This three-hour made-for-TV movie is as disturbing as it is fascinating. On the one hand, it really tries very sincerely and compassionately to depict the…
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During the Cold War, American U2 pilot John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the…
The first batch of releases for 1952 from The Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) included four short subjects and just two of the hour-long features with…
Directed by Don McGuire, Johnny Concho was the very first film produced by Frank Sinatra’s production company (Kent Productions) and the singer’s first foray into…
Johnny Colini (Marc Lawrence), an exiled American organised crime boss living in Sicily, rescues young Sicilian outlaw Salvatore Giordano (Henry Silva) from the police. He…
“Organised crime has never been this disorganised!” This gangster parody set in 1935 charts the rise and fall of good-natured New York mobster Johnny Kelly…
Borrowing elements from Billy Jack (1971) and Death Wish (1974), this Native American-themed revenge flick is equal parts goofy and gory, but it’s also undeniably…
Timothy Bottoms plays Joe Bonham, an average all-American boy, questioning the wisdom of going off to fight in World War I and possible death but…
The melodrama of Johnny Guitar is so over-the-top that some will find it laughable. Others will fall under the spell of its hypnotic power. Joan Crawford plays…
Adapted from the novel The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome by John Godey, director Walter Hill’s dark revenge drama is a film noir full of…
Director Robert Longo’s turgid sci-fi thriller is based on William Gibson’s cyberpunk short story. Keanu Reeves sleepwalks through the title role as a 21st-century hi-tech courier who…
This classic 1953 Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) production tells the affecting story of a young orphaned Polish refugee named Janek (Eugeniusz Chylek) who faces prejudice…
A comedy thriller starring John Slater in the title role as a gormless lorry driver accused of murdering an attractive hitchhiker he picked up. He…
Rich, roguish brothers David (Oliver Reed) and Michael (Michael Crawford) Tremayne scheme to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London for a lark,…
This 70s equivalent of Bridges of Madison County investigated the possibility that seagulls could do more than eat garbage and crap on your car at the seaside.…
This Walt Disney production is a bittersweet tale about the friendship of a Depression-era waif and a domesticated wolf, recalling some of the lovable animal-and-children…
As any fan of science fiction can tell you, Jules Verne wrote many exciting novels. These epic tales usually focused on a journey to an…
Set in Hungary during the 1956 uprising, The Journey introduces a group of tired and dispirited international travellers at Budapest airport. Their only desire is…
Faithfully adapted from Amy Tan’s bestselling book, director Wayne Wang’s moving yet witty melodrama mixes the stories of four Chinese-born mothers with those of their…
This adaptation of an Ellery Queen story begins with Paul (James Westmoreland, billed here as Rad Fulton) and three other teenage punks – Arnie (Nicholas…