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At her best friend Marjorie’s funeral, Cynthia Jackson – mid-70s, bold and stylish – shocks her daughter Amanda with her refusal to play the frail widow. But when Cynthia collapses, Amanda insists she move into Cedar Wood Retirement Village for her safety. Cynthia bristles at the village’s rules (‘no antisocial...
You’ll SH-SH-SHIVER with SUSPENSE…and SH-SH-SHAKE with LAUGHTER! When an insurance salesman arrives at a creepy mansion to discover his potential eccentric millionaire client already dead. Instead he gets embroiled in a house full of greedy, murderous relatives competing for the inheritance. Original title: One Body Too Many (1944) Director: Frank...
The BFI today announces a new season celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama, inviting film audiences to follow their emotions. United by their emotion driven plots, vivid visual language and self-conscious audience manipulation, these films are designed to make you break down...
Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Prophetic plot is the best reason to watch this more considered feature from newcomers Commonwealth United. Another movie featuring a former star on the wane in Nancy Kwan. Again, one of those neo noir films which might have made a bigger splash with...
Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Don’t be taken in by claims that, since it was directed by Mario Bava, it kicked off the giallo sub-genre. More of the tropes come from mainstream horror – windows banging shut, locked doors, disembodied voices, stalkers, gaslighting, mysterious phone calls, premonition, retrocognition....
“You Would Do It Too” takes place after an armed robbery on a bus near Barcelona results in the deaths of three robbers. Detectives and former lovers are on a mission to uncover the truth behind the six witnesses’ inconsistent timelines before time runs out. As they navigate a world...
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried
(LONDON U.K. – Aug. 27, 2024) “Elton John: Never Too Late” will premiere Friday, Dec. 13, on Disney+. Directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, the documentary follows Elton John as he looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this emotionally charged, intimate and...
The 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is delighted to announce that this year’s American Express Gala will be the European premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late on Thursday 10 October at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, with Elton John and directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish in attendance. Directed...
Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s The gentlest of British comedies – a fading subgenre after the infiltration of the genre by the unsubtle Carry On pictures – that on the face of it appears a sequel to the very successful The Fast Lady (1962), featuring the same cast...
Pre-Code Hollywood – An era in American film history between the introduction of sound in movies (1929) and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (commonly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. During this period, filmmakers had more freedom to explore controversial and explicit themes in their films...
A Bridge Too Far Official Trailer #1 – Sean Connery, Michael Caine Movie (1977) HD It is near the end of WWII. The Germans have lost most of France, and the Allied forces decide to give them the final hit. They plan to drop thousands of paratroopers in Holland and...
Netflix has announced Too Much, a new rom-com series created by multi award-winning writer, director, producer and actor Lena Dunham (Girls/Catherine Called Birdy) and husband Luis Felber. Too Much will be produced by Working Title Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Lena Dunham’s Good Thing Going. The...
Release: 12/01/2023 From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father (Joel Kinnaman) who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he...
Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for UK Original thriller Wilderness, ahead of the series global launch on 15 September. Written and created by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Marnie Dickens and based on B.E. Jones’ novel of the same name, Wilderness is a tale of betrayal from the intoxicating pull...
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