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When a historic bell is stolen from outside a school, the boys of the 3rd form step into action to try and find the thief. A great and fast paced CFF adventure movie when the spy movie genre was in full swing. It's a fun caper with the kids using the office of one of their fathers as an ops room to monitor a man they suspect of being the culprit and then all of them being deployed across various places in London and using call boxes to report back to their HQ. It all sounds a bit far fetched but it works really well here. The kids are all likable and the movie has a typical 60's spiv villain in the form of Derren Nesbitt. Don't come into this expecting nailbiting tension or any sense of danger. In the end, it's a quaint children's movie and I liked it.

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AKB48Fan rated Outcast

 Outcast 4/10

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When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Their hunter, Cathal, soon picks up the trail. Intent on tracking Mary and Fergal, he will go to any lengths to succeed in his quest, often using dark arts to aid him. A rather lackluster British horror movie I might add. The main problem with the movie is it takes a long time to build up its thrills, and when they do climax, it is sort of a disappointment, because nothing much actually does happen. You sit around, waiting and waiting, but nothing fruitful happens. It's a shame as the movie has a great cast with James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and James Cosmo taking part. The story itself is also often confusing. As for the beast that goes around killing people, the CG effects for it was a bit poor. Perhaps I was expecting too much when I saw the cast list and thought it might be an actual decent horror but in the end I felt let down by it all.

3 years, 8 months ago

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The daughter of a King killed in battle named Althalia is dethroned from her castle home by evil usurpers one day. She is cast into the surrounding forest where she meets a bunch of Amazon women with bows and arrows. She trains these people to fight even better than before, and ultimately leads them on a revolt against the kingdom, both to reclaim her position of power and to destroy the bad guys. Lana Clarkson is back, but this sequel to Barbarian Queen is one in title only, as it’s a completely different story and she plays a different character. The plot though for the most part has some similarities to the first but the setting is more medieval as opposed to barbaric times. It has all the hallmarks of a late 80's Roger Corman production with cheap production values, awful dialog and stiff acting plus nudity. It delivers nothing new for audiences but fans of this type of b-movie cinema should not expect anything new or groundbreaking. If you liked the first Barbarian Queen movie, chances are you'll enjoy this one as well. I didn't think it was that good to be honest.

3 years, 8 months ago

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When three college guys get caught spying on a sorority ritual, they’re forced to accompany the 2 girls on their next assignment: stealing a trophy from a bowling alley. But the token they pinch has a devilish imp who makes their lives a living hell. Directed by the king of sleaze David DeCoteau, this movie sort of delivers everything its title promises. It tries hard to be a spoof of cheesy horror movies, but it falls far short of it's goal. It unsuccessfully tries to cover up it's own shortcomings as part of the humour with dull results. The gags are uninspired and recycled from other horror movie spoofs and the cast just can't make up for it. I did like Linnea Quigley channeling her inner Billy Idol with her rebel yell look. The imp looks bad - more like a reject from the Ghoulies movies. I'm not going to pretend this is a good movie. The plot and script are both simple and predictable. It's a silly movie, with characters doing stupid things but it entertained me so if you're in the mood for something silly, give it a go.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The House of Usher

 The House of Usher 2/10

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Ryan and his girlfriend Molly are going to visit Ryan’s uncle, Roderick Usher, at his mansion. They find, however, that Roderick’s brother Walter has gone insane, and Roderick himself isn’t far behind. Can Ryan and Molly escape from the doomed mansion before the curse of Usher claims them as well? A terrible version of the Edgar Allan Poe story which should be avoided by all but the most diehard horror movie fanatics. The script is is tasteless, senseless, and pointless, filled with banal dialogue. Director Alan Birkinshaw throws in all of the standard clichés associated with bad horror movies. The production is also terribly cheap, with interior sets that are laughably phony and crap special effects. Oliver Reed turns in a performance that is simply horrible; at least Donald Pleasance's hamminess is fairly amusing. The majority of viewers will simply get bored in watching this movie. Definitely a movie to avoid.

3 years, 8 months ago

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Brick Bardo is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as is his enemy who has landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guy enlists the help of a local gang. I had strangely never seen this one, but I am glad that I got around to finally watching it as it is a ton of fun. I honestly didn’t know much of anything about it either. The story is a bit strange, but I liked the idea of a tiny humanoid alien kicking ass on the local thugs by using his miniature gun on them. Tim Thomerson as the hero does his best Dirty Harry impression. Overall, if you haven’t checked this one out yet, you probably should give it a watch. It has a cheesy appeal to it but it is also entertaining.

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Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about. From 007 veteran Guy Hamilton, this is the long-delayed sequel to the 1961 movie that sees screen legends Gregory Peck and David Niven exchanged for the equally talented likes of Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. This special forces duo finds themselves accompanied by Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, and Franco Nero on a dangerous mission deep in enemy territory. Unsteady alliances, reignited grudges, and the ticking clock of an impending dawn attack spark much of the drama that fills this WWII espionage adventure. The movie is great to watch from beginning to end, thanks to the performance of the cast, mostly engaging set pieces, and Hamilton's assured filmmaking. A definite job well done.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Overlord (1975)

 Overlord (1975) 7/10

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During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day, June 6th, 1944. A little seen British war movie by director Stuart Cooper which uses stock footage which has been spliced into the main story. The stock footage itself is fascinating to watch covering the London blitz, aerial dogfights, fleet rallies and various beach landings. It works extremely well and the movie is completely shot in black and white. Despite the movie's faux-documentary style, Cooper's overall tone is surreal, dreamy and almost poetic. There is a foreshadowing of death from the beginning of the movie. The movie is short on plot, but it is intended more as a mood piece. The sense of hopelessness is portrayed throughout. A great war movie to see.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Phenomenon

