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AKB48Fan rated Eyes of Laura Mars

 Eyes of Laura Mars 6/10

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Laura Mars is a celebrated fashion photographer. She is haunted by visions from a killer's eyesight. At her gala, she encounters police detective John Neville who hates the photos of violence against semi-nude women without knowing it's her. Those around her are killed and Neville investigates. Her pictures seem to mimic real crime scenes. This is like a homage to Italian giallo movies. Touches here and there remind you of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino and Mario Bava, such as the model settings and murder scenarios. While this movie scores heavy on style, it just lacks the magic that the best giallo's seem to have. The plot, while intriguing enough, is not nearly played out to it's full potential. There are gripping scenes here to be sure, but the movie drags quite a bit and nothing virtually happens for a long period of time. Faye Dunaway is the pale, fragile-looking lead, and being a leading actress of her time, as you would expect she is good and a character to root for. Tommy Lee Jones is rather stony-faced (like in most of his movies actually) to start off with but his character loosens up later on. Stealing the show is a manic-eyed Brad Dourif - looking extremely shifty in his brown leather jacket, curly hair and stubble - as the chauffeur. The twist ending can be seen a mile off, and it's pretty obvious to spot the identity of the real killer. Although not a brilliant movie by any means, if you're a fan of giallo movies you might get a lot out of it.

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Lester Benson is the manager of the top rock band The Small Faces, but he has a secret that he wants to keep hidden at all costs. He once did time in a military prison for impersonating an army officer and stealing army equipment. His former commanding officer returns and blackmails Benson to help him into stealing some diamonds from a safe and keep them on board a radio ship by hiding them inside a copy of vocal group The Chantelles' master tape. This is a movie that oddly mixes diamond robbery and smuggling with mid-sixties pop music. The filmmakers must have wanted to attract a younger audience to seeing the movie so they recruited The Small Faces, Kiki Dee and The Chantelles as bit part players in order to belt out a song or two. The plot is, actually, not bad and viewers who remember the time of pirate radio ship stations anchored off the British coast will enjoy the nostalgia of seeing Radio London again. In fact it's great to see a young Kenny Everett as one of the radio ship DJ's. There is the customary fun to be had spotting various British actors and actresses with Kenneth Cope as the manager of The Small Faces and Patsy Rowlands looking out of place in a small comedy role. This is a pleasant time filler.

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AKB48Fan rated Dateline Diamonds

 Dateline Diamonds 6/10

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Rich girl Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and bald and bookish Professor Gibble. They hope to be rescued quickly but days turn into weeks and they have to adapt to their new surroundings. An amusing comedy set on a desert island (actually Malaga) in which 3 men lust after a young Joan Collins who does look very nice in a bikini. Good humourous situations and good dialog are abound in this comedy. Kenneth More dons a rather poor Irish accent while George Cole is at his most obnoxious with veteran Robertson Hare at his scatterbrained finest. Joan Collins in one of her early movie roles plays the part of the spoilt rich girl to perfection although for a character that's supposed to be from Wigan in the north she doesn't have a Northern accent. This movie makes for a nice 80 mins if you've nothing better to watch.

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Carl Stock returns to the UK after being deported for a crime he did with a gang 2 years previously. He's returned for his share of the money for the job but the gang's leader refuses so with the aid of a former safe cracker he breaks into the Jackpot club and steals £6k from the gang leader's safe. Now the police and the gang are both after Karl. This is a pacey low budget British crime thriller which was once deemed as lost until it was found again. Unfortunately the print is still damaged and it ends rather abruptly before cutting into what are clearly recreated closing captions. The movie has a familiar plot to fans of the genre and in truth it doesn't offer up anything we haven't seen before, but at least it has a few familiar faces in William Hartnell who only turns up half way through as a police inspector and Michael Ripper as a cafe owner. The climax takes place in Arsenal's old Highbury stadium with footage of a match mixed into the action. In the end this is a simple crime drama but it's done well and worth seeking out.

