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Stephen Frears’s delectable and enchanting biopic tells the story of middle-aged New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, a woman who would never let a little thing like having a terrible singing voice get in the way of her […]
Co-producer/director Lindsay Shonteff’s low-budget gothic 1964 British horror movie Devil Doll stars Bryant Halliday as the evil hypnotist/ ventriloquist The Great Vorelli. Vorelli puts heiress Marianne Horn (Yvonne Romain), the girlfriend of an American reporter […]
A 1930s update – complete with typewriters and dictaphones – on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous snaky tale The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Putting his stamp on the role, Raymond Massey is splendidly aloof […]
The riveting 1946 thriller The Strange Love of Martha Ivers mixes film noir with steamy melodrama. It is notable for Barbara Stanwyck’s brio turn and for Kirk Douglas in his star-making film debut. Director Lewis […]
Director Richard Marquand’s 1985 thriller hit a jagged edge of the public nerve and the box-office jackpot. On a $15million budget, it took back more than $40million in the US plus £2,450,000 in the UK. The […]
Producer/director Leo McCarey won the 1938 Oscar as Best Director for the awfully fast and funny screwball comedy The Awful Truth, which was nominated for six Academy awards. Irene Dunne kicks up a storm in […]
Will Smith stars as Hitch, aka Alex Hitchens, a smarty-pants date doctor who teaches men how to win the girl of their dreams. Hitch can help everyone – including timid and tubby accountant Kevin James, who is […]