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 »
Tag Archives: UK
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 »
Psychomania / The Death Wheelers (1973) Don Sharp, George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson, Horror
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. Read More »
Sanders of the River (1935) Zoltan Korda, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Adventure, Drama
British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930’s rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
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Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1975) Jim Atkinson, Jeremy Bulloch, Neil Hallett, Jill Damas, Comedy, Erotic
The male protagonist here (Jeremy Bulloch) has a gorgeous, generously breasted fiancée (played by the gorgeous, generously breasted Jill Damas from “Sex Play”) who refuses to marry him unless he proves he can “keep it up for a week”, that is keep a job for a week (get your minds out of the gutter, people).
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The Proud Valley (1940) Pen Tennyson, Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Drama, Music
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
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BBC Play of the Month: The Millionairess (1972) William Slater, Maggie Smith, Peter Barkworth, James Villiers, Drama
Epifania is the richest woman in England. She’s also strong-willed, highly intelligent, fiercely determined and an expert at Judo, which makes her hard to live with.
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BBC Play of the Month: You Never Can Tell (1977) James Cellan Jones, Robert Powell, Kika Markham, Ernest Clark, Drama
You Never Can Tell is an 1897 four-act play by George Bernard Shaw that debuted at the Royalty Theatre. It was published as part of a volume of Shaw’s plays entitled Plays Pleasant.
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Sjaj u ocima / Loving Glances (2003) Srdjan Karanovic, Senad Alihodzic, Ivana Bolanca, Jelena Djokic, Drama, Romance
A warm romantic comedy with local Serbian flavor, “Loving Glances” marks the return of acclaimed Belgrade helmer Srdjan Karanovic to directing after a 12-year absence due to the war in former Yugoslavia and its aftermath. Film’s difficult production circumstances are invisible, however, in the mildly surreal inter-ethnic love story between two young refugees.
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I Went Down (1997) Paddy Breathnach, Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, Action, Comedy, Crime
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git’s girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He’s now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog.
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