doctor, you've got to be kidding (1967)

"I'm trying to knock the stuffing out of a stuffed shirt."
Heather (Sandra Dee) has a stage mother (Celeste Holm) who pushes her to be the lead singer in a band. Her boss, Harlan (George Hamilton), is the one man who seems not to like her, and thinks she has an average voice. So obviously he is the one man she wants to impress.
Full of retro charm, but little else.

off the dole (1935)

"It's the funniest thing I know."
A workshy lad (George Forby) is given a job in his uncles detective agency, bringing him into many a funny situation,
A film that stumbles from one musical act to another, with no decernable plot...if you like second rate musical acts, then you are in for a treat.

lucy (2014)

"To knowledge."
Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), gets caught up with an Asian gang hoping to market a new synthetic drug, and force her to become a drug mule, but when the synthetic drug bursts in her stomach, it unlocks her untapped potential, allowing her to turn the tables on her tormentors, but she only has a finite time to do so.
Talking of untapped potential...this is a great example of what could have been...

victor frankenstein (2015)

"I give you life.".
Igor (Daniel Radcliffe) is rescued from a cruel existence in a circus, transformed and turned into the assistant of Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy). He is quickly drawn into research that he soon realises is one step too far, and a murder investigation run by the God fearing Inspector Turpin (Andrew Scott).
Modernist twist on the tale, delving into the true monster, as seen through the eyes of his assistant Igor, that has its moments, but never fires on all cylinders.

the night we dropped a clanger (1959)

aka Make Mine A Double.
"Good luck.".
Wing Commander Blenkinsop (Brian Rix) is sent on a secret mission to France. To put the Germans off the scent a double of the Commander is sent to Egypt. Unfortunately everyone gets confused about who is who...with slightly comedic results.
A comedy that lacks one vital ingredient, any laughs.

private's progress (1956)

"Here, that'll do."
Hapless Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) is called up in the draft during WWII, and is set on a short and undistinguished career until his conniving uncle (Dennis Price), a Brigadier with the War Office, involves him in a secret operation to recover looted artworks from the Nazis, and 'liberate' them for himself.
Carmichael is at his inept best in this otherwise standard comedy.

orders are orders (1954)

"you'd break the heart of a taxi driver."
An army camp is being used as a location by Hollywood director Ed Waggermeyer (Sid James), and the soldiers, including Peter Sellers and Tony Hancock are loving being involved. Unfortunately the camp Commander (Raymond Huntley) is less keen...
Basic and unmemorable.

last holiday (1950)

"just live for pleasure."
Salesman George Bird (Alex Guinness) learns he is terminally ill. So with months to live, he cashes in his savings and moves into a luxury hotel to live it up. There he meets a variety of people, and starts to get involved in their lives, and his luck finally seems to change, just when he cannot take advantage of it.
Melancholic social comedy, with a finely nuanced performance from Guinness.

pride and prejudice and zombies (2016)

"Thank you, but I will amuse myself with a book."
Elizabeth Bennett (Lily James) and her four sisters live in the refined world of upper class 19th Century Hertfordshire. Unfortunately their idyll is spoiled by the presence of zombies, but Elizabeth's fight with the undead is but a backdrop to her dance around her love for Mr Darcy (Sam Riley).
The refined romantic drama is wrapped around an entertaining zombie thriller.

ragnarok: the viking apocalypse (2013)

aka Gåten Ragnarok.
"I've spent six years searching for this."
Sigurd (Pål Sverre Hagen) is an archaeologist determined to unravel a mystic puzzle, prove that the Oseberg vikings had visited Finland, and reveal the real meaning of Ragnarok. So he up sticks with his two children and discovers more than just treasure.
A well made adventure that slips occasionally into horror.

the broken horseshoe (1953)

"Now listen carefully."
Dr Fenton (Robert Beatty) visits the home of a patient he has operated on, but who has not turned up for a subsequent check up. Inevitably the Dr stumbles into a murder scene, and tells the beautiful Dalia (Elizabeth Sellars), who wants him to delay telling the police, but why?
A competent drama with a good cast.