay in the memory long after seeing the film. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 17th Apr 2019		Cinema Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981) (1981)	Condemned as a video nasty and banned, sort of, this controversial slasher film has had a difficult history and not for reasons you might think. "Mustn't corrupt the young", but I got to see it at my school's video club [yes really], and I don't think it affected me, ...much, ...well I suppose the axe in my bathroom is, erm, well enough of that. Effects guru Tom Savini was apparently involved, just to give advice, but demanded that his name be removed from the credits once he saw the finished product (and that is one cut that will never be reinstated). It was rumoured that most objections to the film were because of the negative depiction of mental health, though I believe the cuts were for the usual type of things. Most notoriously, in the UK, the distributor ended up with a prison sentence when a previous version of the film slipped out instead of the BBFC-approved cut. The film has recently been released in the UK by 88Films remastered, restored and uncut, though personally I think that they should have trimmed many scenes just to quicken the pace and lose some of the plot holes. Trailer: [YouTube Video]
albert 10th Apr 2019		Cinema The Invisible Boy (1957) (1957)	Review This film is on the extras of the Forbidden Planet DVD, I wouldn't recommend it, just a few minutes and you'll be hitting the fast forward, like me. Yes the boy gets to be invisible thanks to his pal Robbie and gets up to all sorts of high jinks, including an encounter with the army if I remember correctly. However his parents don't seem to be that amazed or concerned, it makes you wonder whether it is Robbie or the parents that are the real robots. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 3rd Apr 2019		Cinema La Femme De Mon Pote (My Best Friend's Girl ) (1983) (1983)	[YouTube Video] The film has been remastered for DVD and has English subtitles, though I have to say that even with my very poor French I could still recognise that the translation presented was not very accurate.
albert 3rd Apr 2019		Cinema La Femme De Mon Pote (My Best Friend's Girl ) (1983) (1983)	Review What to say, c'est le Francais [shrugs shoulders], not particularly a comedy, and not much of a romance. At the ski-resort they call home, Pascal (the babe-magnet) shows off his latest conquest, Viviane, to his best friend Micky (the dumpy one). Micky is irritated and grumpy and unfriendly towards Viviane, however when Pascal goes to work Micky stays to keep Viviane company and the icy façade thaws. Things then get a bit romantically complicated, or predictable, or rather it skids along as the screenwriters can't seem to make their minds up on where to take the slushy story. This viewer was left decidedly cold and unperturbed, rather like the participants. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Pour La Peau D'un Flic (For A Cop's Hide) (1981) (1981)	Now available remastered on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Trois Hommes à Abattre (Three Men To Kill) (1980) (1980)	Now available remastered on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Inspecteur La Bavure (Inspector Blunder) (1980) (1980)	Review After only just scraping through the Police Academy, and being assigned to the worst precinct in Paris, the blundering son of a heroic inspector tries to make his own mark, with disastrous and hilarious results. Additional problems arrive via a muck-racking journalist daughter of a millionaire, who, when also insulting a crime lord gets kidnapped as a consequence. Can the inspector save the day and uphold the reputation of the dismal police force? 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Inspecteur La Bavure (Inspector Blunder) (1980) (1980)	Very happy that this fun film is now available on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles. [YouTube Video]
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Symphonie Pour Un Massacre (Symphony For A Massacre) (1963) (1963)	So pleased that this film is now on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles, and I watched it last night. The film has the edge on crime because it has major contributions by crime writer José Giovanni (Joseph Damiani), an ex-con with a pretty unsavoury history, but any film which has his involvement is generally worth a look. I should add, if you are not too familiar with French geography (important to the story), that Marseille down south is about as far away from Paris as you can get and Lyon is on-route, whereas Brussels in Belgium would be northbound-ish.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Mort D'un Pourri (Death Of A Corrupt Man) (1977) (1977)	Now available remastered on DVD/Blu-ray with English subtitles.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Symphonie Pour Un Massacre (Symphony For A Massacre) (1963) (1963)	Review The story is of 5 criminals who are in on a drug deal, plans go awry immediately when the supplier reveals the shipment has arrived in one large haul and wants a quick full payment instead of the previously agreed smaller instalments. The gang meet and do agree to go ahead with the deal but unbeknown to the others there are two untrustworthy members, one hasn't the ready money for his stake so instead supplies counterfeit notes, and another gang member is tempted by the large bag of money instead. What starts off as a simple con amongst cons soon escalates into betrayal and murder, the slip-ups and curve-balls are like classic film-noir and everything is neatly paced despite the film's 105m duration. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Wings Of The Hawk (1953) (1953)	Originally released in 3D.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Top Banana (1954) (1954)	Originally filmed in 3D, but not released in that format.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Son Of Sinbad (1955) (1955)	Originally filmed in 3D, but not released in that format.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema September Storm (1960) (1960)	Originally released in 3D, there is a Blu-ray available too.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Second Chance (1953)	Originally released in 3D.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Sangaree (1953) (1953)	Originally released in 3D, so I'm informed.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Robot Monster (1953) (1953)	Supposedly filmed in 3D, pity they had no budget left for costumes.
albert 18th Mar 2019		Cinema Revenge Of The Creature (1955) (1955)	Originally released in 3D, so I'm informed.

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