Take Me Out to the Ball Game - MGM 1949 distributed by Warner Home Video 2003
Principal Cast: Frank Sinatra; Gene Kelly; Esther Williams; Betty Garrett;
Director: Busby Berkeley
SYNOPSIS
As compared to the other two musicals I have reviewed lately (see Singin’ In the Rain and 42nd Street) this is without question a musical comedy without any […]

The Mirror Crack’d - EMI Films 1980
Principal Cast: Angela Lansbury; Rock Hudson; Elizabeth Taylor; Geraldine Chaplin; Tony Curtis; Kim Novak; Edward Fox;
Director: Guy Hamilton
SYNOPSIS
Essentially a follow-up to “Death On the Nile”, this movie brings the whodunit genre to slightly more recent times, and employs Agatha Christie’s other great sleuth Miss Jane Marple, played […]

The Prince and the Showgirl - Warner Bros 1957 distributed by Warner Home Video 2003
Principal Cast: Laurence Olivier; Marilyn Monroe;
produced and directed by Laurence Olivier
SYNOPSIS
This movie, adapted for the screen by Terrence Rattigan from his play “The Sleeping Prince” involves a romantic comedy of errors arising from the interest of a Grand Duke of […]

Death on the Nile - EMI Films Ltd 1978 distributed by Universal 2003
Principal Cast: Peter Ustinov; Bette Davis; David Niven; Mia Farrow; George Kennedy; Angela Lansbury; Maggie Smith and many others;
Director: John Guillermin
SYNOPSIS
This is a story of murder and mayhem aboard a paddle steamer on the River Nile in the eccentric early 1900s. An […]

Lest we forget. It was called `The Great War’. Many stories have been told about the First World War from all perspectives and at all levels. ANZACS gives an Australian perspective, following the 8th Battalion of the AIF, including recruitment, fighting and death of many of it’s members. More than just another lesson in gallantry […]

STARS: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Danny De Vito, Ed Begley Jr.
STORY:
Jack Nicholson plays Henry Moon, a rough `n’ ready outlaw who is saved from the gallows at the eleventh hour by a prudish spinster, Julia Tate (Mary Steenburgen) thanks to an obscure law that has been all-but-forgotten by the townsfolk […]

STARS: Zdenek Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrej Vetchy.
STORY:
I really enjoyed this film. It’s so well done and unpretentious. Sometimes the simple things in life are often the best. Set in Prague in 1988, we meet Mr Louka (Zdenek Sverak), a struggling musician and confirmed bachelor who wholeheartedly enjoys the company of women, married […]

STARS: Marcello Mastroianni, Yvonne Furneaux, Anouk Aimee, Anita Ekberg, Alain Cuny, Annibale Ninchi, Magale Noel.
STORY:
I’m sure that much has been said about this epic Fellini film; at 167 minutes it is a real journey. The title translates as `the sweet life’, and I recommend seeing this just to see what all the `fuss’ is about! […]

The Thief of Bagdad is a fantastic silent film, produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It really is a film of epic proportions, running for 139 minutes and costing over $1,000,000.00 to produce in 1924. Fairbanks features in most scenes and it is easy to see how he was such a star in the industry’s […]

STARS: Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis.
STORY:
Ever wondered how circus knife-throwers recruit their beautiful but fearless assistants? Watching this little film might be the closest you’ll ever get to an answer. Some beautiful scenes, a touch of mental telepathy and the moody quality of a film shot in black and white lift the story above the average. […]