Marcus is just out of prison for embezelment but discovers that it is no longer a world of ledgers but has become one of computers. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Duellists (1977) Ridley Scott, Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney
Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. Read More »
The Clairvoyant (1935) Maurice Elvey, Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Mary Clare
Maximus, a small-time music hall mind reader, has frightening flashes of precognition Read More »
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) David Attwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett
When Stuart Shorter – a homeless alcoholic with a violent past – meets writer Read More »
Let’s Go Crazy (1951) Alan Cullimore, Peter Sellers, Tommy Manley
A short musical featurette set in a nightclub combining variety acts Read More »
The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers
The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
Mickybo and Me (2004) Terry Loane, John Joe McNeill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters
Based on the play of the same name the film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. Read More »
I Believe in You (1952) Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of The Blue Lamp (1950) Read More »
What a Carve Up! (1961) Pat Jackson, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton
Ernie’s uncle Gabriel has only died but to assert his inheritance he should spend the night at the ancestral house Read More »
Blood and Wine (1996) Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff
Writer and Director Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson
Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
A Bigger Splash (1973) Jack Hazan, David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell
When David Hockney’s beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. Read More »
The Snapper (1993) Stephen Frears, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe
Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. Read More »
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch
The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »