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Anti-Brexit, proud Remoaner, anti-Tory, pro-PR, hates film/video censorship, loves 3-D movies. Dog person (though cats are OK, too).

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@Mag1cH0ur Russell Davies showing himself up as yet another 'critic' talking to himself rather than the audience he's ostensibly there to serve. His entire schtick is that JAWS is very entertaining, but will be remembered as 'rubbish' (hah!). So it's, er... good rubbish? Bollocks, sez I...

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@Mag1cH0ur First saw this as an ad in my local newspaper, with the immortal tagline: "It's not his nose that grows!" I think we can all agree, SO much better than the limp rubbish they've replaced it with here...

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@JonHufton @Mag1cH0ur Same here. But I saw it much earlier as ISLAND OF DEATH, on a double bill with a film I don't remember (possibly TOURIST TRAP). No wonder the 'main' feature is gone from my memory - totally outclassed by the superb 'support' item! Classic shocker.

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@Mag1cH0ur Still bitterly regret the loss of the X certificate. 'X' always meant something forbidden and illicit, whereas '18' is just... accountancy.

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New BBFC Certificates came into play on this day December 19th, 1982..

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On this day December 16th, 1971, UP THE CHASTITY BELT, starring Frankie Howerd, opened in London at ABC2 Shaftesbury Avenue..

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On this day December 12th, 1997, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER opened in London..

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On this day December 10th, 1964, CARRY ON CLEO opened in London at the Warner before heading to North London the following month..

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On this day December 5th, 1974, Pete Walker's FRIGHTMARE, starring Sheila Keith and Rupert Davies, opened at the London Pavilion..

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On this day November 30th, 1972, THE AMAZING MR. BLUNDEN opened in London @CurzonMayfair ..

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@Mag1cH0ur Whatever the hell Ferman thought would happen to us plebs if exposed to this particular film, er... didn't. It played in London to no effect. And now it's everywhere. A classic, even. And no one's been 'harmed' by it at all. Almost like Ferman was full of...

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@JonHufton @Mag1cH0ur The BBFC had the same issue with it when first submitted. They tried cutting it, but no matter what they did, it was still every bit as 'problematic' as James Ferman imagined it to be. So they opted to ban it, only for the GLC to accept their own edited version.

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On this day, November 30th, 2001, Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE opened in London..

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On this day November 25th, 1955, Charles Laughton's THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters, opened at the London Pavilion..

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@Mag1cH0ur Desperately needs a Blu-ray upgrade. The last UK DVD release from Mr. Bongo (back in the mists of time) was the US version, minus around 6 mins of footage, courtesy of our old friend Harvey Weinstein...

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STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE opened in London on this day November 25th, 1994..

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On this day November 22nd, 1979, George A. Romero's MARTIN opened in London..

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@Mag1cH0ur Never understood the sheer frothing hatred for this film, a reaction which has always seemed overly hysterical to me. Not the Greatest Masterpiece in the History of Cinema, but a perfectly watchable (and very expensive!) potboiler...

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On this day November 6th, 1980, John Carpenter's THE FOG opened in London..

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On this day November 6th, 1980, THE CHANGELING opened in London..