To all outward appearances merely a kind-hearted money lender, Stephen Hawke is in reality the “Spinebreaker:” a fiend who kills the rich for their valuables. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Sankofa (1993) Haile Gerima, Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation Read More »
Brass Monkey (1948) Thornton Freeland, Carroll Levis, Carole Landis, Herbert Lom
Radio personality Carroll Levis becomes involved in a case of theft and murder. Read More »
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Jim Sharman, Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
It’s the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when their car halts in the rain. Read More »
No Resting Place (1951) Paul Rotha, Michael Gough, Eithne Dunne, Noel Purcell
Alex Kyle is an Irish Traveller. Whilst out poaching he is disturbed by the local gamekeeper. Read More »
Enchanted April (1992) Mike Newell, Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson
This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. Read More »
In My Father’s Den (2004) Brad McGann, Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay
Paul, a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. Read More »
Beyond Mombasa (1956) George Marshall, Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn
During the 1950s, American adventurer Matt Campbell arrives in Kenya to join his brother George. Read More »
When the Whales Came (1989) Clive Rees, Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. Read More »
Stander (2003) Bronwen Hughes, Thomas Jane, David O’Hara, Dexter Fletcher
In the early 1980’s, a white police officer (Andres Stander, played by Thomas Jane) in Johannesburg suffers a crisis Read More »