In comedy drama Last Of The Blonde Bombshells, written by Alan Plater, when the now ageing Elizabeth (Judi Dench) thinks back to her time playing in...
One of the most successful childrens serials of the early 1990s, The Borrowers is pure delight. Made in 1992 and with super high production values (walking...
In one offcComedy thriller Murder By The Book celebrated Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (Ian Holm) is brought face to face with his creator Agatha Christie (Peggy...
Saturday Night Theatre was an anthology series with no real defining factor other than that the productions were all first broadcast on Saturday evening in a...
Mike Newell’s acclaimed film tells the story of the life and tragic death of Ruth Ellis (MIRANDA RICHARDSON), the last woman to be hanged for murder...
Period drama the Cherry Orchard focuses on Madame Renevsky and her daughter Anya who are shocked to discover that, on their return home following a visit...
Richard Lester is very much the archetypal British director and also a director par excellence of historical dramas (Four Musketeers, Royal Flash). He also provided flair...
In pre-revolutionary Russia, Yakov Bok (Alan Bates), a ‘fixer,’ or handyman, moves to Kiev from the shtetl and is unjustly accused of the ritual murder of...
After the somewhat lacklustre A Stranger Among Us and Guilty as Sin, Sidney Lumet returned to top form with this film, based on Robert Daley’s novel...
Featuring one of the most eccentric casts ever assembled in the Scottish Highlands – yes, that is former Page Three model Sam Fox serving pints behind...
Alexandre Dumas’s classic novel was first filmed by James Whale in 1939 and most recently in 1998 with Leonardo DiCaprio, but Mike Newell’s version sticks faithfully...
When Ridley Scott was chosen for Alien, he was on a roll from The Duellists and Blade Runner and delivered a slick sci-fi whose look and...
Terry Gilliam’s extraordinary fantasy Time Bandits begins calmly enough for young Craig Warnock, trapped in a dull suburban existence with his parents David Draker and Sheila Fearn. But...
When Ridley Scott was chosen for Alien , he was on a roll from The Duellists and delivered a slick sci-fi whose look and feel has...
Variety called this biopic of Winston Churchill’s early years ‘a brilliant artistic achievement and a fascinating, highly enjoyable film.’ Using three actors (child Russell Lewis, adolescent...