On iPlayer: The Ipcress File
In this noir spy thriller from 1965, Michael Caine is Harry Palmer, a London spy who uncovers a web of conspiracy when he’s tasked to track down kidnapped British scientists. […]
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Rush
No, it’s not a biopic of mad American shock-jock Rush Limbaugh, played by Naomi Watts. Nor is it a rockumentary about Canadian prog outfit Rush, played by Naomi Watts. Rush […]
Glengarry Glen Ross
An office full of salesmen are put under pressure when a tough outsider (Alec Baldwin) is brought in to get them selling again. When they are told to sell or […]
Spartacus
Based on true events, this is the story of a Roman slave who became a gladiator then led a slave rebellion against the Romans. Like swords? Like sandals? Then this […]
Speed
The premise of Speed has made it into the public consciousness by osmosis even if the finer details of the film haven’t. It opens with a bomb plot on an elevator […]
Good Morning, Vietnam
Part Vietnam war film, part radio-based comedy, Good Morning, Vietnam is about radio DJ Adrian Cronauer as he becomes successful broadcasting to troops in the 1960s. Much of the film, […]
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back belongs in the “crap title, decent film” school of cinema, alongside Pacific Rim. Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who also star), this is a coming-of-age […]
Fargo
A car salesman (William H. Macy) arranges to have his wife kidnapped so he can claim the ransom money from his wealthy father-in-law to pay off his debts. But things […]
Primer
In this ultra low budget sci fi film a group of men build a time machine in their garage. Problems and time travel paradoxes abound as they all go back […]
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Set in Holland in 1655, this is the story behind the famous painting. Scarlett Johansson plays a maid who works for the painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), inadvertently becoming his […]
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