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The Fourth Victim (1971)

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Yield to the Night (1956) J. Lee Thompson

January 1st 2024

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Watching Yield to the Night, and holy cow, it’s good. I have a newfound respect for Diana Dors. And now I feel like she never got the chance to really progress as a man actress.

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Busy, busy, busy bee And Other Poems

By Michael Craig Busy, busy, busy bee Busy, busy, busy, bee. Buzzing by so busily. Busy, busy, busy, bee. Landing upon a flowering tree. Busy, busy, busy, bee. Nectar sweet is what he seeks. Busy, busy, busy, bee. Flying home so happily. Busy, busy, busy, bee. Honey sweet he makes for me. Mother’s Grace God gave her grace when she was born. With Presence and beauty, she was adorned. When…

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THE FOURTH VICTIM (1971) Reviews of Giallo thriller plus free to watch online in 4K

The Fourth Victim is a 1971 Giallo mystery thriller film about a wealthy Englishman who finds his third wife dead in their swimming pool. After the police discover that his first two wives also died suddenly, a criminal investigation is launched. Meanwhile, an attractive new neighbour moves into an old mansion nearby… Directed by Eugenio Martín (Horror Express) from a screenplay co-written by…

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Michael Craig-Barbara Bates "La guarida" (House of secrets) 1956, de Guy Green.

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Baseado em uma história real: "O real caçador do sol" (The royal hunt of the sun)

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Yield to the Night

The sight of Diana Dors crossing a dance floor as a piano plays “The Very Thought of You” is enough to make even straight women and gay men forget those little ordinary things that everyone ought to do. That’s not her look through most of J. Lee Thompson’s YIELD TO THE NIGHT (1956, Criterion Channel through last night), released here as BLONDE SINNER, and the film is far from a daydream. Although it opens with the glamorous star committing murder, it then switches to her time on death row with no makeup, her natural hair color and her hair pulled back starkly. It’s an amazing transformation, but that would be just showmanship if she didn’t have the acting chops to back it up. She delivers a harrowing performance as a woman waiting to find out if she’s been granted a last-minute reprieve. J. Lee Thompson’s direction focuses on details, starting with the murder, depicted through shots of walking feet, a key in a lock, packages in a car, etc. He doesn’t cut to a closeup of Dors until she pulls out the gun. In prison, he focuses on every detail of her cell and the matron attending her. Thompson’s wife, Joan Henry, had been in prison and captured the mind-numbing routine and lack of privacy in her original novel and the screenplay she co-wrote. Those details are foremost in Dors’ mind, as relayed in voice overs. Thompson’s direction is fluid, with some great cuts and camera angles. At the same time, it often feels this is all to cover up the threadbare murder plot. Dors’ life before prison seems like a cautionary tale for young women apt to fall for the wrong man. She leaves her husband for pianist Michael Craig, only to have him dump her for a wealthy socialite. The film’s focus, however, is on the dehumanizing effect of prison life and, even though Dors is unrepentant, the inhumanity of making her pay for the crime with her life. Still, the dice are loaded in her favor. Not only can we see how Craig’s ill treatment has damaged her psyche; we also barely get to know the victim, and there are hints throughout that she treated Craig even worse than he treated Dors. The supporting cast is wonderful, with Yvonne Mitchell as a sympathetic matron, Marie Ney as the prison governess, Mona Washbourne as Craig’s landlady and the radiant Athene Seyler as a woman campaigning for prison reform and visiting inmates simply to offer them some comfort. The film is so good it’s hard to believe Thompson would later direct unmitigated schlock like MACKENNA’S GOLD (1969) and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (1981). It’s hard to believe he could even stomach pictures like that.

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Eyewitness (1956) Muriel Box

August 14th 2022

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Bad movie I have Mysterious Island 1961

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Star! 1968

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South park shenanigans (P1???)

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Some Pandaverse women 🤑