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AKB48Fan rated Night Caller from Outer Space

 Night Caller from Outer Space 3/10

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A British sci-fi movie that started out well but went downhill after 20 mins. It's about a small silver sphere crashing to Earth which some scientists take in to their lab. Out of the sphere appears a humanoid alien with a claw hand who can miraculously drive a car and rent an office! This could have been a good movie but the further the movie went the worse it got. Nice to see a young John Saxon as one of the leads. This was originally a b&w movie but the version I saw had been colourised very badly. It looked cheap and nasty. Avoid this sci-fi movie apart from those who have insomnia. It's sure to make you fall asleep!

7 years, 3 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Broken

 Broken 8/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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Bob is the separated father of three near feral girls who run riot both at school and at home. When Bob finds a condom that one of the girls has been innocently playing with he jumps to the wrong conclusion. Which culminates in him giving a beating to Rick the backward son of Mr and Mrs Buckley. This is witnessed by a 11 year old girl who goes by the nickname of Skunk and kickstarts an ultimately fatal chain of events. If you enjoy Brit flicks in the mould of Mike Leigh or Shane Meadows this is a must see. Sparking on themes of love, loss, friendship and violence, this is a confident and unfussy directorial debut by Rufus Norris comfortably adapting to screen from the theatre. The way the story and characters interweave never feels contrived. The child actors are superb especially Martha Bryant as the youngest of the feral siblings who is outstanding. Eloise Laurence is also brilliant as Skunk. A gritty, beautifully made, completely believable gem of a movie.

7 years, 3 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Vendetta for the Saint : Part II

 Vendetta for the Saint : Part II  7/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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Simon Templar goes up against the Italian Mafia when a British banker is murdered after he recongnises an old colleague who has turned into a Mafia boss. This was originally a two part episode from Roger Moore's final season of The Saint that was made into a movie for the international market. It feels like a dress rehearsal for his portrayal of James Bond in that it's got the action taking place in an exotic location (Italy), has gorgeous women in Aimi MacDonald and Rosemary Dexter and has Ian Hendry as a decent villain. It's got a solid plot and is full of thrilling situations for Templar to escape from as the Mafia hunt him down. Moore gives a brilliant performance as Simon Templar - he's entertaining, humourous and at times can be ruthless to the villains. The Saint or Roger Moore fans will enjoy this very much.

7 years, 3 months ago

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A fascinating Japanese movie which has 3 threads running through it: a young woman Haruko seemingly vanishes outside a convenience store, another woman Aina starts sleeping around with various men and a gang of schoolgirls start assaulting men late at night. The movie is basically showing how women are treated by men in Japan and the way they feel diminished because of this treatment. In the instance of the girl gang, this is a metaphor for these women not taking anymore shit from men and striking back. They're not going to be the victims anymore. This movie can be a bit confusing as it goes back and forth between the past and present. Yu Aoi takes the leading role as Haruko and gives a great performance as she always does. Despite the fact that this may look like a feminist movie that is bigging up girl power, it's also an indicator of the sexist attitude by men that is prevalent in Japan today. A worthwhile movie to check out.

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Jun Naruse refuses to speak again after telling her mother about her father's infidelity as a child and being blamed for the subsequent divorce. Years later and now a teenager in high school, Naruse learns to cope with her trauma and grow as a person by being chosen as the lead heroine in a musical production. The storyline of the musical mirrors what she went through as a child. The movie beautifully displays the hardships of an adolescence in a broken family. The pain and blame that comes with divorce can be devastating. Naruse believes a curse has been placed on her for blabbering too much by a magical egg but that is all in her mind. The movie tries to convey that the power of words can not only inspire but they can also destroy and if left unresolved can affect a person for a long time. You can relate to the characters in the movie and there's a very interesting Japanese rendition of Over The Rainbow from the Wizard Of Oz with the lyrics having been changed. This movie could have been heavy with the subject of divorce but thankfully it isn't. I really liked this anime movie.

