Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840's London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?
Well-received version of an extremely familiar morality tale.

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A Kansas farmer and his entire family are brutally and pointlessly murdered by two drifters. In Cold Blood is an adaptation of Truman Capote's novel which in turn was based on real events. An intriguing and disturbing tale that struggles to interpret the reason, or lack of, of the killers as they attempt to evade the inevitable retribution. find out more...

What can I say? The Fellowship of the Ring is all right if you like that kind of Sword and Sorcery thing? Small, cute whee people being chased hither and thither by all kinds of monstrous beasties. Acts of courage and heroism that would have comic book superheroes running for the hills (not that they'd be safe there....oh no!). Peter Jackson's film adaptation of Tolkien's epic trilogy of good versus evil in a fantastical world long past is just about as spot on as you can imagine it was possible find out more...

Aided by some hollow coconuts and a large wooden rabbit, the knights of the Round Table do battle with the Knights of Ni, some rude Frenchmen and sixty virgins between the ages of 18 and 22, all in the name of the grail. The classic Python film. Moose scenes choreographed by Snerk Smorgasbjord. find out more...

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Made almost contemporaneously with the 1930s setting, this authentically portrays the poverty and repression of the migrant 'Okies', evicted from their dustbowl farms and treated like slaves in California. Adapted from Steinbeck's book, often called 'THE Great American Novel' and with outstanding performances coming from Henry Fonda (Tom Joad) and John Carradine (John Casey) a preacher with a fondess for vice, but a true heart... fantastic. find out more...

 

Bilbo Baggins leaves the cosy comfort of Hobbitsville for an epic adventure to return the kingdom of Erebor to the Dwarfs. It takes a bit of time to get going, but once everyone’s been introduced, Peter Jackson’s shameless three part adaptation of a 300 page book oozes with high end CGI bang and dazzle. Perfect big budget fluff.
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A stunningly shot story of a father and son trudging through a desolate and dangerous wasteland in search of unlikely salvation after an unnamed ecological disaster. This bleak movie is adapted from the Pulitzer award winning novel by Cormac McCarthy and was largely filmed in the post-industrial wastelands of Pennsylvania. find out more...