"The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written and directed by: Steve Kloves Featuring: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer and Beau Bridges Jack Baker: "You let that guy turn us into clowns tonight. We were always small time, but we were never clowns." Some films announce themselves with spectacle. Others quietly slip into your memory …
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"Summertime" (1955) Drama Running Time: 100 minutes Written by: David Lean and H. E. Bates Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin and Isa Miranda Renato de Rossi: "You are like a hungry child who is given ravioli to eat. 'No' you say, 'I want beefsteak!' My dear girl, you are hungry. Eat …
"Hobson's Choice" (1954) Drama Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Wynyard Browne, David Lean and Norman Spencer Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson and Prunella Scales Maggie Hobson: "I've been watching you for a long time and everything I've seen I've liked. I think you'll do for me." Hobson's …
"The Sound Barrier" (1952) Drama Running Time: 117 minutes Written by: Terence Rattigan Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin and Denholm Elliott Tony Garthwaite: "What's so ruddy peculiar about the speed of sound? We all know exactly what it is, don't we? 750 miles per hour at ground level. Now …
"Madeleine" (1950) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written by: Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Wooland and Leslie Banks Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard Scots Divine: "The wicked shall be destroyed! This daughter of a rich man in her devilry defied the most sacred laws of God and man. She dresses …
"Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" (1991) Documentary Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper Directed by: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper Featuring: Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas, John Milius and Martin Sheen Francis Ford Coppola: "My greatest fear is to make a really shitty, embarrassing, pompous …
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"The Passionate Friends" (1949) Drama Running Time: 91 minutes Written by: Eric Ambler, Stanley Haynes, David Lean and H. G. Wells Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard Howard Justin: "Don't you see that you two together are dangerous? You just have to keep away from one another. In the future, I'm …
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"Spellbinder" (1998) Horror Running Time: 99 minutes Written by: Tracy Tormé Directed by: Janet Greek Featuring: Timothy Daly, Kelly Preston and Rick Rossovich Mrs. White: [referring to Miranda] "We want her back." Jeff Mills: "What is this, some kind of joke?" Mrs. White: "Take this as a warning. There won't be another." There are certain films that …
"Supercar" (1961-1962) Science Fiction Thirty Nine Episodes Created by: Gerry Anderson & Reg Hill Featuring: David Graham, George Murcell, Graydon Gould, Sylvia Anderson and Cyril Shaps Doctor Beaker: Curious, most curious! The rubbish people do write. What can this man possibly know about 'Neurotic Anxieties in the New England Squirrel'? For fans of classic British television, Gerry Anderson’s pioneering …
"The Last Seduction" (1994) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written by: Steve Barancik Directed by: John Dahl Featuring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg and Bill Pullman Mike Swale: "I'm trying to figure out whether you're a total fucking bitch or not." Bridget Gregory: "I am a total fucking bitch." Few films from the 1990s have aged as well …
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"No Other Choice" (2025) Drama Running Time: 139 minutes Written by: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Lee Ja-hye Directed by: Park Chan-wook Featuring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran and Cha Seung-won “Losing your job is not the problem; the problem is with how you deal with it.” Park Chan-wook’s No Other …
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"The Lawnmower Man" (1992) Science Fiction Running Time: 108 / 142 minutes Written by: Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett Directed by: Brett Leonard Featuring: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis and Austin O'Brien Dr. Lawrence Angelo: "This is all so new." Jobe Smith: "It's not new. I realized that nothing we've been doing is new. …
"Bergerac: Series 1 - 9" (1981 - 1991) TV Series / Drama Episodes: Eighty Seven Created by: Robert Banks Stewart Featuring : John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Louise Jameson, Annette Badland, Deborah Grant, Cécile Paoli, Celia Imrie and Thérèse Liotard Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: "Jersey is an island. It's nine miles by five. And …
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"Alligator" (1980) Horror Running Time: 91 minutes Written by: John Sayles Directed by: Lewis Teague Featuring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, Jack Carter, Dean Jagger, Sidney Lassick, Perry Lang, Sue Lyon, Angel Tompkins and Henry Silva Bob: "We got a big toe in the morgue once. Nothing else; just a big toe. Never found the rest …
"Sentimental Value" (2025) Drama Running Time: 133 minutes Written by: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier Directed by: Joachim Trier Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning Press: "Your movie is a Netflix production. Will it be released in theatres?" Gustav Borg: "Well... how else would you watch it?" The DVD release of Sentimental Value arrives …
"Priest" (2007) Drama Running Time: 108 minutes Written by: Jimmy McGovern Directed by: Antonia Bird Starring: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle and Cathy Tyson Father Greg Pilkington: "When we were in seminary, it was a sort of standard question: a man tells you in confession that he's poisoned the altar wine. Do you still go out …
French and Saunders Series 1 - 6 (1994 - 2005) TV Series/Comedy Episodes: Forty Eight Created and Featuring : Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders Jennifer: "A lot of our viewers seem to be having a lot of trouble discerning the difference between a pension scheme and a unit trust." Dawn: "Oh yes, I get that one …
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“Stingray” (1964-1965) Television Thirty nine Episodes Created by: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Featuring: Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham, Don Mason and Lois Maxwell Opening Theme: “Stand by for action, we’re about to launch Stingray Stingray StingrayStingray Stingray Marineville i am calling all battle stations, Anything can happen in the next half hour Stingray Stingray” Released recently on Blu-ray is the 1960s English …
“Night Gallery” (1969 - 1973) Anthology/Horror 43 Episodes Created by: Rod Serling Produced by: Jack Laird & William Sackheim Rod Serling: “Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, …
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Cinema of Powell & Pressburger - Collection One Drama Directed by: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Sister Clodagh: [to Mr. Dean] "You are objectionable when sober, and abominable when drunk!" The Powell & Pressburger Collection One Blu-ray boxset (Imprint Collection #456–#461) gathers six seminal films from the first phase of the legendary British filmmaking partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, …
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