Fri 17-05-26 James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

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The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British spy film, the tenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. Barbara Bach and Curt Jürgens co-star. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum.. The film takes its title from Ian Fleming's novel The Spy Who ...


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ABM Rating 1/3

What a load of old rubbish!

Fri 17-05-19 The Lady Vanishes 1938

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The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have ...


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ABM Rating 1/3

Creaky and appallingly out of date but well enough produced and has a satisfying conclusion I guess.

Fri 17-05-12 All the Presidents' Men (1976)

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All the President's Men is a 1976 American political thriller film about the Watergate scandal, which brought down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon.Directed by Alan J. Pakula with a screenplay by William Goldman, it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.


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ABM Rating 1/3

Worthy but dull. The lack of computers and mobile communication is so obvious and aggravating. This movie tried to be up to date and real. But it has aged to the extent that it now has no effective historical context. It does not effectively explain what happened and why ever it was important. It also fails to portray any social relevance to the events depicted.

Fri 17-05-12 Catweazle 108 The Power of Adamcos 1969

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Catweazle is a British fantasy television series, starring Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role, and created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television.The first series, produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence, was screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. The second series, directed by David Reid and David Lane, was shown in 1971.Each series had thirteen episodes, most but not all written by ...


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ABM Rating 3/3

Vale Geoffrey Bayldon… everything works.

Fri 17-05-05 The Great Dictator 1940

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The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films.Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin's first true sound film.


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ABM Rating 3/ 3

Not a perfect movie. Many technical limitations. The slapstick is pure silent movie. This must have looked old fashioned even in 1940. The conceit of the main Chaplin character who returrns to his life after a long period of amnesia and becomes the only one failing to be subjugated by the Fascists is pretty damn clever.

Fri 17-05-05 Kill Bill (2003)

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Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) and their leader Bill (David Carradine) after they try to kill her and her unborn child.Her journey takes her to Japan, where she battles the Tokyo yakuza.


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ABM Rating 0/3

Stopped after 55m. Ugly violent indulgent and boring. An extremely predictable movie with a bizarre hyperviolent style. Plot is very familiar characters are paper thin. So we just decided to stop watching it. Total waste of time.