Roger Avary co-wrote Pulp Fiction (1994) with Quentin Tarantino, and his debut feature as a director deals with many of the same themes. Eric Stoltz is…
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This accomplished thriller based on Lionel White’s novel Clean Break was Stanley Kubrick’s third feature. Aged 27, he had made only Fear and Desire and Killer’s Kiss…
The “kind lady” of the title is the elderly, wealthy, and gracious spinster Mary Herries (Ethel Barrymore), a patron of the arts. Her kindness brings her…
Set in an industrial Lancashire town, A Kind Of Loving tells the bittersweet tale of Vic Brown (Alan Bates), a young draughtsman who falls for Ingrid (June…
This undemanding picture proves that Arnold Schwarzenegger can do comedy, provided he doesn’t try too hard. He plays tough Los Angeles cop John Kimble, who…
In Belgium in October 1917, young British soldier Private Arthur James Hamp (Tom Courtenay) is accused of desertion and accepts that a court martial will…
The King and I was another lavish Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, this time based on Anna Leonowens’ autobiographical novel Anna and The King of Siam. Originally a…
“It was a lovely day . . . for a little while.” Casablanca director Michael Curtiz was originally slated to make this film with James…
In a competitive rush to explore every conceivable spot on Earth for hidden sources of oil, the Petrox company has sent an expedition into Micronesia headed…
Filmed in New Zealand, Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong is set during the Great Depression and follows struggling filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black)…
This live-action tie-in to the animated TV series King Kong (1966) was also produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in conjunction with the Japanese Toho Studios. Conniving…
Ten years ago, the great ape King Kong fell from the top of the World Trade Center in New York – but he did not…
Of all Martin Scorsese’s outings with sparring partner Robert DeNiro, this is the strangest. He plays Rupert Pupkin, a desperate wannabe stand-up comic (and seedy…
One of the lesser luminaries of the French New Wave, Philippe de Broca scored a cult hit with this atmospheric black comedy set at the…
This multi-million dollar depiction of the life of Jesus Christ – filmed on location in Spain – attracted considerable controversy when it was released. While…
The introverted host of a late-night radio chat show becomes embroiled in his younger brother’s get-rich-quick schemes in Atlantic City in Jack Nicholson and director…
King of New York is a chronicle of the downfall of New York drug kingpin Frank White (Christopher Walken), who, after years of illegal activity…
The war in the East is nearing its conclusion but to the prisoners-of-war in Changi Gaol, Singapore, the end seems as far away as ever.…
Adventure based on the classic novel by H Rider Haggard, starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger. It is 1897 and Elizabeth Curtis (Kerr) is on…
A small desert town in Arizona is overrun by tarantulas. First livestock and pets are attacked and killed before the spiders turn on the human…