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  • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
    Review preview for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

    Nemo may prefer a diet of marine delicacies but there's never any danger that his vessel will run short of ham.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A professor and two sailors find themselves prisoners aboard rogue submarine the Nautilus.
  • Bigger Than Life (1956)
    Review preview for Bigger Than Life

    The performances are delicately balanced. Mason insinuates madness without loosening his bow tie and Rush internalises desperation without breaking the crockery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Addiction to a wonder drug has mind-altering side-effects.
  • Caught (1949)
    Review preview for Caught

    Ophüls’ technical skill is clearly visible in his use of camera-work to express the power relationships between the main characters.

    Emma Slawinski · 3.5 out of 5
    Tense psychological drama about a young woman whose dream of marrying into riches descends into a nightmare.
  • Cross Of Iron (1977)
    Review preview for Cross Of Iron

    First rate acting from Coburn and Schell is complemented by fine performances from the supporting actors.

    Donald Munro · 5 out of 5
    As the Wehrmacht retreat on the Eastern Front, two German soldiers are locked in a futile personal conflict.
  • Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1959)
    Review preview for Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

    A ripping yarn of the finest sort with good work all round.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Rival expeditions set out to try and reach the centre of the Earth via an extinct Icelandic volcano.
  • The Man Between (1953)
    Review preview for The Man Between

    Tension tightens as the black leathered storm troopers move ever closer. It would help if their motive was understandable and the plot more transparent.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Intrigue and kidnaps amongst the ruins of Berlin immediately after the war
  • The Man In Grey (1943)
    Review preview for The Man In Grey

    A slow and unmemorable trench through a stereotypical and predictable plot.

    Natasha Footman · 2 out of 5
    The first film of the Gainsborough costume melodramas is a stereotypical rendition of love, lies and murder.
  • Murder By Decree (1979)
    Review preview for Murder By Decree

    Unfortunately, the over complicated plot and plodding pace make this chapter of the world famous sleuth rather dull and frustrating.

    Paul Logan · 2 out of 5
    Sherlock Holmes sets out to capture Jack The Ripper.
  • North By Northwest (1959)
    Review preview for North By Northwest

    It's a nonsense, but when the storytelling is this good it doesn't matter.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    A case of mistaken identity and false accusation sees an innocent man go on the run from the CIA and a criminal gang.
  • Odd Man Out (1947)
    Review preview for Odd Man Out

    Even if almost all of Johnny's journey into darkness takes place on foot, only his first steps are truly pedestrian.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An injured IRA man goes on the run in the forbidding back streets of Belfast.
  • Pandora And The Flying Dutchman (1950)
    Review preview for Pandora And The Flying Dutchman

    If you're a romance fan, take a big supply of tissues.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A man cursed to roam the seas forever can escape only through the love of a woman willing to die for him, but in his brief period of shore leave the woman he falls for is a socialite with a string of admirers and apparently no feelings...
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (1954)
    Review preview for The Tell-Tale Heart

    Though Poe's prose was sometimes lurid, its visualisation here is spare.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Animated version of the Poe classic about a troubled murderer.
  • Thunder Rock (1942)
    Review preview for Thunder Rock

    Thankfully, Thunder Rock treats the question of 'why we fight' with somewhat more subtlety and ambiguity than might be expected

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Michael Redgrave is a disillusioned journalist, holed up on a haunted lighthouse, in 1939.
  • Voyage Of The Damned (1976)
    Review preview for Voyage Of The Damned

    The performers all do a decent job but one of the movie's major flaws is the awful assortment of accents flying around.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    The compelling real-life story of 937 Jewish refugees' desperate flight from Nazi Germany.

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