Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

 

One by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

From memory: Fairly humorous, but quite silly crime mystery spoof is basically well-made and entertaining; Robert Morley, though, steals the show.

Halliwell*: "Unusual and lighthearted black comedy against the background of international gastronomy."

Maltin***: "Slick comedy whodunnit...has luscious views of Eurpean scenery and food, plus a magnificently funny role for Morley..." 

 

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Airport (1970)

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

The movie that started the 70s series of all-star disaster movies and one of the best; sturdily produced, old-fashioned, with multiple plotlines, suspense, melodrama and some comic relief.

Halliwell***: "Glossy, undeniably entertaining, all-star version of a popular novel, with cradboard characters skilfully deployed in Hollywood's very vest style."

Maltin***1/2: "GRAND HOTEL plot formula reaches latter-day zenith in ultraslick, old-fashioned movie that entertains in spite of itself...Plastic performances dominate, with down-to-earth Kennedy, touching Stapleton, and nervous Heflin standing out."

Class (1983)

A young boy in private school spends one crazy night out, but soon realizes the woman he hooked up with is not who he expected.

Unashamed rip-off of The Graduate which only shows the pretensions but never delivers; the end result is just a misogynist and outdated campus comedy for male adolescents.

Halliwell (no star): "Ghastly travesty of The Graduate, which aspires to every kind of sophistication it can think of but ends nowhere."

Maltin**: "Slick but uneven mix of romance, comedy, and drama with one-dimensional characters and a lack of credibility. Some good moments lost in the shuffle."

Welcome to New York (2014)

A powerful French politician goes on trial for sexually assaulting a chambermaid in his Manhattan hotel room.

A sulphurous and unshrouded attack at the French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn irrespective of good taste; the movie is quite effective in what it wants to achieve. 

Jacqueline Bisset

(ph: Eric Swayne)

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Bisset