What if Willis O'Brien made a stop-motion short subject based on Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein? This animated short, shot on 8mm by Tom Triman, won an award and got mentioned in the final issue of Cinemagic Magazine in 1987 (issue 37). He was a writer for such magazines as Scary Monsters. He also made a stop-motion gangster drama inspired by those Warner Bros. gangster films called You Dirty Rat (1982).
This film deals with the contrasts of the Wilhelminian era in Berlin: the splendor of the monarchy, the economic and intellectual vitality of the up-and-coming imperial capital on the one hand, and the misery of the proletarians in the tenements on the other.
The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman from the north, where they do these things properly.
The true story of a pair of college students who attempted a double suicide to end their doomed romance becomes fare for legendary pinku-eiga director Hisayasu Sato in this feature.
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true.
