The movie "Some like it Hot" is about two musicians - a bass fiddler (aka double bass) and a saxophonist - who accidentally witness the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In order to hide from the mobsters who want them dead, they dress in drag and get jobs with an all-girls band leaving town which just happens to be short exactly one sax and one bass fiddle player - imagine that! Things start to get sticky when the sax player falls for the band's lead singer (and ukulele player). But he can't woo her as a girl, so he disguises himself once again, as a rich oil magnet. To keep up appearances (and impress the girl with a yacht), he has his bass fiddle player  Read the complete review

My wife loves this film, and while I had heard of it I was never drawn to watching it. Sometimes I can be a bit of a "boy", in that if it sounds girly then I will avoid it. However, my wife insisted that we watch this film and so one holiday away in Scotland we did. What did I think, well read on to find out! To set the scene, We are in Chicago at the time when the mob ruled. Joe and Jerry are to musicians that accidentally see the shooting of someone the mob didnt want around any more. Realising they need to disappear quickly before they are made to disappear forever, they board a southbound train to Florida. To really hide away they disguise ...  Read the complete review

'Some Like It Hot' - everything about it seems to have perfectly synchronized – cast, script, and direction - to create a flawless film. The performances by Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are priceless and can be enjoyed again and again. The dialogue is so fast and sharp that it demands to be watched more than once to appreciate fully the verbal comedy. I have watched this film countless times and each time it makes me laugh and makes me feel real delight and every time I watch it I am struck by how perfect it is. It is a fast comedy of the Hollywood 'screwball comedy' genre but Billy Wilder (director) and the cast ...  Read the complete review

Read any professional film critic’s Top 10 All Time Favourite Films, and I guarantee you that Some Like it Hot will be in there somewhere. Indeed it recently came in at number 5 in FilmFour’s All Time Top 100. It was the only out-and-out comedy in the entire Top 20, and one of very few black and white movies in the whole list. So what is it about this 1959 film that makes it such an enduring classic? The Stars Some Like it Hot stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, three of the biggest actors of the day who have all received loads of critical acclaim for their lives’ work. The Director SLIH was ...  Read the complete review

This is such a great film, you can always depend on it to make you laugh out loud, even if you're miserable, whatever your age! Directed by Billy Wilder, the film, starring Mailyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, may have been released on MGM in 1956, and may be in black and white, however, this is one of the most fun and metaphorically colourful films ever! Set in the 1920s America, the time of the prohibition of alcohol, gangsters and jazz, the film basically follows two male musicians, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon), who find themselves struggling finicially, and, being some how always in the middle of any chaos, manage to stumble ...  Read the complete review