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S tebou me baví svet (1982)

A fluffy, insubstantial comedy, centred mainly around the spousal relationships of three married couples, with a bit of slapstick thrown in for good measure. Bafflingly popular in its native Czechoslovakia.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Salas u malom ritu (1976)

A truly wonderful film about three boys in a German occupied village in Yugoslavia during the Second World War. One of the boys takes revenge on the Germans for having been humiliated and hit by a German officer in front of others. This unleashes a chain of events that will transform the villagers' lives for good. There is a young German soldier, Sep, who seems gentler and kinder than the others, and clearly likes the boys, and the boys intuitively like him alone out of the German soldiers. The film grew from an earlier popular TV series on Yugoslav television.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Salem's Lot (1979)

Actually, I think this is the most genuinely scary vampire movie I've ever seen. I saw it when I was a little kid, and the vampire boy scratching at the window gave me nightmares for ages - still does.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Samostoyatelnaya zhizn (1992)

As good in its own way as its predecessor ("Freeze, Die, Come to Life"). Pavel Nazarov is a great actor and a very beautiful youth (watch the uncensored version!).

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

The Sandlot (1993)

Very lightweight, and a tad formulaic - but enjoyable. One feels that the movie fancies itself a "Stand By Me" for the nineties, but lacks the emotional depth. Still, on its own terms it has a certain charm. The acting is not exactly subtle, but Thomas Guiry is a remarkably photogenic boy.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Schatjes! (1984)

I really love it!

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Sciuscià (1946)

A masterpiece on every level.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Scrooge (1951)

Still the best film version of "A Christmas Carol" ever made. And if that doesn't deserve ten stars, then I don't know what does!

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Scrooge (1935)

A decent adaptation, with some nice moments - though the narrative sometimes seems a little rushed and truncated, as though the writers and actors were trying to join the dots as quickly as possible. Scrooge's transformation after seeing Marley's ghost is so instantaneous that the various ghosts that follow are really quite redundant. Philip Frost is quite wonderful as Tiny Tim. Certainly worth viewing at least once.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007)

Alexander Ludwig gives a creditable performance in what is otherwise a disappointingly lacklustre movie.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Shadow Builder (1997)

Actually, I think it's a shade better (no pun intended!) than the other reviews on this page might lead one to expect. There really is something quite absurdly enjoyable about a priest who packs guns with laser sights, dispatches people with gay abandon, and tells law enforcement officers to f--- off. One feels it's the kind of concept one must have seen before in some other movie, and yet I don't think I have. Yes, the film's ridiculous, but in a charming B-movie sort of way. In any case, I rather enjoyed it.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Sibir, Monamur (2011)

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Den Sidste Viking (1997)

Really superb story, with a real depth. A Nordic bleakness pervades this film. Some of the cinematagraphy is very striking. Holger Thaarup puts in a fine performance as Harald. A coming-of-age masterpiece.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Sigurd Drakedreper (1989)

This is actually much better than the other reviewers' ratings on this page would lead one to suspect. Yes, it's historical nonsense - in fact pure New Age hokum - absurdly situated in a Viking village. But so long as one puts aside historical verisimilitude (and provided one can look past the lead's rather frightful wig), one will find that this film is a thoroughly charming story about the camaraderie of boys. Sigurd (Kristian Tonby) makes friends with a captured Frankish boy who saves him from drowning, and the two strip naked by the riverside in order to get dry (and, I expect, to give the camera an opportunity to admire their youthful physiques). There isn't even a hint of heterosexual romance in the whole thing. Gradually, by forging new alliances amongst his own generation, Sigurd gains in courage and navigates a new, less warlike path, for his people. The premise of the film is that all boys are natural comrades, and that the love and loyalty of boys for each other is capable of solving all society's conflicts. Damn it, you KNOW it's true!

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Simon and the Witch (1987-1988)

A series where all the sympathetic child characters are male, and where the boys do not spend all their time gazing at the girls in adoration (quite the contrary!)...in other words, a series made before identity politics took over the BBC and its programming output turned to crap. Elizabeth Spriggs makes a wonderful witch, all the boy actors are great, and Hugh Pollard clicks his heels beautifully in the closing credit sequence.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Sinister 2 (2015)

The Sloan brothers are just great in this stylish, if somewhat flawed, movie.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Skippy and the Intruders (1969)

What worked well in a 25 minute format seems terribly overlong stretched to 1 1/2 hours. Skippy herself is quite superfluous in this story. The final sequence on the sand dunes is visually quite impressive. Overall, it's a pity that they chose not to do anything more imaginative with the feature length format than just attempting to stretch a fairly humdrum 'Skippy' episode to fill the available time. A 'skipped' opportunity (sorry!).

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

Skyggenes dal (2017)

Gorgeous.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Slepoy dozhd (1968)

I love the little dance that the boy with the bucket of paint does! (@11:00-11:40)

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

So Dear to My Heart (1949)

Excellent Disney film with lots of barefoot boys in a rural town in Indiana in 1903. Bobby Driscoll was a fine actor - as he showed in "The Window" and "Song of the South", and as he shows in this film as well. Not a very deep story, and both the songs and the blending of live action with animation are not quite on the same level as "Song of the South", but the superb acting makes up for it. Recommended.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

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