Based on the notorious 1969 novel by Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint tells the story of a young Jewish boy, overwhelmed with hang-ups, who recounts his often hilarious…
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Before Titanic (1997), there was Shelley Winters, who was the largest of the notable names on the manifest of the luxury liner SS Poseidon that is capsized by…
Norah Benson (Shirley MacLaine) is an affluent socialite and divorced mother of two living on Manhattan’s Upper East Side who seems to be living the…
This made-for-television film from Australia’s Nine Network traces the real-life exploits of Brenden James Abbott, one of Australia’s most infamous and elusive bank robbers, following…
Depression drifter Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) gets a job at a roadside diner, where he worms his way into the affections of the owner’s bored…
Based on an award-winning science fiction novel by David Brin, this three-hour movie takes place in post-holocaust America in 2013 (the future). The dust clouds…
Having censured the old world order for allowing itself to be enslaved by modern technology in Koyaanisqatsi (1983), director Godfrey Reggio condemns it for the merciless…
An IRA hitman agrees to carry out one final assassination in exchange for a new identity in England. When a priest witnesses one of his…
After becoming one of the biggest child stars of the 1980s, Corey Haim got off on the wrong foot in the 90s, thanks to this…
Big Arnie stars (in the film which more or less established him as a superstar) as Major “Dutch” Schaefer, the leader of an elite special…
This sequel to Arnie Schwarzenegger’s 1987 hit takes place in 1997, with the setting changed from the jungles of South America to the urban jungles…
Shady museum curator Rico Sarno (Stephen Lee) steals five ancient, sacred dinosaur eggs from a forbidden temple in South America. Meanwhile, widowed raisin farmer and…
Emily Gault (Hazel Court) arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle her relationship with her fiance, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Ray Milland), despite the…
It may seem dated today, but this clever satire was the ultimate hip trip back in the Swinging Sixties, and it is still very, very…
British comic Norman Wisdom pulls a Peter Sellers and plays several different parts in this hilarious escapade. The story centres on Norman Shields (Wisdom), a…
The first British feature film made by a black director (Horace Ové), Pressure, was produced for the BBC in 1974 and premiered at the 1975 London…
In 1917, in the red-light district of Storyville, New Orleans, prostitute Hattie (Susan Sarandon) lives with her twelve-year-old daughter Violet (Brooke Shields) in the fancy…
Screenwriter John Hughes, whose speciality is teens in turmoil, scores with the screenplay for this latter-day Cinderella story played out with intelligence and caring. Andie…
“She’s such a sweet girl. He’s such a nice boy. They’ll scare the hell out of you”. When Dennis Pitt (Anthony Perkins) was young he…
Pretty Woman is a funny, beautifully photographed, old-fashioned yet modern romantic love story. Julia Roberts plays Vivian, a Hollywood hooker who shows lonely, self-made millionaire New…