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When Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the Devonshire moors under mysterious circumstances rumours of a family curse remerge. His American nephew and heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, decides to open up the ancestral hall and appoints Holmes and Watson to investigate Sir Charles's death and the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles. An excellent rendering of one of the better known Sherlock Holmes adventures, and a must for all crime thrillers fans! find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Charles Augustus Milverton, an art dealer with a profitable sideline as a blackmailer has much of London's high society in his grasp. Holmes must use all his cunning and skill to foil Milverton who seeks power and fortune at any cost. Great Stuff! find out more...

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Jenny Seagrove plays Mary, the recipient of pearls from a mysterious benefactor in this Sherlock Holmes tale. The pearls have appeared each year since her father disappeared ten years previously. With the help of Holmes and his trusty companion Watson, they take on the challenge of unravelling the mystery of the Sign of Four following a brutal murder. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

A film by Tim Burton...that name alone should be incentive enough to watch this, but to all you doubters let me tell you a little story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. 'Once upon a time'......Based on the short classic by Washington Irving, set in 1799, the tale is of an axe-wielding headless horseman who careers through the sinister moonlit night gruesomely dispatching various members of the small community of Sleepy Hollow. A young, eccentric, policeman, Ichabod Crane (Depp) find out more...

CertificationU Our Rating

The original and the best screen adaptation of John Buchan's jingoistic thriller of German plots and dashing Englishmen. Considered by the director as one of his very best this launched the theme of the innocent man on the run from both the law and the villians. Excellent. find out more...

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Arguably one of the finest films to ever escape the Hammer stable. Dripping with atmosphere and with a Holmes whose intense intellect and detective rationale create a character whose sanity is almost as questionable as those he seeks, Peter Cushing is exemplary as Conan Doyle's hero and the dark brooding tension, enhanced by the creepy lowlight Technicolor, never lets up until the story's conclusion. find out more...

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(Fictitious) ambitious Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Leopold is politically advantageously engaged to beautiful Hungarian aristocrat Sophie, but her heart is set on an old teenage flame, the illusionist Eisenheim. The story is seen through the eyes of Leopold's protegee police inspector Uhl, whose surveillance duties include 'protecting' Sophie. Telling you too much of the intriguing plot would spoil the story but trust me - it's very good. Clues are discreetly there, the characters developed, t find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

From the best selling book by Umberto Eco comes this brilliant film adaptation. Father William of Baskerville arrives at a monastary to participate in a theological dispute. However murder and intrigue are afoot. William finds himself once again at odds with the Inquisition. Mediaeval whodunit! find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Set in Victorian England, Sally Lockhart's father has recently died and feeling suffocated living with her elderly aunt she decides to move in with newfound friends, a photographer and his sister; but all is not as it seems and when Sally receives an anonymous note she embarks on a mysterious quest rooted in events that occurred long ago when she lived with her father in India. Ruby In The Smoke is a sumptuous and enjoyable slice of period hokum. find out more...

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The evil Professor Moriarty makes his last screen appearance in this entertaining murder mystery. When a spate of strange killings mystify the police, Holmes and Watson find themselves on the trail of a gang of blackmailers who, cunningly, use an attractive lady hypnotist to further their foul deeds. find out more...