Tuesday 27 July 2010

MacKintosh man

If the Film Board ever edit a new trailer to promote Ireland as a film location they could do well to use the scene from this movie where a car drives off the Cliffs of Moher! That will never happen as The MacKintosh Man is a rare film from director Huston. Newman works for MacKintosh (Andrews) and gets sent to jail for a diamond robbery (Kilmainham of course!). There he escapes and gets drugged. He wakes up in a mansion and then he gets beaten up, sets fire to the house, kicks a woman in the groin(!), drowns a dog(!), visits a pub full of famous Irish character actors, and gets chased. Then it's off to Malta to finish the story. The West of Ireland scenes are impressive and extremely visual (in a non-tourist way!). Well worth a look but like most spy thrillers this one has dated.

Master of the world

Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...