Saturday, 19 June 2010

Last leprechaun

Here's one that will never appear on the Irish Film Board's promotional trailer! Made in South Africa(?) but set in Ireland it's the well-worn story of two kids staying with their future (evil) step mother. They meet a leprechaun who's is fleeing from foresters and they have an adventure. One of a small number of Irish movies with an environment theme (Taffin is another). The script is stronger than most homegrown efforts but the effects are terrible. The acting is more suited to pantomime and the story runs out of steam towards the end. Really for kids but it's an entertaining and interesting commercial effort.

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 ...