behemoth the sea monster (1959)

aka The Giant Behemoth.
"I feel Admiral, what we're facing is a marine animal of tremendous size and strength."
Atomic testing results in strange radioactive jelly-fish like blobs appearing, as well as resurrecting a dinosaur, that quickly heads for the bright lights of London.
British, Horror, Sci-fi, Douglas Hickox, Eugène Lourié,

g.b.h. (1983)

aka Grievous Bodily Harm.
"Sorry, members only."
Keller (Jerry Harris) is taking over the doors of various nightclubs, and Murray Parks (Anthony Schaeffer) decides the only way to stop him taking over his club is to ask Steve Donovan (Cliff Twemlow) to help him again. Unfortunately Murray hung Steve out to dry last time, so Steve is not keen on hooking up with him again.
A Long Good Friday for the VHS generation, only lacking a few things such as a decent script, good direction, and some decent acting. British, Crime Drama, David Kent-Watson,

blackout (1950)

"I never forget a voice!"
Dropped off unwittingly at the wrong address, Christopher Pelay (Maxwell Reed) stumbles in on a murder. Unfortunately being temporarily blind, he's at a disadvantage, and when he regains his sight, the police refuse to believe him. So he does what we all would do, Right? He tries to try and retrace his steps himself, and hooks up with Pat Dale (Dinah Sheridan), who believes the clues may lead to her missing presumed dead brother.
Above average thriller, mainly due to the likable lead characters.

blood ties (1991)

"We are all trying to get civilised."
Cody (Jason London) sees his parents murdered, and is almost killed himself. He makes his way to his uncle's in Los Angeles, and is welcomed by the 'Carpathian-American society', and we realise they are vampires being hunted by a group of religious zealots.
intriguing idea that is given the 'TV movie' treatment.

the big doll house (1971)

aka Women's Penitentiary III. Bamboo Dolls House. Women's Penitentiary .
"Green, scared and pretty..."
Collier (Judith Brown) arrives in a Philippine's prison, and soon finds it is a hell hole, a private playground for the warders. Unable to take the torture any more she plots with four others, (inc Pam Grier), to escape. They plan to take the despotic warden Dietrich (Christiane Schmidtmer) hostage with the reluctant help of a couple of fruit vendors.
An exploitation film, that has a verve about it that makes it stand above the rest.

sin city 2 (2014)

aka Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
"When I get back, it'll be a whole different game."
a number of stories interweave in Sin City, including Marv (Micky Rourke) and Hartigan (Bruce Willis), Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Dwight (Josh Brolin), as they all fall under the spell of sex (Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson & Eva Green) and power (Powers Boothe).
A couple of tales from Sin City are brought to the big screen, continuing the film noir styling and ultra-violance displayed in the first episode. Unfortunately although good, it isn't quite as involving as the original.

sin city (2005)

"This is blood for blood and by the gallons."
Three stories of love, romance, and violence in Basin City, as Marv (Micky Rourke), Hartigan (Bruce Willis) take on Jackie Boy (Beniciio Del Toro), Senator Roark (Powers Booth) and his twisted son Kevin (Elijah Wood).
Stylised film noir, that draws you into the very graphic novel.

scarlet webb (1954)

"Wanted for questioning is a polite way of saying wanted for murder."
Insurance investigator Jake Winter (Griffith Jones) is ensnared in a trap by Laura Vane (Zena Marshall) and framed for murder. So he teams up with his new boss Susan Honeywell (Hazel Court) to extricate himself from the sticky situation.
Nice mix of mystery and comic banter, makes for an enjoyable flick.

five fingers (1951)

aka 5 fingers. Operation Cicero.
"What an unimaginative lot you are."
Neutral Turkey during WWII, and a servant (James Mason) to the British Ambassador decides he would like a better position in life. The quickest way to the cash he wants is to sell British secrets to the Nazi's, all in the hope of wooing a Polish countess (Danielle Darrieux), who has fallen on hard times.
Based on a true story, this shows James Mason at his nasty best!

cindy and donna (1970)

"Seventeen. The same age as your daughter, right?'
Fifteen year old Cindy (Debbie Osborne) starts down the path of sexual awakening, just as her older sister Donna (Nancy Ison) has already done. But little do they know that their urges will lead to tragedy...
Drawn out and very slight sexploitation.

out of the fog (1962)

aka Fog For A Killer.
"1729 sir."
Fresh out of prison, belligerent George Mallon (David Sumner) is taken in by Tom Daniels (James Hayter), but soon becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders, due to circumstantial evidence and his surly manner.
Enjoyable, but slight drama.

pimpernel smith (1941)

aka Mister V.
"You are doomed captain of murderers." It's 1939 and archeologist Professor Horatio Smith (Leslie Howard) has his thoughts on higher things than the forthcoming war, taking a group of students on a dig in Germany. Only things are not what they seem, and Smith is really undertaking a perilous venture, smuggling enemies of the Reich out of the country...
Stylish and classy bit of anti-nazi propaganda. Updating the setting from Napoleonic times to that of WWII.

devil rider! (1970)

aka Masters Revenge.
"Why did this have to happen to me."
When a young rebellious girl called Kathy (Sharon Mahon) goes missing after hooking up with a biker gang, her boyfriend Jim Aldridge (Ridgely Abele) is determined to find her. Good job he's a karate black belt!
Simplistic, (or just plain dumb) biker movie cash in.

cavalcade of variety (1941)

"Hold me back!"
A ventriloquist fronts this variety show that mixes song, dance sketch comedy, from the age when variety was king.
A mixed bag thrown together.

freedom to die (1961)

"The trouble with you muscles is that you think too much."
A jailbreak by Craig Owen (Paul Maxwell) leads to the death of a young girl, but he's too concerned with getting revenge on his old mates to notice.
Above average crime drama, as the script adds some interesting back stories to flesh out the plot.

ginger (1970)

aka Little Girls Lost.
"Let's stay on the surface shall we."
Private investigators hire Ginger (Cheri Caffaro) to go undercover in an attempt to bust open a gang running a drug, blackmail and prostitution ring in a small town run by Rex Halsey (Duane Tucker).
Simplistic and clunky sex and drugsloitation.

anything to declare? (1938)

"He'll blow us all up one of these days!"
Professor Grayson (Eliot Makeham) is working on an anti-gas device, but masked as a peace campaigner Dr. Klee (Noel Madison) wants to get his hands on it for nefarious reasons. It's up to the dashing Capt Grant (John Loder) to see throuhgh the plot and rescue the day.
Spy drama tapping into the paranoia of pre-war Britain.

miss mactaggart won't lie down (1966)

"When all roads are closed, one must look for a new one."
When Jeannie MacTaggart (Barbara Mullen) comes back to Scotland, after a trip to Glasgow, everyone believes her to be dead. She realises that they buried her twin sister, but how does one go about proving one is alive when there is a death certificate proving she is dead?
Mildly comic as we watch a grannie committing ever more outrageous criminal acts, in an attempt to get the authorities to act.

randle and all that (1946)

"Well I'll follow you."
Variety show, presenting on stage song and dance, comedy acrobats and comedians, including Frank Randle playing an elderly shoe repairer.
At least its blissfully short.

incident in shanghai (1937)

"Sure seems crazy to me."
Madeleine Linden (Margaret Vyner) is a nurse in a Shanghai hospital treating wounded armed forces personnel. Inevitably she falls for one of her patients, but unfortunately she is already married, to the surgeon treating the dashing airman!
Run of the mill melodrama.