Rise of the Robots
Experts warn that within years robots will be able to carry out any human job. Where next for humanity, as even robot beggars predicted for near future?
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Medical Magic
Government plans to break junior doctors’ dispute by using blackleg alternative medical practitioners, including voodoo priests, spiritualists and shamans, revealed. Patients complain of use of animal sacrifices instead of pharmaceuticals.
Read MoreDaughter of de Sade
The plot of this sixties exploitation movie involves the ‘daughter’ of de Sade giving a bloody good thrashing to various leading members of the establishment, including the aforementioned Tory MP, a High Court Judge, a Bishop and a minor Royal, in order to expose the hypocrisies of the ruling classes, showing that they themselves are practitioners of the very same sexual perversions her ancestor was persecuted for writing about.
Read MorePaint it Blue (North Wind, 1972)
A dire 1970s British comedy that, even for that period, is scraping the bottom of the bottom of the barrel, ‘Paint it Blue’, is a tale of heroic British farting in the face of Fascism.
Read MoreCaptain Laser (Resal Films, 2002)
Captain Laser, was one of the few British superhero figures to make it to the screen during the superhero movie boom, albeit in this independently made and barely distributed adaptation with aspirations way beyond its budget.
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Godzilla Vs Osama (Hardlob International, 2002)
An opportunistic piece of copyright infringement from 2002, this film posits a ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ plot pitching the man-in-the-lizard-suit against Osama bin Laden.
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Bondage of Robin Hood (Tapette, 1972)
A curious film made in 1970s France, ‘Bondage’ is perhaps the only example of a homo-erotic attempt at the Robin Hood legend. For the most part it follows the traditional version of the oft-told tale, its only new addition to the myth being a strange sub-plot concerning the very gay Sheriff of Nottingham…
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Apes a Go Go! (Macaque, 1966)
A 1960’s cult favourite involving a stash of weed, hippies, a VW beetle, and a gorilla that periodically turns invisible. The plot, such as it is, involves our heroes falling in with some anti-vivisectionists, joining their plan to break into some government labs secretly growing top dope for the army. In the chaos of the raid they run off with a large quantity of weed and, unwittingly, an invisible gorilla that leads to many laughs, until they discover what is going on.
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