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The War Game (1963)

A remarkably effective short film.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

War of the Buttons (1994)

I really loved this. The actors were very charismatic. Some scenes would provoke moral spasms now - such has civilisation been sacrificed to hysterics since the early 90s. Am I the only one to see something a little homoerotic in Geronimo's relationship to Fergus? Probably.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

A masterpiece. Leonard Proxauf is brilliant as young Martin

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

For me, this is a classic, and vastly preferable to the 2005 version. Peter Ostrum is so much more natural and real than Freddie Highmore, who is rather wooden by contrast, Gene Wilder is brilliant as always, and infinitely preferable to Johnny Depp, and the whole film is much more bright, colourful and animated than its 21st century successor. The musical numbers are memorable as well. The Region 1 DVD has an informative and entertaining commentary track featuring some of the cast.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Wolfskinder (2013)

Sensitively acted, especially by Levin Liam. A beautiful film in every respect.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Y Adán y (1971)

Philosophical allegory - oh yes!

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996)

Corey Carrier is incredibly engaging and personable as Young Indy (not to mention a nice looking lad!), a completely natural actor, in what must be his most memorable screen role. My favourite episode is the 'Greek' one, the unaired episode that became the second half of the 1996 TV movie "Travels with Father". [The screencaps that make up the Gallery have all been taken from this episode.] Young Indy visits the Mount Athos monastery (strangely, unless my memory is faulty, the name of the famous monastery is never mentioned on screen) and gets to meet Nikos Kazantzakis. The episode has some nice father-son moments as well - indeed, it is the only time when Indy's cold, stand-offish father ever really has an emotional connection with his son. The Corey Carrier episodes are undoubtedly my favourites. In later episodes, a slightly older Indy is played by Sean Patrick Flanery, who is a very handsome young man. To be honest, I found him rather less sympathetic as a character, because he always seems, frankly, slightly dim. He seems hellbent on killing and/or getting himself killed. After a brief stint fighting in the Mexican Revolution with Pancho Villa, he goes off to fight in the Great War because, as he keeps reiterating, the consequences of a German victory are "unthinkable" (why?). Having learned 'respect for life' from Albert Schweitzer, he expresses this by saying that he's now fighting in order to bring the war to an end (presumably this means that previously he was fighting in order to PROLONG the war); though he still thinks exclusively in terms of an Allied victory - cue more slaughter. Having said all that, the Sean Patrick Flanery episodes are still really excellent. Indeed, overall, this series succeeds in actually being BETTER than the Indiana Jones films with Harrison Ford - which is quite something.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

The Believers (1987)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Bolshoe kosmicheskoe puteshestvie (1975)

Superb acting from the kids, spontaneous outbreaks of collective dancing - love it!

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Bugsy Malone (1976)

Kind of like "The Godfather", but with cream pies instead of bullets. What is there not to like? Scott Baio is terrific as Bugsy. The musical numbers are absolutely superb.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Burnt Offerings (1976)

A fabulous cast, who give terrific performances in this atmospheric, suspenseful and intelligent horror movie, building up to a great climactic scene. Just marvellous!

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Carrie's War (1974)

Well, I haven't read the book, so I can't judge the miniseries in terms of how well it realises the novel, but I have to say that Nick was by far my favourite character in the series. He's very boyish and loves biscuits; but more than that, he's a sort of one-boy-campaign against cant and hypocrisy, who always speaks his mind and is never cowed by Mr Evans, which is quite admirable!

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Cesta z mesta (2000)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Is it just me or is there something faintly sleazy about Mr. Tumnus? It's something about his exposed nipples. Mr. Tumnus has sleazy nipples. This adaptation is enjoyable, Skandar Keynes is great, as is the handsome William Moseley, and Tilda Swinton is particularly memorable as the White Witch. Having said that, I am not a fan of CGI, and I must admit that I prefer the 1988 BBC miniseries, made on a fraction of the budget.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Cider with Rosie (1998)

I personally prefer the 1971 film, but this is certainly a fine effort, and Joe Roberts makes a very handsome Laurie.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

David Copperfield (2000)

Good, solid adaptation of Dickens' novel, with some fine performances - in particular Frank McCusker is a gorgeously creepy Uriah Heep, Anthony Andrews a sinister Edward Murdstone, and Max Dolbey in the first half is an immensely likeable Young David Copperfield.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Deathwatch (2002)

I think this works well as a mystery.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)

Almost as good as its predecessor, and Zachary Gordon is a wonderful and highly personable young actor.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Don Bosco (2004)

A good movie, though I prefer the 1988 film about the saint. One difference between the two films is that in the 1988 film Don Bosco is very tactile and physically affectionate with his boys. In the 2004 movie, by contrast, he hardly touches them - you'd think they had leprosy or something. This no doubt reflects a shift in our culture between the 1980s and the 21st century, and it is a sad indictment of western 'civilisation' (ha ha ha) that normal affection is now regarded with suspicion.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Escape from the Dark (1976)

Andrew Harrison and Benji Bolgar are both great in this wonderful movie. I like the way that the latter pronounces the word "skeletons" as "skelingtons". Disney at its finest.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

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