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Gaston Grimsdyke, having served 6 months in prison, following a dalliance with the Governor's daughter is recruited by Sir Lancelot Spratt to brush up on his medical knowledge at his hospital. The 6th in the Doctor series sees standards slip way below the previous entries. Gone is Dirk Bogarde (rather wisely I say) and in his place comes Leslie Phillips who plays the usual charming lothario type. The movie plays like a sub-par Carry On with rampant sexism and dated jokes. At times it doesn't even feel like the other previous Doctor movies with a very good reason as the scriptwriter was changed this time round. There's a big list of comedy stars of the day appearing with Joan Sims, Arthur Haynes, Fenella Fielding and Terry Scott amongst others. I was rather disappointed with this movie and although one or two jokes did make me laugh, it wasn't a very good comedy.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Dirty God

 Dirty God 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

Jade is a young mother in the prime of her life when an acid attack leaves her severely burned. While her face has been reconstructed, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must take drastic action to reclaim her life. This is a deeply empathetic look at beauty and all of its complexities with a fantastic performance from debutant Vicky Knight who in real life suffered 3rd degree burns as a child. It is stylised, sexual and authentic in its depiction of internal pain. I would say it's a very depressing movie as well until the end of the movie that is. The main character of Jade is not to be pitied and is far more than a victim. She doesn't take any crap from those talking about her behind her back and is prone to bouts of rage if she feels she has been wronged. The message about how society looks at beauty isn’t a new one, but it is well wrapped in the story. The supporting cast which includes Katherine Kelly is very good. It's certainly worth your while seeking this movie out.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Doctor in Distress (1963)

 Doctor in Distress (1963) 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago

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When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot Spratt injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon Sparrow for help. The 5th Doctor movie finds Dirk Bogarde return for one last time as Dr Simon Sparrow. It's one of the best in the series with James Robertson Justice as the blustering Spratt getting more screen time as the focus of the plot. One minor distraction is that this entry ignores events from the previous movies as Spratt was married in Doctor in Love! There are loads of cameos from the likes of Richard Briers, Johnny Briggs, Fenella Fielding, Derek Fowlds and Peter Butterworth. There are many laughs to be had in watching this movie. A very enjoyable comedy.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Prince and the Pauper

 The Prince and the Pauper 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago

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aka The Prince And The Pauper. Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other’s clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other’s life. A moderately entertaining adventure romp with the Salkind's trying to recapture their Musketeer movies but they don't really pull it off. The story is great but I'm afraid the main lead in Mark Lester isn't that good at all. Director Richard Fleischer was lucky enough to secure four Best Actor Oscar Winners for his cast in Ernest Borgnine, Charlton Heston as King Henry VIII, Rex Harrison as the Duke of Norfolk and George C. Scott as the Ruffler. Future Dr Who assistant Lalla Ward gets a small role as the young Princess Elizabeth and Oliver Reed gets to be his usual self i.e drinking and fighting. The movie does go on for a little bit too long though it never got boring or made me lose attention. On the whole it's enjoyable to watch the stars go through their paces and well worth a punt.

3 years, 5 months ago

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AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

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AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer’s identity. A great 80's Italian giallo with good atmosphere, score, setting and overall intensity. It's by no means on par with some of Dario Argento's work but manages to succeed in its own way. Like most of these thrillers it is ridden with suspense, gore, red-herrings and the inescapable 'whodunit' element. The death scenes are fulfilling including a fair spill of blood. The ending however just seems weak as it doesn't take that long to piece together who has been committing the murders and the way in which killer dies is a big let-down. As a stand-alone thriller, this movie does work surprisingly well and is worth taking a look.

3 years, 5 months ago

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In 1953, Ruth Ellis, a single mother and glamorous nightclub hostess, met and fell in love with David Blakely, a handsome racing car driver who was also immature, alcoholic, insanely jealous and deeply promiscuous. A tempestuous affair that awkwardly transcended class boundaries, it was a relationship marked by increasingly violent quarrels and tragic misfortune, culminating in Ruth waiting for David outside the Magdala public house on Easter Sunday 1955 - a confrontation that ended with her shooting him dead. A solid movie charting the run up to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, murdering her lover outside a pub. The relationship they both had was pretty toxic and quickly got off the rails. The acting is top notch with Miranda Richardson doing a superb job as Ruth Ellis with Rupert Everett also brilliantly portraying David Blakely as a deeply immature man-child, who can't decide if he wants a mother or a lover. The story is that of an as obsession and unrequited love that can spawn something that can destroy one's life. The movie is atmospherically shot and methodically directed by Mike Newell. A very good movie overall despite knowing how the plot would eventually pan out.

3 years, 5 months ago

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A retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off the Florida coast, and he starts to investigate. A pretty half hearted effort by CBS to make a late night TV movie about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. Truth be told, not a whole lot happens and it relies far too much on the unexplained. You don't see any UFO's or bright lights and it doesn't have any tension to heighten the fact that something odd might be happening. The only thing the viewer gets to see is empty boats with a person that's gone missing. It needed something to make it more exciting be it aliens or a sea monster. The cast do their best with a drab script. Overall, a flat TV movie which had the potential to be something good but ran out of steam fairly quickly.

