[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Kick the Cock (2008) - A Tinto Brass short that goes a little further than usual for a Brass picture, (at least the ones I've seen anyway), Starring Brass himself it once again is a case of a bare arse every other shot.......and Brass' prosthetic knob getting some self service!

From 1960 - part 2

The Magnificent Seven - Hmm! A classic no doubt but it really didn't do anything for me, mine you I was fighting sleep at the time so that didn't help.

La Dolce Vita - I've seen a few Fellini movies in my wander down cinematic history and as yet to find one that I actually like. This sad to say joins the other that I've seen. Classic though it may be it failed to hold my attention and I ended up splitting the picture into two sittings.

The Appartment - Winner of the Best picture Oscar for 1960 and also the BAFTA Best film from any source. It was also the final picture made in B&W to win the Academy Best Picture award until Schindler's List in 1993.

Flaming Star - The first Presley film of the year is a western with only one song in it, actually a pretty good movie. It also stars Barbara Eden in a role that was originally supposed to star Barbara Steele but because of the latters accent studio execs decided against her.

G.I. Blues - The second Presley movie is a full on musical with Juliet Prowse who has one of the greatest pair of legs in cinema! I found myself tapping my foot to the music.

Carry on Constable - Another early entry, (ooher missus), in the Carry On franchise. This one introducing Sid James to the series.

Breathless - Jean-Luc Goddards first feature length picture and the birth of the French New wave genre.

Elmer Gantry - Based on the controversial novel by Sinclair Lewis, this stars Burt Lancaster as a conman/preacher who takes up with Jean Simmon's evangelist. Lancaster gives a great performance.

Psycho - Haven't seen this in years and TBH wasn't that impressed when I did originally see it, but this time around I gained a new appreciation for this classic, and on blu it really does stand out.

Spartacus - Kubrick and Douglas' epic tale of the slave rebellion led by the Thracian Spartacus that occurred during Romes Republic. Starring four of cinemas greatest actors, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton and Peter Ustinov. Controversial in that it was Dalton Trumbo who wrote the screenplay based on Howard Fast's novel. Both had been dragged before the HUAC and both ended up having been jailed and then blacklisted in Hollywood. This movie went some way to counteract that, although Hedda Hopper urged everyone not to see the movie.

Tarzan the Magnificent - Gordon Scott's final film as Tarzan, its a bit of a drag really. Tarzan escorts a prisoner through the jungle and swamps chased by the prisoners family led by John Carradine. Ironically the prisoner is played by Jock Mahoney who would be cast as Tarzan in the next two movies.

The Pure Hell Of St Trinians - The third in the series shifts the 'action' away from the school to Arabia! where the sixth formers are kidnapped by Sid James to be part of a sheik's harem. Again starring George Cole and a fare few British stars from other popular franchises/studios at the time.