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Idiocracy
This is a brilliant satire on what would happen in the future if stupid people ran the world. The movie tells the story of two people who take part in a top-secret military human hibernation experiment, only to awaken 500 years later where everything is dumbed down and laziness runs rampant. The scary thing about this movie is what's shown in it is starting to come true. Dumb people are definitely breeding far quicker than intelligent ones and reality TV stars have more respect than actual scientists and doctors. Fox tried to bury this movie as it did not want to offend the corporate whores of the world. I found the movie very funny but it was also troubling as well. I guess director Mike Judge had an idea of how our future was shaping up to be. If you haven't seen this movie yet, by all means do so and heed it as a warning.
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Fragment of Fear (1970)
Whilst on holiday in Italy with his auntie, Tim Brett finds she's been murdered where they were supposed to meet. He believes some sort of peculiar conspiracy behind the murder of his rich aunt and he goes about his way to prove it back in London, except he gets his apartment broken into, strange messages and cackling laughter mysteriously appear on his tape recorder, and someone appears to have sent him a warning letter written on his own paper with his own typewriter. The police don't believe him as he's a recovering drug addict. An enjoyable thriller about a man slowly losing his grip on reality. Are these things really happening to him or is he back on the hard stuff and all of this is a drug induced nightmare? The story cleverly builds an atmosphere of justifiable paranoia with Brett visibly feeling trapped and scared and because of his behaviour nobody believes him. David Hemmings carries the entire movie. He's great as Tim Brett, a regular guy who gets in over his head and slowly begins to lose his mind. There are appearances from Yootha Joyce, Patricia Hayes and Arthur Lowe. The movie gets more exciting as it goes along and it all boils down to a good ending that provides a nice twist. I was glad I saw this rather obscure movie.
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The Comic Artist And His Assistant

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The Gentle Trap
Before Winter Comes

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The Gentle Trap

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Before Winter Comes

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Gi(a)rlish Number

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Gi(a)rlish Number

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My Blind Brother
A romcom about an overachieving blind man, and his under-appreciated brother, that both fall for the same woman. The movie is very darkly comedic, in a clever way. Kudos to writer/director Sophie Goodhart for creating a story with a difference in that something good happens to two guilty, self-loathing characters. Robbie, the blind brother of the title makes a wonderfully heroic antagonist, whose capability and determination the viewer slowly comes to dislike more and more as the story unfolds. All 3 leads are great especially Jenny Rose. The movie itself is short, engaging, maybe a tiny bit predictable but ultimately leaves you with a smile.
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Bone Tomahawk (2015)
A well done Western horror about a tribe of cave dwelling cannibalistic savages who kidnap a couple of people from a small town. A rescue expedition of 4 men which includes the town's Sheriff and his Deputy go after the kidnappers. The first half of the movie is a great character drama as it follows the group of 4 for a few day and nights as they travel to where the savages are living. Some viewers might have a problem with the pacing in the first half as not that much takes place and it is a bit slow but gore hounds will enjoy the second half where the horror and action element really takes off. The men are unprepared for the level of brutal violence that befalls them. Kurt Russell gives a very gritty and convincing performance as the Sheriff who wants nothing more than the safety of his town and is willing to do anything to protect it. Arthur O'Dwyer is a cowboy who has a serious leg injury but still goes into this expedition, because for him the stakes are personal with his wife kidnapped. All in all, this is a very good movie, with an interesting premise and a nice twist on the Western genre.
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Anita & Me
 Anita & Me 7/10
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Anita & Me
Based on Meera Syal's novel who also wrote the script as well, this is a great coming of age story about a young Asian girl Meena Kumar living in the West Midlands during the 70's who becomes friends with the local bad girl Anita and her gang called The Wenches. It deals with racism, education, growing up and family. It accurately depicts the attitude at the time towards Asians living in the UK. The movie is funny and has got some cracking witty lines. Chandeep Uppal is very likable as Meena with her thick Brummie accent and gives an excellent performance. Familiar faces to British audiences such as Sanjeev Bhasgar, Mark Williams and Kathy Burke also take part. It's a charming and engaging movie with characters you take a shine to.
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Summer Camp

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Summer Camp
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Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father!

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frank Capra's knack for getting the best out of James Stewart and Jean Arthur is demonstrated here with both stars giving superb performances. As a bumbling, naive Senator who is a lamb thrown to the wolves in Washington, Stewart does a fabulous job although there are moments when his bumbling awkwardness looks a bit staged. Jean Arthur is a natural for the role of the wise secretary who at first scorns his innocent ways but soon comes to realise he's the real thing. As usual in a Capra movie, you have to be willing to forgive some obvious plot contrivances or overall schmaltz. The ending (when it finally comes after a long time) is rather abrupt as though the director suddenly realised he'd gone overtime on the story! This is James Stewart at his peak here and it's a movie not to be missed. A true classic.
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The Killing of Sister George (1968)
This terrific movie has an outstanding performance by Beryl Reid as an ageing lesbian actress June whose character George in a soap opera is about to axed. She takes out her frustrations on her lover Childie played by Susannah York. Beryl Reid's non-stop barrage of put-downs, insults, wisecracks and other hateful remarks are acidly hilarious. Her world is about to teeter over the edge when a female BBC production head sets her eyes on snatching Childie away from her. Although the movie does go on for half an hour too long, it held my attention from start to finish. There are plenty of location shots from around London in the late 60's. It was quite a groundbreaking movie at the time for it's graphic lesbian sex scene but now it's rather tame. All in all, thanks to Beryl Reid's brilliant acting, this is a great movie to watch and see a person disintegrate before the viewer's very eyes.
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Naked Fury
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Naked Fury
aka Naked Fury. This short British crime b-movie is about a bungled heist in which a night watchman is shot and subsequently dies whilst his daughter is held hostage in a crumbling and dangerous warehouse that's ready to be demolished with the thieves. It is quite a tedious movie to be honest. To be fair the story is fairly brisk but it just isn't interesting enough even if there are some twists near the end. It's obvious that the thieves are going to fall out before the movie finishes. The cast, with the exception of a youthful Kenneth Cope who would go on to Randall & Hopkirk, are largely unknowns. A waste of an hour.
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Bob

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Going for Gold

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Fifteen to One

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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
A fairly loose adaptation of Jonathan Swift's work which is saved by Ray Harryhausen's special effects. Be it the giant and tiny people sequences or the perils that come to Gulliver and his wife courtesy of an alligator and a squirrel, it's these that most will find interesting. The story has been given a romantic edge to corner the family market. The movie is very colourful but somehow there were times when I was bored watching as it dragged. Kerwin Mathews gives a good performance as Gulliver and the supporting cast are fine. I'm sure kids will love this movie more than adults though.
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Banzai

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Britain

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