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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences. Roger Corman produces and directs probably his best, in respect to story line, special effects and overall insight. Both shocking and satisfying, it is a movie that keeps good pace with some interesting effects, though its use of the technique is a little repetitive. A lot is tantalisingly unexplored so the movie peters out a little in the final third when the novelties are exhausted. Ray Milland's performance as the tortured scientist provides the movie with a believable lead and a solid foundation which has a disturbing ending. Well worth a watch.
3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago
Upstairs and Downstairs
On marrying the boss’s daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law’s advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated. A bog standard British comedy from director Gerald Thomas using many of the cast from his other movies. The script is merely so-so and there are only one or two genuine laughs. Joan Hickson would play the same drunken character the following year in No Kidding. Sid James has a supporting role as a policeman and the sexy Italian Claudia Cardinale has a small part. The main leads are Michael Craig and Anne Heywood. I was really disappointed in this movie as I expected loads more laughs but it was only seeing various British comedy actors popping up that made it bearable.
3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago
All the President
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National Headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organisers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. After the editor of the Post runs with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it, they find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party and eventually into the White House itself. The true story of how two minor journalists opened up a can of worms that led to the downfall of the President of the United States. A story almost too strange for fiction. The fact that the outcome is known to everybody watching the movie doesn't seem to matter - it is a how-done-it rather than a who-done-it. It's fascinating how these journalists manage to piece together the puzzle through sheer hard work. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are superb in their roles. Jason Robards also shines as their boss Ben Bradlee. If you like political thrillers, then All The President's Men is a must watch.
3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago
Attack of the Crab Monsters
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed. This is a bad movie by the king of the 50's and 60's B-horror movies, Roger Corman. Despite lousy budgets, Corman was able to make some awfully entertaining horror pics but it's not the case with this one. The creatures themselves look a lot more realistic than paper, plastic or putty created critters, so there is that to give it some credit for, although they way they move is extremely silly looking. And the fact that the monsters can speak in the voices of those who were lost at sea makes it even more stupid!! The cast perform well enough though but despite that the movie is a bad and silly written one, and of top of that is also lackluster.
3 years, 7 months ago
Atom Age Vampire
When a singer is horribly disfigured in a car accident, a scientist develops a treatment which can restore her beauty by injecting her with a special serum. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her. As the treatment begins to fail, he determines to save her appearance, regardless of how many women he must kill for her sake. A stupid title for a movie which is more like a soap opera than a horror. There are no actual vampires in the story either - just a mad scientist who turns into a werewolf like monster. It started out rather interesting but lost steam very quickly then dragged out way too long after that. It really is very dull. The one bright spot is the beautiful Susanne Loret who with her blonde peek a boo hairstyle looks a little bit like Veronica Lake. A total waste of time in my opinion.
3 years, 7 months ago
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3 years, 7 months ago
Dark Places
A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted. A good British horror movie though the story is hardly original. I like the way that the main character finds himself shuttled back and forth between his life in the present and the life of the possessing spirit in the past. The movie sets up an effectively spooky atmosphere that slowly builds in suspense with lights that shouldn’t be on, creepy dolls with smashed faces lying on the floor, hobby horses rocking themselves, and eerie voices and children’s laughter echoing through the halls. The movie is well acted, with solid work from Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy and Herbert Lom. The movie ends on a whimper unfortunately but don't let that put you off, it's still a worthwhile watch.
3 years, 7 months ago
The Ups and Downs of a Handyman
A young handyman and his wife move to a small village and set up business. There, the handyman encounters numerous strange characters, including a local constable more inept than a squad car full of Keystone Kops; an elderly magistrate whose primary passion is spanking young women; a schoolmistress with a closetful of kinks; and more predatory housewives than the young man can handle. I thought I'd seen it all in how abysmal some of the British sex comedies of the 70's could be but this one tops it all in how shit it is! It barely stands up as entertainment and the humour is poor to say the least. It uses speeded up comedy to make you laugh. Benny Hill used it to great effect and it worked for him but not in this movie. The plot is just an excuse for some buxom ladies to take their clothes off. I would have thought that Valerie Leon would have had some sense than to take part in something so terrible. The leading man in Barry Stokes is quite arrogant and not at all likable. I can't believe anybody would have watched this crap when it was released. Truly appalling.
3 years, 8 months ago
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3 years, 8 months ago
The Quiller Memorandum
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate. A ponderous but still interesting mid-60's British made cold-war drama with George Segal taking the leading role. It's no Bond movie that's for sure. Harold Pinter is responsible for the script and there are great Berlin location shooting. Though he doesn't have the same magnetism of Connery as a secret agent, I still think Segal pulls it off rather well with Alec Guinness playing a similar role to Smiley. Max Van Sydow is better as the neo-Nazi leader, veiled by the veneer of respectability as he cracks his knuckles and swings a golf club all the time he's injecting Quiller with massive doses of truth serum. The movie is definitely more John Le Carre than Ian Fleming despite the flat car chase and Quiller's escape from his captors. In the end, it's a fairly routine spy story given nothing special in the way of treatment.
