Way Back Home (Jibeuro Ganeun Gil) (2013) 8/10

The Dark Valley (Das finstere Tal) (2014) 6/10

I resaw Galaxy Quest (1999). Good entertaining film about the stars of a popular science fiction series at a fans convention coming to the assistance of some aliens who believe that their characters are real. The Galaxy Quest series is obviously a clone of the original Star Trek series.

The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942) 9/10

Jubilation Street (Kanko no machi) (1944) 7/10

Bogowie (2014) 8/10

Smoking Room (2002) 6/10

I Was A Male War Bride (1949) 7.5/10

Bad Luck (Zezowate szczescie) (1960) 8/10

I saw it as a take on The Magnificent Seven, same as 'The Three Amigos' was.

Didn't seem to relate to Star Trek to me.

PS. I loved it!

I resaw The Birds (1963) for the umpteenth time.

Mommy (2014) 9/10

Sea Fog (Haemoo) (2014) 8/10

I resaw Psycho (1960).

The lead male character Sam Loomis (played by John Gavin) ran a hardware store. At the end of the film he is present during the scene where s psychiatrist explains what had happened with Norman Bates' mind.

After the end of Psycho Sam Loomis decided to give up the hardware store and trained to become a psychiatirst himself at the Smith's Grove sanitarium. 18 years after Psycho he returned to films (now played by Donlald Pleasance) in Halloween and later films in that series.

Saw the 1949 version of Little Women. Pleasant film but June Allyson as Jo was too old for that character.

I resaw Journey into Fear (1942/3). A rather muddled thriller based on a book by Eric Ambler starring Joseph Cotten, and featuring Orson Welles. The third feature film from Mercury Productions (first Citizen Kane, second The Magnificent Ambersons) and did feature other actors who had been in those films.

The film was started by Orson Welles, it was taken out of his hands by the studio bosses, and Norman Foster was credited as director.

Welles and Cotten are credited as having written the script. To what extent Welles was involved with the directing is not known, but the start of the film did seem to have a bit of Welles' touch with the camera moving in a bit like this from Citizen Kane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th8cuq9tzZk

I watched The Tree of Life (2011), the Terrence Malick film.

Unusual film about the creation, life and death. Malick seems to be trying to be another Andrei Tarkovsky, but doesn't succeed.

Special effects by Douglas Trumbell, who was heavily involved with 2001, a Space Odyssey. The film is not a science fiction film, but is as obscure as the last part of 2001.

Brilliant photography and good use of music are the main reasons to see the film.

Watched The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Very similar story to the 2002 film.

I watched "Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired girl" (2009) directed by Manoel de Oliveira.

It was based on a 19th century short story and although set in modern times, it felt like a 19th century story. For instance the young man who works for his uncle wants to marry, aske him for his permission, the uncle refuses, and sacks him on the spot throwing him out.

The most notable thing about the film is that the director (who recently died) was 101 at the time and the world's oldest working director of feature films.

I watched The Dark Crystal (1982), fantasy from Jim Henson and Frank Oz.

Aughra, the wise one, was voiced by Billie Whitelaw. Kira voiced by Lisa Maxwell (Samantha Nixon in The Bill), and her pet Fizzigig by Percy Edwards (who was famous for his bird voice imitations and also of animals).

I watched The Passenger (1975) directed by Michelangelo Antonion and starring Jack Nicholson and also Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre and Ian Hendry.

Maria Schneider meets a lost soul, has a relationship with him until he is shot dead. Not the first Maria Schneider film to which that summary matches.

I saw Labyrinth (1986), another fantasy from Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Starred Jennifer Connelly in an early role and David Bowie as the goblin king. Scripted by Terry Jones.

There was a scene in it where the girl has been entranced into the goblin king's castle in a ballroom with many people dancing. It reminded me of last Sunday's episode of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell where there's a similar scene and Marc Warren's appearance as outlandish as Bowie's.

The last two films I saw were Quatermass 2 , and Hitchcock's Suspicious  

Did you know that most films made since those films are in colour

The oldest film I remember seeing in the cinema was The Wizard of Oz. I also saw Gone with the Wind in the cinema which was made around the same time. And Pinocchio which was made shortly afterwards.

(I should say that I saw them on re-releases rather than when originally released )