7 years, 3 months ago

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A great little British thriller about a young woman Jean who is "groomed" by a man she has only talked to over the telephone in a public box. Before long the man wants to meet up with the girl but in arranging this date she puts her younger sister at danger. This movie is one you can definitely identify with what's taking place today with social media in which young girls are taken in by words of a stranger on internet chatrooms, Twitter etc. What makes this movie even more tense is there's a serial killer out there who has already murdered several young women. It's easy to imagine how young Jean on the cusp of adulthood and perhaps not used to getting attention from boys is sweet talked by a stranger who tells her all the right things she wants to hear. The director really knows how to make the viewer on the edge of their seat as the tension is ramped up to the maximum during the last 15 mins. Superb acting by the cast. A very thought provoking movie which is well worth seeing.

7 years, 3 months ago

AKB48Fan rated All Night Long

 All Night Long 6/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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Loosely based on Othello, this drama which features a lot of jazz music is set in a London Docklands club in which a shit stirring drummer tries his best to split up an inter-racial marriage in order to form his own band. Patrick McGoohan gives a fascinating performance as the scheming drummer out to destroy things for his own gains. You can see the evil lurking behind his eyes. The acting is fairly good, but what makes it especially interesting is the fact that the action takes place against the back drop of a continuous jam session featuring solos by musicians such as Dave Brubeck and Tubby Hayes. All in all this is a very satisfying and unique interpretation of Shakespeare's play.

7 years, 3 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Panic in the Parlor

 Panic in the Parlor 6/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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Based on a stage play, this British comedy finds Peggy Mount as the mother in law from hell who tries to interfere in her daughter's wedding to a sailor. This is a wonderful movie to see stars at the start of their careers such as Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird and the soon to be Bond girl Shirley Eaton. There are blink or you'll miss it uncredited cameos from Michael Caine and Paul Eddington. This is Peggy Mount's movie as she dominates the screen. She played the battle axe so well. If you enjoy and appreciate British classic comedy movies then you should give it a go, anyone who says otherwise is really missing the point and doesn't understand British comedy at all.

7 years, 3 months ago

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A fairly good generic action movie set in London starring martial artist Scott Adkins and former WWE wrestler Wade Barrett. Adkins plays a former US agent now relocated to a witness protection programme in the UK along with his daughter. When some inept thugs break into his home, Adkins kills them and is then arrested. When his face is plastered in the news, his cover is blown. The crime boss he betrayed wants revenge and to be reunited with his granddaughter. He has hired Europe's top hit-man to do the job. You'll have to forgive the numerous plotholes in the movie and just concentrate on the action. Barrett and Adkins face off throughout the movie as Adkins tries to get to his daughter before her deranged grandfather does. The movie makes good use of some London locations with Barrett turning out to be an effective enough villain. The action choreography is quite decent if gunfights and one-on-one combat is your kind of thing. Overall, a perfectly watchable fast paced movie to while away 90 mins.

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This is the abridged movie version of the short lived little known ITV drama series that aired back in 1974. The story is about the hunt for a missing wad of cash with links to old-time gangster Al Capone. Various interested parties are interested in the money, and a series of brutal murders reveals that some of them are willing to do just about anything to get their hands on it. The story is presided over by Glyn Owen and Peter Sallis as a couple of officials chasing after the mysterious villains of the piece, with John Thaw in a star-making turn as the belligerent suspect determined to find the murderer himself. This is a low budget affair that nonetheless provides adequate viewing material. Despite a lot of scenes with just talking in it, I rather enjoyed the story.