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AKB48Fan rated Yona of the Dawn

 Yona of the Dawn 8/10

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AKB48Fan rated The Wicked Lady

 The Wicked Lady 3/10

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In 17th-century England, Barbara Worth lives a privileged yet humdrum life as the wife of well-heeled landowner Sir Ralph Skelton. To stave off boredom, Barbara begins impersonating famed highway robber Capt. Jerry Jackson, stealing precious jewels and valuables from coach passengers. A chance encounter with the actual Jackson propels Barbara into a dangerous double life with potentially lethal consequences. Panned upon it's release in the U.S, this movie was very popular in Britain and is now seen as a minor classic. This romantic adventure must have seemed shockingly subversive in its day showing a wealthy upper class English woman scheming, plotting and manipulating everyone around her for her own satisfaction. I found the whole movie extremely dull and although Margaret Lockwood and James Mason perform well, it just wasn't good enough to warrant my attention and interest.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Time, Gentlemen, Please!

 Time, Gentlemen, Please! 7/10

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The Prime Minister is touring the country with the highest percentage figures of employment and one of the places on his list is Little Hayhoe which tops the list with 99.9% because of the weaving industry. The 0.1% is the local tramp - Irishman Dan Dance who is liked by most residents. However, the local council want him out of the way before the PM arrives so after not paying for his drink at the local pub he is arrested and sent to live in the village almhouse. Filmed in the North Essex village of Thaxted, this is a nearly forgotten 1950's comedy classic full of charm. Watching this movie gives you an insight into a lost world from the past where every village had a pub with one eccentric character inhabiting the place that everyone knew. The movie is full of laughs and has great performances with wonderful comic timing throughout. You'll see Sid James as a grumpy pub owner, Dora Bryan and Thora Hird taking part here. The storyline pokes fun at many things including village life and the way local council administration was (and often still is) carried out; pompousness, hypocrisy and short-sightedness commonly abound in those that 'run the village'. Definitely well worth taking a look.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated This Is My Street

 This Is My Street 7/10

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Battersea housewife Margery lives a life of drudgery in a working class terrace with her feckless husband and her small daughter. Lodging next door with her mother is Harry, a flashy salesman and nightclub owner who repeatedly attempts to seduce Marge. At first showing little interest, Marge finally gives in after he helps find her missing daughter. Harry eventually tires of Marge, and turns his attentions to her younger, educated sister, Jinny. A realistic drama that borders too far on soap opera for my liking yet still offers an interesting insight in to the lifestyle of the working classes of the 60's. Ian Hendry is a total bastard, playing the women in his life for all the thrills he can get, no matter that they're married. Hendry is the pick of the actors in this production with June Ritchie also performing well as the bored housewife who turns to suicide when her lover ends the relationship. It's interesting to see Mike Pratt and Annette Andre in this movie as they would be acting with each other again 5 years down the line in Randall and Hopkirk. Watch out for a small cameo from a young John Hurt as a cafe worker. The outside shots of South London are great and possibly the location for Jubilee Terrace where a lot of the filming was done has been knocked down by now? If you're after a bit of gritty, old fashioned British drama then this movie comes recommended.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Extra Day

 The Extra Day 6/10

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Shortly after a movie production wraps and its cast members go their separate ways, the movie's final reel falls out of the back of a truck and goes rolling into the English countryside. Faced with a movie with no climatic scenes, the egotistical director sends production manager Joe Blake to round up the extras so the footage can be reshot the next day. This pleasant British comedy starts slowly, but steadily improves en route to its ironic ending. It's basically a collection of stories revolving around the lives of the extras such as an elderly couple who are having to suffer an uncomfortable living arrangement with their daughter and son-in-law, stopping a boxer from getting his face bashed in a match and enlisting some female groupies to kidnap a pop star from getting married. The sexy and seductive French actress Simone Simon brings a dash of glamour to proceedings. Most of the cast is foreign. Sid James stands out as the boxer determined to win one fight in his life before retiring and he gets to win....thanks to a bribe for his opponent! This isn't a laugh out loud comedy but it makes for a nice 90 mins.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

 Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 6/10

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When the king of Gaillardia dies, the tiny nation's resources and location in the Pacific draw the interest of world powers. Great Britain has long enjoyed rights to Gaillardia's mineral deposits. However, the monarch's death places them in jeopardy, necessitating the dispatch of diplomat Carlton-Browne to meet with Prime Minister Amphibulos. Unfortunately, the former's bumbling, the latter's obtuseness and a revolution threaten to undermine everything. Another comedy about a plucky little country struggling through the jungle of the modern global world with only native wit and pluck to guide them, this is a fine entry by the Boulting brothers. Terry-Thomas sparkles as usual in the lead, as a feckless ministry man led to the brink of disaster when a nation he is supposedly in charge of starts attracting the interest of the world, Ian Bannen makes a great romantic lead, Peter Sellers puts in one of his quieter performances as a corrupt politico and the pantomime villain John Le Mesurier plays against type as a rugged revolutionary leader. It's a fun movie and will be enjoyed by all.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Wake of Death

 Wake of Death 6/10

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A young Chinese girl escapes from her violent Triad father in Hong Kong by stowing away on a ship full of immigrants bound for LA. An ex-gangster and his wife take the girl in under their care but the child's father comes to the US looking for her and kills the wife and then abducts the couple's son. The ex-gangster swears revenge on the Triads. This is a well written, well acted and well made movie which finds Van Damme in good form. One of the intriguing elements here is that Jean-Claude Van Damme is a not so good guy but an ex-gangster who has just retired from working as a bouncer in a club. Van Damme abandons his split kicks and martial arts for guns and unstylish punches which somehow adds to the realism here. While some claim this to be Jean-Claude's best work, I can't quite agree. It's good and better than some of his work from the 00's but it's far from being a Van Damme classic.

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Foolhardy campers wind up on the menu at a backwoods cannibal feast. An ultra low budget horror movie obviously shot on a handycam. The plot you've seen countless times before - a typical group of friends who decide to go camping in the woods and end up being victimised by a group of American cannibals (one of which wears a pilot's visor and mask). Sure, the gore is cheap and the acting atrocious but at least the filmmakers try their best with what they had so I'll give them that at least. Watch it only if you are a fan of ultra low budget and trash overall.

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Rika has an ability to see dead people. When 3 ghosts of teenage girls appear before her and ask that she help them extract revenge on those that murdered them, Rika agrees on the condition that they do not kill them. This is one of those silly Japanese horror comedies from Noboru Iguchi who has directed and written such bat shit crazy movies as The Machine Girl and Dead Sushi. This movie isn't as gore heavy as some of his classics but it's still entertaining with it's insane and goofy storyline. For example, one of the ghost girls that would like to be reincarnated as a dog the next time she's reborn produces a puppet mutt on her arm so that she can attack her murderers!! Despite being a fun movie, it does go on a little bit too long with it's flashback sappy saccharine moments of the 3 girls in their past lives. With some solid wacky ghost action and a lot more emotion than expected for something like this, this movie has plenty to like and is a good outing for fans of Iguchi.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated See No Evil

 See No Evil  7/10

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In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them. After her former boyfriend Steve presents Sarah with a new horse and suggests they resume their romance, she returns home and discovers the bodies of her murdered relatives. A cat and mouse game commences as the sightless woman evades the killer while trying to learn his identity. This is a bit of a slow burn but is worth the watch. Mia Farrow delivers a fine performance, she is the best thing about this movie as the blind girl Sarah. There are plenty of effective moments of terror on offer. Sarah is unaware that her family members have been murdered, unable to see the corpses scattered around the house but the viewer can see them and it really is quite horrific. Great camera work, good cast - some very familiar faces to British audiences in particular. The identity of the killer is not revealed until the end, with a red herring thrown in. The viewer only sees his cowboy boots for most of the movie. A pretty good little thriller that is worth seeing.

5 years, 6 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Desert Mice

 Desert Mice 6/10

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Set during the early years of WWII, a group of entertainers known as ENSA who go around the troops and give them a varierty show to make them forget about the war become involved with a stuffy Major who doesn't want them anywhere near him and his boys. This movie is going to be of instant appeal thanks to the appearance of the likes of Sid James and Dora Bryan in leading roles. It serves as both an affectionate tribute to ENSA and a comedy of sorts. Yes, the humour is broad and the entertainment value is patchy; but then so it was with ENSA too, so it all makes sense! Much of the jokes come at the expense of Alfred Marks as the stuffy Major. The best part of the movie is when the entertainers end up foiling a genuine German plot spearheaded by Marius Goring which is funny. It's a shame that the lovely Liz Frazer disappears around half way through and is never seen again in the movie. It's not a classic movie by any means but still worth a watch.

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