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Nov 30, 2021 - 2:26 PM
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Rameau
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My first job after leaving school in 1966 was at a company that sold 8mm home movies, & a cut down Not Wanted on Voyage was one of them (Stagecoach was another). I saw that Talking Pictures was showing it a few years ago, so I watched it for the first time in 50 years, & terrible though it is, I quite enjoyed it. Another film we had was, Where Has poor Micky Gone, a brilliant little film set in Soho, a sort of Twilight Zone thing, & I never thought I'd see that again (it's never been on VHS or DVD), & good old Talking Pictures showed it, & it held up really well. Talking Pictures, we love you.
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Riders of justice
2021
Danish film with subtitles with Mads Mikkelsen as a soldier who returns home from duty after his wife is killed in a train wreck. With the help of 3 very certifiable loopy computer geeks and a ukrainian rent boy, they go after the biker gang who are responsible. Its sounds barking, and it is, but the nerds are amusing when they bicker and it also focusses on the strained relationship between Mikkelsen and his grieving daughter. It is both a revenge movie, a drama of relationships and bonding and friendships and an action film, and has a lot to say about coincidences and fate and chains of events.
In short, its bonkers, but its quite brilliant.
Showing on sky.
I'd give it 8.8 out of 10 and im quite stingy with marks.
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Death Walks in High Heels(1971) 7/10
With Frank Wolff and Nieves Navarro
A better than average giallo. This one wasn't laden with crazy murders. There were only three. The plot was quite well constructed and held together, mostly. Suspects were everywhere, until they weren't! Some nice scenery, some of it in England. And some humour crept in (made me laugh a couple of times). Some familiar faces in the supporting cast- ' el pajarito' from the Ringo westerns. Music by Stel wasbetter than some. More melodic than usual in these films and not wall to wall
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My first job after leaving school in 1966
Wow, I'd.just had my arse smacked for the first time in '66. 
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Death Walks in High Heels(1971) 7/10
With Frank Wolff and Nieves Navarro
Music by Stel was better than some. More melodic than usual in these films and not wall to wall
Better than some?? Its a great score Day, get your act together son.
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You young punks with your hair & your flat stomachs.
I've still got one.of those but which?
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True. This film was less gratuitous and .I think benefited from it .
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Dec 1, 2021 - 10:29 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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APACHE WARRIOR (1957) – 6/10
Supposedly based on a true story, this film tells the tale of Katawan (Keith Larsen), also known as the “Apache Kid.” He’s a trusted scout for the Army, who has ideas about working for peace with the White Man from whom, he believes, the Indians can learn a great deal. Katawan and Chato (George Keymas) are rivals for the attention of the chief's daughter, Liwana (Eugenia Paul). When Chato criticizes Katawan’s trust in the Whites, Katawan’s brother Chikisin (Dehl Berti) defends him. In the ensuing argument, Chato throws a knife into Chickisin’s back, killing him. Ignoring the advice of his friend, fellow scout Ben Ziegler (Jim Davis), Katawan decides to avenge his brother's death, following Apache law. Once he kills Chato though, Katawan is branded an outlaw, and Ziegler vows to bring him in.
This is a decent tale of shifting loyalties, and the conflict between tribal law and the White Man’s justice. It’s cheaply made however, with minimal location shooting. And what vistas were on display were done no favors by the black-and-white photography and the fact that I had to view the RegalScope film in a pan-and-scan transfer.
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Dec 2, 2021 - 10:07 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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NASH BRIDGES (2021) – 7/10
I’ve always been a Don Johnson fan, right through “Miami Vice” (1984-89) and “Nash Bridges” (1996-2001). So, I wasn’t disappointed by the NASH BRIDGES television film that recently aired on the USA Network. In addition to being a one-off adventure, the film might also serve as a pilot to reboot the series, although at age 71, Johnson would have to play a milder version of the character, at least physically. His verbal byplay, however, was in full evidence in the film, both with old partner “Joe Dominguez” (Cheech Marin) and new nemesis/boss “Steve Colton” (Joe Dinicol). A great new addition to a possible series is Inspector “Ellie Tang” (Angela Ko), who does some good martial arts work in the film.
The plot of the film finds Bridges tossed off the force for causing a bit too much mayhem during the takedown of a child trafficker. He’s asked back a year later, however, to use his old school ways to track down a serial killer, when the Department is unable to do so, despite all the high-tech wizardry at their command. All told, the film was a nice reunion with old friends, but I doubt it would make any converts from non-fans.
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Raising Arizona(1987) 8/10
I haven't watched this in donkey's years. Still crackers.
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I thought it was quite good.<9>5
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