Gaslight

Saw 'Gaslight' at the local film club this week finishing off our yearly three film pass.

Reading its synopsis, I was easily hooked by references to atmospheric foggy London street scenes and there were plenty of them.

The basic plot focuses on a traumatised woman who moves back to the house where her aunt was murdered when she was young.

Ingrid Bergman does well in the lead role as she starts seeing and hearing things in the rather sinister house.
Her new husband convinces her she is going crazy and a young Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote) as the overly-confident housekeeper slowly dissolves her confidence. Who can save her now?

Though it was predictable, it built tension till the final scene. Would definitely watch it again.

Gamebox 1.0

After collecting ex-DVDs for a couple of months straight, I'm finally getting round to watching some of them.
It is becoming painfully clear that I was slightly misguided in my choices ranging from bad to worse.
Last night, I sat down to watch my first sci-fi action choice and was pleasantly surprised.

'Gamebox 1.0' - action/thriller set in the virtual game world of video games was pretty exciting. Our hero is a 20 something guy, depressed after his girlfriend was shot by a crooked cop. His past makes him a perfect pawn for a game that won't let you quit till you've either won or dead.

High pitched game music and low-budget computer generated sets were quite funny to watch combined with the rather clunky dialogue.

I quite liked it though and it happily chewed away a few hours from my Monday night. Maybe there are some actual bargains in the sale bin!