The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings, Peter Bowles, Donald Wolfit, Ben Aris, Mickey Baker, Leo Britt, Mark Burns, John J. Carney, Helen Cherry, Ambrose Coghill
The British defeat by the Russians in the 1854 battle at Balaclava, Turkey, during the Crimean War is the subject of this anti-war film. Seeking glory, Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard) leads his Light Brigade on a mission to gain a victory over Russian troops. But, when the battle begins, wrong decisions are made by incompetent officers that prove disastrous when they find themselves in the middle of Russian forces.
|  | |
 The Criminal 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Concrete Jungle
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Gregoire Aslan, Margit Saad, Jill Bennett, Rupert Davies, Laurence Naismith, John Van Eyssen, Noel Willman, Patrick Magee, Patrick Wymark, Redmond Phillips
Excellent acting helps this film as Johnny (Stanley Baker) plans a robbery while in prison on a three-year sentence. When he gets out, he pulls off the heist and hides the loot when he has trouble with his fence–but is caught due to a jealous ex-girlfriend. Back in prison, his ex-partners, wanting the money themselves, plan a prison break so that Johnny will lead them to the money. The plan works.
| | |
 For Your Eyes Only 1981 PG, 129 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lois Maxwell, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover, Jill Bennett, Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell
Roger Moore as James Bond captures the essence of a great spy story in which Bond must find the missing code that controls submarine-launched missiles.
| | |
Good Dame 1934  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Jack La Rue, Noel Francis, Russell Hopton, Walter Brennan, Guy Usher, William Farnum, Edward Gargan, Jill Bennett
Two out-of-luck people, a carnival thief and a chorus girl, join up for a life of crime. In the process, they fall in love. The excellent stars deserve better than this weak story.
| | |
Julius Caesar 1970  G, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Jill Bennett, Christopher Lee, Peter Eyre
This version of Shakespeare's tragedy is good viewing but not as well done as the earlier 1953 rendition.
| | |
Lady Jane 1986 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Joss Ackland, Lee Montague, Richard Johnson, Warren Saire, Sara Kestelman, Ian Hogg, Richard Vernon, David Waller
When Henry VIII died, he left the English throne to his sickly son Edward (Warren Saire) who died a short time later. On his death, 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) became Queen of England. Her right to the crown was immediately challenged, and this is the story of her battle for what was hers.
| | |
Lust for Life 1956  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Everett Sloane, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett, Eric Pohlmann, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Henry Daniell, Lionel Jeffries, Noel Purcell, Madge Kennedy, Laurence Naismith, Jeannette Sterke, Toni Gerry
Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) led an artistically creative life marked by periods of insanity. This is the story of his genius, which ended in suicide. Anthony Quinn won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Paul Gauguin, and Kirk Douglas was nominated for Best Actor.
| | |
 Moulin Rouge 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Pohlmann, Christopher Lee, Katherine Kath, Mary Clare, Lee Montague, Jill Bennett, Peter Cushing, Claude Nollier, Muriel Smith, Georges Lannes, Walter Crisham
This is the film biography of French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer). Because of his own physical growth deformity, he sought the outcasts of society and cafe frequenters where he painted their likenesses on canvas. The film catches Paris of that time in beautiful fashion. Then there's the terrific theme song. In addition to two Academy Awards, the film was nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Actor (Ferrer), Supporting Actress (Colette Marchand), and Director.
| | |
The Nanny 1965  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Seth Holt
Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, William Dix, Pamela Franklin, Jack Watling, Alfred Burke, Maurice Denham, Harry Fowler, Angarad Aubrey, Sandra Power, Nora Gordon
Ten-year-old Joey (William Dix) returns home after two years of mental treatment for killing his sister. He is then under the charge of the real killer–his psychotic Nanny (Bette Davis). Only Joey recognizes the Nanny for what she really is. Joey's mother (Wendy Craig) is poisoned and nearly dies from food prepared by the Nanny, but still no one–except Joey's neighbor friend Bobbie (Pamela Franklin)–believes that the nanny is responsible. Matters come to a head when the Nanny tries to smother Joey with a pillow, is discovered by Joey's Aunt Pen (Jill Bennett), and the Nanny leaves the house forever. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | luvagood1 09/14/2009 | | If you love Betty Davis when she does suspense thrillers, this is one to see. She always has you on the edge of your seat. |
|
| | |
The Pleasure Drivers 2005  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Andrzej Sekula
Cast: Lauren Holly, Angus Macfadyen, Lacey Chabert, Meat Loaf, Angelo Spizzirri, Billy Zane, Steffany Huckaby, Jill Bennett, Jason Mewes, Deena Dill, Rachel Dratch, Harrison Young, Eddie Driscoll
The lives of many–including a sex-obsessed call girl (Lacey Chabert), a neurotic professor (Angus Macfadyen), a care-giver turned kidnapper (Lauren Holly), a hit man (Billy Zane), and a drug runner (Meat Loaf)–come crashing together at the end of this dark, but funny, story.
| | |
The Sheltering Sky 1990  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: John Malkovich, Debra Winger, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Sotigui Kouyate, Tom Novembre
Based on a popular novel by Paul Bowles, this is the story of Port and Kit (John Malkovich and Debra Winger) who need to get the spark back in their lives and marriage. They try to find this spark by traveling through Northern Africa, but affairs by each and a hostile environment make the goal hard to reach.
| | |
| 1. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
2. The Criminal (1960)
aka: The Concrete Jungle
3. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
4. Good Dame (1934)
5. Hell Below Zero (1954)
6. Julius Caesar (1970)
7. Lady Jane (1986)
8. Lust for Life (1956)
9. Moulin Rouge (1952)
10. The Nanny (1965)
11. The Pleasure Drivers (2005)
12. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
In The News
|