3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago
Bad Dreams (1988)
The sole survivor of a cult who burned themselves to death in a house awakens after 13 years in a coma. However, she is haunted by visions of the cult's evil leader and when members of her therapy group start being murdered, she becomes convinced the cult's leader is responsible. A great, sometimes offbeat and humorous horror movie that seems as if it intends to coast on the success of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series but ends up going on its own merry path. It works best when our heroine is still trying to make sense of macabre events and is not sure what the truth is. The writing is silly at times, but there are also fun moments. Plenty of bloody moments to please the gorehounds. Jennifer Rubin makes for a good heroine and it's no coincidence that she also starred in Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors which a lot of people say is similar to this movie. It has a nice twist at the end as well. A rather enjoyable and competently made late 80's horror movie.
3 years, 8 months ago
Mother Lode
 Mother Lode 6/10
3 years, 8 months ago
Mother Lode
A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades searching the mountain caves for a chamber of long lost gold. He is prepared to do anything including murder to keep his gold for himself. This was Charlton Heston's last theatrical feature as a leading man. The movie has a peculiar blend of genres mixing contemporary Western and horror movie elements. At times it's genuinely creepy and deals with the interesting, largely unexplored subject of hermit-like gold miners in remote British Columbia. The movie was a family affair as Charlton Heston also directed it, while among others son Fraser Clarke Heston produced it and wrote the script, and Fraser's actress mother Lydia, Charlton's wife, is credited as still photographer. The cinematography is breathtaking with stunning shots of British Columbia and the flying scenes in the opening 20 mins is fantastic. Heston is rather menacing as the miner Silas McGee and does a rather decent Scottish accent. Kim Basinger (in her 2nd movie) and Nick Mancuso play the adventurers searching for the hidden gold. It was quite a good adventure movie with an interesting villain. Worth tracking down.
3 years, 8 months ago
No Kidding
 No Kidding 4/10
3 years, 8 months ago
No Kidding
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, have turned their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realises what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins. This movie comes from the same team that brought you the Carry Ons but it isn't that good as it is basically devoid of any decent humour. There are 3 links in this movie to Agatha Christie as Geraldine McEwan and Joan Hickson who feature here go on to play Miss Marple in the future and Margaret Lockwood's daughter Julia is also in the cast. Julia's mother took part in 2 of Christie's plays on the London stage. Leslie Phillips who takes centre stage tones it down in this gentle comedy. The child actors are more annoying than anything else though you do get to see a very young Francesca Annis. The only person that does well out of this movie is Joan Hickson as the pissed up cook. A disappointing effort from director Gerald Thomas.
3 years, 8 months ago
Dancin
Linda’s out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend and the love of her life Peter. Linda has to decide: does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter? Liverpool playwright Willy Russell adapts his own 1978 play Stags and Hens for the big screen with this great movie which was shot on location in Liverpool itself. The story explores the themes of a narrow-minded, small town mentality suffocating dreams and potential. The city is depicted as a disenfranchised, post industrial Northern town, and the character of its people is depicted as cynical in nature. It also shows how going out clubbing was during the late 80's/early 90's in the UK and captures the fashions and attitudes of that period. Even though it's classed as a comedy, it's a little lighter on laughs than you might expect. Watch out for a small cameo from a young Stephen Graham as one of the kids playing football in the park. I really liked this movie.
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The Attic
 The Attic 6/10
3 years, 8 months ago
The Attic
A librarian Louise devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasises his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed. An interesting psychological movie - it isn't a horror at all. The movie is completely built around the character of Louise and the performance given by Carrie Snodgress is just great. It could be so easy to play her over the top, but Snodgress takes the subtle route. There are numerous scenes where she is helping her father but fantasises killing him. The wheelchair bound father played by Ray Milland is a total bastard and hiding a secret of his own which is revealed near the end. Don't expect this movie to be like some others in which the main character finally snaps and kills her father as that doesn't happen. It does though end on a rather depressing note for Louise. You do feel sympathy for her. It's a sad nightmare of a movie which I liked.
3 years, 8 months ago
Earthbound
 Earthbound 2/10
3 years, 8 months ago
Earthbound
A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out. An abysmal sci-fi/comedy which was supposed to be a pilot for a TV series that never happened. This is supposed to be a light-hearted family-friendly tale not unlike Disney live action movies of the 1960s and 1970s (the Witch Mountain movies). However, it's bereft of comedy; or more accurately, it's bereft of comedy that is actually funny. The alien family even have a green skinned pet chimpanzee that is supposed to eat light bulbs (though you never see him eat one). James L. Conway directs this movie with zero style and energy. Even with the military in pursuit of the aliens, there is nothing of any excitement and tension to be had. Burl Ives and the rest of the cast are OK in the roles but sadly this movie is like a wet blanket and makes for a fairly bland viewing experience.
3 years, 8 months ago
The Nightmare Never Ends (1980)
Police detective, Mitchell, investigating the death of a victim of a Nazi concentration camp discovers a nightclubbing playboy who has strange powers over women and is seemingly ageless. What can be said about this terrible movie? Well, it's not a quality movie I'll say that about it. Everything about it is bad: acting, dialogue, script, cast, cinematography, etc are all way below average. It's a truly wretched movie of cataclysmic proportions. The script tries in some ways to mimic The Omen in that Satan is amongst us on Earth and taken human form. I found the movie to be so boring and was totally uninteresting. Nothing to recommend here at all.
3 years, 8 months ago
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