Category Archives: Films

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 →

It’s very hard, though not imposssible, to talk about films from a UK perspective and not mention the Carry On… series. Depending on how you count them, there are about thirty films, the first black and white then moving to … Continue reading →

Our chosen classic musical is “South Pacific”, a very interesting film. This is from 1958, directed by legend Joshua Logan and filmed in Todd-AO, though 70mm versions exist. The plot: on a South Pacific island in World War II, Lieutenant … Continue reading →