January 27, 2012

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) is in many ways a ground-breaking film for British cinema in the 1950s.… [more]

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Death by Hammer

The first movie that I remember watching is the 1961 MGM film “The Pit and the Pendulum” with Vincent… [more]

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Went the Day Well? (1942)

  “Went the day well? We died and never knew; But well or ill, England, we died for you.” This quote… [more]

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Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

And so to seasonal review number two, 2011. OK, this is, I’ll admit, a tenuous link even by my standards,… [more]

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Spring and Port Wine (1970)

Spring and Port Wine (1970) is a film which can be viewed on several levels. It speaks volumes about… [more]

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Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

Retrospective Review

Review of J Lee Thompson's early slice of social realism, described by the director as Brief Encount ...

Death by Hammer

Death by Hammer

Randal charts the rise, fall, and rebirth of Hammer Film Productions. ...

Went the Day Well? (1942)

Went the Day Well? (1942)

Retrospective Review

Gerry reviews Ealing Studios compelling WWII drama Went the Day Well? ...

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

Retrospective Review

Drewe reviews the Monty Python team's Meaning of Life, a series of surreal comedy sketches ...

Spring and Port Wine (1970)

Spring and Port Wine (1970)

Retrospective Review

Gerry reviews Peter Hammond's patriarchal battle-of-wills comedy, Spring and Port Wine ...

Late Extra (1935)

Late Extra (1935)

Retrospective Review

Karen reviews Late Extra, a newspaper crime caper that saw James Mason in his debut leading ...

Night Train to Murder (1983)

Night Train to Murder (1983)

Retrospective Review

Drewe reviews Morecambe and Wise's Night Train to Murder, a made-for-tv pastiche of yestery ...

Crime Over London (1936)

Crime Over London (1936)

Retrospective Review

Mary reviews the American-flavoured crime thriller Crime Over London. ...