 Phenomenon 6/10

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An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky that knocks him out. Soon afterwards he discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis. This movie is a fine vehicle for John Travolta and he makes the most of it, but there is not much else happening here. The movie has a good premise and the filmmakers let us know it by stretching its limits in every single way. It has a nice small town charm to it and the characters are extremely likeable, but the story too often steers in the wrong direction and becomes too large scale. It also gets way too sentimental in the final 45 mins which bored me to tears. Some say the movie is a vehicle for Scientology, others say it's a modern retelling of the life of Jesus but to me it's just a nice movie and that's all. Good performances from Forest Whittaker and Robert Duvall. Overall, it was a decent movie.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Two and Two Make Six

 Two and Two Make Six 4/10

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An US airman stationed in the UK pushes his commanding officer at somebody's home and a vase strikes him on the head knocking him out. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into a couple like them in a roadside cafeteria and a mix up happens. This was the directorial debut of Freddie Francis and well, let's just say he'd get better at his job! It’s classed as a romantic comedy, but never seems sure of what it wants to be. In fact the comedy doesn't seem to be any good at all. George Chakiris makes for quite a dull lead as the American on the run. He is teamed up with Janette Scott for the majority of the movie. The other couple in Alfred Lynch and Jocelyn Lane are much more fun to watch. Lane in particular is quite striking! It was interesting, but far too inconsistent in tone and neither funny enough nor dramatic enough to be fully one thing or the other. One to miss.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated No Trace

 No Trace 6/10

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A crime novelist murders a blackmailing old accomplice by using an idea from one of his novels. He then gets asked by a police detective to help him solve the murder and turns his own experience with the investigation into another book. A decent enough British thriller even though it's silly that the murderer is helping the police to solve the crime. Writer-director John Gilling does a good job of unpicking the murderer's secret, although he is too arrogant for the viewer to care about, and the peril in which his secretary is unwittingly placing herself isn't exploited as well as it could have been. Dad's Army fans will enjoy seeing Scotsman John Laurie as the lead detective in the movie alongside Barry Morse. Dinah Sheridan performs well as the secretary who does some investigating on her own. In the end, it's a movie that provides no surprises but is good enough to warrant a watch.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated That's Your Funeral

 That's Your Funeral 4/10

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Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other. This Hammer comedy movie was a spin-off from a 1971 BBC series which only lasted for 7 episodes. Just like the series, it didn't do well and tanked at the British box office. It's a limply farcical runaround involving two funeral firms - the Victorian, roguish Holroyds and the ultra modern front for some incognito drug traffickers - finding and losing, rinse and repeat, the corpse of a recently deceased soft drinks mogul, culminating in a coffin full of cannabis being cremated, getting all the mourners and undertakers stoned in the process. There are a couple of good gags but not nearly enough and some of the comedy does get very tiring after a while. It's the cast that'll provide the draw for this long forgotten movie with Bill Fraser, Roy Kinnear, Bob Todd and Michael Robbins amongst others making an appearance. Unless you're a Hammer completist, it's best you skip this movie.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Nirvana

 Nirvana 6/10

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Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless “life”, Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released. This movie has a colourful and slightly hokey mix of science fiction and cyber punk ideas and images. Even though the story has a quick-pace about it and it has moments that satisfy but in the end it comes off as routine and underwhelming. It seems it has copied some ideas from other cyber punk movies. There are enough spirited and original sights and sounds to keep things watchable, however, and Christopher Lambert makes, as always, a solid, French-accented lead. Apparently 20 mins have been cut from the original Italian version and most of the cast have been dubbed into English. It's a fairly good sci-fi movie in the end but there's nothing special to make it stand out from the pack.

3 years, 8 months ago

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A police informant is found dead in a boarding-school situated near the border between Northern Ireland and Eire. There are three suspects: the protestant school headmistress; Marley, an unfrocked missionary priest; and Benny, a seventeen-year-old criminal who has taken sanctuary in the school… This bleak Irish drama is a morbid exercise in symbolism that uses the story as an allegory for "The Troubles". Teenage delinquent Benny, who sports a mohican and steel-shinned boots is caught in the middle of a conflict between the police, the British Army, the Loyalist paramilitaries, and the IRA. There are no winners in this movie and it doesn't have any characters the viewer can warm up to. The IRA even teach Benny a lesson in which they tar and feather him after he is caught stealing. The movie didn't do enough to keep my interest and even though it's short at 82 mins long I was glad when the end credits rolled. Some viewers will probably enjoy it but it was just too depressing to like.

3 years, 8 months ago

AKB48Fan rated High Boot Benny

 High Boot Benny 5/10

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A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it. A charming CFF movie by none other than the director of The Towering Inferno - John Guillermin. This is a delightful little hour from a more innocent, halcyon time. Hard to imagine what kids today may make of it. Mona Washbourne, Hilda Fenemore, Russell Waters and Dandy Nichols make up the adults in the cast whilst Mandy Miller and a very young Melvyn Hayes as a scruffy rapscallion are part of the children. Watch out for Anthony Valentine and Jane Asher as part of the kids group as well. For those wishing to reminisce how life was in the decade after the war in which families decamped from the city to the Kent countryside to make extra money picking hops will find this movie a nostalgic experience.

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