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Sweet Sixteen
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home. A typically great Ken Loach drama about the plight of the common man, this brings the forces of adversity and the futility of naive courage into bold relief with this hopeful examination of one boy's struggle to make a better life for himself and his loser mother. The story is a gritty uncompromising tale of growing up in a drug infested section of Scotland. Nobody wins in this movie and it is quite depressing. Martin Compston as Liam is outstanding. You know what you're getting when you watch a Ken Loach movie and this is no exception. Bleak it may be but extremely watchable.
3 years, 9 months ago
Joy of Sex
 Joy of Sex 3/10
3 years, 9 months ago
Joy of Sex
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies. A poor teen sex comedy and is is officially credited as being a loose adaptation of the sex manual that was popular back in the 70's. It has remarkably little joy and next to no sex. It was lumped initially under the National Lampoon banner but has since been dropped. The story had the potential to be a fun high school movie but it fell far short of the mark. There are a couple of good laughs but not nearly enough. The acting is atrocious from everybody apart from Christopher Lloyd. In the end, this is a forgettable 80's comedy and a waste of time.
3 years, 9 months ago
Twinky
A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the couple get married and move to America, the trouble really begins. This is an extremely awkward and embarassing movie to watch. There is no chance this kind of movie could be made these days. It doesn't help that the massive age gap is further heightened by the casting of Charles Bronson, who always looked much older than his years, and Susan George playing her character as an immature, hyperactive 10 year old even though she is supposed to be 16. Charles Bronson looks very much out of place in this movie and even though Susan George does look very stunning, her character is incredibly annoying. This is supposed to be a comedy but there's nothing funny about it at all. The story is just so creepy and disturbing. A pretty dreadful movie all round.
3 years, 9 months ago
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The Bear

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3 years, 9 months ago
The Bear
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters. From time to time, you stumble on a movie about which you just don't know what to think when you haven't seen it. This is such a movie. What can you expect from a movie which features a large male Kodiak, a little motherless bear cub and two hunters? A lot, as this movie shows you. It's really a very touching story which is told from the perspective of the bears and not of the humans as you might expect. The cinematography is breathless and even though the movie is set in British Columbia it was actually filmed in Austria and Italy. The one thing that I didn't like about this movie was the stupid scene showing the bear cub tripping out after eating magic mushrooms. A really dumb idea to show that. Apart from that, I loved everything about this movie. One of the best movies showing animals I think I've seen.
3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago
The Confessional: House of Mortal Sin (aka The Confessional)
A troubled young woman goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the woman, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her. What a great movie this is with a captivating premise that is well executed and maintains a dark and macabre interest throughout. The brooding atmosphere and intriguing performances does enough to keep you interested until the chilling climax. The movie's tone is relentlessly bleak and grim, yet it's effective and really quite compelling, with some decent and chilling death scenes throughout. The cast here are pretty stellar with standout performances by Anthony Sharp as the demented, unhinged and repressed Father Meldrum. Shelia Keith also gives a good performance as the overbearing housekeeper with a sinister presence. She has the air of a former Nazi female officer about her. Susan Penhaligon is as lovely as ever here. On the whole this is a cracking and tense horror movie which is really worth having a look at.
3 years, 9 months ago
Hell Night
 Hell Night 6/10
3 years, 9 months ago
Hell Night
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds. This is a great slasher from the early 80's with creepy scenes, thrills, chills, screams, shocks, and lots of blood and gore. The movie contains the usual disturbing set pieces including continuous slashing, stabbing, beheading as well as upsetting and gory attacks. In the finale there are various extended and climatic surprises with twists and turns. The plot is hardly original in that it takes stuff from other classic slashers. Linda Blair is the scream queen in this horror and she performs well enough. If you love these kind of horror movies, you'll get a good kick out of this one.
3 years, 9 months ago
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The Leg Fighters
When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan’s younger brother Pak (Kang Peng) vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork. This is a middle-of-the-road indy kung fu movie which might have been better had it not been for the unfunny comedy that takes place. It's fine if you have somebody with a gift for comedy like Jackie Chan but the comic relief guy here is very annoying and a detriment to the plot. The story itself is the usual run of the mill scenario about revenge against a seemingly tough villain. The martial arts on display is rather good with some pretty innovative choreography. Although many have said this movie is very good, I would disagree. It's nothing special.
