Nick's Favourites
Through the musty halls of the old Harbour Light Picture theatre Lyttelton and where the old merchant crusty sea captains checked their hand held compasses with the metallic 'star' inbuilt in the foyer floor I knew i had a passion till life's end. Contained therein is my retina's wink of approval with no one genre favoured. Ladies and Gentleman "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war'
Dressed to Kill (1980)
7.1/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen
A visit to the art museum leads to a fateful and fatal sexual encounter for bored housewife Angie Dickinson in this stylish, erotic suspenser from Bri... Read more
Dressed to Kill (Blu-ray) (1980)
7.1/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen
A visit to the art museum leads to a fateful and fatal sexual encounter for bored housewife Angie Dickinson in this stylish, erotic suspenser from Bri... Read more
Eastern Boys (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Robin Campillo
Starring: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov
They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there... Read more
Ed Wood (1994)
7.9/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jon...
From Hollywood's acclaimed director Tim Burton comes the offbeat, true-life story of Hollywood's worst director, Ed Wood. Superstar Johnny Depp portr... Read more
Elena (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Starring: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Rozin
Elena (Nadezhda Markina) and Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) come from very different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy, cold man, while his submissive wif... Read more
Elvis: '68 Comeback Special (1968)
7.4/10
Director: Steve Binder
Starring: Elvis Presley
When in June 1968 Elvis Presley made a television special to be aired in December of the same year, he accomplished two things. He saved his career, a... Read more
Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
7.9/10
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Brionne Davis, Antonio Bolivar, Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres
An Amazonian shaman, the lone survivor of his tribe, is the commanding central presence in this hypnotic reversal of the jungle-explorer genre by Colo... Read more
Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)
6.7/10
Director: Douglas Hickox
Starring: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery
Playwright Joe Orton's dark, very funny account of a handsome criminal who becomes the guest - and love interest - of a frowzy widow and her brother.... Read more
Equity (2016)
5.5/10
Director: Meera Menon
Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) dons power suits to star in a female-centric thriller set on Wall Street& Equity is a smart thriller set in the corporate wor... Read more
Escape From New York (1981)
7.2/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Sea...
1997. New York City is a maximum security prison. When the President's plane crash lands within it's walls, he is taken prisoner by criminals demandin... Read more