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Librarian of unfinished books. Somewhere in Western Australia...
Fantastic flawed film. I feel it might have been more successful if it had been released five years earlier. The costume choices would certainly have fitted better...
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fantastic flawed film. I feel it might have been more successful if it had been released five years earlier. The costume choices would certainly have fitted better...
Thanks for reminding me of this. I saw it on first broadcast and was impressed.
The BBC Shakespeare version of King John used a similar approach. (The casting of Leonard Rossiter was inspired...)
The BBC Shakespeare version of King John used a similar approach. (The casting of Leonard Rossiter was inspired...)
June 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thanks for reminding me of this. I saw it on first broadcast and was impressed.
The BBC Shakespeare version of King John used a similar approach. (The casting of Leonard Rossiter was inspired...)
The BBC Shakespeare version of King John used a similar approach. (The casting of Leonard Rossiter was inspired...)
What a remarkable title...
March 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What a remarkable title...
I wonder what was at the root of WHH's horror of pigs?
February 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I wonder what was at the root of WHH's horror of pigs?
For me, Dean Spanley, by Toa Fraser. Why wouldn't everyone just totally fall in love with a straight-faced film about an Edwardian clergyman reliving his past life as a dog when drinking the best Hungarian tokay?
January 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For me, Dean Spanley, by Toa Fraser. Why wouldn't everyone just totally fall in love with a straight-faced film about an Edwardian clergyman reliving his past life as a dog when drinking the best Hungarian tokay?
Watching The Holly and The Ivy (1952), my go-to Christmas movie these days. A lovely, grown-up Christmas story that just keeps getting better as it goes on. And a young and sexy Denholm Elliot is always such a joy..
December 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Watching The Holly and The Ivy (1952), my go-to Christmas movie these days. A lovely, grown-up Christmas story that just keeps getting better as it goes on. And a young and sexy Denholm Elliot is always such a joy..
I love a cover image of a totally unromantic pash...
December 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I love a cover image of a totally unromantic pash...
(And impersonating Richard Attenborough as well...)
December 8, 2024 at 1:26 PM
(And impersonating Richard Attenborough as well...)
Four Christmas movies to know me by...
December 2, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Four Christmas movies to know me by...
Post you from a different era...
November 21, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Post you from a different era...
Is this the story?
September 8, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Is this the story?
Fragment of Fear (1970): The perfect UK paranoid thriller, with an impeccable cast and Hemmings giving one of his best meat-and-potatoes performances - and a splendid soundtrack. That flute!
August 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Fragment of Fear (1970): The perfect UK paranoid thriller, with an impeccable cast and Hemmings giving one of his best meat-and-potatoes performances - and a splendid soundtrack. That flute!
The cover type looks like it was done with Letraset, and yet I find it oddly appealing...
August 24, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The cover type looks like it was done with Letraset, and yet I find it oddly appealing...
You can't tell me that the Mayor in Pelham 123 isn't what it was like every day in the White House a few years back...
August 22, 2024 at 12:32 AM
You can't tell me that the Mayor in Pelham 123 isn't what it was like every day in the White House a few years back...