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  • Crooked House (2008)
    Review preview for Crooked House

    Gatiss is obviously a born storyteller, with a knack for boiling a tale down to its essentials, but throwing in enough red herrings and incidental details to keep the viewer pleasantly puzzled.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A cursed house draws three sets of characters through the ages.
  • The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
    Review preview for The Eagle Has Landed

    Caine's presence makes the difference between entertaining nonsense and a rattling good yarn.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Michael Caine leads German commando raid to kidnap Churchill from a sleepy English village.
  • Giddy Stratospheres (2021)
    Review preview for Giddy Stratospheres

    The characters feel real, their lives believably chaotic.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young woman tries to come to terms with bereavement in the London indie music scene in 2007.
  • The Mayor Of Casterbridge (2003)
    Review preview for The Mayor Of Casterbridge

    The performances are strong and the script by Ted Whitehead boned and lean.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Adaptation of the Thomas Hardy classic about a man who sells his wife.
  • Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete First Series (1971)
    Review preview for Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete First Series

    Each episode feels self-contained, allowing the viewer to dip in and out without having to watch in sequence.

    Sarah Artt · 4 out of 5
    Classic drama series about the upper classes and their servants.
  • Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete Third Series (1973)
    Review preview for Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete Third Series

    Peerless as TV drama.

    Tim Bryant · 3.5 out of 5
    National and social changes amongst the privileged and servant classes in London during tempestuous times before The Great War.
  • Willow (1988)
    Review preview for Willow

    Lucas and Howard's often-dark adventure is still an enjoyable sword-and-sorcery tale.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    A would-be sorceror enlists the help of a warrior to take an abandoned baby to safety.

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