A Shot in the Dark

60s British Comedy
3 Stars

A Pink Panther sequel, starring the great Peter Sellers. The jokes here are often lowbrow gags, but often times with hilarious effect. Sellers is great, and he lays the seeds for Austin Powers/Dr Evil numerous times throughout. The movie oozes a hip vibe, much more so than say The Knack and How to Get It.

Lord Love A Duck

60s Comedy
3 stars

Clever Roddy McDowell send up of California living in the early 1960s. It's ok , I guess. Tuesday Weld was great, but the movie is like a stone skipping across themes. Never stays put for very long. Harvey Korman is brilliant, but not sure if I could sit through this one again. Groovy title song.

The Knack...and How to Get It

Groovy Cinema
60s Comedy
3 stars

The premise is interesting, the charm is there, but the film is kind of tedious. Endless yammering and the "rape" twist was more annoying than illuminating, at least to me. It does capture the pressure (often self-imposed) of a young man trying to get laid, however. The stuff of which kingdoms rise and fall.