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This movie tells the story of a young woman who is sold into a loveless marriage with an older wealthy gentleman. She has a passionate affair with a servant of the house. The promise of a happier life eludes her, until she takes full control of the situation. Initially I thought the movie was really about Macbeth's wife, but I soon learn that it is not the case. It has nothing at all to do with Shakespeare's play. The title comes from the similar ruthlessness and cold bloodedness that the leading woman and Lady Macbeth have. It is engaging to see how Katherine transforms from a timid woman into a sociopathic woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Florence Pugh is brilliant as the lead character Katherine. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. It's slow, sublime and well worth seeking out.

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AKB48Fan rated The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes 6/10

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A Scottish tweed manufacturer's elderly accountant devises a plan to save the company from an American takeover bid. The arrival of an efficiency expert from the States causes enough of a stir, but when it turns out to be a woman, the old-fashioned number cruncher declares war. This 1960 black and white British comedy, based on a James Thurber story, stars the then 35-year old Peter Sellers as the late-50's Mr Martin, sporting a gentle Edinburghian accent (the movie is set in Edinburgh), Robert Morley as the rather histrionic McPherson, and Constance Cummings as the not as clever as she thinks she is Angela Barrows who wants to change the tweed company's output. The movie is not hilarious, but it is constantly amusing. And Sellers - gloriously underplaying in a movie where everyone else is over the top - is brilliant. But then, he always was.

5 years ago

AKB48Fan rated It's in the Bag

It's in the Bag 3/10

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A British slapstick comedy that only those of a certain generation will appreciate. It's about 2 sisters who find out that £2000 has been hidden inside a dress that they've just sold to a pawn shop. The shop has sold it to an actress who is using the dress in a stage production so the sisters impersonate themselves as thespians in order to steal back the dress. This wartime comedy starred 2 popular performers at the time in Elsie and Doris Waters. It's not that good and the humour is very predictable and rather tiresome. The jokes do wear thin after a while. The only decent thing about it is seeing Irene Handel in a small part. Like many movies of this era the climax takes place in a theatre where everything that can go wrong does. I'm sure those that enjoyed wartime comedians will lap it up but those who want to see laugh out loud humour will do better and look elsewhere.

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AKB48Fan rated Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes 6/10

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A trio of bungling crooks come up with a scheme to steal a fire engine and pretend to be firemen in order that they won't be noticed when they carry out their next robbery. This is a relatively little known British comedy. It's the kind of movie that's designed to just sit back and enjoy. You laugh at the stupidity of the characters, are delighted by cameoing actors such as John Le Mesurier, Derek Nimmo and Arthur Lowe in funny sub-plots and one-scene appearances, and generally enjoy the energy of the whole thing. London looks glorious in early 60's technicolour. There's an early appearance for the wonderful Maggie Smith who has to fake a French accent and you have Robert Morley who is wonderful as a pyromaniac who is in on the latest scheme of the crooks. The movie has a rather daft but nonetheless funny scene near the end when the crooked firemen are called to a fire in a kids tree house, but they should have been more careful where they stashed the loot!! Overall this movie is a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes.

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AKB48Fan rated Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing 6/10

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This is a kitchen sink comedy drama and a movie I'd never heard of before watching. James Booth plays a sailor who returns home to find his home demolished (the clearing of the London slums plays an important backdrop role here) and his wife Barbara Windsor gone. He proceeds to hunt for her, but this narrative takes a backseat to the various interactions between larger-than-life supporting characters. Much of it is played for laughs, with Windsor only slightly more serious than in her Carry On roles and Roy Kinnear providing plenty of chuckles. The supporting cast is quite extraordinary and packed to the brim with familiar faces. Surprisingly enough this was co-written by Stephen Lewis from On The Buses, who has a small role playing a familiar type of character for him. It's well worth seeing to get just a glimpse of the old East End and just an inkling of what it really was once like when everybody seemed to know almost everyone else. A snapshot of an era now long gone.

5 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Ore Monogatari!!

Ore Monogatari!! 7/10

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A minor but very smoothly made example of a British kitchen sink drama directed by Michael Winner when he was starting out. Joe Beckett is a young man who drifts around the seedier side of London with no job and living from place to place until he's given an offer by an ex-Army man. He stands to get a fortune if Joe can kill his aunt. Although at first he resists, in the end he takes up the offer. Alfred Lynch makes a downbeat but sympathetic protagonist, more thoughtful than the usual type of hero who makes a mistake of taking slimy swindler Eric Portman's offer. Diana Dors performs well as his mistress. There's a blink or you'll miss it cameo from Last of the Summer Wine's Brian Wilde as a man campaigning in front of a group of people that too many black people are coming to Britain. The story is interesting, the pace never flags and with great performances from all the cast it's worth seeking out if you have a chance.

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Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys - Ramen Rebellion

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Shin-chan and his friends join a kung-fu school in the Chinatown district of Kasukabe City after following one of their classmates there. Shin-chan masters the art of Puri-Puri quickly and this martial arts comes in handy when the adults of the city turn aggressive and violent after eating a brand of ramen called Black Panda. The 26th Crayon Shinchan movie in the franchise continues the immature but funny adventures of Shin-Chan and his friends as they take on a dark martial arts school who want to take over the ramen business of Kusakabe City by closing down other shops with it's addictive Black Panda ramen. The storyline is humourous and you get the usual antics that Shin-chan does such as showing his bare ass. Shin-chan may be the bane of parents in Japan but you can't help but laugh at his movies. They are always funny and guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

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AKB48Fan rated Narratage

Narratage 4/10

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During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama. Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a graduation performance. Back in high school, Takashi Hayama helped her cope with difficulties with her school life. She eventually fell in love with Takeshi, but tried to forget about him. Now, for the first time in a year they meet again. Izumi still has feelings for him and Takashi also has mixed feelings for Izumi. Led by a trio of selfish and manipulative characters, and featuring behaviour that ranges from pathetic to inappropriate to downright despicable, Narratage will strike viewers in the right frame of mind as a gloomy, well-acted and perhaps even powerful drama of unrequited love and obsession, but all I saw was a movie with a cringeworthy premise and dialogue. There is no getting around the fact that this movie is centred on the predatory behaviour of one very creepy teacher. It goes on for way too long and there seems to be a calculated pause for effect being inserted by the actors after every single line of spoken dialogue which is tiresome. This drama of unrequited love and obsession was too boring in the end.

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The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost. The cast are definitely the reason to see this long forgotten British comedy and they are the best thing about it. Margaret Rutherford's dotty performance steals the show and Patricia Dainton makes the most of her role as the castle ghost. David Tomlinson may be unconvincing as a Scot but he has the authority and also the lightness for his role and is always in keeping with the movie's tone. The movie looks attractive and atmospheric but also has a cosy charm and gentle wit about it. That said, it does drag a little bit in the middle but still it's nice enough and worth taking a look.

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This is a movie based on a play by none other than Arnold Ridley (better known as Private Godfrey from Dad's Army). The story follows a group of people as their lives are transformed once they get a television set (which many people didn't have in 1953) and not for the better. It is not the programmes on the box that come under attack, but the medium itself. Its power as a force for good is barely mentioned, making this a bit one-sided. It has a good cast in Stanley Holloway as The Devil who claims that television is his idea and it's invention is to make people's lives miserable and a young Gordon Jackson as a pharmacist. There are also fun cameos from Ian Carmichael and Joan Sims, plus celebrities of the time such as Gilbert Harding. An interesting curio from Ealing Studios.

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