caligula's hot nights (1977)

AKA Le calde notti di Caligola
"Professor!"
Emperor Caligula (Carlo Colombo) has a serious problem as his libedo is not up to it and he has to find a way to prove his virility...
A bawdy Italian comedy, with little in the way of laughs or entertainment.

two roses and a golden rod (1969)

AKA Naked Under Satin. Ménage à trois.
"If I was a candle I would burn at both ends."
Mother (Elizabeth Knowles) and daughter (Ami Paisley) fight for the affection of the mother's husband, and whilst the daughter has incestious thoughts the mother is looking for affection elsewhere.
Boardering on the edge of 'so bad it's good' with the continuous inner monologues from the various participants as the tip-toe around the morales of 60's America.

tender loving care (1973)

"Right now I have to go on duty."
Donna Young (Karen Jordan) joins the nursing staff of a hospital and soon gets into the swing of things. But the course of true love never runs smooth, especially when one of the nurses starts raiding the drugs cabinet.
The lives and loves of three nurses that spends no time skipping straight to the nudity.

times square (1980)

"I'm playing shite huh!"
Two girls with mental issues become runaways. One is Nicky (Robin Johnson) a streetwise New York hard case, the other shy middle class Pamela (Trini Alvarado), but with only each other in the big bad city they bond and form a punk band. Enter hip radio DJ (Tim Curry) who sees the chance of a good story.
A patchy but often fascinating affair, that shows a precise moment in time for the city and it is packing a great soundtrack.

castle of the living dead (1964)

AKA Il castello dei morti vivi
"My suspicions about the Count were confirmed"
In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars a troupe of theatrical performers (including Gaia Germani) are invited by Count Drago (Christopher Lee) to his castle. But once there the actors become increasingly uneasy by the counts actions...
Christopher Lee gives a menacing performance in this slight Italian horror. Watch for Donald Sutherland's film debut.

man who cried for revenge (1968)

AKA Il suo nome gridava vendetta
"Why don't you put the pieces together?" Davy Flanagan (Anthony Steffen) is an amnesiac following an injury that happened during the Civil War. Then one day when he is recognized by a bounty hunter, who believes him to be a wanted man and tries to take him in for the reward, but is shot by Flanagan. In doing so Flanagan realises he has a talent as a gunslinger and is determined to find out about his past. Is he really a murderous desserter or an innocent man?
A story with promise that just doesn't deliver.

the 47 ronin (1941)

AKA Genroku chûshingura
"Samurai should be judged by the samurai code."
After their lord assaults the official Lord Kira, he is forced to commit seppuku and his clan is disbanded. Subsequently Forty-seven of his samurai vow to avenge his death by killing Kira who they blame for the feud.
This is a long and slow re-telling of a famous Japanese tale, with very little action and one that omits to talk about the cause of the feud, concentrating instead on period detail and extoling the samurai code of honour.