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Monthly Archives: June 2022
Other films for your consideration VI
My local cinema did a short series of Japanese classics recently. One of them was the original “Godzilla” (aka “Godzilla: King of the Monsters!”) film, actually called “Gojira”. When it came to the west, it was edited and altered and … Continue reading
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“Carry On Cabby”
If we had to pick one film of the Carry On series to watch, it would be this film from 1963. It stars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Jim Dale. The story is a simple one. … Continue reading
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Carry on again
As the Carry On series, er, carried on, standards, such as they were slipped. The humour became more lavatorial, production standards (and presumably budgets) decreased. The set for several films was just a muddy field. Some of the later films … Continue reading
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