
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880’s, the British government is in a quandary. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) Robert Fuest, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Comedy, Horror

The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. Read More »
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Robert Fuest, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Comedy, Horror

Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. Read More »
Carry on Camping (1969) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy

Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. Read More »
The Three Musketeers (1973) Richard Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Action, Adventure

The young D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king’s musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. Read More »
Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, Dinah Stabb, Merdelle Jordine, Riannon Tise, Drama

In this avant-garde classic, protagonist Louise deals with a change in her lifestyle in which she must learn to negotiate domestic life and motherhood. Read More »
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Sidney Lumet, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Having sorted a matter out in the Middle East, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. Read More »
Carry on Abroad (1972) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn’t been finished being built, and the weather is awful. Read More »
Utz (1992) George Sluizer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert, Drama

Fisher, a fine art dealer, goes to Prague after the death of a friend, the Baron von Utz, to see if he can obtain some of the pieces of the Baron’s priceless Meissen porcelain collection. Read More »
The Teckman Mystery (1954) Wendy Toye, Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Mystery

A biographer researching a book on a pilot who died during the test flight of a new plane falls in love with the pilot’s sister. Read More »