hit man (1972)

"I ain't begun to get on your case, brother!"
Blacksploitation re-make of the classic Get Carter. Expect afro's and lots of jive talk as Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) stomps around Harlem attempting to find out how and why his brother ended up taking a swim with his waterwings. ? (Pam Grier) offers little or no help on the subject. Loses the class of the original, replaced by a nastier more streetwise feel. Where they go to the horse races in Get Carter, here they go to the dog fights!

point blank (1967)

"You're a very bad man, Walker, a very destructive man! Why do you run around doing things like this?"
Double-crossed by his partner (John Vernon) and by his wife (Sharon Acker), and left for dead, Walker (Lee Marvin) has only one thought when he returns, where's his money? And Walker is not a man to mess with, as he shows in his dogged determination whilst climbing the corporate ladder trying to find someone powerful enough to pay him.
A slight story that is brought to unrelenting, and stylish life by Marvin and Boorman. A stone cold classic.

le donk & scor-zay-zee (2009)

"This is in my blood you know."
Music documentary about Le Donk (Paddy Constantine), a roadie and would be manager of Scor-zay-Zee, an up and coming rapper. Meanwhole Donk's ex-girlfriend is heavily pregnant with Donk's child and is due any day.
A psuedo fly on the wall documentary that was improvised over five days. Like all documentaries this is a bit hit and miss and comes across as an extended skit.

Murder most foul (1964)

"It may irritate you, Inspector, but sometimes women have superior minds. You'll simply have to accept it."
Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) joins the Cosgood players, a travelling theatre group fronted by Driffold Cosgood (Ron Moody) as she is convinced one of them is a murderer.
The third installment of Miss Marple sees the usual high standard of acting, and script. Nothing can compare to Rutherford's take on the part.

murder ahoy! (1964)

"What an old darling."
When her uncle dies Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) becomes a trustie of a training ship for wayward boys. Just in time it seems as at her first meeting one of the other trusties dies. Miss Marple suspects foul play, unlike the police. So what is an amateur detective to do but investigate.
Another fine murder mystery, with a fine supporting cast devouring a well rounded script. Maybe not up to the level of previous efforts, the last of the series still turns out to be an entertaining romp.

murder, she said (1961)

"You look old enough to know better."
On a train back home Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) views the murder of a woman in another train. Unable to get the police to believe her she determines to investigate herself, and takes a position in the household of Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice), in the belief that one of the family did the deed.
The first in the series, that was to spawn three more, is a wonderfully concocted mystery, featuring some splendid acting, topped off with some sparkling and biting dialogue.