3 years, 9 months ago
Firepower
 Firepower 4/10
3 years, 9 months ago
Firepower
A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta. This Michael Winner movie is another one of those that hired famous names from various countries in order to sell the pictures in those places. It starts out pretty well...actually with a bang but then needlessly slows down to a crawl until it picks up again around halfway into the story. The movie has a terrific cast, some great locations in Antigua and St Lucia but the script needed to have a lot of work on it. Some sections of the movie is incredibly dull but thankfully there are some nice set pieces to keep the viewer's interest. James Coburn takes the lead role alongside Sophia Loren and OJ Simpson. In the end, it's a below average b-movie as it goes on for too long, has an uneven pace to it and the cast look somewhat bored with it all.
3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago
American Commandos
A group of Vietnam vets are sent to Southeast Asia to destroy drug-smuggling operations in the Golden Triangle. When they get there, they find that many of the drug gangs are run by other Vietnam vets. Dean Mitchell is the poor man's Rambo who along with his Vietnam friends try to put an end to the drugs trade in South East Asia. If you can put aside the crappy acting and suspend your disbelief, you might enjoy this brainless actioner. You can enjoy such sights as an armoured ice cream vans, a kamikaze aeroplane and a souped up motorbike with machine guns and rocket launcher in this movie with some other twists just to spice things up further. It's a bad 80's movie make no mistake about it but I'm sure there'll be some people that will love this kind of stuff.
3 years, 9 months ago
Breakthrough
 Breakthrough 5/10
3 years, 9 months ago
Breakthrough
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky orders Sergeant Steiner to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner’s platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy. This is the unofficial sequel to Sam Peckinpah’s great WWII drama Cross of Iron, which was released two years earlier. It has a great cast with Richard Burton and Robert Mitchum taking part and it covers an interesting part of history, but the production values are not that good and the story is a bit all over the place, never really knowing what it wants to be. The action sequences when they do take place are the only bright spots in the movie. If this movie interests you, you might want to give it a try, but it probably won't end up being your favorite war movie. The pacing is a little off, and it doesn't try very hard to be suspenseful. A shame as it could have been a great movie.
3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago
Malachi
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertiliser. She is made fun of by one family especially the young son and she despises them as they did not help her parents when they drowned in the sea. A pleasant coming of age family drama set amongst the rugged coastline of Cornwall. The main character of Mally is a likable enough young girl who is quite wild looking with her long black hair and scruffy clothes. The story is of intolerance and hatred and how that is broken down when a new tragedy threatens to strike the community until Mally saves the day. There's a great cast involved which includes Donald Pleasance, Arthur English and Peter Vaughan. You'll even get to see future Birds of a Feather stars Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson in a very small cameo but the star of the show is Veronica Quilligan who is fantastic as Mally. The location shooting in Cornwall is beautiful to see. This is a difficult movie to obtain but it is well worth seeking it out as I really enjoyed it.
3 years, 9 months ago
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3 years, 9 months ago
Offbeat
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down. An interesting crime drama about a gang of thieves running their racket like an ordinary business with employees, a secretary, respectable looking, suited money men, and the promise of a pension. The movie spends much of it's time on a single heist involving a jewellery store and a magnificently brazen break-in. The plot is a little bit similar to a Peter Sellers comedy and that's because both had the same producer and director. The only difference is this one plays it straight and the other is strictly for laughs. The cast perform well with William Sylvester playing the lead as the MI5 man torn between his duties and having fallen for one of the gang in the form of the beautiful Mai Zetterling. In the end, this is a solid 70 minutes of stylish early 60's Brit-noir and worth checking out.
3 years, 9 months ago
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3 years, 9 months ago
Lease of Life
 Lease of Life 8/10
3 years, 10 months ago
Lease of Life
The vicar of a small rural community knows he is dying by his doctor and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community. A fantastic movie about making the most of one's life on this world. The story is beautifully done against the backdrop of village life in 1950's England, with a vicar faced with choosing between that which is expected of him and that which his heart and his faith demand. The characters in the village and the twists and turns of the tale make this a movie well worth watching. The town of Gilchester and its cathedral is in fact Beverley in East Riding, Yorkshire. Robert Donat is superb in what was his last leading role. The story might be depressing to some as there is no miraculous ending that there's been a mistake in the vicar's prognosis by the doctor. A very enjoyable tale.
3 years, 10 months ago
Orange
 Orange 7/10
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3 years, 10 months ago
It
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of the charts, they find themselves having to produce the “real” composer. A truly dreadful comedy. The story line about two music composers who hit upon the idea of playing music backwards, hoping it will prove to be a commercial success is frankly daft. The songs featured are lifeless and the dialogue is tedious. The two leads in George Cole and Terence Morgan are ill suited for their roles and are frankly quite dull. The only bright spot belongs to the ever reliable Kathleen Harrison. A total waste of time and devoid of any laughs.
3 years, 10 months ago
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