How to Get Ahead in Advertising 1989  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge, Mick Ford, Jacqueline Pearce, Pauline Melville, Hugh Armstrong
Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant) is an extremely successful advertising executive–that is, until he has a mental block and can't come up with an advertising campaign for an acne ointment. He considers getting out of this rat race, and then notices that a huge boil has developed on his shoulder. The boil becomes his alter ego, his "good" self, while his bad self returns to the advertising business. A good satire on today's culture.
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The Plague of the Zombies 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Zombies
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Andre Morell, Diane Clare, John Carson, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce, Alexander Davion, Michael Ripper, Marcus Hammond, Dennis Chinnery, Ben Aris, Louis Mahoney, Roy Royston
Doctor Thompson (Brook Williams) becomes suspicious over the mysterious deaths that are occurring in the village. He asks his mentor, James Forbes (Andre Morell), to investigate, and it is soon clear that the mad squire (John Carson) orders young workers killed and, through voodoo, the squire brings the bodies back to life as zombies to work in his tin mine. But there are obstacles to James' cleaning up this mess. Good plot and atmosphere.
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Princess Caraboo 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Austin
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea, Peter Eyre, Jacqueline Pearce, Roger Lloyd-Pack, John Sessions, John Wells, John Lynch, Kate Ashfield, Arkie Whiteley, Ewan Bailey
Supposedly based on a true story, this is the tale of a young woman (Phoebe Cates) who shows up in an English village during the early 1800s speaking a strange language. She is taken in by the Worralls (Jim Broadbent and Wendy Hughes) whose butler, Frexos (Kevin Kline) convinces them to have her tried for vagrancy. During the trial, she uses pantomime to convince the magistrate that her name is "Caraboo" and that she is a princess who was kidnapped by pirates but managed to escape by swimming ashore. The Worralls take her back to their home, but a reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), still thinks she is a fraud and investigates to find out whether or not Caraboo is telling the truth. Fun, with a good cast and story.
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The Reptile 1966 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Ripper, John Laurie, Marne Maitland, Harold Goldblatt, Charles Lloyd Pack, Harold Pinter
Mysterious deaths occur in an English village, and a naive young couple, Valerie (Jennifer Daniel) and Harry (Ray Barrett) Spalding, seem to be right in the middle of the action.
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| 1. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967)
2. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
3. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
aka: The Zombies
4. Princess Caraboo (1994)
5. The Reptile (1966)
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