Author: John Spry
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“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…
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“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…
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“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…
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“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…
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“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…
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“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.…
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“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…
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“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…
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“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…
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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…
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“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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“Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974 – 1975) Television / Sci-Fi Twenty Episodes Created by: Jeff Rice Featuring: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage and Ruth McDevitt Carl Kolchak: [voiceover] “Buck Finemann, seventy two years old. Cantankerous old geezer. No-one liked him much, but they allowed him to play poker with them once a week because he…
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“Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons” (1967 – 1968) Television / Sci-Fi Thirty Two Episodes Created by: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Featuring: Sylvia Anderson, Ed Bishop, Gary Files, Cy Grant, Donald Gray, David Healy, Janna Hill, Martin King, Francis Matthews, Paul Maxwell, Liz Morgan, Lian-Shin, Charles Tingwell, Jeremy Wilkin, Neil McCallum and Shane Rimmer The Mysterons: [Their last line, from series finale] “This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know you can hear us,…
