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1 Dec 0001

As You Like It (1978): Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.; 1 Dec 0001
Romeo and Juliet (1968): Definitive screen version has the lovelorn couple played by teenagers, the costume designer working overtime and a youthful, fashionable feel to it.…; 1 Dec 0001
Battlestar Galactica (1978): The TV origins of this STAR WARS retread are plainly evident, with the cast all looking rather self–conscious in their 70s lurex clobber.; 1 Dec 0001
Highlander, The (1986): Visually splendid action–fantasy with Christopher Lambert as a 16th Century immortal, destined to battle his arch enemy through the ages. This…; 1 Dec 0001
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) (1981): The excellent BBC TV adaptation of Douglas Adams' extraordinary books provides a wealth of brain–candy for cybernerds, techno–buffs and…; 1 Dec 0001
Willow (1988): Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…; 1 Dec 0001
Madame Bovary (1991): Chabrol remains faithful to the text of this oft–filmed classic of French literature, with Isabelle Huppert bringing a glacial refinement to…; 1 Dec 0001
Mildred Pierce (1945): Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her career–defining role as a stoical housewife–turned–waitress who finds success in business, but…; 1 Dec 0001
Fifth Element, The (1997): Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…; 1 Dec 0001
They Were Expendable (1945): Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…; 1 Dec 0001
Ulysses' Gaze (1995): Returning from exile in America, Yugoslavian filmmaker Harvey Keitel quests after rare film footage in the wartorn Balkans. Shot under conditions…; 1 Dec 0001
Mummy, The (1932): Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…; 1 Dec 0001
I Confess (1953): Striking Wellesian cinematography and an excellent performance by proto–Method actor Montgomery Clift more than make up for minor shortcomings…; 1 Dec 0001
Fever Pitch (1996): That most evergreen of English obsessions, footy, is here given a long, loving and belated tribute from a lifetime fan, adapting Nick Hornby's…; 1 Dec 0001
Gattaca (1997): The big league writer/directing debut of ex–pat Wellingtonian and former London adman Niccol, is a highly intriguing thriller about the scary…; 1 Dec 0001
Waking Ned Devine (1998): When national lottery winner Ned Devine carks it, a cunning old codger (Ian Bannen) assumes his identity to claim the loot, and finds no shortage of…; 1 Dec 0001
Jazz On a Summer's Day (1959): The definitive jazz concert film, shot at the Newport Festival in 1958 captures the sights and sounds and buzz of another time and place as well as…; 1 Dec 0001
Torture Garden (1967): Grisly, well–acted omnibus of four horror stories by PSYCHO–scribe Robert Bloch, framed by the fiendish hype of Burgess Meredith's…; 1 Dec 0001
Boys Don't Cry (1999): Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…; 1 Dec 0001
When Love Comes (1999): Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…; 1 Dec 0001
Shining, The (1980): Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…; 1 Dec 0001
Best in Show (2000): Aided by much of the same cast from his small–town character–driven satire, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, dir. Christopher Guest applies his…; 1 Dec 0001
Back of the Y - Masterpiece Television (TV Series) (2001): Masterfully original TV–trash that follows in the tradition of BAD TASTE, this enacts a satirical reality–TV show of…; 1 Dec 0001
Slap Shot (1977): Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…; 1 Dec 0001
Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) (2000): This hyper–kinetic, violent satire from Japan courted controversy (and a fair swag of hype) for its ‘irresponsible’ premise and searing…; 1 Dec 0001
Farscape (TV Series) (1999-2003): Suprisingly resourceful sci–fi series, with Channel 9 and Jim Henson collaborating in an extended saga of intergalactic intrigue. Human…; 15 Jan 2015
Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta) (1992): A world weary pilot, with a pig's head, protects shipping on the Adriatic from air pirates in the wake of World War I. Although not one of his…; 1 Dec 0001
Firefly (TV Series) (2002): Devised by Josh Whedon, the creator of BUFFY and ANGEL, this intelligent sci–fi series concerns a small group of space–travellers aboard…; 1 Dec 0001
Corner Gas (TV Series) (2004): Praised in certain quarters, this unheralded Canadian sitcom recalls in spirit the irreverent ‘nothingness’ of SEINFELD, extracting smart and…; 1 Dec 0001
Happy Days (TV Series) (1974): Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…; 1 Dec 0001

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