Alan Stuart Movies
Your wildest fantasies can all be fulfilled at The Club -- though when you find out the price you may wish you had never experienced the pleasure. A virtual playground for the most powerful players on the planet, The Club receives its newest member in the form of Leon Rogers (Treva Etienne). Awarded a coveted bronze membership as payment for his valuable contributions to the organization, Leon is soon overwhelmed by the bottomless wealth of pleasure that the club affords its valued clientele; however, when he discovers a horrific secret that reveals the unseen and unfathomably sinister side of the club, Leon must eschew temptation and wage a daring escape if he has any hopes of living to see another day. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Treva Etienne, Ilaria d'Elia, (more)
- 1987
- R
This comedy was inspired by the true story of Cynthia Payne, a former waitress who gained fame as England's best-known (and best-liked) madame. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a working-class single mother who sub-leases a few inexpensive flats as a way of bringing in extra money. Christine has no particular interest in selling her body, but when she finds herself in a tight spot financially -- and notices that the prostitutes who rent her apartments are the only ones who consistently pay on time -- she decides to open a brothel. With the help of Shirley (Shirley Stelfox), an experienced prostie, and Morton (Alec McCowen), a former RAF commander with a fondness for women's undergarments, Christine opens a little place where elderly businessmen can indulge their fondness for kinky lingerie and being spanked by younger women. Soon Christine's business is booming and everyone is happy -- until the police pay her a visit. Personal Services was directed by Terry Jones, best known as a member of the Monty Python troupe; the real-life Cynthia Payne served as a technical advisor. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, (more)
- 1986
Adopting new themes to old-fashioned morality, this children's drama looks at Terry (Jack McNicholl) and his involvement with a gang after he runs away from home. Les (Neville Watson) leads the gang with a ruthless violence, but after some time together Terry discovers that Les is basically okay; he has just been warped by an abusive mother. After Terry joins the gang in a robbery at his school, he later has a sharp pang of conscience and is faced with a serious moral dilemma. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jack McNicholl, Neville Watson, (more)
- 1984
- PG
Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, Local Hero, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In Local Hero, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase for an oil company. In Comfort and Joy, Alan (Bill Paterson) is a Glasgow radio disc jockey whose air name is the chirpy Dickey Bird. After Maddy, his girlfriend (Eleanor David), walks out on him at Christmas, he's spurred to re-evaluate his life. Looking for more meaningful work than spinning pop tunes and offering inane chatter to his geriatric listeners, Alan decides to make a radio documentary. He chances upon a local rivalry between two ice cream companies, who are sabotaging each other's trucks in an effort to monopolize the market. Attracted to Charlotte (C.P. Grogan), the daughter of one of the company owners, Alan finds himself playing peacemaker rather than documentarian. That this cold war takes place in the dead of a bitter Scottish winter is only one of Forsyth's many sly touches. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, (more)
Between giving up his super powers, confronting criminals from outer space, and having problems with his girlfriend, it's a bad time to be the Man of Steel in this sequel to the 1978 blockbuster. When terrorists threaten to destroy Paris with a thermonuclear device as they hold reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) hostage, Superman (Christopher Reeve) comes to the rescue and flings the weapon into space. However, its blast outside the earth's orbit awakens Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran), three villains from Superman's home planet of Krypton who were exiled to outer space for their crimes. Zod and his partners arrive on Earth and use their powers in a bid to take over the U.S., and then the world. However, when Lois realizes that mild mannered Clark Kent and Superman are actually the same person, he brings her to his Fortress of Solitude, where his decision to marry Lois costs him his remarkable strength. Without his super powers, how can Superman vanquish Zod and save the world? Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Susannah York, and Jackie Cooper return from the first film, which was shot at the same time as parts of the sequel. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, (more)
- 1957
Rock Around the World purports to be the life story of pop singer Tommy Steele, engagingly played by himself. The film traces Steele's The Cyclops -- which also featured Gloria Talbott. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tommy Steele, Patrick Westwood, (more)
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