northmen: a viking saga (2014)

"Lets get off this coast."
Asbjorn (Tom Hopper) leads a band of Vikings who have become shipwrecked on the shores of Scotland. They stumble on a band of Scots taking Lady Inghean (Charlie Murphy) to her father, and once attacked take her hostage. Unfortunately the king doesn't fancy paying a ransom and decides to send a vicious band on mercenaries to kill her...
Whilst producing nothing remarkable, this is still a well made and entertaining action thriller.

tarzan's three challenges (1963)

"No more!"
Tarzan (Jock Mahoney), bored with Africa, as there is obviously not enough happening there to keep him busy, decides to go to India. There he helps Kashi (Ricky Der), the heir to a kingdom from Khan (Woody Strode) who wants the throne for himself.
A lesser entry into the canon of Ape Man movies, even the cute baby elephant can't save it.

babylon (1980)

"Good for nothing filth!"
Blue (Brinsley Forde) is an mc for a reggae system in Brixton, whose life unravels, as he tries to hold it together in the face of racism and poverty.
Low budget and gritty drama shines a light on the rage that would explode the year after in the Brixton riots.

dr jekyll and mr hyde (1941)

"Can this be evil?"
Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) has a theory that man is two people and sets about experimenting on himself to reveal his darker side, Mr. Hyde. His soon to be father-in-law Sir Charles Emery (Donald Crisp) disapproves of such experiments, but once Jekyll encounters Ivy Peterson (Ingrid Bergman), Mr Hyde is not long in appearing.
Less of a horror, more of a psychological drama about sexual repression.

the acid eaters (1968)

"Hello honey, you got some room for some sex starved females?"
Friday evening, and a group of office workers down tools and head out into the countryside in search of the White Pyramid, take drugs, and generally have a good time...
Sex, drugs and rock and roll, exploitation style, i.e. on the cheap, with loooongg shots of bikers riding around to a generic surf soundtrack, and making out with topless go-go dancer types. The most shocking thing in this film, is the actors total disregard to littering!

old mother riley (1937)

"My motto is, never let your right hand know that you are left handed."
A wealthy businessman leaves his fortune to his family, but only on the stipulation that they take in the first person they see selling matches. Inevitably that person is Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan), and soon she and her daughter (Kitty McShane) are proving most unwelcome in the house. Until they help the family out when they turn detective and find the person stealing the family jewels...
First in a long running series of comedies, but one that have not stood the test of time.

the girl on the boat (1962)

"What impressed you most about her?"
Eustace Hignett (Richard Briers) is foiled in his plan to marry Billie Bennett (Millicent Martin), whilst in New York, and sets off back to England on a liner with his best friend Sam Marlowe (Norman Wisdom). He immediately takes to his cabin with sea sickness, not knowing that Billie is also on board and that Sam has also fallen for her.
Annoying social farce with added slapstick.

nuits rouge (1974)

aka Shadowman. L'homme sans visage.
"The treasure of the templers."
Shadowman (Jacques Champreux), a thief disguised by a red mask, and his cat-suited assistant (Gayle Hunnicutt), hunt for the treasure hoarded by the secret sect of Knight Templars in Paris.
Stylish, but uneven thriller.

the salvage gang (1958)

"So that's how it happened."
A gang of kids end up trying to make some cash to pay for a saw they have ruined, but are thwarted at every turn.
Frustrating comedy, but one that gives you a view of post-war London and the damage that had been inflicted.

let's go crazy (1951)

"At least the film will have a happy ending."
A short feature set in a nightclub in order to feature a number of variety acts and comedy sketches written by and featuring multiple appearances of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.
Unfortunately this manages to showcase all that was unfunny in British music-hall at the time, only enlivened by spotting the various appearances of Sellers.

paul temple's triumph (1950)

"How did you know that we were here?"
Paul Temple (John Bentley) and his wife Steve (Dinah Sheridan) are a husband-and-wife detective team, who start investigating when a friend is murdered, whilst looking into a missing scientist, and come up against a sinister crime organization headed by the mysterious "Z".
Bentley and Sheridan make for a fine duo in this breezy mystery thriller.