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Post by louise on Sept 25, 2022 14:32:44 GMT
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947). Set in the East End of London. Google Withers stars as a housewife whose former boyfriend, an escaped convict, turns up at her house and asks her to help him. In the course of the day many things happen to her and other members of her family. It’s a very eventful Sunday. Good film, a bit bleak but there are some light touches and some interesting characters and situations.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 25, 2022 14:53:00 GMT
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Post by stryker on Sept 26, 2022 17:53:47 GMT
Sky West and Crooked - AKA Gypsy Girl (1966)
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Post by politicidal on Sept 27, 2022 2:06:33 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 27, 2022 11:57:23 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Sept 27, 2022 15:37:49 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 27, 2022 17:33:16 GMT
Yves Montand in Z 1969 directed by Costa-Gavras and based on a novel by Vassilis Vassilikos that was based on a real political murder in Greece 1963. Truth vs Power is the issue in this political thriller. During a political rally a charismatic leader (Montand) is accidentally seriously injured during what seems like a staged chaos, he later dies and with further investigation and X-rays indicates that it could be a murder case. An assigned Magistrate (Jean-Louis Trintignant) decides to find the truth... It's a rather chaotic movie to watch, that I had some problems getting any grip on at some points, still it's an interesting movie for sure. It won two Oscars, one for Best Foreign Language Film (Algeria) and the other for Best Film Editing. Irene Papas, who recently passed away, played Montand's wife in a nearly mute role, due to that she couldn't speak much French.
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Post by london777 on Sept 27, 2022 18:19:09 GMT
Thanks. I had never heard of it, but will try to locate a copy now. Edit: There is a slightly blurry copy on YouTube. I shall watch that first to decide whether to part with my hard-earned pesos.
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Post by stryker on Sept 27, 2022 20:48:27 GMT
Bullet Train (2022)
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Post by politicidal on Sept 28, 2022 16:16:13 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 28, 2022 17:42:39 GMT
Deadfall 1968 directed by Bryan Forbes and based on a novel by Desmond Cory, starring Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli and Eric Portman, pictured above. Starts out as a heist movie, a cat-burglar (Caine) is recruited and charmed by a married couple (Ralli and Portman) to participate in a planned heist, the heist nearly goes awry but they succeed in stealing a whole safe. But that is only half the movie, what continues is a sort of nasty love game that the couple seems to be playing. It's the second half that lost me in confusions, the first half was good. John Barry who composed the music for this movie makes a cameo as an orchestra conductor.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 29, 2022 13:39:08 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 29, 2022 14:02:56 GMT
American Ultra (2015).
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Post by teleadm on Sept 29, 2022 17:30:51 GMT
Hell Drivers 1957 directed by Cy Endfield. Ex-convict (Stanley Baker) trying to leave his past behind, decides to start working for a trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too few runs in a day? You're out. The company is also corrupt. While Stanley Baker is the star of this movie, other male roles are filled with actors who would become better known during the 1960's, like Patrick McGoohan (Danger Man), Sidney James (Carry On movies), William Hartnell (first Dr Who on TV), Gordon Jackson (Upstairs and Downstairs), David McCallum (Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Sean Connery (Bond ofcourse) and Herbert Lom in a rare sympathetic role. This was a pretty solid and gritty trucker-noir, if there is such a genre, with pretty solid acting too.
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Post by stryker on Sept 29, 2022 23:54:28 GMT
Undercurrent (1946).
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Post by politicidal on Sept 30, 2022 2:38:33 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2022 17:47:59 GMT
A Woman's Vengeance 1948 directed by Zoltan Korda and based on Aldous Huxley's short story "The Gioconda Smile" and he also wrote the screenplay, the American movie title sort of nearly gives the plot away. A Country squire (Charles Boyer) is patient with his wife Emily (Rachel Kempson), a neurotic nagging invalid. On the side he has a young woman he fancies (Ann Blyth). Next door neighbour (Jessica Tandy) has always fancied him. When Emily dies he quickly marries the young woman much to his neighbour's surprice and shock and maybe jealousy. Could there be poison involved. A post-morten shows arsenic in the body, and the squire would gain if she died, and he married very quickly. Who put the poison in the... Marginally heard of this movie before, but this was a rather good gothic-like story that if you've not read Huxley keeps one wondering. Important roles was also played by Mildred Natwick as a nurse, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as a family doctor.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 30, 2022 21:07:29 GMT
CHiPs (2017).
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Post by stryker on Oct 1, 2022 2:07:31 GMT
God's Creatures (2022).
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Post by politicidal on Oct 1, 2022 23:45:29 GMT
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