In this 1959 adaptation of the Jules Verne novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth, James Mason plays Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, a scientist hoping to find the world's core. He leads his unusual party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, by way of a volcano in Iceland. On the way, they encounter enormous mushrooms and giant prehistoric monsters. Produced by Michael Todd with then-spectacular special effects, the story was modernised to suit 1950s sensibilities and graced by a suitably outlandish Bernard Herrmann score. Mason gives this class, while Arlene Dahl and Diane Baker are the romantic interests. And Pat Boone is more palatable than you might expect as a secondary lead. You can watch this with your children and not be bored, and they will surely love it. --Rochelle O'Gorman
The inventor of a secret weapon and its prototype are abducted leaving the wartime Allies in dire need of assistance. Sherlock Holmes is called and begins to do battle with Professor Moriarty who will later become his arch-enemy...
One man's dream becomes another man's destiny in this warm-hearted story about a life-changing chance encounter. Robert Carlyle is Frank Keane, a baker by trade but now a man consumer by grief after his wife dies. Driving his delivery van he comes across a car crash and finds a seriously injured man trapped at the wheel. As he lies dying, Steve Mills (John Goodman) tells Frank that he was on his way to meet a long-lost sweetheart from 40 years ago, and makes him promise to attend the reunion in his place. Reluctantly Frank finds himself drawn into an eccentric and equally lonely group of people at a dance school, from needy instructor Marienne (Mary Steenburgen), to painfully shy Meredith (Marisa Tomei) and jealous Randall (Donnie Wahlberg). Frank soon finds himself swept away by the exhilarating power of dance, and persuades his widowers support group to join the class. Through flashbacks, Steve's story unfolds as Frank learns to overcome his loss and face the future. A story about broken dreams and new beginnings, and the astonishing ways our lives design themselves.
Donnie Darko: October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko a brilliant but troubled teenager plagued by terrifying visions the meaning of which he alone holds the key. With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen and a mysterious ex teacher Grandma Death he must unravel the strange occurrences infecting his school his home and his life before a horrifying spectre known only as Frank can pull Donnie over the edge of his sanity. Blue Velvet: Possibly the most influential American film of the 1980's Lynch's bizarre erotic mystery spawned a whole raft of imitations with its portrayal of the dark underside of American small-town life. Critics and audiences responded to Lynch's original and startling images of sex and violence and made the film a box-office smash. Blue Velvet is renowned for creating in Dennis Hopper's Frank one of the greatest screen villains of all time.
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