An affluent, middle-aged housewife in a failing marriage (Jean Simmons) is romantically pursued by a young man (Leonard Whiting) while running errands in London. He…
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A wife is raped. The reporting of the crime will endanger her husband’s career and their future together. Not reporting the crime will endanger their…
Back in 1963, the British public was stunned to learn that War Minister John Profumo had been sharing the sexual favours of model-showgirl Christine Keeler with Soviet…
Director Richard Linklater shot A Scanner Darkly – from a futuristic Philip K. Dick novel well suited to the striking visual dreamscape – with live…
This modern horror classic from Canadian writer/director David Cronenberg – in which he seamlessly blends the genres of science fiction and conspiracy thriller into an…
Gruff ex-con Max (Gene Hackman) and a drifter called Lion (Al Pacino) hook up on a deserted, wind-swept California highway, become friends and travel east…
“He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance”. Brian DePalma’s gut-busting remake of Howard Hawks’ 1932 gangster melodrama, Scarface sets out to disgust, sicken and horrify the…
Based on a true story, this three-hour made-for-television movie is set in Rome during World War II, after the Nazis have occupied the city. Monsignor…
During the English Civil War in 1648, King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd (Lionel Jeffries) and his…
Christopher Lee thought this was his weakest Dracula sequel, but Hammer horror fans like it because the Count has more screen time here than in…
Upper-middle-class couple Deborah (Bette Midler), a psychologist and author, and Nick Fifer (Woody Allen), a successful sports lawyer, are celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary. Their…
Retired Lt. Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino), a blind, hard-drinking war veteran, pays timid college student Charlie Simms (Chris O’Donnell) to accompany him on a…
It took Steven Spielberg ten years and $23 million to get the 1983 book by Thomas Keneally – about a Nazi who saved 1100 Jews…
When night worker William Haskin (Jack Watson) sees a newspaper story and picture of the forthcoming marriage of ice skating star Samantha Gray (former child…
John Landis grew up on the schlocky monster movies of the 1950s and paid loving tribute to them in this, his first-ever directorial effort, aged…
Spike Lee followed his successful debut She’s Gotta Have It (1986) with this musical comedy set in the all-black white-financed Mission College, poking satirical fun at campus…
Based on Stephen Potter’s popular books about “Lifemanship”, this hit-and-miss comedy just about passes muster thanks to the willing performances of Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas.…
The School of Rock is that rare thing: a kid’s film that doesn’t patronise its target audience and has enough wit to entertain adults. Jack…
Jack Thompson stars as Detective Sergeant Scobie Malone, who is investigating the death of high-class prostitute Helga Brand in a story based on a novel…
Based on a play by screenwriter Jerry Douglas, Score has wealthy, jaded 30-something married swingers Elvira (Claire Wilbur) and Jack (Gerald Grant) setting out to seduce naive…