visiting hours (1982)

"He's created a death mask"
Journalist Deborah Ballin (Lee Grant) is assaulted by the deranged Colt Hawker (Michael Ironside), triggered by her defence of a woman who subsequently killed her abusive husband. On finding she is still alive , Colt is determined to finish the job, pursuing her to the hospital she is being treated in, and manages to attack a few others along the way, including Deborah's nurse (Linda Purl).
Slasher that is lifted by a script that manages to build some suspense.

journey to the center of the earth (1988)

"Brian!"
Crystina (Nicola Cowper) is a nanny who travels from London to Hawaii to take up her new post, but ends up discovering Atlantis when she explores a cave with a couple of brothers Richard (Paul Carafotes), Brian (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) and their younger sister Sara (Jackie Bernstein). There they come into the hands of villainous General Rykov (Janie du Plessis), who plans to invade the Earth's surface...
An incoherant film, which takes on the look of a high school version of Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome. Actors disappear, and the narrative shifts violently with no rhyme or reason, and ends abruptly with no conclusion! I've finally seen a truely z-list film!

penny serenade (1941)

"She's yours, dear. Ours, now and forever. Nothing can ever take her from us now."
Roger Adams (Cary Grant) is a newspaper journalist, who falls for and spontaneously marries Julie Gardiner (Irene Dunne) just as he gets his big break and moves to Japan. The couple reunite in Tokyo, and just as Julie is about to announce she is pregnant, the region is hit by an earthquake, resulting in a miscarriage. Back in the US, the couple struggle to move forward, until a friend suggests they adopt...
A treacly melodrama following the many twists and turns in the couples relationship.