the frightened city (1961)

"Sex is a wonderful thing for business."
Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks) runs a nightclub, with a sideline in protection. He has Inspector Sayers (John Gregson) on his back and asks Waldo Zhernikov (Herbert Lom) for help. Waldo quickly comes up with a plan to organise the various gangs, and streamline the operation. To keep them in line he pressures small timer Paddy Damion (Sean Connery) to do it. Paddy is reluctant, but has little choice with a crippled friend to care for, and a needy girlfriend.
Well played drama, that never gets too involved in the nitty-gritty underworld of protection racquets.

the naked edge (1961)

"I've made a killing."
George Radcliffe's (Gary Cooper) account of murder, and the theft of £60,000, leads to the conviction of fellow employee Donald Heath (Ray McAnally), despite some doubts including the fact the money was never found. Martha, Radcliffe's wife Martha (Deborah Kerr) then expresses concern as her husband starts investing money she never knew he had in property. Concerns that come back to haunt her when five years later, she sees a blackmail letter, which accuses him of the crime, and it sets her again wondering...where did his money come from, and could the man she loves be a murderer?
Gritty and shadowy cat and mouse drama, played well by its cast, building the tension and suspense towards the climatic finale.

spaced invaders (1990)

"But, Dad, they're not really bad, they're just... stupid."
A small town in Illinois is celebrating Halloween When some aliens land due to engine trouble. As they are bit dim and only 4 feet tall, they have trouble taking over anything, let alone the world, and a group of kids take pity on them. All are getting along, until a nasty killer robot decides to crash the party.
Mildly funny space caper.

meet mr. Lucifer (1953)

"Its television that does it!"
The life of a TV set as it passes through various households, each time causing misery.
Episodic pop at that satanic piece of equipment, the television, increasingly invading households at the time, turning people away from the cinema.

the humanoid (1979)

AKA L'umanoide.
"The humanoid will obey anything we tell him."
The evil Graal (Ivan Rassimov) is trying to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, and enlists the insane Dr. Kraspin (Arthur Kennedy) to help. He has invented a way of turning people into perfect soldiers, and tests his procedure on Golob (Richard Kiel), creating a Human/robot hybrid. Can the people of Metropolis stop him?
Taking elements of Star Wars, along with other plot devices and props, does not make for a better film.

voyage of the rock aliens (1984)

AKA Attack Of The Aliens.
"Nothing ever happens here."
Liking what they have seen on MYTV, aliens land in a small town and head to the local high school in search of rock and roll. There the head alien (Tom Nolan) falls for Dee Dee (Pia Zadora). Unfortunately she already has a boyfriend, Frankie (Craig Sheffer), and he doesn't take lightly to an alien muscling in on his girl.
Rock N Roll High School, meets Killer Klowns...hoaky and amateurish fun.

escobar: paradise lost (2014)

"It was you, Nick. It was your intervention that got those people killed. You're as guilty as I am."
Fictionalised account of the last days of Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro), intertwined with and told via Nick (Josh Hutcherson), a Canadian who marries Escobars niece (Claudia Traisac), and is drawn into events.
Intriguing drama, that goes some way into showing the charisma that drew many to the cult of personality that Escobar surrounded himself with, but beneath this was a man who would do anything.

carnage park (2016)

"Help me!"
Vivian (Ashley Bell) is kidnapped during the course of a bank robbery, and ends up at carnage park, when the getaway car takes the wrong turn. Unfortunately for all concerned Carnage Park is desolate mid-west scrub-land, and home to a survivalist x-military sniper, who loves to hunt.
What starts as a run of the mill crime drama, soon turns into a neat little horror.

wake in fright (1971)

aka Outback.
"What's the matter with him? He'd rather talk to a woman than drink beer."
School teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) works in the outback of Australia, and dreams of a life in Britain, amid the culture that he so craves. For Christmas he packs his bags to spend the holidays in Sydney, and plan his escape. Unfortunately he has a stop off in The Yabba for a night, and despite his better judgement gets involved in gambling. Inevitably after initially winning, he looses everything and is stranded penniless, but help is at hand, though it only serves to drag him into the crazy, drunk, and violent lives of the men that live there. Can he escape with his sanity intact?
Billed as a horror film, it shows human kind in a brutally realistic and unsettling way. Australian, Horror, Ted Kotcheff,

order of death (1983)

Aka Corrupt. Cop Killer. Cop Killer: Order of Death. l'assassino dei poliziotti.
"You're not a killer! You're a psycho!"
Leo Smith (John Lydon) arrives at the apartment of Lt. O'Connor (Harvey Keitel) and confesses to murdering a New York Policeman. Unfortunately O'Connor is corrupt, and the apartment bought from the proceeds of drug money. Facing being revealed as a bent cop, O'Connor imprisons Smith and they start a deadly game of cat and mouse. Is Smith really the cop killer, or is he just deranged?
Thriller, that has a germ of an idea, but one that is not fully developed.

confessions from the david galaxy affair (1979)

"It was marvelous David."
Astrologer and playboy David Galaxy (Alan Lake) spends his spare time pursuing the female of the species, (inc. Mary Millington, and Diana Dors), but this is interrupted by the police who suspect his involvement in a robbery/murder five years previously and want him to provide an alibi. Unfortunately the one person who can rule him out wont.
Woeful British sex comedy/drama, which has little of either. Watch out for an uncredited Cosey Fanni Tutti of industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle.