“Billion Dollar Brain” (1967) Drama Running Time: 111 minutes Written by: John McGrath Directed by: Ken Russell Featuring: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka and Françoise Dorléac Col.Stok: “I suppose a young man like you wouldn't know the pleasure of removing a tight collar.” Harry Palmer: “I thought Lenin called such comforts "momentary interest."” Col.Stok: “Don't tell me what Lenin said. I touched Lenin. …
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“Funeral in Berlin” (1966) Drama Running Time: 102 minutes Written by: Evan Jones Directed by: Guy Hamilton Featuring: Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka, Eva Renzi, Guy Doleman and Hugh Burden Samantha Steel: “My name is Samantha Steel. Some people call me Sam.” Harry Palmer: “Edmund Dorf. Some people call me Edna.” Critical Commentary “Funeral in Berlin” is a 1966 British spy film directed by Guy …
“The Ipcress File” (1994) Drama Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Bill Canaway Directed by: Sidney J. Furie Featuring: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman and Sue Lloyd Major Dalby: “The next time you use CC1 authority, just you make sure you have it!” Palmer: “You know, it's funny... If Radcliffe had been here, I'd have been... a hero.” Major Dalby: “He wasn't. And you're …
“My Old School (2022) Documentary Running Time: 115 minutes Directed by: Jono McLeod Featuring: Alan Cumming, Clare Grogan and Lulu Narrator: “So, many of us would think, if we had our time over again, what would we do? In fact, he tried to do exactly the same thing he had done the first time.”"My Old School" is a 2022 documentary …
“Pearl” (2022) Horror Running Time: 103 minutes Written by: Ti West and Mia Goth Directed by: Ti West Featuring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro and Alistair Sewell Pearl: [yelling in distress after being rejected] “No, I'm a star! Please, I'm a star! Please, somebody help me! Please help me! Help me!” Critical Commentary “Pearl” is a 2022 …
“Magpie Murders” (2022 - Present) Television Six Episodes Created by: Anthony Horowitz Featuring: Conleth Hill, Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan and Ian Lloyd Anderson Sue: “You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there …
“Triangle of Sadness” (2022) Drama Running Time: 147 minutes Written and directed by: Ruben Östlund Featuring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies, Sunnyi Melles and Woody Harrelson The Captain: “'How people perceive themselves is nothing that interests me.. There are very few that are gonna look in the mirror and say: The …
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“Stargate” (1994) Science Fiction Running Time: 121 minutes Written by: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich Directed by: Roland Emmerich Featuring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson and Viveca Lindfors Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil: “Give my regards to King Tut, asshole.” Critical Commentary Released in 1994, "Stargate" is a science fiction adventure film directed by Roland Emmerich. It serves as the introduction to the Stargate …
Television/Comedy Eighteen Episodes Created by: Paul Feig Featuring: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty and Busy Philipps Neal Schweiber: “The dance is tomorrow. She's a cheerleader, you've seen Star Wars 27 times. You do the math.” "Freaks and Geeks" is a highly acclaimed television series that originally aired in 1999 and has since gained …
“Private Hell 36” (1954) Running Time: 81 minutes Drama Written by: Collier Young and Ida Lupino Directed by: Don Siegel Featuring: Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger and Dorothy Malone Lilli Marlowe: “Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed I'd meet a drunken slob in a bar who'd give me fifty bucks and we'd live happily ever after.” Critical Commentary "Private …
“Plunder of the Sun” (1953) Drama Running Time: 82 minutes Written by: Jonathan Latimer Directed by: John Farrow Featuring: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina and Francis L. Sullivan Julie Barnes: “You stood me up because you think I’m a tramp.” Al Colby: “I don't think you're a tramp.” Julie Barnes: “Yes you do... cuz I am. I'm a tramp and everybody knows it; Julie …
“City That Never Sleeps” (1953) Drama Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: Steve Fisher Directed by: John H. Auer Featuring: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor and Paula Raymond Sally 'Angel Face' Connors: “When I first came to this town I was gonna be - oh, there were a lot of things I was gonna do. Become famous. But …
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“Hollywood Story” (1951) Drama Running Time: 77 minutes Written by: Frederick Brady and Frederick Kohner Directed by: William Castle Featuring: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark and Jim Backus Larry O'Brien: “They only made silent pictures here?” John Miller: “The first ones and the best ones. Ever since 1915, Mr O'Brien. Why, this street has been everything from Klondike Gulch to …
“Jennifer” (1953) Drama Running Time: 73 minutes Written by: Bernard Girard and Richard Dorso Directed by: Joel Newton Featuring: Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Robert Nichols and Mary Shipp Critical Commentary "Jennifer" is a film noir directed by Joel Newton, and Lupino plays the lead role of Agnes Langley, a woman who suffers from a split personality disorder. The …
“Beware, My Lovely” (1952) Drama Running Time: 77 minutes Written by: Mel Dinelli Directed by: Harry Horner Featuring: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Taylor Holmes Howard Wilton: “You think I'm funny?” Ruth Williams: “Not particularly.” Howard Wilton: “I don't like being laughed at.” Ruth Williams: “Well, aren't you the bundle of nerves! Listen, you. I don't see many men around polishing floors. It's a …
"Appointment with Danger" (1950) Drama Running Time: 104 minutes Written by: Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff Directed by: Lewis Allen Featuring: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert and Paul Stewart Earl Boettiger: “What's the matter with you? You got a face a foot long.” Joe Regas: “You look as if you just lost your best friend.” Al Goddard: “I'm my best friend.” Joe Regas: “That's what I …
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Drama Running Time: 104 minutes Written by: Walter Doniger Directed by: William Dieterle Featuring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre Toady: “I am here, free as the wind, fountain of extraordinary knowledge, splendidly corrupt and eager to be of profitable service.” Critical Commentary "Rope of Sand" is a film-noir adventure movie released in 1949, directed by William Dieterle. Starring Burt …
Drama Running Time: 113 minutes Written by: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley and Kenneth Cranham Maggie: “I do have a mind of my own, Danny. I know very well I might be losing it, but I do have a mind of my own.” Critical Commentary "The Boxer" is a 1997 film directed …
“In the Name of the Father” (1993) Drama Running Time: 133 minutes Written by: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson and Pete Postlethwaite Gerry Conlon: “I'm an innocent man. I spent 15 years in prison for something I didn't do. I watched my father die in a British prison for something he didn't do. And this …
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“The Field” (1990) Drama Running Time: 103 minutes Written and directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker, Frances Tomelty and Tom Berenger "Bull" McCabe: “There's another law stronger than the common law.” Father Doran: “What's that?” "Bull" McCabe: “The law of the land.” Critical Commentary "The Field" is a 1990 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. Set in rural Ireland, the …
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