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1 Aug 0001

Once Were Warriors (1994): As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…; 1 Aug 0001
All the King's Men (1949): Broderick Crawford brilliantly plays a well intentioned but bullheaded Southern senator whose thirst for power sets him on the road to ruin. Fine…; 1 Aug 0001
From Here to Eternity (1953): Frank Sinatra established himself an actor alongside Burt Lancaster in this account of life at a Honolulu barracks at the time of Pearl Harbour.…; 1 Aug 0001
Gigi (1958): This cheerful musical odyssey of a Parisian girl trained to be a courtesan was the Oscar–winner of its year.; 1 Aug 0001
Great Expectations (1946): Esteemed treatment of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young orphan aided by a mysterious benefactor brought major international success to the…; 1 Aug 0001
Longest Day, The (1962): One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.; 1 Aug 0001
North by Northwest (1959): Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…; 1 Aug 0001
Shoes of the Fisherman, The (1968): Anthony Quinn plays a Russian bishop who is elected Pope after twenty years in political asylum. Beautifully adorned best–seller adaptation.; 1 Aug 0001
Trouble with Harry, The (1955): The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and the townspeople, including a young John Forsyth and Shirley Maclaine, don't quite know how to deal with…; 1 Aug 0001
Blade Runner (1982): This sci–fi neo–noir classic is an exercise in style over substance, but what style! A work of towering imagination and extraordinary…; 1 Aug 0001
Forbidden Planet (1956): Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…; 1 Aug 0001
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991): The ultimate Sci–fi action picture, it shamelessly flaunts its $100 million budget with Big Arnie playing second fiddle to a plethora of…; 1 Aug 0001
Murder On the Orient Express (1974): Extravagent production of Agatha Christie's mystery with Albert Finney as Poirot rounding up an all–star cast of suspects.; 1 Aug 0001
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991): Celebrated adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel follows the hunt of a gruesome serial killer by a rookie cop (Jodie Foster), 'aided' by an incarcerated…; 1 Aug 0001
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (7th Voyage of Sinbad) (1958): In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…; 1 Aug 0001
Indochine (1992): Oscar–winning Foreign Film of 1993 set during the Inochinese revolution of 1930. Catherine Deneuvre plays a French landowner coming to terms…; 1 Aug 0001
Death on the Nile (1978): An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…; 1 Aug 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
Funny Girl (1968): Barbra Streisand's bravura debut, playing real–life showbiz celeb Fanny Brice, won her an Oscar. Rates also as a well–executed musical.; 1 Aug 0001
Castle, The (1997): Uniquely Antipodean comedy about a blissfully naïve family that become forced to take on the council Goliath who wish to convert their beloved…; 1 Aug 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 Aug 0001
Scarfies (1999): Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…; 1 Aug 0001
Almost Famous (2000): The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…; 1 Aug 0001
Snakeskin (2001): Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…; 1 Aug 0001
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965): Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…; 1 Aug 0001
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too!) (2001): Acclaimed universally (and here in NZ beset with censorship wrangles), this Mexican joyride, taken by two teenage boys and an older woman, is indeed…; 1 Aug 0001
Alias (TV Series) (2001): Depicts the adventures of a college student (Garner) who moonlights as a special agent – fulfilling dangerous covert operations for the CIA and…; 1 Aug 0001
Blue Max, The (1966): Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…; 1 Aug 0001
Morvern Callar (2002): Enigmatic drama from the dir. of RATCATCHER that unreels a woman's journey into the unknown after her boyfriend commits suicide and she purloins his…; 1 Aug 0001
Dawn of the Dead (2004): Tight–edged remake of George Romero's original zombie–fest, again reprising a tense battle between a small posse of post–apocalypse…; 1 Aug 0001

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