Classic Cinema
Timelock (1957)
2.8/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Robert Ayres, Robert Beatty, Betty McDowell, Lee Patterson, Sean Connery
A textbook example of how a talented director and cast can do a lot with a little. Lensed in Canada, the story gets under way when a child is accident... Read more
The Stratton Story (1949)
7.2/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams
Excellent sports biography starring James Stewart as Monty Stratton, a pitcher with the Chicago White Sox whose career appears over when his leg is am... Read more
Pittsburgh (1942)
6.7/10
Director: Lewis Seiler
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton
The beautiful Marlene Dietrich is courted by rivals John Wayne and Randolph Scott in this patriotic rags-to-riches adventure of two coal miners who ri... Read more
Abbott & Costello Movie Night (1952)
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Ford
Mistaken for great hunters and shanghaied to Africa, Abbott and Costello lead crooks on a silly safari for hidden diamonds. "Africa Screams" features... Read more
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)
7.2/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Charles Coburn, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Gigi Perreau
Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate to the family of his first love, who turned down h... Read more
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
6.1/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Bert Lahr, Britt Ekland, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Forrest Tucker, Harry A...
A flavourful comedy, set in the Burlesque years, about an Amish girl (Britt Ekland) who comes to N.Y.C., gets involved with a comic (Jason Robards), a... Read more
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Desire (1936)
7.3/10
Director: Frank Borzage
Starring: Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, William Frawley, Joh...
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France, but g... Read more
Madame Bovary (1949)
7.1/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockha...
Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After... Read more
Far From the Madding Crowd (Blu-ray) (1967)
7.1/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker
Based upon the classic novel by Thomas Hardy and set against the harsh, foreboding landscape of rural Victorian England, "Far From the Madding Crowd"... Read more
War and Peace (Blu-ray) (1956)
6.8/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Anita Ekberg, Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Mel Ferrer,...
Leo Tolstoy's literary masterpiece comes to life in this epic film classic, featuring the talents of some of the greatest names from Hollywood's Golde... Read more