fighting elegy (1966)

aka Elegy to Violence.
"You a Jesus freak or something?"
During the 1930s, teenager Kiroku (Hideki Takahashi) is obsessed with Michiko (Junko Asano), but she fains indifference. So he pursues a militaristic training regime to toughen himself up and impress her.
A deep and beautifully shot slapstick style satire on the militaristic attitudes that would lead Japan into WWII.

evilspeak (1981)

"It's the ones that do the most kicking and shoving that get the biggest piece of the pie."
Stanley Coopersmith (Clint Howard), a social misfit, finds an old book of spells belonged to an ex-communicated priest, and uses a computer to translate it. Now armed with the translation Coopersmith bring forth Satan and uses him to ensure his harassers regret their bullying.
An interesting premise is padded out too far before reaching its inevitable climax.

Windbag the Sailor (1936)

"Ooh, fancy - Chelsea won!"
Incompetent Capt. Ben Cutlet (Will Hay), constantly brags about his maritime experience, when in reality all he has done is navigate a coal barge. His bluff is called when a dodgy shipping agent gives him command of an unseaworthy ship with the idea of wrecking it for the insurance.
Assisted by his usual side-kicks Marriot and Moffat, this is a mildly entertaining yarn.

the huggetts abroad (1949)

"It's not what it might be, but it'll do anyway."
The Huggett family decide to travel to South Africa when Jimmy gets a job there, and get caught up in some diamond smuggling along the way.
Run of the mill comedy, enlivened by the appearance of a young Petula Clark, who even gets to sing.

christmas evil (1980)

"I got that schmuck Harry working for me tonight."
As a child Harry (Brandon Maggart) suffers a breakdown when he finds out Santa isn't real, and becomes obsessed with instiling every day with the spirit of Christmas. Finally, bullied at his work in a toy factory, he snaps, and decides to teach the naughty kids a lesson.
Underwhelming, dispite John Waters proclaiming this his favourite Christmas movie.

mary shelley (2017)

"Rid yourself of the words and thoughts of other people Mary.
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) is a rebelious teen, sent to Scotland to help her clear her head. There she meets the young poet Percy Shelley (Douglas Booth), who turns her head and her life upsidedown. A love story, that brings the young impressionable Mary under the influance of the philandering Shelley, causing her to create Frankenstein.

sherlock holmes and the deadly necklace (1962)

aka Valley of Fear.
"Is he in constant fear for his life?"
Holmes (Christopher Lee) and Watson (Thorley Walters) pit their witts against their nemesis, Professor Moriarity (Hans Söhnker), who is plotting to steal an ancient necklace supposed to have belonged to Cleopatra.
It doesn't take much deduction to realise that this is one of the lesser Holmes movies.

all the way up (1970)

"It's like a lovely dream."
Fred Midway (Warren Mitchell) is an ambitious social climber, determined to achieve promotion at work, but to do so, he has to make his family more socially acceptable.
Packed full of TV comedy stalwarts, this is a run of the mill British film comedy that never looks like it even tries to achieve anything more than mediocre.

rings (2017)

"How come it is always the guy that rescues the girl?"
Julia (Matilda Lutz) becomes worried about her boyfriend, Holt (Alex Roe), after he watches a video that urban legend says will kill you in seven days. She subsequently sacrifices herself to save him, and finds that there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.
Take a Japanese psychological horror, add some Hollywood gloss and spin to it, but in doing so, miss the point.

it should happen to you (1954)

"you sort of give the idea that you are entitled."
Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) is depressed, having lost her job, and rethinking her life in New York, and bumps into Pete Sheppard (Jack Lemmon), who tries to improve her mood, and inadvertantly gives her the idea to make her name. She decides to rent a billboard and places her name on it, and in doing so sets a chain of events in motion that will change both their lives...
A fine film, that will entertain, but not linger in the memory.