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Member	Item		Review/Comment
albert 9th Jan 2019		Cinema Carry On England (1976) (1976)	scraping the barrel, [YouTube Video]
albert 9th Jan 2019		Cinema Carry On Girls (1973) (1973)	1970s style humour, screenplay by Talbot Rothwell obviously getting a bit bored. [YouTube Video]
albert 9th Jan 2019		Cinema Carry On Loving (1970) (1970)	Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell, running short of ideas. Trailer: [YouTube Video]
albert 9th Jan 2019		Cinema Carry On Nurse (1959) (1959)	Trailer, but with wrong framing, [YouTube Video]
albert 9th Jan 2019		Cinema Carry On Sergeant (1958) (1958)	Trailer, something wrong with the framing, [YouTube Video]
albert 11th May 2018		Cinema Meantime (1984) (1984)	This was a TV movie and includes Gary Oldman in one of his earliest roles as the bullying friend in high places. Full of witty lines and 'embarrassing situation' humour, here is the first 10 minutes of it: [YouTube Video]
albert 11th May 2018		Cinema Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) (2008)	I used to have a flatmate who not only had the mannerisms/behaved like Poppy, she looked very much like her too!
albert 22nd Apr 2018		Cinema Phantom Lady (1944) (1944)	Review This film is often pigeon-holed as a film noir due to it's moody atmospheric lighting and sets, but it is actually more of a reasonable murder mystery. The film gets off to a good start with an inspired flip to the well-trodden amnesia plot; here we see the murder suspect accompanied by a mysterious lady out on the town on the actual night, and the next day he can recall his steps in exact detail to the police, but all of his many witnesses deny seeing him and his companion, leaving him no alibi but for the mysterious lady who has since vanished without a trace. After his court case he ends up waiting on death row leaving his secretary to do the detective work aided by the police inspector at the end of the phone. The ending is also good with a suspenseful 20 minutes worthy of Hitchcock, but alas the enjoyment is somewhat tempered by a huge plot hole - which is the second murder (think about it) - Now if this was a Hitchcock film I am sure the master would have changed things around to keep the secretary oblivious to the fact and hence in constant danger while the police race to close the net on the real killer. So a reasonable murder mystery let down by a sloppy mistake in the plot. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 15th Apr 2018		Cinema Sleeper (1973) (1973)	One of my favourite Woody Allen films. The premise of the story allows for some great sight gags and Allen is on top form with a relentless barrage of witty lines raging against the 1970s plastic society from which he has awoken: “What’s it like to be dead for 200 years?” “It’s like a weekend in Beverly Hills”
albert 27th Oct 2017		Cinema Rambo (2008) (2008)	The first Rambo film was called First Blood, it wasn't a great title to call a film franchise since what would you call the second film..... The second film was called Rambo, or sometimes Rambo - First Blood part 2 ....which is a bit of an oxymoron, well I suppose they had some sense not to call it Second Blood - that would be just too corny. EDIT: just to add more confusion... the new DVD releases now call the first film Rambo: First Blood, the second film is just Rambo, and the latest film is unimaginatively titled Rambo: Last Blood. ...or something like that.
albert 21st Oct 2017		Cinema Toto Le Héros (Toto The Hero) (1991) (1991)	Very entertaining film. There is so much going on and so many sharp twists of the knife in poor Thomas' life that its difficult to write a summary without spoiling the film, in fact I had to edit my review because I'd inadvertently let slip a major surprise in the plot. I cannot even tell you how the story starts because you need to see the film all the way through and then decide for yourself what it was all about. Lets just say the film tells you Thomas' side of the story, and that's Ok because its his life, but whichever way you look at it, and make your own judgements, you will still be entertained. Short trailer, which doesn't give too much away: [YouTube Video]
albert 21st Oct 2017		Cinema Toto Le Héros (Toto The Hero) (1991) (1991)	Review Brilliant and inventive storytelling from Jaco Van Dormael, his debut full length feature. It is the life story of Thomas as told by the protagonist from traumatic childhood to embittered old man fretting over the life he could have had, had he been born Alfred - his neighbour and enemy. The three ages of Thomas' life are told in fragments but so expertly woven together that the 90 minutes fly by. The film has some strange moments of fantasy to divert you and drops clues that you will need to think about carefully to fully appreciate what is going on. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 23rd Sep 2017		Cinema Dying Young (1991) (1991)	Terrible. A film that I was obliged to watch as it was the date's choice and she cried all the way through. I was amused when Julia Roberts struggled to descend the steps to the young man's basement in her high heels and mini dress, I suppose it was a clause in the script to show off her legs but I just thought nurse huh?
