Welcome to ANOTHER NICE MESS. This website aims to cover review of films made by the Hal Roach Studios between 1914-1948;
as well as the individual films featuring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase and the post-Roach Our Gang short films.

This is not a fan-made, kiss-ass website. I am NOT a "Laurel & Hardy fan" and my reviews are unbiased.
Reviews and opinions herein are my own and occasionally contain very negative remarks which some people may find offensive.

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ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE: All 99 winners reviewed by Lord Heath.

Last year I reviewed every film to have ever won the BEST PICTURE Oscar as a side project.
This year's winner, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, has now been added.

My reviews for all 99 winners: SEE HERE.

I have ranked all the films in order from BEST TO WORST on My Letterboxd page.

ON THIS DAY: MARCH 17

Reviews, screenshots, programming: Dave Lord Heath (lordheath1972@yahoo.co.uk)
Research team: Jesse Brisson, Jim Jarvis, Robert Demoss

When works previously published are used to compile the data on this site I have given credit where known.
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