Nativity
- Had the last 20 minutes not been the children putting on the nativity, I'd have probably marked this at least half a popcorn more. Maybe more. I've tried to be fair-minded about this, but an otherwise sweet and quite amusing British comedy became a screeching saccharine fest at the end. I even sped through some of it, just so I didn't have to endure the boy band, emphasis on the word "boy" and some other caterwauling. If you can stand attending actual nativity plays or Britain Got Talent when small children sing, you probably won't have a problem with it. For me, it's like nails down a blackboard.
Tai-Pan
- An old school sweeping, epic adventure drama. Were it not for the nudity, it really could've been made at any time from the 1930's to the 80, so classic is it's narrative. (I cut it off there as after that they'd have started using digital effects and, while you often can't tell with the 'invisible effects, the overall feeling is never the same')
Not really my kind of thing, but I stayed with it and it gets bonus points for looking gorgeous, 80's stalwart Bryan Brown (and his Scottish accent) and Joan Chen looking as good as she ever has, IMO.
The House That Dripped Blood
- I'm not a fan of portmanteau films, but, the British ones, at least, do often offer a plethora of familiar faces and this one's no exception to that rule. We have Christopher Lee scared of his own daughter, Jon Pertwee as a vampire, while Peter Cushing gets his head chopped off. It does, as they usually do to me, feel as if someone took four episodes of Tales Of The Unexpected and set them all in the same place, but that's not a bad thing. It is what it is and you'll probably not give it more than a passing glance, but sometimes that's all you want.
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Oh, I was impressed.
