45% (3) How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 110 min, R, [Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Robert B. Weide] [03 Oct 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 37%, Metacritic: 35%, External Reviews
Actors: Danny Huston, Janette Scott, Kelan Pannell, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Simon Pegg
Writer: Peter Straughan (screenplay), Toby Young (book)
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Plot: Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamor. His alternative magazine, "Post Modern Review", pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based "Sharps" magazine it's something of a shock! It seems "Sharps" editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes. Initially helping him out at Sharps is colleague Alison Olsen, who has her own secret. Wither their friendship?
Rotten Tomatoes: Frequent Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B. Weide makes his feature directorial debut with this screen adaptation of British writer Toby Young's comedic novel of the same name. When self-promoting scribe Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) accepts a position as a contributing editor for iconic fashion magazine "Sharps," his subsequent attempts to ingratiate himself with both his egotistical boss, Clayton Harding, and the superficial celebrities who populate the pages of the magazine prove disastrously hilarious. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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70% (2) Invasion of the Triffids 93 min, Approved, [Horror, Sci-Fi] [Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis] [27 Apr 1963]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, External Reviews
Actors: Howard Keel, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Nicole Maurey
Writer: Bernard Gordon (screenplay), Philip Yordan (front for Bernard Gordon), John Wyndham (novel)
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Plot: A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the population go blind. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of some Triffids: experimental plants that are capable of moving themselves around and attacking people. In the film version, however, the Triffids are not experimental plants. Instead they are space aliens whose spores have arrived in an earlier meteor shower.
Rotten Tomatoes: Adapted from the novel by John Wyndham, this intelligent British monster movie begins with a meteor shower so intensely bright that it blinds the majority of the world's population, rendering them vulnerable to attack from hordes of carnivorous plants known as "Triffidus Celestus" grown from meteor-borne spores. As the plant-monsters continue to multiply and seek human prey, the remaining sighted people join forces to combat the veggie invaders. One such survivor, an American seaman (Howard Keel) whose eyes were bandaged during the meteorite impact, battles his way through the Triffid ranks. Meanwhile, a couple (Kieron Moore and Janette Scott are trapped in a lighthouse. Good production values make this low-budget effort look more expensive than it probably was; the uncredited assistance of Freddie Francis -- who directed several scenes with a second unit -- also helps.
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75% (1) School for Scoundrels 94 min, Approved, [Comedy] [Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester, Cyril Frankel] [24 Mar 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, External Reviews
Actors: Alastair Sim, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Terry-Thomas
Writer: Stephen Potter (novels), Patricia Moyes (screenplay), Hal E. Chester (screenplay)
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Plot: Based on the Stephen Potter "One Upmanship" and "Lifemanship" books, Henry Palfrey tries hard to impress but always loses out to the rotter Delauney. Then he discovers the Lifeman college run by "Professor" Potter and discovers the secrets of success. But has he the courage to put all his lessons into effect?
Rotten Tomatoes: This the tale of hapless Henry Palfrey's attempts to turn his luck around by enrolling in Lifeman College.
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74% (1) The Devil's Disciple 83 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, History, Romance] [Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick] [20 Aug 1959]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, External Reviews
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Janette Scott, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Writer: John Dighton (screenplay), Roland Kibbee (screenplay), George Bernard Shaw (based on the play by)
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Plot: In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend. The minister's wife, Judith, is moved by Dick's actions and mistakenly interprets them as an expression of love for her. In spite of his protestations she finds herself romantically attracted to him. Brought before British commander General Burgoyne, Dudgeon displays his willingness to die for his principles. At the last minute Dick is saved from ministerial pursuits to become a revolutionary leader.
Rotten Tomatoes: The Revolutionary War serves as the backdrop for this brilliant satire penned by George Bernard Shaw. Self-professed "devil's disciple" Dick Dudgeon (Mike Gwilym) -- who long ago scorned the piety and traditional values of his mother (Elizabeth Spriggs) -- returns home when his father dies. But after the British army arrives on the scene to lynch the village minister (Patrick Stewart), Dick finds that he can't escape his moral underpinnings.
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70% (1) Paranoiac 80 min, Not Rated, [Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller] [Freddie Francis] [15 May 1963]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Janette Scott, Maurice Denham, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell
Writer: Jimmy Sangster (screenplay)
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Plot: Eleven years earlier, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All that remains of the family is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there is a hitch in his plans when the long believed dead Tony Ashby suddenly arrives.
Rotten Tomatoes: A woman must contend with her family's madness as she finds her own sanity in doubt in this thriller from British horror masters Hammer Films. After the death of her parents, Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) would seem a safe bet to inherit their estate, but at the funeral, she's convinced that she has seen Tony (Alexander Davion), her brother who killed himself seven years ago. Eleanor's other sibling Simon (Oliver Reed), who is inarguably alive, uses this as an excuse to contest the will, arguing that Eleanor is mentally unstable and an unfit heir. Simon's claims cause Eleanor to wonder about her sanity, and in a moment of weakness she attempts suicide. Tony rescues her and tells her that he never died but simply went into hiding. He returns to the family's mansion, but soon he and Eleanor become the subject of a number of violent attacks by a masked lunatic before Eleanor learns a surprising secret about Tony. Paranoiac marked the directorial debut of ace cinematographer Freddie Francis. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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61% (1) Crack in the World 96 min, [Sci-Fi] [Andrew Marton] [15 Apr 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, External Reviews
Actors: Alexander Knox, Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
Writer: Jon Manchip White (story), Jon Manchip White (screenplay), Julian Zimet (screenplay)
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Plot: Dr. Stephen Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the earth. Despite dire warnings by fellow scientist Ted Rampion, Dr. Sorenson proceeds with the experiment after secretly learning that he is terminally ill. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's crust, which threatens to split the Earth in two if it is not stopped in time.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this sci-fi drama, a well-meaning old scientist makes a terrible mistake while searching for a way to get at the magma lying near the center of the earth. They begin drilling into the crust, but something goes wrong and an enormous crack appears, threatening to destroy the planet.
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54% (1) The Old Dark House 86 min, PG, [Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller] [William Castle] [31 Oct 1963]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 54%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Robert Morley, Tom Poston
Writer: Robert Dillon (screenplay), J.B. Priestley (based on "The Old Dark House" by)
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Plot: An American who sells cars in England receives a mysterious invitation from an old, eccentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother.
Rotten Tomatoes: This chilling comedy chronicles the spooky exploits of a Yankee car salesman working in London who sets out to deliver a car to a remote Welsh estate. Unfortunately he discovers the owner dead. As the grim night slowly passes, the remaining family members are bumped off at appallingly regular intervals.
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