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1 Aug 0001

Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (7th Voyage of Sinbad) (1958): In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…; 1 Aug 0001
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990): Rostand's classic play filmed in its native tongue, with the man born to play the poet with the outsized hooter, Gerard Depardieu. Little expense has…; 1 Aug 0001
Death on the Nile (1978): An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…; 1 Aug 0001
Funny Girl (1968): Barbra Streisand's bravura debut, playing real–life showbiz celeb Fanny Brice, won her an Oscar. Rates also as a well–executed musical.; 1 Aug 0001
Getaway, The (1972): Husband–and–wife crime team Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw have a nightmare of a time escaping to Mexico after a botched bank robbery. …; 1 Aug 0001
Kolya (1996): A beautifully sentimental Oscar winner for Best Foreign film – set during the 1988 Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia, when a…; 1 Aug 0001
Thin Red Line, The (1998): A studiously arthouse rendition of WWII, isolating a crucial battle of the Pacific campaign (Guadacanal) as a minutely observed microcosm of humanity…; 1 Aug 0001
Waking Ned Devine (1998): When national lottery winner Ned Devine carks it, a cunning old codger (Ian Bannen) assumes his identity to claim the loot, and finds no shortage of…; 1 Aug 0001
Fight Club (1999): Those grim forebodings of the pre–millennial zeitgeist form a backdrop to this flawed but thoroughly unique thriller–satire. Office…; 1 Aug 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 Aug 0001
Scarfies (1999): Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…; 1 Aug 0001
Stickmen (2000): A crowd–pleasing and assured sports–fetish movie, this doesn't shy from being dubbed 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Pool Cues', with its…; 1 Aug 0001
Almost Famous (2000): The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…; 1 Aug 0001
Snakeskin (2001): Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…; 1 Aug 0001
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965): Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…; 1 Aug 0001
Signs (2002): Trading on a promise to explore the mysterious crop–circle phenomenon, the third supernatural blockbuster from M. Night Shyamalan instead…; 1 Aug 0001
Chicago (2002): A screen adaptation of Bob Fosse’s 1970s smash hit stage musical that measures up to the legendary director–choreographer’s exacting…; 1 Aug 0001
Alias (TV Series) (2001): Depicts the adventures of a college student (Garner) who moonlights as a special agent – fulfilling dangerous covert operations for the CIA and…; 1 Aug 0001
Blue Max, The (1966): Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…; 1 Aug 0001
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967): Likeable, though overlong musical set in the swinging 20s and something of a sequel to Andrew's "The Boyfriend". Harebrained farce predominates…; 1 Aug 0001
Dawn of the Dead (2004): Tight–edged remake of George Romero's original zombie–fest, again reprising a tense battle between a small posse of post–apocalypse…; 1 Aug 0001
Wolf Man, The - The Legacy Collection (The Wolf Man, Werewolf of London, She-Wolf of London) (1935-1946): A 3–disc set containing two of Lon Chaney Jr.'s WOLF MAN films and two other 'werewolf' horrors WEREWOLF OF LONDON and SHE–WOLF OF LONDON.; 1 Aug 0001
Triplets of Belleville, The (Belleville Rendezvous) (2003): Witty, inventive and lovingly designed with retro–chic flair, this 'all–ages' animated feature is distinctively and delightfully…; 1 Aug 0001
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004): A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…; 1 Aug 0001
In My Father's Den (2004): Achieving a new high watermark in production terms at least, this vivid New Zealand melodrama harnesses the complexities of Maurice Gee's…; 1 Aug 0001
Carry On Collection, The: Assorted film titles from the iconic British comedy franchise. Boxed Set includes Carry On... Don't Lose Your Head, Carry On... Follow That…; 1 Aug 0001
Tell Them Who You Are (2004): An intimate, prickly, and ultimately moving portrait of famed American cinematographer Haskell Wexler, who lensed seminal films such as ONE FLEW OVER…; 1 Aug 0001
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) (1952-1958): The first ever 'Superman' TV series, this was an immensely popular rendition of the comicbook tale of the Man of Steel, whose life as…; 1 Aug 0001
Avatar - The Last Airbender (TV Series) (2005): Anime–influenced cartoon series from the Nickelodeon stable set in a timeless quasi–prehistoric world, which begins with the discovery of…; 1 Aug 0001
Macbeth (Shakespeare Retold) (2005): An updated version of Shakespeare's tragedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, shifting the Scottish renegade into the…; 1 Aug 0001

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