It seems that a film version of Grange Hill is in the pipeline. https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...l-cast-members ..read more

Simon Fisher Turner has just posted this link on his FaceBook page about this 1973 CFF film, made on Malta, that he starred in back in 1973. I'm not sure if the link will work for those who don't use FaceBook. https://fb.watch/iS1gkRO-YN ..read more

The ‘old, weird Britain’ on film https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sou...ritain-film ..read more

Robin Hardy on The Wicker Man ​ https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion...rdy-wicker-man ..read more

Can Hieronymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? Anthony Newley's homage to his own love life. It features his then wife Joan Collins and their kids as well as Bruce Forsyth, Milton Berle and Stubby Kaye. Has it ever been show on TV? Is it as bad as the title suggests? It seems to be generally loathed by the critics. It's one of those almost mythical titles, that never seems to have been shown anywhere. I've never seen it ..read more

Remakes, generally they don’t measure up to the original. I was watching the original Mysterious Island starring Joan Greenwood and Michael Craig. Released by Columbia Pictures in 1961. Considering the age of the film, the special effects were excellent. Now the remake with Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo. This film, it was a DVD that came free, in a newspaper, some years ago. I think this remake was released in 2005. If it’s televised on the telly. Avoid watching it ..read more

A film noir from 1955, starring Dirk Bogarde, Mona Washbourne and Margaret Lockwood. Dirk plays a charming but sociopathic lower-class villain on the make, out to marry well-off women then kill them off for their money. Dirk plays his part with gusto, as do the other actors. It has nice production values and moves at quite a pace. It's undoubtedly highly melodramatic but very entertaining with it. I willingly suspended my belief as I watched. It seemed strange to me to see Dirk in the 1950s, as he looked too modern for those times, but he somehow looked much the same from the 1950s to the mid ..read more

Just been watching "Dick Barton Strikes Back" Can anyone tell me the make of his splendid car ..read more

I arrive back to England a few days ago. Needed holiday. It’s been nearly 3 years without taking a holiday. Coronavirus issues. I am at my mates flat watching telly. This film is being televised. Released in 1956, British well known actors who have passed away. The film is in colour and the film company used the Vista Vision process. Vista Vision was used by Paramount Pictures in many of their films. Good film, available on Blu-ray and dvd ..read more

The film was released in 1967, so I'm assuming it was made in 1966, making him 40 but he looks about 64 ..read more