Film Reviews by Steve

Three Edwardian men (odd trio Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson and Laurence Harvey) seek to escape their domestic woes, by whiling away some hours on a boat...

Many fine films have hung on flimsier hooks than this. It is the idiotic slapstick, the relentless jolliness, the faux hyper-poshness, the bonnets and all the cringeworthy cherchez-la-femming that make this such an ordeal.

A prostitute is killed in Nazi occupied Warsaw. One of three high ranking Generals is responsible...

A dud, all the more disappointing in that it was directed by the respected Anatole Litvak. An international cast competes to deliver the most misjudged performance; Tom Courtney wins for his cowardly, diffident womaniser.

With particularly poor script and editing, this unfocused film is way too long, and not quite weird enough to be fun.

This isn't a great film , but is easily the best of the old black and white Saint films, with Hayward a charismatic and ambiguous hero. Much better than George Sanders. Paul Guilfoyle and a startlingly young Jack Carson are great as a pair of idiot hoods.

At one time, Hitchcock was down to make this his first American film.

So-so period piece stolen by a cameo by John McGiver as a banking dullard with a fascination for ornithology; particularly in a scene where he teaches James Stewart how to walk... Otherwise, few laughs, but blandly inoffensive typical late Stewart harassed-dad farce.

Black character comedy in the style of Mike Leigh. Quite funny, though I can imagine some may find its casual violence offensive. A dull caravaner dispenses sudden, brutal justice against the trivial thoughtlessness he encounters; his lonely, pliant girlfriend joins him, in a desire to be whatever it takes to keep him.

Travels close to the intolerance and anger and bitter humour at the heart of the UK. And the beauty of its countryside.

Typical Hollywood bio-hokum. With a poor sense of (20s) period. But it looks a million dollars and the gorgeous widescreen b&w gleams. A young Paul Newman is wasted in an unremarkable role as a prohibition bootlegger.

Problem in costuming when a number of the female cast mostly resemble Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot.

No budget C Movie. Great title. The aliens could have been created by scouts for the Gang Show. But still watchable and reasonably acted.

Heartbreaking, devastating Louis Malle WWII story of Jewish children hidden from the Nazis in a Christian school. Sensitive and detailed film also lands all its big punches.

One of Paul Newman's better eighties roles. Typical liberal and sincere Lumet expose of US medicine versus the little guy. Coming your way soon...

Coppola makes a European style arthouse fantasy on a soundstage, and lets Tom Waits sing all over it. The 80s' Citizen Kane... Tremendously appealing performances, particularly Nastassja Kinski's sexy Circus Girl.

Great dialogue. Fantastic brain troubling concept. Proper pre-CGI effects and sets. And incredible stunts. The intense final sequence of the film is as exhilarating as the action film gets.

Tender and compassionate tale of assorted losers and wannabes who always miss out on their dreams. Burt Lancaster is superb.

Raw, highly imaginative love story/fantasy of lost souls Binoche and Lavant, slowly evolving from monsters into angels. A remarkable achievement.

Ridley Scott's intelligent fusion of Philip K Dick and Metropolis is an all round triumph, visually, emotionally and intellectually. The sets and models are marvellous. But, as well as the superb visuals, there is a very moving human story.

No other film comes close for rendering the the horror of war on the screen. An overwhelming cinematic experience, though necessarily shocking and distressing.