A beautifully made costume drama set in rural Yorkshire 1920. Two returning servicemen, each in their own way shattered by their experiences, try to rebuild their lives. Intelligent, charming and a pleasure to see.
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AN INSPECTOR CALLS (1954)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A young girl is murdered, and an Inspector calls on a prosperous Yorkshire household investigating the sad circumstances behind her death. The determined inspector must uncover the truth and each one of the family has a secret - and each one is partly responsible for the girl's fate. A shattering denoument reveals the truth. An adaptation of JB Priestley's classic play.
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED EPS 1-3 (1981)
Certification15 Our Rating
First three episodes of the famous TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic book. The year is 1939 and Captain Charles Ryder is billeted in Brideshead Castle, an event that takes him back to his days as an Oxford undergraduate and his friendship with the wild, eccentric Lord Sebastian Flyte....
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OF MICE AND MEN (1939)
CertificationU Our Rating
Set in 1930s California, this adaptation of Steinbeck's novel ‘Of Mice and Men' paints a bold, vivid picture of life in the depression era and tells the tragic tale of George and Lenny two itinerant farm hands searching for a safe haven from the cruelties of the world.
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SCROOGE ( A CHRISTMAS CAROL) (1951)
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The best version of the Dickens story by a long way, with Alistair Sim playing cantankerous old git Scrooge. An all star cast also features Michael Hordern, George Cole and Jack Warner. Essential viewing at all times of the year.
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SHE (1964)
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Ursula 'undress' Andress is wonderfully seductive, numerous scenes demonstrate her true sensual nature, as "She who must be obeyed". In Palestine, after WWI, archaeologist Holly and buddy Leo are penniless. Leo is abducted and told a beautiful woman is waiting for his return, he is given a ring and a map and told that all will be revealed if he travels beyond the Mountains of the Moon. Leo tells Holly about the encounter and the two friends set out on an expedition to seek the mythical city of K
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The first of the classic series of adaptations following the investigations of Sherlock Holmes. A malevolent curse is blamed for the death of an aristocrat and Holmes is called in to investigate, using his scientific method and dry Victorian wit. Superb nuanced performances from Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the pudgy Watson. Cracking stuff.
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THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973)
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Another spectacular recreation of ancient myth from the visual genius of Ray Harryhausen finds Sinbad battling griffins, centaurs, multi limbed statues and even the prow of his own ship! A hugely entertaining and timeless adventure.
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THE GRISSOM GANG (1971)
Certification15 Our Rating
A grotesque bunch of gangsters kidnap a petulant heiress, but when their leader falls in love with the spoilt brat she uses the power that gives her in a power game to attempt to elicit her freedom.
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THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
Certification12 Our Rating
A mad megalomaniac scientist has been experimenting with drugs (monocane) and discovered the secret of invisibility, except that he normally covers himself in bandages in order to be seen! After a bit of crime and killing in a Sussex village the demented soul has to leg it.
Superior stuff, especially with the slow uncloaking of the scientist's invisibility, and the movie that turned Claude Rains into a star.
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