“Won’t you believe in me? If you do, there will always be mermaids.”
Synopsis:
A marine biologist (George Rowe) in search of rare “flame pearls” travels to Tiburon Island, where he discovers mermaids; meanwhile, a ruthless gangster (Timothy Carey) and his Mexican shipmate (Jose Gonzales-Gonzales) pursue the pearls themselves.
Genres:
At Sea
Fantasy
Mermaids
Review:
The Mermaids of Tiburon — written and [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2009 by admin
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“I’ve got to know what’s going to happen to David!”
Synopsis:
A British agent (Michael Caine) is suspected by his boss (Donald Pleasance) of kidnapping his own son (Paul Moss), and must take matters into his own hands.
Genres:
Don Siegel Films
Kidnapping
Spies
Vigilantes
Review:
Based on Clive Egleton’s novel Seven Days to a Killing, this British spy-cum-vigilante flick is a curiously [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by admin
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“All evening I watched her hair and neck. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her.”
Synopsis:
Filmmakers from France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and Japan tell short stories about the joy and heartbreak of young love.
Genres:
Episodic Films
Eastern European Films
French Films
German Films
Japanese Films
Obsessive Love
Truffaut Films
Review:
Judging from the stories told in this little-seen international omnibus film, love as [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by admin
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“Small things sometimes tell large story.”
Synopsis:
When a delusional amnesiac (Boris Karloff) escapes from a sanitarium in search of an opera singer (Margaret Irving), Chinese detective Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his “number one son” (Keye Luke) are on the case.
Genres:
Asian-Americans
Detectives and Private Eyes
Murder Mystery
Opera
Review:
As I wrote in my review of Charlie Chan at Treasure [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2009 by admin
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“We all love each other, right?”
Synopsis:
Some of the world’s most notable musicians perform at the historic 1967 Monterey International Festival in Northern California.
Genres:
Concert Films
Counterculture
Response to Peary’s Review:
Widely acknowledged as “the first major rock concert film”, Monterey Pop gives us “a chance to see some of the greatest rock-music acts in the world”, and accurately [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by admin
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“The spring is on the loose. We’ve got to get it, and we’ve got to get it now!”
Synopsis:
Ralph the All-Purpose-Animal (Lorenzo Music) and his sidekick, Mum, are tricked by evil Synonamess Botch (Marshall Efron) — ruler of Murkworks Nightmare Factory — into releasing the “Magic Mainspring” from a “Cosmic Clock” of time, thus freezing activity [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by admin
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“You take a path to Canterbury — well, good luck. The holy blessed martyrs will reward you.”
Synopsis:
A group of pilgrims travel to Canterbury, telling various bawdy tales along the way.
Genres:
Black Comedy
Episodic Films
Historical Drama
Literature Adaptation
Pier Paolo Pasolini Films
Review:
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s follow-up to his delightfully irreverent adaptation of Boccaccio’s The Decameron (1971) was this disappointing take [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by admin
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“Listen: hospital life from the patient’s point of view… A series, it’s surefire.”
Synopsis:
A motley group of patients at a British hospital — including a journalist, a boxer, and a colonel — interact with nurses, visitors, and each other.
Genres:
Comedy
Doctors and Nurses
Review:
Between 1958 and 1978, 29 films in the enormously successful “Carry On” comedy series — [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by admin
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“When not close enough to be killed, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.”
Synopsis:
Archival footage documents Cold War America’s attitudes towards nuclear threat.
Genres:
Documentary
Nuclear Threat
Propaganda
Response to Peary’s Review:
As Peary notes, this immensely popular documentary (made during the height of anti-nuclear-energy demonstrations in the early 1980s) “serves up a powerful [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by admin
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“He’ll soon be neither human nor plant, but with the characteristics and advantages of both: a plant that can move and think; a man who can set down roots.”
Synopsis:
A mad scientist (Donald Pleasance) obsessed with merging plant and human life forms has his facially deformed assistant (Tom Baker) kidnap university students (Olga Anthony and Scott [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by admin
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