Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. Read More »
Tag Archives: english
Peter’s Friends (1992) Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Seven friends in an acting troupe graduate from Cambridge University in 1982 and go their separate ways. Read More »
Alice in Wonderland (1966) Jonathan Miller, Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell Muller, Drama, Family, Fantasy
There have been numerous film adaptations of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, over the years. Read More »
Hell is a City (1960) Val Guest, Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Crime, Thriller
Committed but seen-it-all police inspector Martineau rightly guesses that after a violent jailbreak a local criminal will head home to Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Read More »
Tobruk (1967) Arthur Hiller, Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green
September 1942 – With Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both Read More »
The Elephant Man (1980) David Lynch, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Biography, Drama
Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Read More »
The Argyle Secrets (1948) Cy Endfield, William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd, Drama, Mystery, Romance
An investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called The Argyle Album, which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II. Read More »
Land of Plenty (2004) Wim Wenders, Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Drama, War
The American daughter of missionaries Lana returns to Los Angeles from Palestine to work in a mission helping homeless people. Read More »
The Cops are Robbers / Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990) Paul Wendkos, Ray Sharkey, Edward Asner, George Kennedy, Crime, Drama
This fun, intriguing action flick tells the tale of a ragtag group of disillusioned Boston police officers who, in 1980, got together and pulled one of the largest bank heists in American history. Read More »
Hell Bound (1957) William J. Hole Jr., John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. Read More »