Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 June 2017

Eighties nights ...

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The Jewel In The Crown / Your Cheatin' Heart / Wish Me Luck How did I ever miss THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN back in 1984? Well, I was...
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Wednesday, 10 May 2017

The Longest Day, 1962

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THE LONGEST DAY was one of the big ones in that great year 1962. I was 16 at the time but did not see it then, though have seen bits of ...
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Friday, 17 February 2017

Glenda in Yanks ???

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Idly watching John Schlesinger's 1979 wartime romance YANKS again on television, I was suddenly caught by this one shot from that em...
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Till The End Of Time, 1946

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Here's a doozy - another 1940s dream factory product - see SINCE YOU WENT AWAY below - and also featuring Guy Madison, here in the le...
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Friday, 7 October 2016

Since You Went Away, 1944

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This perfect wartime drama was never on my radar or never showed up on television in the decades I have been watching, so seeing it or th...
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Suite Francaise

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Today's guest reviewer is my good pal Jerry, another IMDB regular - we meet every few months for an afternoon of drinks, chat, gossip a...
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Monday, 2 November 2015

Those "hostesses" in wartime Hawaii ...

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First, that electric moment when club "hostess" Donna Reed catches the attention of Montgomery Clift in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY...
Saturday, 9 May 2015

VE day - 70 years ago

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It is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, when the Second World War in Europe came to an end, and London is celebrating, with that rather g...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

Benedict cracks the Oscar code ?

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THE IMITATION GAME , 2014. Benedict Cumberbatch makes his Oscar bid as the persecuted gay mathematician Alan Turing, whose obsessive effo...
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Monday, 10 November 2014

R for Remembrance

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The 11th November is the annual Remembrance Day here in the UK and is also known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day or Poppy Day. This year ...
Saturday, 16 August 2014

Forgotten '60s movies: 36 Hours

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36 HOURS , 1965. 1944. US army officer Major Pike (James Garner) attends a vital meeting in Lisbon days before the D-day landings in Norm...
Friday, 25 July 2014

British trio 2: Dirk, Sophia, Asquith ....

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A trio from director Anthony Asquith, and producer Anatole de Grunwald, showcasing Dirk Bogarde and Sophia Loren ....  THE DOCTOR’S D...
Saturday, 12 July 2014

British double bill

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THE ANGRY SILENCE . One 1960 British film I had not seen before from that 'kitchen-sink' era, but I remember it well as it attrac...