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Tag Archives: UK
The Cat’s Meow (2001) Peter Bogdanovich, Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann

In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s yacht. Read More »
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Alexander Mackendrick, Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price

The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England. Read More »
The Long Haul (1957) Ken Hughes, Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen

Desperate to earn money, Harry hooks back up with Joe Easy. The best scene is when they make the final run to cash out a load of furs Read More »
Second Fiddle (1957) Maurice Elvey, Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni

Deborah and Charles, very much in love, are young executives at the successful Pontifex Advertising Agency. Read More »
The Browning Version (1994) Mike Figgis, Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine

Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British public school. Read More »
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960) Alan Tarrant, Anthony Newley, Edwin Richfield, Joy Stewart

Gurney Slade wanders from place to place after breaking the fourth wall to escape from the mundanities of making a family sitcom. Read More »
Java Head (1934) J. Walter Ruben, Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan, John Loder

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. Read More »
Paper Tiger (1975) Ken Annakin, David Niven, Toshirô Mifune, Hardy Krüger

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. Read More »
Map of the Human Heart (1992) Vincent Ward, Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin

Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years Read More »