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1.Hear My Song [1991] starring: Ned Beatty, Adrian Dunbar, Shirley Anne Field, Tara Fitzgerald, William Hootkins directed by: Peter Chelsom
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It doesn't matter if you have never heard of this Irish tenor, or even like that kind of music, this is a marvelously warm film. Adrian Dunbar is a promoter of a club, in the UK, who normally books look-a-likes, however after several disasters he decides to find the man himself - Josef Locke (yes, this is the correct spelling). He travels to Ireland and after some searching he finally meets him and persuades him to come back and do one last performance. The reason for Josef being in Ireland is to avoid UK tax, of which he owes an undisclosed amount. With the UK police trying to catch him this is a more than pleasant caper. (And I bet you can't help humming the main theme, "Hear my song") PS Don't miss the cow and the well ... Read More:

2.My Beautiful Laundrette [1985] starring: Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Shirley Anne Field directed by: Stephen Frears July 16, 2001
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Allegedly 'groundbreaking' when released, what's surprising today is how theatrical and shamelessly unrealistic this film is. Frears creates a surreal London night landscape which is mostly lit with coloured gels, peopled by bootshod racist yobs who would be more at home in A Clockwork Orange, and besuited Asian mafiosi who try (and fail) to look mean. All this could be quite entertaining, except the visuals are let down by a Kureishi's awful, clunking script and some very wooden acting - even Day-Lewis looks awkward and embarrassed. The synth-driven original soundtrack is wince-inducing.

3.Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [1960] starring: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Norman Rossington directed by: Karel Reisz April 07, 2003
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A Brilliant film and about as British as they come. Filmed entirely on location in the midlands (Nottingham) at the beginning of the 1960s it documents the life of Arthur Seaton (Finney) and the pure drudgery of the working week where all there is to live for is the weekends; a time to get down the pub and binge drink and, at every opportunity, get to bed his friend's middle aged wife, Brenda. Powerful performances by all the cast, especially Finney who plays the part of Arthur with incredible vitality. It demonstrates how even 40 years ago there were individuals who were unashamedly amoral and against authority of any kind. This film is a classic and a piece of social history.

4.These Are The Damned aka The Damned [1963 Hammer Production] starring: Shirley Anne Field, Oliver Reed, Alexander Knox, Macdonald Carey, Viveca Lindfors directed by: Joseph Losey October 28, 1996
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Like one of the other reviewers I have strong memories of seeing this years ago. The film begins with a gang of terrorising bikers (not too terrorising) in Weymouth, led by Oliver Reed and evolves into a sinister plot involving Government experiments on children. The storyline is more or less as I remember but unfortunately, having seen it on television recently, the acting isn't, the performances being for the most part wooden. The script is just a bit too portentious for the creaky storline to handle. Having said that there is much to admire about the ambition of this movie and it's a real shame that you can't get it on DVD. However, anyone keen to get hold of a copy should search for a DVDR version on google and they ... Read More:

5.Getting It Right [1988] starring: Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, Helena Bonham Carter, Pat Heywood (II), Bryan Pringle directed by: Randal Kleiser March 18, 1991
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Mothers, lock your sons up because you won't want them to get their hands on this really informative guide to the way the gay community works (if you know what i mean). And for those out there (you know who you are!), who dont know how to do it, this video is sure to give you tips on how to get on with it when you finally start getting out in the real world and having a great time. Don't miss out! It is an essential guide and not only that there are, and i mean there are, some HUNKY SPUNKY MEN in this video! Well worth investing in.

6.The Rachel Papers [1989] starring: Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce, James Spader, Bill Paterson directed by: Damian Harris February 10, 1992
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This film is better than I remembered it. It's quite funny. Jonathan Pryce (Norman) is very amusing. It has the advantage of not being formulaic. Perhaps its being British helped it to avoid a cheesy ending being tacked on at the last minute. However, perhaps because it is based on a novel from the 1970s, it is not what I would think of a typical "1980s British film". Oh, the hair and the music are quite 1980s, and it is definitely set in the past. It dates to the era when one could, like Charles (Dexter Fletcher) and Rachel (Ione Skye) go to an art gallery and see a TIDY bed. The sense of place is more distinct than the sense of time. Our protagonist could almost be a younger relative of Hugh Grant's character in "4 ... Read More:

7.The Entertainer [1960] starring: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates directed by: Tony Richardson
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Laurence Olivier stars as a sleazy, third-rate music hall performer in 1960's "The Entertainer", one of the first and best films of the so called Free Cinema movement, and a movie that is somewhat neglected today (it should be better known). Based on a play by John Osborne, Olivier plays Archie Rice, a mediocre performer in grim seaside town theaters. His shows attract few people (early in the film, we see passersby sneering at the theater marquee that falsely advertises Archie as a television comedian). His father, Billy, was once a talented and successful comedian, but now he is just a cranky old man living with him and Archie's wife, the unstable Phoebe. Archie has three grown children, played respectively by Alan Bates, Albert Finney and Joan Plowright, ... Read More:

8.Beat Girl [1960] starring: Noëlle Adam, Nade Beall, Margot Bryant, Adam Faith, David Farrar directed by: Edmond T. Gréville April 27, 1998
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I bought this DVD to replace my VHS edition of the film, but it is a very poor replacement. The picture quality is awful, a well worn print has been used without a care to quality. The DVD will be used as a collection filler, but any future viewings will be from my original VHS tape.

9.The War Lover [1962] starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell, Michael Crawford directed by: Philip Leacock July 06, 1992
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The War Lover is a mostly botched but still watchable watering down of John Hersey's novel about a sociopathic bomber pilot (Steve McQueen, playing an airborne variation of his psychotic soldier from Hell is For Heroes). Unfortunately the film is less interested in the thin line between heroism and psychopathic behavior than Robert Wagner's romance with Shirley Ann Field (in a performance so bad that at times her vocal delivery is so far off-target it's like nails on a blackboard), leaving the feeling that the real story has been sidelined for much of the film. Some good airborne sequences keep it watchable if you lower your expectations, but this could have been much more.

10.Doctor In Clover [1966] starring: Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser, Joan Sims directed by: Ralph Thomas June 03, 1996
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The War Lover is a mostly botched but still watchable watering down of John Hersey's novel about a sociopathic bomber pilot (Steve McQueen, playing an airborne variation of his psychotic soldier from Hell is For Heroes). Unfortunately the film is less interested in the thin line between heroism and psychopathic behavior than Robert Wagner's romance with Shirley Ann Field (in a performance so bad that at times her vocal delivery is so far off-target it's like nails on a blackboard), leaving the feeling that the real story has been sidelined for much of the film. Some good airborne sequences keep it watchable if you lower your expectations, but this could have been much more.

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