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AKB48Fan rated Target Earth

 Target Earth 4/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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An advance party of a robot army from Venus has invaded Earth and choosing Chicago to attack first. The city has been evacuated but some folks have been left behind. The action switches back from the story of 4 people to the scientists and military trying desperately to find a way to defeat these seemingly invincible metal creatures. The movie's opening, in the abandoned, nameless city, is well done and I hoped it would set the tone for the rest of the movie but it doesn't. What follows – sadly enough – isn't an intense fight for survival against the alien opponents, but a tedious and dull portrait of a handful of people hiding in an abandoned hotel room and waiting. If you're after a story with a lot of action against the robots then you're going to be disappointed. Only 1 robot is ever shown and yes, judging by today's special effects it does look useless but in the mid 50's it was probably great. Sadly the movie didn't turn out to be a sci-fi gem I was expecting.

7 years, 3 months ago

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In the early 1950's a motley group of English tourists fly off to visit Paris for a weekend. The movie retraces what happens to each of them during their short stay in Paris. It's a chance to see Paris during its "golden age" the 1950's (so different from nowadays - the streets of the city are so empty of traffic!). It's a fun little adventure with Alastair Sim on form as usual. Margaret Rutherford is her usual dippy, wonderful self and a host of other 50's household British names pop up (including Christopher Lee and Jimmy Edwards) in this easy to watch little adventure. There are some very fine moments in this multi-threaded movie, and some genuine pathos along with all the good-natured comedy. Well worth seeing for those who are interested in the British stars of that era.

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A classic film noir. A returning war veteran comes home to find that his wife has cheated on him. He storms off in the pouring rain where he is picked up by a woman in a car. He finds out that his wife has been murdered and he is the prime suspect. He tries to evade the law and some gangsters to find out who killed her. This is another Alan Ladd/Veronica Lake movie (their third of the decade) but William Bendix steals the show as a G.I. who suffered brain damage during the war. Doris Dowling is effective as Alan Ladd's wife who is a right bitch. Veronica Lake is at her stunning best. She had a unique look and voice. This is a pretty good crime story which will keep you guessing till the end.

7 years, 3 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Party's Over

 The Party's Over 6/10

7 years, 3 months ago

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Controversial at the time of it's release but seems quite tame now. An American businessman, Carson has been sent over the Atlantic in search of his fiancée Melina, who has been enveloped by a Chelsea beatnik gang. He is sent on a wild goose chase around the city but the truth about Melina is far more sinister. What happened to Melina forms the crux of the storyline and eventually the mystery is revealed through some flashbacks. The reason that this movie was so controversial centres around a party in which a drunk Melina stumbles from some stairs and hits the ground head first which knocks her out. The rest of her drunken friends strips her clothes off whilst a man kisses and fondles her which he later regrets as he throws himself off a roof the next day. The leader of the beatnik gang is played by Oliver Reed with his brooding presence in which he mocks the rest of the gang members. None of them have any reedeming qualities and are happy to just waste their time. The worst one of them all is a musician called Geronimo played by Randall & Hopkirk's Mike Pratt. His American accent is ridiculous. This movie won't be for everybody's taste but fans of Oliver Reed should check out his performance here.

7 years, 3 months ago

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A single father of a teenage boy has to retrieve a stolen deadly biological weapon K-55 from a huge ski complex. Instead of doing the logical and right thing to do, which would be to call the cops, he is sent to the ski resort, pretending to have a ski vacation with his grumpy son. His plan is to try to ski around and find the marker (a teddy bear) for the tree under which the weapon is buried. A movie that doesn't really know whether to be a farce or a drama. It has a great cast in the usually reliable Abe Hiroshi and former AKB48 idol Yuko Oshima. There are some laughs to be had mostly with Abe Hiroshi bumbling around on skis and falling into holes. A nice ski chase shot with a Go-Pro on the head also helps things along plus the beautiful snowy scenery around the Nozawa Onsen ski resort is lovely to look at. Unfortunately the plot just peters out by the end so you don't really care if the good guys have got the weapon or not. Hiroshi does his best with the script but he does look at times to be somewhat bored. It's not too bad of a movie and it moves along nicely but it definitely could have been a lot better with a more polished script.

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