Movie Minx

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick MacGee, Michael Bates Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Plot: Alex, a charming young sociopath who loves both violence and Beethoven, is jailed for murder and volunteers for an experimental brainwashing treatment to reform criminals in exchange for a shorter sentence. But is it any good? “You’re a film student and you haven’t [...]

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers Directed by: Charles Chaplin Plot: The Tramp falls for a blind flower girl and befriends an alcoholic millionaire, swallows a whistle and falls into a canal 50 times. But is it any good? 1931 and Chaplin still wasn’t talking! And fair enough, as he was undeniably the comic [...]

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray Directed by: Billy Wilder Plot: An upwardly-mobile office drone begins hiring out his apartment to senior management for their flings in return for promises of a fast-track rise through the company. But things get complicated once his own feelings come into it. But is it any good? I [...]

<br /> Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Plot: Five suited men named after colours are involved in a bungled diamond heist. When some meet in their warehouse HQ later, they realise one must be a rat. But which? Cue accusations and one unattached ear. But [...]

<br /> Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich Directed by: Fritz Lang Plot: It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don’t know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don’t have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together [...]