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A boy, Vic (Don Johnson), tries to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. His one advantage is his dog, which he communicates telepathically with, and seems head and shoulders more intelligent than any of the humans. Only two things matter to Albert (as the dog calls him), the pursuit of food and sex, and not in that order. Then they stumble on Quilla (Susanne Benton) who lures Vic to an underground society where they try to maintain some semblance of civilisation. Once below it soon becomes obvious that the community have plans for Vic, and it doesn't look good for him, but will he realise or continue to be led by his loins, and what will happen to Blood, now friendless on the surface?
An interesting film based on the novella by Harlan Ellison. It takes the buddy movie to a different level and could only have been made in the 70's. The film comes to life due to the biting dialogue between the boy and the dog. The bickering gives a true to life impression of a long term friendship and a genuine rapport between the two, and Blood more than makes up for the generally dumb and nasty demenor of Albert.
Lloyd Dobler (John Cussack) has a thing for a high school brainiac Diane Court (Ione Skye). Against all the odds he persuades her to go out with him, and they become an item during the summer. But dark clouds loom, as she has won a scholarship which means she has to move to England. And then things get worse when her father (John Mahoney) gets investigated for fraud.
A teen romantic comedy that manages to avoid the usual cliches, remain funny, poinient, and does this all without getting slushy. The combination of a great cast, a good script and no nonsense direction makes for a fine understated film about first love.
A team of astronauts on an earth orbiting space station are picked to journey to Mars. They include Col. Merritt (Walter Brooke) and his son Captain Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), a bullheaded Sgt (Mickey Shaughnessy) and the regulation stereotype crew. Everything is running
smoothly until they near Mars, when the Col begins to act strangely, spouting biblical rhetoric about the sacrelidge of man in space. This is obviously not going to end well...
Produced by George Pal this is another attempt to give a realistic impression of space station life. But due to some obvious clunky special effects, alongside a weak script, meant the film generally got panned and Pal decided against any more Sci-fi films for a while, looking
elsewhere for inspiration. Looked on now, it has a certain retro charm, as long as you can get passed the obvious bible thumping.
aka The Avenger. War of the Trojans. La leggenda di Enea.
Enea (Steve Reeves) and his people flee the destruction of Troy and arrive in Latium. The king welcomes them, but another ruler Turnus (Gianni Garko) is suspicious and determines to rid the land of the Trojans.
Above average sword and sandal epic which is a sequel to the previous year’s The Trojan Horse. The downside? It is rather let down by the lackluster and badly directed battle scenes.
aka Red, White and Zero.
An unnamed girl (Patricia Healey) decides to venture north from London. Once off the train she wanders the city watching its various inhabitants. She wanders into an area of demolished terraces when along comes a white bus and she gets on. It turns out to be a guided tour taking the Lord Mayor (Arthur Lowe) and other dignitaries on a tour of factories and leisure facilities. Following the tour the girl wanders the streets again and watches as a man tries to convince a girl to go out with him, unsuccessfully. The film ends with her sat in a cafe, eating chips as the cafe owners tidy up and try to close.
Developed from a story by Shelagh Delaney, this is a mostly wordless guide to an unnamed northern town (in fact Manchester). Anderson tries to use the film as a form of visual poetry, throwing in all means of metaphore and cutting arbitrarilly from black and white to colour. Its either a fascinating insight to a long gone Manchester as it reinvented itself in the mid sixties, or little more than a curio of its time, depending on your point of view.
Jazz enthusiast Rodney Hamilton (Richard Attenborough) stages a party for successful pianist Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris) and former singing star Delia (Marti Stevens), his wife, who gave up her singing career when they married. Trouble comes in the shape of Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan), Rex's drummer who wants desperately to start his own band, featuring Delia. Johnny will do anything to make it happen, including spreading unsettling rumours about Delia to split her from Rex. Will Rex fall for johnny's treachery?
The film, based on Othello, features an all star cast of some of the best Jazz musicians of the period - including Dave Brubeck and Charlie Mingus. Shot in black and white, with sharp suits, and cool jazz.
A boy, Vic (Don Johnson), tries to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. His one advantage is his dog, which he communicates telepathically with, and seems head and shoulders more intelligent than any of the humans. Only two things matter to Albert (as the dog calls him), the pursuit of food and sex, and not in that order. Then they stumble on Quilla (Susanne Benton) who lures Vic to an underground society where they try to maintain some semblance of civilisation. Once below it soon becomes obvious that the community have plans for Vic, and it doesn't look good for him, but will he realise or continue to be led by his loins, and what will happen to Blood, now friendless on the surface? 
