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1 Dec 0001

Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…; 1 Dec 0001
North by Northwest (1959): Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…; 1 Dec 0001
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): A 13–minute credit sequence opens this riveting frontier saga, arguably the finest film of the genre. Charles Bronson steps in to Clint…; 1 Dec 0001
As You Like It (1978): Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.; 1 Dec 0001
Romeo and Juliet (1968): Definitive screen version has the lovelorn couple played by teenagers, the costume designer working overtime and a youthful, fashionable feel to it.…; 1 Dec 0001
Battlestar Galactica (1978): The TV origins of this STAR WARS retread are plainly evident, with the cast all looking rather self–conscious in their 70s lurex clobber.; 1 Dec 0001
Highlander, The (1986): Visually splendid action–fantasy with Christopher Lambert as a 16th Century immortal, destined to battle his arch enemy through the ages. This…; 1 Dec 0001
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) (1981): The excellent BBC TV adaptation of Douglas Adams' extraordinary books provides a wealth of brain–candy for cybernerds, techno–buffs and…; 1 Dec 0001
Lawnmower Man, The (1992): Tech–head Pierce Brosnan unwittingly transforms his simple–minded gardener into a megalomaniac. This first feature to explore 'Virtual…; 1 Dec 0001
Fantasia (1940): Glorious Disney musical fantasy set to a rousing classical score. Highlights include Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's apprentice and the hippos and…; 1 Dec 0001
Willow (1988): Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…; 1 Dec 0001
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994): A bodice–ripping yarn of treachery and forbidden passions between warring Catholic and Protestant factions in late 1500s France. Isabelle…; 1 Dec 0001
Fifth Element, The (1997): Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…; 1 Dec 0001
They Were Expendable (1945): Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…; 1 Dec 0001
Ulysses' Gaze (1995): Returning from exile in America, Yugoslavian filmmaker Harvey Keitel quests after rare film footage in the wartorn Balkans. Shot under conditions…; 1 Dec 0001
Mummy, The (1932): Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…; 1 Dec 0001
Fever Pitch (1996): That most evergreen of English obsessions, footy, is here given a long, loving and belated tribute from a lifetime fan, adapting Nick Hornby's…; 1 Dec 0001
Gattaca (1997): The big league writer/directing debut of ex–pat Wellingtonian and former London adman Niccol, is a highly intriguing thriller about the scary…; 1 Dec 0001
Jazz On a Summer's Day (1959): The definitive jazz concert film, shot at the Newport Festival in 1958 captures the sights and sounds and buzz of another time and place as well as…; 1 Dec 0001
Saving Grace (1997): A kind of Jesus of Upper Cuba Street, this adaptation of Duncan Sarkies' stageplay ambitiously hammers a drama of poverty in inner–city…; 1 Dec 0001
Happiness (1998): Controversial is the byword for this disturbing trawl through the sad–case lives of various American suburbanites and their families (Lara…; 1 Dec 0001
Torture Garden (1967): Grisly, well–acted omnibus of four horror stories by PSYCHO–scribe Robert Bloch, framed by the fiendish hype of Burgess Meredith's…; 1 Dec 0001
Stud, The (1978): Joan Collins stars in this appropriately ludicrous dramatisation of sister Jackie's trash novel about the rise and fall of a…; 1 Dec 0001
Boys Don't Cry (1999): Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…; 1 Dec 0001
When Love Comes (1999): Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…; 1 Dec 0001
Magnolia (2000): A sprawling, stylistically–impressive but moribund domestic melodrama about Californian amorality and redemption (of sorts), with interleaved…; 1 Dec 0001
Unbreakable (2000): The sceptre of THE SIXTH SENSE hangs over this follow–up from writer/director Shyamalan, whose status as a Hollywood golden boy has arguably…; 1 Dec 0001
Shining, The (1980): Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…; 1 Dec 0001
Slap Shot (1977): Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…; 1 Dec 0001
3 Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor) (1975): A polished thriller from the heyday of the 70s conspiracy genre, with Robert Redford as the hunted CIA operative who knows 'too much'. Going on…; 1 Dec 0001

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