So, a tale of three racing drivers and their girlfriends and various antics. This film is quite melodramatic and sometimes resembles a soap opera with racing cars. The acting is a bit patchy but the cars look great, footage from real races is well used.
Not a great film but an enjoyable one for the 1960s nostalgia and the sport. George Takai appears as a race engineer.
Naturally there are a few mishaps along the way and a trip to the opera. Vivian begins to fall in love with Edward and vice versa. He starts to reassess his way of doing business, not as cut-throat as before. However, she rebuffs his offer of becoming his mistress, she wants more, a fairy tale. It is almost too late when Edward realises he wants to give her it...
It can be a bit cheesy at times but Gere and Roberts play their roles well with plenty of chemistry. Don't expect a gritty examination of the tough reality of working the streets, expect a bit of light humour and frolics along the way.
The President was a widower and once it is known he has a new girlfriend the press go into a frenzy, Shepherd's rival in the next election Senator Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss) begins to make hay. Sydney's character, and that of the President, are put into question and this puts their relationship under strain.
An enjoyable romantic drama with sharp political dialogue and a good cast including Michael J Fox. It is a bit predictable, of course it ends with Shepherd giving a rousing speech.
Twinky's family are naturally not that pleased when they find out but Scott and Twinky get married in Scotland and then move to the U.S., where their relationship is put under strain. Twinky's immature behaviour is no doubt quite tiresome to Scott though the fact she wears miniskirts exclusively probably makes up for it and he undoubtedly loves her. Eventually they begin to drift apart as the age gap does finally tell.
A rather strange film and not that brilliant if we are to be honest though light enough to avoid being too offensive. Bronson spends much of the film on autopilot and you can't wait for Twinky to be old enough to start secondary school.
The film does have an impressive array of British actors in it including Trevor Howard and Honor Blackman though they are mostly wasted with this material. The film is silly and inconsequential and doesn't really go anywhere but worth watching to see Bronson in a very different role than we are used to seeing him usually.
What exactly is going on amid this glorious array of Gothic atmosphere and opulence? Mifanwy (Eric Portman) is returning to London to see her lover, and in flash back she remembers how she met the rather odd Paul (Edana Romney). Paul was a throw-back in terms of dress who lived in a mansion surrounded by exotic ornaments and costumes. He was obsessed with dressing her up as his Renaissance fantasy...
When Mifanwy began to realise Paul was trying to control her, he unveils a painting which looks exactly like her. He tells her that he thinks they were lovers in previous lives four hundred years before in Renaissance Italy. However, his house and life has other mysteries. Who exactly is the strange woman Veronica (Barbara Mullen), a housekeeper or something more?
A lush drama with events which come to a dramatic head at the end of a Venetian ball when another girl, Caroline (Joan Maude) is found dead in his home. As the film progresses the strange events become clearer... to an extent. However, there is some ambiguity still and that adds to the joy of this masterpiece, True mystery and fantasy should always leave one slightly confused. Look out for Christopher Lee in his film debut, though blink and you'll probably miss it!
Joe Miller (Ben Lyon) is an investigative reporter and the waterfront is his beat. He is convinced that Eli Kirk (Ernest Torrence) is smuggling in illegal Chinese immigrants (though sometimes they end up drowned!) However, Joe cannot get a lead on Eli and his editor is on his case. Then Joe discovers Eli's lovely daughter Julie (Claudette Colbert) and thinks he can get the information he needs through her. Love gets in the way of his plan...
An enjoyable film, Eli Kirk is a fascinating character who thinks nothing of throwing his human cargo overboard to their deaths if the Coast Guard are approaching. The romance between Joe and Julie flows very naturally, Claudette Colbert really steals the movie though. Any scenes she is in are dominated by her presence. All the mains have some moral ambiguities to some degree which adds some needed layers to what is, on the main, a standard tale of smuggling.
