Movies

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The film starred Malcolm McDowell as gang leader Alex, with an early appearance by Warren Clarke as the brainless, ox-like 'Dim'. Burgess's novel was written in 'Nadsat', a teenage street-argot of the future. Based on Slav, Nadsat also conatins elements ...

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

1988 comedy farce about a group of four people who team up to commit a diamond robbery but end up double-crossing each other to try and get the jewels for themselves.John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis ...

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Robert Englund stars as nightmare serial killer Freddie Krueger in Wes Craven's 1984 horror movie in which Nancy and the other Elm Street teens (including a young Johnny Depp!) are haunted in their dreams by the badly burnt psychopath with ...

A Passage to India (1984)

Based on the EM Forster book (that I read for A-level English!) this film was confusing unless you'd read it but notable because Sir Alec Guiness was 'blacked up'! Wouldn't get away with it nowadays....  ...

A View To A Kill (1985)

Roger Moore returns as James Bond on a mission to defeat the evil industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) who intends to destroy Silicon Valley. ...

About Last Night (1986)

About Last Night was such a typical 80s movie. It starred the gorgeous Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, who meet at a bar and begin a relationship. The film is quite steamy, from what I can remember, but also comes ...

Absolute Beginners (1986)

The film that was supposed to bring musicals back into fashion. Actually Absolute Beginners turned into a megaflop - hardly surprising given that Patsy Kensit was one of the leads.Memorable only for the theme song and, if I'm not making ...

Action Jackson (1988)

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Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

The title to this movie says it all! When Chris' boyfriend cancels their "big date" it's babysitting instead so let the ADVENTURES begin!! Very funny movie. ...

Against All Odds (1984)

Against All Odds is a movie about two lovers who meet on a tiny island. The husband, played by James Woods, gets his friend ex-football player played by Jeff Bridges to find his wife played by Rachel Ward. Yes they ...

Airplane (Flying High)

Crazy comedy from the people who later went on to produce the Naked Gun films.Packed full of great and silly jokes - the sort of film you can watch several times and find new jokes each time. ...

Airport '77 (1977)

I remember going to the pictures and seeing this film - the sequel to Airport and loosely based on the 1965 film adaptation of The Flight Of The Phoenix. It had some big names in it including James Stewart and ...

Alien (1979)

"In space no one can hear you scream...". Terrifying sci-fi film starring Sigourney Weaver as Ripley who battles against evil alien parasites on board the deep space mining ship Nostromo. ...

Aliens (1986)

Sigourney Weaver plays Ellen Ripley again in this terrifying sequel to the original Alien. Ripley is sent back to the planet full of Aliens that was colonised after the Aliens had been wiped out.Turns out there are a load of ...

Amadeus (1984)

The story of Mozart as a young man of incomparable musical genius. He was a party guy and a spendthrift, but he worked on composing constantly. In fact, goaded by a rival and guilt generated by his father - ...

American Gigolo (1980)

American Gigolo was the film that made Richard Gere a star, and did even more for the designer Armani, as the scene of Gere laying out his clothes to wear is probably the most memorable thing in the film. ...

American Graffiti (1973)

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An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Ohhhh, man. What memories here! I remember watching this with my best buddy at the time, Chris. We simply sat there on the floor in front of the old floor-console TV, and when the "dream monster-army" started ...

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Ah, every girl's fantasty, to be swept off their feet whilst working in a factory (and looking, frankly, cack) by a guy in a pristine white uniform. fnarrr! Watch those grubby hands... It's got Richard Gere in it, what more do you want? ...

Angel Heart

Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological horror film, an adaption of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel. The film was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling. Harry Angel (Rourke), a New ...

Annie (1982)

Set in the 1930s, Annie is a musical based on the life of red-headed Annie who lives in a miserable orphanage.Somehow she ends up staying for a while in a wonderful mansion and charms the owner into helping her locate ...

Any Which Way You Can (1980)

Clint Eastwood & an Orangutang called Clyde fighting the Black Widows gang. 'Right turn Clyde'! ...

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

I picked up a copy of Armed and Dangerous in a Tokyo Supermarket discount bin! I'm a big John Candy fan so I thought I would add it to my collection. Good guy Candy gets busted out of the cops ...

Arthur (1981)

Arthur (Dudley Moore) is a happy drunk who stands to inherit a vast fortune if he marries Susan but instead Arthur falls in love with a woman with no money.A truly funny comedy with great performances from great actors including ...

Arthur 2 : On The Rocks

Oh dear, this was one of those rotten sequels, when all involved were on the downward spiral. Plot - Arthur gets drunk - loses dosh - gets visited by ghost of dead butler - gets dosh back. Fans of the ...

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Remarkable John Carpenter action thriller about the siege of a decommissioned Los Angeles police station. It received poor box office figures when first released in the US, but has since gone on to become a cult classic.Austin Stoker plays young ...

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Possibly one of Mike Myers' best roles in cinematic history ever, "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" gives the viewing public great heaps of good ol' fashioned fun in this one. Myers stars as Austin Powers, a British secret agent from ...

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

"Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me" sees the return of Austin Powers (Mike Meyers) and Dr. Evil (Mike Meyers). This time around we get the voluptuous Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) and find a disturbing end to Elizabeth Hurley's ...