jimjamjonny39's reviews

As I've been watching a few Buster Keaton silent movies recently, when the narrator speaks about the downfall of Keaton they show clips from his large array of films that he made which I thought was a good link. (as if it's just occurred) Now a whole new generation appreciate his silent films as much if not more than his contemporaries of the time.

It was unfortunate that he never had the last word whilst making movies at MGM, we'll never know if he had, that the continuation of his career would have been more remarkable.

But we are fortunate today that we get to see his early work as the majority of it is wonderful and worthy of the praise he's received.

This is a bit of a heartbreaking story that shows the worst side of abuse. I've seen other stories of trafficking and the only people who ever seem to win are the traffickers themselves. Playing on other peoples misery, is a heinous crime. The victims never know when they are going to be released, are so afraid, either straight away or broken down or even worse, murdered, do as they're instructed because they want to live and hope that someone will save them, which is rarely the case.

This sort of thing has been going on for decades and this diplomatic immunity has a lot to answer for and the traffickers need to be stopped.

This is a bit of a pot boiler. 135 minutes of the great detective.

If you like slow and not so interesting episodes of the 80s tv version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes then you're in for a treat.

I didn't find it awful. Just dull and slow.

Holmes is there to disprove the existence of vampirism, not sure whether he does or doesn't convince the village that they are wrong (Watson went with him as usual) but you do wander if this will increase the tension, assuming you haven't fallen asleep, it doesn't. If you hold on to the end and you enjoy what you see, you are a fan of the tv series..

There's a lot of good stuff in this and definitely worth watching the continuing story.

Set around 15-20 years later from the original but goes back in time before Murphy moved to Metro West, (where he was killed by... you know who) and forward again to the current year. It does this a few times but it's helpful as we don't have this information when the original movie came out.

It's reasonably easy to get into it and being a fan of the first film, I was pleased that they knitted this into it. More of a TV movie, so don't expect fireworks. If you like this, there are three more episodes.

This one is called Dark Justice.

It's an Alfred Hitchcock movie with lots of comical moments as well as suspense. Cary Grant is brilliant in this and his falling for Eva Marie Saint was really enjoyable and she also was believable. A few other recognisable names (now) made their appearance. James Mason among the most of them. Grant's character thinks fast on his feet, the auction scene is priceless. Probably, the most recognisable USA monument, looks really good and you can feel the tension near the top. Trying to reach the girl, had me in so much will he. I could feel myself in his position. Watch it 'til the end, you'll be glad you did. You ever want to see an ugly cars imho , this is the movie.

I enjoyed this extended thought provoking episode. Looking from the perspective of the assassin. Edward Woodwood - an icon - who portrays a man who has lost his three children to his wife and before he bows out of this world, he's going to make sure that he is recognised.

You can understand why she left him, he's not the man she thought he was.

There's a good chance that his mind has been influenced by his father.

We don't know how our lives are going to end (unless we've made our own plans) but having your life taken by a sniper, as painless as they may try to make it & as sudden as you would hope. It's supposed to be, it cannot be nice for friends and families of the victims.

I was never a Joan Crawford fan even though she was a very big talent. I don't know what it was but she plays a great role in A woman's Face. Being facially disfigured since she was a little girl, she was never romantically noticed by men, nobody would employ her so she became a blackmailer to survive and a good one at that. Then, while she's at the house of one of the women she's planning to make some finance, her life is changed. However, her lover & (the only man who showed interest in her) business partner/manipulator wants her to perform a task for him and if she does, someone could get hurt.

You ever watch a movie and think hmm that wasn't great or even why did I go through that. Well Mildred Pierce (to me) was more appreciatied this time around and I'm glad I watched again. Well worth watching at least twice because sometimes you're absently minded critiquing on how you're feeling at the time. This woman wants to be the best mother ever, but it doesn't matter what she does there is something that is not cooperating with her ideals. But if anyone wanted to persevere as much as she did they would find that it doesn't matter how hard you try to be the perfect parent it's just the flip of a coin on how things will turn out.

The common house fly only turns up when it's time to make an experiment.

This takes place about 15 years later when the friend yet bad guy (criminal) from the UK decides that he wants to steal the plans and formula as he believes that it'll make him a very wealthy man.

Philippes' uncle tries to dissuade him from continuing where his father bowed out as the same thing could occur again and he fears for his nephew's life who is so insistent on finding out how the original experiment failed and to see if venturing into this transportation has any future.

Just imagine if it works!

Not as good as the first but it's ok.

The boys are at it again. Ollie's married to a domineering wife who doesn't want her husband hanging around with Stan because he's always encouraging him to do things with him.

Stan's read that having a baby in the house would cure her concerns. Ollie thinks it's a great idea and Stan replies "I'm not as dumb as you look." Ollie agrees and then realises what was said and... well the decision is made and a baby is introduced. Will this appease her? It's just one disaster after another especially with Ollie who has so many tumbles you'd think he might have broken a bone here and there.

