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08-08-2005, 07:28 PM
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A Pemberton
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Heavens Above 1963.
A master at work and the Boulting brothers this time waving a finger at religion and all its meanings .Magnificent and wonderous stuff ,if I have a criticism its the end of the film it doesnt quite seem the correct ending for whats gone before ,but what do I know [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] ,A classic |
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09-08-2005, 12:11 AM
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Harbottle
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In the last few days The Battle of Britain on DVD which looked far better than nasty "pan and scan" versions I have been used too via TV. Terrific film too. Also The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, a real treat as I don't recall having seen this picture before, very entertaining film with the always excellent Roger Livesey in particular. By coincidence I watched him again tonight some thirty year later in an episode of The Pallisers.
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10-08-2005, 01:06 PM
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Merton Park
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The Crooked Sky
Recorded it from Matinee Movies. Starred Wayne Morris with Bruce Seton and Anton Diffring. Not bad thriller and anything with Anton Diffring cannot be bad, what a great actor. Bruce Seton used to play Fabian and was my favourite TV cop of the fifties, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. After that, I watched: Alfie Don't think I had seen this since watching it in 1966. Some of the supporting cast were superb: Denham Elliot seldom better as the sleazy abortionist, although I always found him excellent in all he did. Sidney Tafler, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark,Shelley Winters and Vivien Merchant all superb. Not quite as good as I once thought, but still very much worth watching. Certainly didn't remember that Cher sang the title song, good quiz question though. |
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12-08-2005, 02:08 PM
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smudge
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Confined to quarters waiting for 'the man' to fix a burst pipe I watched...
THE SANDWICH MAN Robert Hartford Davis' Michael Bentine vehicle is a comedy compendium of who-was-who at the time in British film character comedy. Simple in structure and plot it is simply a loosely bagged together series of vignettes as Bentine, as the title character, wanders across London observing life. It is a wonderful record of a city which is fast disappearing, as the 1960s is erased from the landscape. Beware - the most recent ITV print has excised a whole sequence with Michael Medwin as the sewerman and several more ; why ? I don't know. A relaxing saunter. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] A BOY. A GIRL AND A BIKE Ralph Smart's fairly routine vehicle ; boy-meets-girl, boy-knocks-girl-off-bike, boy-buys-bike-to-meet-girl-again... The central theme is fairly simple as John Mc Callum comes between Honor Blackman and Patrick Holt and then does the honourable thing at the end and leaves them alone - finding them a place to live in the bargain. All set in the heady world of bicycle racing, where subplots include young Anthony Newley embroiled in a web of local crime, trying to keep out of borstal, and Cyril Chamberlain as an army deserter who doesn't want the limelight, despite the team's success. Tour-de-France, this isn't. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img] THE NIGHT STALKER Not British, I know, but directed by John Llewellyn Moxey in the USA, this early 70s 'shocker' TV movie successfully updated the vampire where Hammer dramatically failed with AD 1972, and prepared the (unhallowed) ground for SALEM'S LOT, FRIGHT NIGHT et al thereafter. Still has some genuinely creepy moments, including a brilliant silent vampire (Barry Atwater) and a marvellous cat-and-mouse moment on the staircase in the vampire's lair. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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12-08-2005, 02:30 PM
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DB7
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Watched Hammer's Nightmare (1964).
A neat little psychological chiller with Freddie Francis incorporating a similar style to his lighting and cinematography used on The Innocents a few years earlier. |
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14-08-2005, 02:57 PM
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Steve Crook
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A good night on the box last night
Shakespeare in Love (1998) I particularyly liked Judi Dench as good Queen Bess pausing before the puddle, then muttering "too late" and walking on as the courtiers all struggled with their cloaks Mr. Majestyk (1974) One of Charlie Bronson's finest. Silly story, "I just want to get my melons in", but a great film. Blackmail (1929) on BBC4 preceeded by an episode of Shepperton Babylon about the coming of the talkies. And by the time I'd watched all of those and a few other things, it was time for The Last Waltz (1978) on FilmFour, a great documentary/performance with some wonderful music. Steve |
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14-08-2005, 04:17 PM
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DB7
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Hammer's The Mummy.
For some reason not one of my favourites from Bray, the production standards (esp the swamp) are high and the acting is fine but the story is too clockwork and slow-moving, lacking in the excitement and dynamism required to keep you on the edge of your seat. |
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19-08-2005, 01:03 PM
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DB7
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A Window in London
Remake of the French film Métropolitain, starring Michael Redgrave as a London crane operator who on his way into work observes what he believes to be an attempted murder from his railway carriage. He goes to the block of flats with a police officer but discovers it was only a husband and wife stage act practising a scene with a fake knife. Redgrave strikes up a rapport with the wife but her insanely jealous husband goes into a fit of rage when catching her in any male company. After one argument too many the wife decides to leave him during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their act. An unconvincing circular drama notable only for some London locations and a miscast Redgrave portraying a working-class Cockney. |
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21-08-2005, 12:12 PM
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smudge
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Some Vintage television...
A couple of episodes of Raymond Francis being patriarchal in NO HIDING PLACE, and some classic men in tights from the very first series of ROBIN HOOD. All in all, very entertaining and good for keeping the glums at bay when struck dowm with the lurgi ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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23-08-2005, 01:28 PM
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DB7
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Charlie Bubbles
A bit of a curio and a film I struggle to embrace. The acting is mostly understated and Finney's direction is mechanical at best. The story lacks any real substance and the ending lacks both rationale and believability. |
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25-08-2005, 09:30 AM
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Merton Park
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Where on Earth did you get episodes of No Hiding Place? Are they available to buy? Great series, brings back happy memories. |
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25-08-2005, 07:29 PM
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smudge
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======================== Watched THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS. A fascinating and well filmed documentary short from 1967. So good I watched it again this evening with Mrs Smudge. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif[/img] SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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25-08-2005, 07:34 PM
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Rob Compton
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Many thanks Rob |
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25-08-2005, 08:43 PM
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smudge
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Drop me a PM or E-Mail and we'll talk trades. Cheers, SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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