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Zavvi - the home of pop culture after exploring the science-fiction and fantasy worlds of alien, blade runner and legend, famed british director ridley scott turned to modern-day new york for someone

Zavvi - the home of pop culture john hustons sombre but compassionate boxing drama is a criminally underseen late-career masterpiece from the great director. peppered with outstanding performances thi

Zavvi - the home of pop culture for the third volume in its ongoing columbia noir series, indicator return once again to the studios archives for a sextet of films which bring together some of the gre

Sidney poitier gives one of his finest performances as thackeray, an out-of-work engineer who decides to try his hand at teaching, only to be faced with a class full of unruly teens including christia

Following the mysterious death of his beloved father, classical musician paul bergson peter firth, equus, tess, tvs spooks is haunted by visions and nightmares. with his lover suzan crowley, the devil

Horror icon vincent price the mad magician plays a scientist who makes a remarkable discovery: within every human resides a creature, attached to the spine, that tingles in cases of fear. he manages t

Ronald neame the odessa file directs this stately adaptation of enid bagnolds play which tells of a haughty matriarch edith evans, the whisperers who employs a governess deborah kerr, the innocents wi

Small-town secrets, a family inheritance, a spate of murders, and a remarkable twist make up producer-director william castles audacious spin on alfred hitchcocks psycho. and if it all gets to be too

Perhaps the quintessential exemplar of new french extremism, irreversible amazed and outraged audiences across the world upon its release in 2002, with its harrowing scenes of rape and violence. now g

The first collaboration between director ken loach and screenwriter paul laverty a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including my name is joe and i, daniel blake carl

Fresh from hammers taste of fear, ronald lewis teamed up with william castle for what the famed horror producer considered one his favourite films. lewis plays sir robert cargrave, a british doctor wh

Ken loach collaborated with playwright trevor griffiths comedians for this underseen political drama about an east german protest singer played by gerulf pannach who emigrates to the west when he fall

When the zorba family inherit a house from their late uncle, the occultist plato zorba, they didnt expect it come with a host of ghostly houseguests, including a headless lion tamer and lion!, an afla

The second film howard hawks the criminal code made at columbia pictures is among his greatest works. john barrymore plays a theatre impresario down on his luck. carole lombard is his former protégé

Something of a departure for harryhausen and scheer, the 3 worlds of gulliver is a loose but wonderfully entertaining adaptation of jonathan swifts famous and oft-filmed fantasy satire. shot in the mu

Howard hawks twentieth century made his first film for columbia pictures with this pre-code prison movie. the great walter huston dragonwyck stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets

Written and directed by david mamet oleanna, the pulitzer prize-winning playwright known for his intense dramas, things change is a charming, expertly crafted mistaken identity comedy. the mob force u

The final film by the great, yet underrated robert rossen all the kings men, the hustler is a compelling tale of love, madness, and forbidden desire. warren beatty mickey one, the fortune stars as a y

A us rocket returning from venus crash lands off the italian coast, bringing back with it a strange creature that quickly begins to grow to terrifying proportions clearly indebted to king kong, and em

This tense real-life political drama about the 1973 kidnap and murder in chile of young american journalist charles horman, directed by provocateur costa-gavras z, state of siege, betrayal, follows th

Hamburg 1963. german journalist jon voight midnight cowboy, deliverance, coming home finds himself in possession of a diary detailing the unspeakable crimes of cruelty, torture and mass murder perpetr

Louise lasser, paul l smith,after the colossal success of the evil dead, director sam raimi teamed up with the coen brothers fresh from blood simple to make his next film, crimewave, an unusual mixtur

A giant octopus rises from the depths to terrorise the port of san francisco this impressive creature-feature was one of ray harryhausens earliest showcases for his extraordinary effects. it was also

Sydney pollacks gothic war drama stars the great burt lancaster as the brutal, one-eyed army major in charge of a small group of american gis fighting to save the castle they're stationed in during wo

Based on norman lindsay's controversial autobiographical 1935 novel, age of consent is the story of an artist james mason, grown tired of producing art for wealthy americans, who moves to the wilds of

One of hammers most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, never take sweets from a stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly for the time with the issue of child abuse. deftly handled, th

Before becoming synonymous with the horror genre, hammer films had in the 1950s produced a number of noir-inspired crime and suspense films. the snorkel is one of the finest of these. penned by jimmy

A racing driver ronald lewis is injured in a car accident on his honeymoon which leaves him mentally scarred, and with violent impulses towards his new bride diane cilento. directed by val guest the q

This tense and hugely entertaining heist thriller is a hammer take on a christmas carol, which pits miserly and fastidious bank manager peter cushing in sparkling form against debonair robber andré mo

Framed richard wallace, 1947 711 ocean drive joseph m newman, 1950 the mob robert parrish, 1951 affair in trinidad vincent sherman, 1952 tight spot phil karlson, 1955 murder by contract irving lerner

Geronimo: an american legend recounts the proud history of the famous apache warrior who refused to accept the destruction of his people and, through his resistance and bravery, earned the respect of

An impressive neo-noir, which sees writer/director paul schrader taxi driver, hardcore, blue collar revisit rainswept new york, light sleeper tells of john letour willem dafoe, auto focus, a drug deal

One of several impressive westerns charles bronson made during his 1970s heyday, the valdez horses reunites the rugged star with celebrated director john sturges, who he had previously collaborated wi

Director bill forsyth that sinking feeling, gregorys girl, local hero, comfort and joy made his american film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of marilynne robinsons acclaimed novel, abou

Based on the disclosures of mobster joe valachi, as recounted in peter maas best-selling biography and at a sensational congressional hearing, the valachi papers tells the story of one mans brutal jou

An all-star cast including paul newman, burt lancaster, geraldine chaplin, joel grey, harvey keitel, and shelley duvall assembles for robert altmans follow-up to his 1975 critical success, nashville

Charles bronson achieved superstar status in the 1970s with box-office successes such as the mechanic, mr. majestyk, and death wish; and 1975s breakout was one of bronsons biggest hits. inspired by re

John carpenter blends horror and sci-fi in this action adventure set on mars in the year 2176 as martian police battle supernatural forces unleashed by a deep mining facility. extras high definition r

Based on m r james classic tale of terror, casting the runes , and adapted for the screen by regular hitchcock collaborator charles bennett, jacques tourneur's cat people, i walked with a zombie, out