The Great Unmade Robert Aldrich Romantic Comedy

Various rantings on movies, books about movies, and other things to do with movies

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Movie review - "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) ****1/2

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 Much of it wonderful. Sorry, but I don't like the ending. Love the acting - that tight wound up style. Visually incredible. Great viole...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Movie review - "The Night We Dropped.a Clanger" (1959) **

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 Spoof of  I was Monty's Double  even has Clifton James cameo as himself. It stars Brian Rix in a double role - he did a lot of stage pl...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Movie review - "Desert Mice" (1959) **

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 This sounds like it will be fun - the story of ENSA, who performed to the army during the war - but it misses the mark. The cast irritated ...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Movie review - "Too Many Crooks" (1959) **1/2

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 Mario Zampi comedy has a decent central idea used for  Ruthless People  has some interesting actors like Terry Thomas and Sid James but lac...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Movie review - "Follow a Star" (1959) **1/2

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 This Norman Wisdom is a little different - a new director, Bob Asher, and it's a musical, really, with Wisdom going to work for pompous...

Movie review - "Sapphire" (1959) *** (warning: spoilers)

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 Procedural which was a hit - helped by colour photography and a racy angle, the death of a girl who turns out to be black. This shows the p...

Movie review - "Windom's Way" (1957) *** (warning: spoilers)

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 Good on Rank, it tried to make a decent film here. Corsica steps in fairly well for Malaya, there's some terrific sets, Peter Finch and...
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