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During a charity soccer match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses. When he dies, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed. As a mystery the movie is fine and it has a pretty standard plot for this type of movie, I have to be honest and say that the story didn't really grab me and the characters were too thinly developed to really care much about the victim or indeed, the killer. Strangely the movie doesn't use the old Highbury stadium as well as it should have done. The football action is a mix of silly stuff and authentic style play. The silly stuff involves several staged runs where defenders are easily skipped by with little skill involved! However the game flows quite well and shows how much quicker the game today is. The movie itself is saved from it's weaknesses by being actually quite funny and tongue in cheek throughout. This is all down to a great performance from Leslie Banks as Inspector Slade. He is very eccentric and just a little camp. He worries over the hat he wears, flaps around making many weird statements and is as concerned by his show as he is by the murder. His tongue in cheek delivery is perfect and it makes the movie that much more enjoyable. Overall this isn't a memorable movie and the mystery side of it could have been better but no doubt it will be of interest to football fans.

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AKB48Fan rated Time Trap

 Time Trap 6/10

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A professor is going off in search of an area that both his parents and his sister disappeared in decades ago only to go missing himself. A few of his students along with a sibling and a friend take it upon themselves to go in search of him and find themselves trapped within a cave with some mysterious properties. They soon discover that time passes much slower inside than outside and that years have passed on the outside. This is a rather good sci-fi mystery thriller. The story is quite simple but there are definitely some unexpected twists throughout this movie and an ending I didn't see coming. That said there are some plot holes that you quickly spot which doesn't make sense. The acting is fine, not spectacular, and some of the dialogue is delivered in a clunky way. On the whole though I found it to be an enjoyable and easy to watch sci-fi flick. Recommended for sci-fi fans with moderate expectations.

5 years, 10 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

 Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 8/10

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AKB48Fan rated Poor Cow

 Poor Cow 6/10

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Young mother Joy is forced to fend for herself when her brutal husband, Tom, goes to jail. Ken Loach's docudrama directing style was deemed to be quite revolutionary at the time of this movie's release. It shows the flip side to the Swinging Sixties in portraying London's seedier aspect as a poverty stricken bed of prostitution and crime. The main character Joy seems to always seek male approval. She leaps from one bed to another but you sympathise with her as she needs a father figure for her young son. Carol White is completely convincing as Joy and easy on the eye. The movie offers the viewer an exploration into the lives of the criminals in London at the time. I always enjoy Ken Loach's movies and this isn't any different. It documents the feelings of the 1960's in an innovative and unconventional way. A fine introduction for anybody wishing to start watching Loach's movies.

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Due to the success of the original movie, Hammer Studios rushed out this sequel but in doing so proved to be a mistake as this movie tanked at the box office even though the story is good and the cast perform well. The crew of HMS Aristotle along with some tourists are off to the North African port of Algerocco where the ship has been sold to the Moroccan government. Basically the plot is similar to the first where the bumbling Captain is made a fool of by the Bosun and the crew. David Tomlinson returns as the Captain but Peter Sellers could not as he was away filming another movie so Frankie Howerd stepped into his role as the Bosun and does a fine job of it too. Thora Hird and the beautiful Shirley Eaton play two of the tourists onboard the ship. There were plans for further movies but they were scuppered due to the failure of this one which was a shame. If you're in the mood and up for some innocent fun from the late 50's you can't go wrong with this movie.

5 years, 10 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Mio in the Land of Faraway

 Mio in the Land of Faraway 7/10

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A young boy Bosse who is looked after by his 'aunt and uncle' after his mother's death and father's disappearance stumbles upon a 'genie' stuck in a bottle who whisks him to the land of Faraway where his father is alive and the King. His best friend Benke is also in Faraway and together they must defeat the evil black knight Kato. This cracking family fantasy movie isn't that well known although I'm not sure why that is the case as it's on a par with the similar type movie Neverending Story. It may have copied ideas from other movies but don't let that put you off from watching it. The movie doesn't deliver a lot of action, but to compensate it offers a good amount of adventure and has a decent enough villain in Kato. Nicholas Pickard and Christian Bale steal the show as the child actors. Nick Pickard is better known to viewers in the UK through the teen soap Hollyoaks and as for Christian Bale, well we know how his career pans out. Veteran actor Christopher Lee plays Kato but I did think he could have been a bit nastier than what he was. This movie was co-produced between Sweden, Norway and Russia. Benny and Bjorn of Abba composed the movie's main theme which was sung by brother and sister Swedish duo Gemini. This is a great fantasy tale for the whole family and it isn't too complex for the kids to follow.

5 years, 10 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Lady Macbeth

 Lady Macbeth 7/10

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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.

5 years, 10 months ago

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, 10 months 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.

5 years, 10 months ago

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, 10 months 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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