
Mr. Topaze (‘Peter Sellers’) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons

Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1937) Robert Stevenson

Fortune hunter Patrick O’Brien has left his daughter Kathy Read More »
The Mercenaries AKA Dark of the Sun (1968) Jack Cardiff, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten

British commando, Captain Curry, is hired by President Ubi of war-torn Congo, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds Read More »
Ginger Baker in Africa (1973) Tony Palmer, Ginger Baker, Fela Kuti

The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio. Read More »
The Object of Beauty (1991) Michael Lindsay-Hogg, John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich

American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel way beyond what they can afford. Read More »
The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) Victor M. Gover, Bruce Seton, Henry Caine, Pearl Cameron

Based on a “famous” play , Spring-Heeled Jack or The Terror of London by Maurice Sandoz. Read More »
They’re a Weird Mob (1966) Michael Powell, Walter Chiari, Claire Dunne, Chips Rafferty

Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist Read More »
The Shadow Line AKA Smuga cienia (1976) Andrzej Wajda, Marek Kondrat, Graham Lines, Tom Wilkinson

From Joseph Conrad’s great novel comes the story of a young seaman trying to helm a damaged boat to Singapore Read More »
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips

In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »