Every Movie I Watch During February 2016

"The Man From Nowhere" (1975)

James Hill

DVD

British Film Institute (BFI), UK

"Oasis of Fear" (1971)

Umberto Lenzi

DVD

Shameless Screen Entertainment, UK

"The Signal" (2014)

William Eubank

DVD

Entertainment One, UK

"Some People" (1962)

Clive Donner

DVD

Network, UK

"Zombie Flesh Eaters 2" (1988)

Lucio Fulci

Blu-ray

88 Films, UK

"Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (1989)

J.F. Lawton

Blu-ray

88 Films, UK

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

Thomas Harris

DVD

Criterion Collection, USA

"The Corpse Bride" (2005)

Tim Burton

DVD

Warner's, UK

"SS Experiment Camp" (1976)

Sergio Garrone

Blu-ray

88 Films, UK

"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006)

Adam McKay

DVD

Sony, UK

"Dead End Drive In" (1986)

Brian Trenchard-Smith

DVD

Arrowdrome, UK

"Scarface" (1983)

Brian De Palma

DVD

Universal, UK

"Iron Sky" (2012)

Tino Vuorensola

Blu-ray

Revolver, UK

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014)

Bryan Singer

Blu-ray

20th Century Fox, UK

"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007)

Jake Kasdan

DVD

Sony, UK

"Robogeisha" (2009)

Noboru Iguchi

DVD

Cine Asia, UK

"Malatesta's Carnival of Blood" (1973)

Christopher Speeth

Blu-ray

Arrow Video, UK

"Murder At the Cathedral" (1951)

George Hoellering

Blu-ray

British Film Institute (BFI), UK

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2014)

Joss Whedon

Torrent

"The Witch Who Came In From the Sea" (1976)
Matt Cimber
Blu-ray
Arrow Video, UK

"Compulsion" (1959)
Robert Fleischer
Blu-ray
Signal One, UK

"The Wind Rises" (2013)
Hayao Myazaki
DVD
Studio Canal, UK

"Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014)
Michael Bay
DVD
Paramount, UK

"Nightmares in a Damaged Brain" (1981)
Romano Scavolini
Blu-ray
88 Films, UK

"Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12" (2005)
 R. Kelly and Jim Swaffield
DVD
Sony, UK

"Paul" (2011)
Greg Mottola
DVD
Universal, UK

"Spectre" (2015)
Sam Mendes
Torrent

"Super" (2011)

James Gunn

Blu-ray

Koch Media, UK

"Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1992)
James Cameron
DVD
Artisan, USA

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"Some People" (1962)
Clive Donner
Network, DVD, UK

Despite what it's misleading trailer would have you believe, a trailer that makes out this British "musical" to be something akin to "The Wild One U.K.", this film is ultimately little more than crude propaganda for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards youth scheme.

That said, despite a story obviously steeped in the UK class system, filled with stereotype characters and tropes (regretful father looking back on a youth he'll never again experiece, angry young loner, token black who doesn't say or do much) and side plots that go nowhere (the business with the experimental jet plane, don't ask, being the obvious example) this is still an engaging 90 minutes. Shot it seems entirely on location in and around Bristol, with it's rear loader "Corporation" buses, coffee shops, roller rinks, teens lusting over newsagent windows full of (not so dirty) dirty magazines, people openly smoking everywhere, this movie's worth a watch as a time capsule of not so swinging life in early-60's Britain.

Every Movie I Watch During January 2016

First of a monthly run down of all movies I have watched in the previous month.

"The Offence" (1972)

Sidney Lumet

Eureka Masters of Cinema, Blu-ray. UK

"The Virgin Soldiers" (1969)

John Dexter

Columbia, DVD, UK

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1990)

Steven Barron

Mediumrare, DVD, UK

"Mr Majestyk" (1974)

 Richard Fleischer

Signal One Entertainment, Blu-ray, UK

"Idiocracy" (2006)

Mike Judge

20th Century Fox, DVD, UK

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015)

J.J. Abrams

cinema screening

The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)

Reginald Mills

Optimum Releasing, DVD, UK

"Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals" (1977)

Joe De'amato

88 Films, Blu-ray, UK

"The Final Countdown" (1980)

Don Taylor

Blue Underground, DVD, USA

"Runaway Train" (1985)

Andrey Konchalovskiy

Arrow Video, Blu-ray, UK

"Titanic" (1953)

Jean Negulesco

20th Century Fox, Blu-ray, UK

"Song of the Sea" (2014)

Tomm Moore

Studio Canal, DVD, UK

"The Muppets" (2011)

James Bobin

Disney, DVD, UK

"The Fallen Idol" (1948)

Carol Reed

Optimum Releasing, DVD, UK

"The Wedding Trough" (1975)

Thierry Zéno

Njuta Films, DVD, Denmark

"Cruel Story of Youth" (1960)

Nagisa Ôshima

Eureka Masters of Cinema, Blu-ray, UK

"Michael" (1924)
Carl Th. Dreyer
Eureka Masters of Cinema, DVD, UK

"Ganja and Hess" (1973)
Bill Gunn
Eureka, Blu-ray, UK

"Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" (1932)
Rouben Mamoulian
Warner's, DVD, UK

"Computer Chess" (2013)
Andrew Bujalski
Eureka Masters of Cinema, Blu-ray, UK

"Evilspeak" (1981)
Eric Weston
88 Films, Blu-ray, UK

"Amarcord" (1973)
Federico Fellini
Warner's, DVD, UK

"Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence" (1983)
Nagisa Oshima
Optimum Releasing, DVD, UK

"Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980)

Jimmy T. Murakami

Warner's, VHS, UK

"The Black Cat" (1981)
Lucio Fulci
Shameless Screen Entertainment, DVD, UK

"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (1988)
Keenen Ivory Wayans
101 Films, Blu-ray, UK

"Terkel in Trouble" (2004)

Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen

Thorbjørn Christoffersen

Stefan Fjeldmark

Eureka, DVD, UK

"The Naked Prey" (1965)

Cornel Wilde

Eureka Masters of Cinema, Blu-ray

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