Based on a Henry James short story set in the 1890s, Daisy Miller is hauntingly beautiful to look at even though its content is rather slight.…
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This classic sixties sci-fi flick from Amicus Productions is loosely based on the story Dalek Invasion Of Earth which was the second TV adventure to feature…
The Dam Busters follows the conception and implementation of a new British weapon during World War II and the true story of ‘Operation Chastise’ -…
This brooding Anglo-French erotic drama concerns the obsessive sexual relationship between an English politician and his son’s lover. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons), an up-and-coming Tory…
In this sequel to the top 1976 box office shocker The Omen, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) – the Antichrist predicted in the Book of Revelations, sired…
The world has been devastated by a nuclear holocaust, causing the Earth to tilt on its axis bringing vast meteorological chaos. As the weather stabilises,…
While on holiday in Weymouth, Forset, American boat owner Simon Wells (Macdonald Carey) is violently mugged by teddy boy thug, King (Oliver Reed), and his…
It is Germany, 1933, and the spectacle you are about to see concerns the destruction of the powerful Essenbeck family by insidious corruption from within…
The independent British 2 Tone record label was founded by Jerry Dammers of The Specials in 1979 to promote ska-flavoured dance music performed by racially…
Director Mike Newell wanted an unknown actress to play the part of 28-year-old murderess Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged in Britain…
Any movie that runs three hours is an hour too long, no matter how good it is. Any movie in which half of the dialogue…
When her undercover CID officer brother is run down and killed by a car while investigating a diamond smuggling racket, his sister, Lynne (Maureen Connell),…
This espionage thriller from Amicus was made at the height of the sixties spy craze and featured Richard Johnson as British spy Jonas Wilde, who…
Danger Within is set in an Italian Prisoner of War camp housing British, French and other Allied captives during the summer of 1943. The British…
Based on a cult comic strip, this mix of fantasy and madcap criminality is directed with mischievous glee by horror specialist Mario Bava. In many…
This made-for-TV thriller – airing on Sunday 4 January 1981 – starred Bernard Cribbins as the titular policeman investigating the cold case file of the…
In Dangerous Liaisons, the visual splendour and moral decadence of 18th century France come vividly alive. It’s sophisticated, witty, and as close to a movie masterpiece…
Former LA cop Vince Kane (George Raft) and not too scrupulous self-made man Joe Farley (Pat O’Brien) are partners in a bail-bond business. Claude Brackett…
Dr Amanda Grace (Kate Vernon from Pretty in Pink) is a psychologist who enjoys considerable success dispensing sexual advice on a radio show to frustrated…
The solid virtues of a well-made play transferred to film by a sympathetic director and a strong cast are here for all to see. William…