I never heard that he did. It's always great to watch over and over. What a great team they were.

Every time I watch a Laurel & Hardy short every so often I'm in fits of laughter. I'm glad to say that I've been watching them since I was about five years old and they still are as funny as ever. I'm not really a big fan of their longer episodes because I always feel that it's just padding, not necessarily needed but I suppose the writers needed to give the viewer a breather from the laughter. I have to say that this was quite good, the singing wasn't really what I wanted to hear but they weren't bad. I have never tired of Stans' bottling or Ollie's inability to dominate his wife, so in turn he picks on his best friend.

Biggest and best gangster in the movies. Edward G Robinson played his part so convincingly that I believed that he was the character.

Hoodlums from the start of the early 1920s were considered ruthless and were only interested in beating the system and doing exactly what they wanted regardless.

This movie is not just about the callousness of the anti-hero it's about his belief, his love for his son, because the most important thing to him is the son that he sired.

It's a human story of what a man would do to eventually care and protect a son that he could never be part of by destroying the man who WOULD try to destroy him.

A young girl/woman has foolishly put herself into debt and has left her town in Texas to see if she can make some money, she doesn't realize what she has let herself in for.

The main character is very good in this and comes of as believable (most of the time).

This was much better than some reviews others gave. It reminds me of the true story of the "Butcher Baker," who left a trail of women's bodies in Alaska.

I was delightfully surprised in some parts of the movie as it kept me on the edge.

If you want to see a bit of suspense then I think you're going to enjoy this as there's quite a bit.

You can understand why certain illegal ivory hunters do this job. They're poor and need to survive. Only problem is that the people paying them to murder the elephants are giving them a pittance and are making huge profits for themselves. It's amazing to think that Africa's elephant population from 26 million elephants in 1800 to fewer than one million today. Elephant tusks from Africa average about 2 metres in length and weigh over 20 kg.

The buyers of ivory express genuine concerns about cruelty towards animals, however, less than one-third of them believe that elephants are very endangered.

This was one of my favourite sitcoms during the 1980s.

Timothy Lumsden is played by the irrefutible Ronnie Corbett. Is a man in his early 40s living at home with his parents.

I know it's hard to believe but poor old Tim can't leave the qualities of home his inescapable mind isconstantly under the influence of his mother, played by Barbara Lott who plays the part so brilliantly. She was made for the part. I Loved her character immenseley.

William Moore plays the father, who is also under her spell. He's number three in the show and often helps the hilarity of the show.

As the series progressed I always rooted for Timothy to find true love as he did try but somehow couldn't get away.

I realised about 20 minutes into the movie that I had seen this before, well it was on in the background and I was only watching parts that caught my interest. Anyway I'm glad I got to see it in full this time as it was a really good movie. The plot is to murder his wife (as he is having an affair with her sister). He has asked for a divorce from her and even offers a reasonable settlement but she will not divorce him even when he informs her that it's her sister that he has been having a relationship with.

"The best laid plans schemes of mice and men". Never seem to follow the design created.

Well done.

A young family named Sewell are planning to take a holiday abroad and with all the mod-cons of the day i.e a caravan they can go anywhere and have decided to travel abroad.

They are making their way to Dover from Birmingham, (no motorways or sat nav, just simple map directions.) Unfortunately, they find some criminal in their caravan, named Dewar.

This man is a bad piece of work and he's just killed a night watchman so he's desperate to get away from the police who want to speak to him. The police are making stop and search road checks to find him. He has found a way of avoiding them.

Superb drama that will make you love every main character and it will sometimes make you cry. Life is never like this but if it was I would want it to be like it with these. Kindness, laughter, consideration, empathy, love and joy to name a few but this shows us it's more than just that. It teaches us that we should love and care for each other because that's what makes our hearts fonder, stronger and more amenable to the imperfections that only in ourselves we see. It took me a season or two but I am so pleased that I continued absorbing this. Reminds me of the Waltons. Nobody is perfect but these come close.

I'm sure you know the answer. Quite an emotional story about three men and what they experience during ww2. A young German captain, believing that Hitlers' Nazism will make the world a better place who becomes disillusioned when he sees things that he could never imagine. Two Americans, one a musician who has a show that needs to be put together and just because he's enlisted, he doesn't want to but feels that people will call him a coward, which is how he feels anyway. And the second man who happens to be a Jew signs up. However his war has begun in the army barracks on home soil where some of his compatriots, especially his commanding officer are making it difficult.

I was a bit unsure about watching this because I didn't want it to be just another 50s lamo. I'm glad to see that it was a well made B-movie. An insurance guy is released from prison after serving a short sentence. A hot blonde is looking for a fall guy so that she & (not) her married man can get away with murder and claim on the insurance. It's a good plot and they will only fall short if the man they're going to set up gets caught by the police. There's a lot going on here and it's well worth the investment in the hour it takes to see the conclusion. Griffith Jones Hazel Court & Zena Marshall head the cast in this wonderful short thriller.