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  • The 13th Warrior (1999)
    Review preview for The 13th Warrior

    The locations are breathtaking, the longships built to scale, the costumes handmade, even chainmail is constructed by the original method.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An Arab scholar is recruited to help a group of Norsemen protect a village under seige.
  • A Castle In Italy (2013)
    Review preview for A Castle In Italy

    Everyone is allowed to over-act, not least herself, who runs the gamut of wet-eyed self-pity to hysteria.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    A family are forced to sell their Italian home.
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    Review preview for Doctor Zhivago

    Every image drives the story on, or highlights the characters’ tragedy.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Restored version of the Lean classic sees an idealistic poet/physician and the fiancée of a political activist meet and fall in love against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.
  • Hidalgo (2004)
    Review preview for Hidalgo

    Hidalgo is Cliche City's nominee for the Been There award.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A half-breed American cowboy races his mustang across the Arabian desert, circa 1890.
  • Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
    Review preview for Lawrence Of Arabia

    What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A biopic of TE Lawrence focused on role in the Arab/Turkish conflict during the First World War.
  • Maria By Callas (2017)
    Review preview for Maria By Callas

    Often you see the truth in her face, not in her words.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The most famous soprano in the world, a true diva, recounts her life 40 years after her death.
  • The Parole Officer (2001)
    Review preview for The Parole Officer

    Coogan and Henry Normal's script is full of invention.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A nerdy parole officer witnesses a murder and, with three ex-crooks, attempts to expose the killer

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