3 years, 5 months ago

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A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old. An absolutely awful comedy by Roger Corman which is barely watchable. It's about a bunch of hippies driving across the Southwest in search of a new existence, encountering football players who want to run things like a football game and rival gangs at a country club who have turned the golf course into a mutinous dictatorship. From what I have read, this tried to be like a comedy version of Easy Rider but failed miserably. I didn't laugh even once watching this excuse of a movie. Unless you're on high on drugs, you're unlikely to find anything amusing about it. A waste of time.

3 years, 5 months ago

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Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself “a corrector of bad kung-fu.” Determined to avenge their teacher and regain their honour, the three students all go their seperate ways to find kung-fu masters who will take them as students. A wonderful kung fu movie from Shaw Brothers and a fight-filled extravaganza, full of extraordinary kung fu fights on show and moves executed with flair, precision, speed and technical skill. It's non-stop with the fight sequences and of which barely pause for one second. The plot is the usual revenge seeking, but the fights and the performances of the cast maintain your interest. This is in many respects a great old-school style martial arts movie that as basic as both its formula and structure are, as a movie, it is also highly entertaining and watchable.

3 years, 5 months ago

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Two sons who have swapped due to a promise at birth must team up to defeat the evil Shaolin monks that has killed their fathers. A rather good movie from director Godfrey Ho for a change which doesn't contain his usual messy chopping up of two movies and combining them up. The plot actually makes sense as well. It contains plenty of splendidly choreographed martial arts fight sequences that keep the movie rapidly moving along as there is never a slow moving minute amid the well developed characters that keep the viewer compelled enough to continue watching it although a drunken eagle claw versus drunken mantis fist fight is rather laughable. The great Gordon Liu who is one of the main leads in the movie helps make it a fun filled and entertaining feature.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Angry Silence

 The Angry Silence 7/10

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Tom Curtis who is employed at a factory, declines to take part in an illegal strike. This one rejection alters his life totally. This is a little-mentioned but thoroughly compelling character study of an ordinary man who stands up to the power of the unions and comes a cropper as a result. It's notable for featuring another fine performance from Richard Attenborough, who burns up the screen with a simmering intensity. An outstanding ensemble cast play well in support, with Brian Bedford and Bernard Lee standing out in particular. Oliver Reed has a small bit part role as well. The movie is very well made and never rushes the story but instead paints a realistic picture of a complex situation in a time and place now relegated to history. Definitely a movie to seek out.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Porky's Revenge

 Porky's Revenge 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago

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As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school’s championship basketball game since he has bet on the opposing team. A big improvement on Porky's II with this movie going back to the more raunchy antics of the first. The movie features the typical episodic shenanigans with the gang of Angel Beach High, all of whom now look well into their late 20's. The fat bastard Porky is back and now owns a saloon on an old steamboat. The jokes and absurd situations are also a lot funnier because they all revolve on raging hormones, bizarre sexual fetishes, embarrassing encounters and plain juvenile delinquency! This is a good old-fashioned and textbook 80's comedy which is full of laughs. If you've seen the previous two movies you'll know what to expect here so unplug your brain and enjoy the antics of the Angel Beach High crew.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Unforgiven

 The Unforgiven 7/10

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

The neighbours of a frontier family The Zachary's turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiawa tribe who want one of their kind back. This is an unusually sensitive Western about racism not to be confused with the Clint Eastwood movie. It's an interesting and offbeat tale of Indian racial prejudice and warfare among the white settlers, set in the Texas Panhandle of the late 1860's. The story has its moments of excitements especially during the last 20 mins when the Kiawa tribe launch an all out attack on the Zachary's home. What a great cast director John Huston assembled for this movie with Burt Lancaster and the always beautiful Audrey Hepburn as the main leads. Audie Murphy, Doug McClure and a young John Saxon play the supporting roles. The cinematography is beautiful and the scenery magnificent. This movie might be underrated and not one of Huston's best but it comes highly recommended.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Blue Story

 Blue Story 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago

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Timmy and Marco are two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. A gritty movie from debutant director Andrew Onwubolu aka Rapman about knife crime and gang crime in South London and how it tears families and lives apart. These type of crimes are ever-increasing in London and this movie was put out to show people the harsh reality of this situation. It is somewhat cliched but nothing more than other movies of its calibre and it is always engaging. The director who was also the writer of the story also has a recurring role in the background of the movie where he is rapping what's going on to the viewer. The young unknown cast perform well. All in all, this movie shows the viewer a realistic depiction of gang culture in South London.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Mermaids

 Mermaids 7/10

3 years, 5 months ago

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Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mother moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down. But when Charlotte’s attraction to an older man gets in the way, the family must learn to accept each other for who they truly are. What a delightful and quirky little coming of age movie this is. The overall feel of the movie is fantastic with brilliant acting and it is tremendously authentic to it's time and subjects. It is just a fun movie with a very human story. There are a number of great performances in this movie. Winona Ryder plays one of her most interesting characters, and she pulls it off very well. Bob Hoskins is very strong and enjoyable as usual and Cher is also great. Christina Ricci at the beginning of her career is very cute as the youngest child of the family. Overall, it's highly enjoyable to anyone that likes character driven movies. Well worth watching.

3 years, 5 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Doctor in Love (1960)

 Doctor in Love (1960) 6/10

3 years, 5 months ago