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Tag Archives: UK
Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Freddie Francis, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Kim Novak, Horror
Dr Tremayne is an enigmatic Psychiatrist running a Futuristic asylum housing four very special cases. Read More »
Valhalla Rising (2009) Nicolas Winding Refn, Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Alexander Morton, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
For years, the fearsome figure known only as One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen – PUSHER, FLAME & CITRON, CASINO ROYALE) has defeated everyone he’s encountered, but he’s treated more like an animal than a warrior. Read More »
The Dark Avenger / The Warriors (1955) Henry Levin, Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Adventure, Drama, History
During the 14th century, the Hundred-Year War between France and England ends in a truce. The English army occupies French Aquitaine Read More »
Robbery (1967) Peter Yates, Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Based on the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery, this late ’60s British caper film was directed by Peter Yates a year before he made the action classic Bullitt in the States. Read More »
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Mystery, Thriller
In Alfred Hitchcock’s most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train Read More »
War of the Buttons (1994) John Roberts, Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Adventure, Drama, Family
The children of Ballydowse & Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoe-laces, belts and braces of their captured opponents. Read More »
Infinite Justice (2006) Jamil Dehlavi, Kevin Collins, Raza Jaffrey, Jennifer Calvert, Drama, Thriller
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
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The Tempest (1980) John Gorrie, Michael Hordern, Derek Godfrey, David Waller, Drama
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Read More »
Endless Night (1972) Sidney Gilliat, Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, Crime, Drama, Horror
Michael Rogers is a chauffeur with little money, but big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house on the perfect piece of land. Read More »