There’s no substitutiary for Angela Lansbury when it comes to giving Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971) its locomotion!

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Posted as part of Realweegiemidget's Adoring Angela Lansbury Blogathon Far better than the “Mary Poppins”-lite it’s often dismissed as, “Bedknobs And Broomsticks” takes the more famous nanny’s Disnified spoonful of sugar and stirs it into a shot of absinthe before knocking it back in one go and heading off to war. A curious and yet … Continue reading There’s no substitutiary for Angela Lansbury when it comes to giving Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971) its locomotion!

Young Frankenstein (1974) Review

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Posted as part of Moon In Gemini's 'The Greatest Film I’ve Never Seen Blogathon'. I’ve been meaning to watch “Young Frankenstein” for years. When I was younger - and more foolish – I think I was put off by the fact it was in black and white. Given how much I loved “Blazing Saddles”, “To … Continue reading Young Frankenstein (1974) Review

In The Heat Of The Night (1967) Lee Grant Blogathon Review

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This post is published as part of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Angelman's Place's Lee Grant Blogathon. Arguably every bit as topical and important now as it was when it was released, “In The Heat Of The Night” tells the story of a black Police Detective, Virgil Tibbs (a superb Sidney Poitier) who finds himself pressed into assisting … Continue reading In The Heat Of The Night (1967) Lee Grant Blogathon Review

Halloween (1979) #MonthOfSpooks Review

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Agreeing to join in @TheMarckoguy’s #MonthOfSpooks finally gave me the push I needed to check out one of the all-time horror classics and erase a shameful gap in my movie-going records. This Halloween, I finally sat down to enjoy…er…”Halloween”. John Carpenter’s 1978 classic (released in 1979 in the UK) is a masterclass in lo-fi, high … Continue reading Halloween (1979) #MonthOfSpooks Review

The Black Cauldron (1985) #Rediscovered

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Infamous as the movie which almost killed off Disney’s animation studio (the “The Little Mermaid”-led renaissance was still four years off), “The Black Cauldron” staggered into cinemas in 1985, mortally wounded by a butchering edit at the hands of Jeffrey Katzenberg and a critical mismatch between the source material and the studio behind it. Loosely … Continue reading The Black Cauldron (1985) #Rediscovered