albert 13th Sep 2017		Cinema The Rats (2002) (2002)	The IMDB page shows the DVD box and has a really poor photoshopped rat with red eyes and added dogs teeth. If it was meant to look scary then sorry for laughing.
albert 15th Aug 2017		Cinema Sole Survivor (1970) (1970)	Review A WWII bomber is discovered in the desert decades after it was lost in flight. The sole survivor travels out there intending to return home with the remains of the ex-crew members to give them a proper burial but has trouble in locating the bodies. Meanwhile the ghosts of the crew look on, play baseball and ponder the situation. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 15th Aug 2017		Cinema Sole Survivor (1970) (1970)	A major wants-list item for me and many others I suspect, one of those once seen never forgotten movies. ..and now you've read the review you might say, oh yeah THAT movie. [EDIT] I've just found out that it has been released on Blu-ray !!! and here is a Wikipedia article on the actual missing bomber Lady Be Good that inspired the story.
albert 23rd Jul 2017		Cinema The Road To God Knows Where (1990) (1990)	This shows what bands have to endure on tour between the actual gigs and is quite an eye-opener. I saw this at a special preview (at the ICA maybe) when it was first released.
albert 23rd Jul 2017		Cinema Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds : Live At The Paradiso (1992) (1992)	Whiplash editing on this live concert makes for a tiresome viewing experience, but the music is good. The additional documentary on the DVD shows what bands have to endure on tour between the actual gigs and is quite an eye-opener.
albert 15th Jun 2017		Cinema Blow-Up (1966) (1966)	from JohnPlatt's book 'London Rock Routes' - "an excellent performance by The Yardbirds in a studio mock-up of, oddly enough, the Windsor Ricky Tick, albeit transposed into Oxford Street"
albert 5th Jun 2017		Cinema The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) (1936)	guess they kept changing their minds
albert 11th May 2017		Cinema 13 Ghosts (Thirteen Ghosts) (1960) (1960)	Added a pic for the Ghost Viewer I made, though I think the source image was from one included in a video/dvd release of the film. The gimmick for The Tingler was to wire up some chairs for an electric shock or vibration, William Castle was the king of the gimmicks.
albert 1st May 2017		Cinema 13 Ghosts (Thirteen Ghosts) (1960) (1960)	I had to make my own ghost viewer as my DVD didn't come with one. It was reasonably easy to do after I got hold of red and blue gels and plain card. I just needed to google an image of a ghost viewer, resize the image and print it out twice on card, cut out both images using a knife and sandwich the gels in the correct places held together with glue. Next project a tingler, or maybe not.
albert 24th Jan 2017		Cinema The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995) (1995)	Wikipedia has notes on the real Graham Young.
albert 22nd Jan 2017		Cinema Star Crash (Starcrash) (1978) (1978)	Cannot resist adding the trailer, and then maybe I'll put together a review. I got a copy of this on import DVD (it was in a two-fer with Robinson Crusoe On Mars). [YouTube Video]
albert 9th Oct 2016		Cinema What's Good For The Goose (1969) (1969)	Musical soundtrack album by The Pretty Things.
albert 6th Oct 2016		Cinema Carry On Cabby (1963) (1963)	Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell, his first one for the Carry On series, though originally this wasn't meant to be a Carry On film. Trailer, (bad framing): [YouTube Video]
albert 6th Oct 2016		Cinema Carry On Follow That Camel (Carry On In The Legion) (1967) (1967)	Originally not intended as being part of the Carry On series, but money considerations changed that. Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell. [YouTube Video]
albert 6th Oct 2016		Cinema Carry On Up The Jungle (1970) (1970)	Lukewarm screenplay by Talbot Rothwell, (at the time writing Up Pompeii TV series). Trailer, oh dear, [YouTube Video]
albert 6th Oct 2016		Cinema Carry On Henry (Carry On Henry VIII) (1971) (1971)	Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell. Trailer: [YouTube Video]
albert 6th Oct 2016		Cinema Carry On Dick (Carry On Dick Turpin) (1974) (1974)	Last screenplay by Talbot Rothwell. Trailer: [YouTube Video]

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