Asylum 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: House of Crazies
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Barry Morse, Barbara Parkins, Robert Powell, Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd, Megs Jenkins, James Villiers, Geoffrey Bayldon, Ann Firbank, John Franklyn-Robbins
An anthology of four horror tales told by mental patients fill this film with suspense as young psychiatrist Dr. Martin (Robert Powell), who has applied for the job as head of the asylum, is given the assignment of finding out which one of the patients had been in charge of the asylum. In one story, Walter (Richard Todd) murders his wife, and she seeks revenge. Another story involves tailor Bruno (Barry Morse) weaving a coat to bring back his son from the dead. The third story is about schizophrenic Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) inserting her "doppelganger" into Lucy (Britt Ekland). The final story involves toymaker Bryon (Herbert Lom) and his killer robots. A good film for horror buffs.
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The Desperados 1969  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Vince Edwards, Jack Palance, George Maharis, Neville Brand, Sylvia Syms, Christian Roberts, Kate O'Mara, Patrick Holt, Christopher Malcolm, Sheila Burrell
In the years following the Civil War, deserters turn to lives of violence as they go on a rampage of death and destruction.
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Expresso Bongo 1959 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Eric Pohlmann, Wilfrid Lawson, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Beckwith
Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of a Soho hustler, Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey), who turns himself into an agent and successfully promotes a young musician, Bongo Herbert (Cliff Richard), amidst Soho's stripper clubs. Featured songs include: "Nausea," "I've Never Had It So Good," and "Shrine on the Second Floor."
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 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2004 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Foreman, Ken Stott, Sylvia Syms, Alexander Morton, John Surman, Paul Mohan, Amber Batty, Damian Dibben
Three years ago, Will (Clive Owen) left his world of organized crime and has been living a very quiet life. But, when his brother, Davey (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), commits suicide after being raped, Will investigates. He figures out that a married crime lord (Malcolm McDowell) raped Davey, and, now, Will seeks revenge.
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 The Poseidon Adventure 2005  TV, 156 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Putch
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Adam Baldwin, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown, C. Thomas Howell, Peter Weller, Alex Kingston, Alexa Hamilton, Clive Mantle, Sylvia Syms, Geoffrey Pierson, Peter Dobson, Amber Sainsbury, Rory Copus
After terrorists attack a cruise ship, Catholic Bishop Schmidt (Rutger Hauer) and security officer Mike Rogo (Adam Baldwin) lead survivors as they climb through the darkened ship dodging fires in their escape attempt. Included among the frightened survivors are Richard and Rachel Clark (Steve Guttenberg an Alexa Hamilton) and their children Shelby and Dylan (Amber Sainsbury and Rory Copus).
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 The Queen 2006  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Mark Bazeley, Helen McCrory, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan, Robin Soans, Lola Peploe, Douglas Reith, Joyce Henderson, Pat Laffan
This inside look at the struggle between HM Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) and recently elected Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) chronicles decisions made in the compromise between public mourning and private snubbing following Diana's tragic death that resulted in a state funeral. Helen Mirren won an Oscar for Best Actress, and the film received five other Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Director.
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 Shining Through 1992 R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Seltzer
Cast: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud, Sylvia Syms, Francis Guinan, Patrick Winczewski, Mathieu Carriere, Wolf Kahler
In 1940, Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspected her boss (Michael Douglas) of spying. However, it is not until the U.S. becomes involved in World War II that she learns that her suspicions were correct. He enlists her aid, and she agrees to be dropped behind enemy lines where she is to penetrate the household of a high German official.
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Shirley Valentine 1989 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Bernard Hill, Sylvia Syms, Alison Steadman, George Costigan, Anna Keaveney, Tracie Bennett, Ken Sharrock, Karen Craig, Gareth Jefferson, Gillian Kearney, Catharine Duncan
Shirley (Pauline Collins) is an English housewife, unhappy with her life, who leaves her husband Joe (Bernard Hill) for a two week vacation in Greece with her best friend Jane (Alison Steadman). After Jane hooks up with a man and leaves her alone, Shirley runs into tavern owner Costas Caldes (Tom Conti)–certainly a solution to any housewife's boredom–and begins an unforgettable affair with him. Collins received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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The Tamarind Seed 1974   PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Syms, Oskar Homolka, Bryan Marshall, Roger Dann, George Mikell, Kate O'Mara
A widowed, British government worker (Julie Andrews) vacations in Barbados where she becomes involved with a Russian KGB agent (Omar Sharif). 1 User Review
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There Goes the Bride 1980  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Marcel
Cast: Tom Smothers, Twiggy, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Syms, Michael Whitney, Hermione Baddeley, Jim Backus, Phil Silvers, Broderick Crawford, Geoffrey Sumner
Father of the bride Timothy Westerby (Tom Smothers) imagines that Twiggy "appears on the scene" during his daughter's wedding ceremony.
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Victim 1961 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Copley, Norman Bird, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Derren Nesbitt, John Barrie, John Cairney, Alan MacNaughtan
Homosexuality was illegal in England in the 1960s, and this film is one of the first to influence the "opening up" of the discussion on the subject. Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) is a married lawyer who had demonstrated homosexual tendencies in the past and had a male lover. Being illegal, such people were often blackmailed, and Melville gets involved with the issue when he takes on the blackmailing in court.
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World of Suzie Wong 1960 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding, Laurence Naismith, Bernard Cribbins, Jacqui Chan, Yvonne Shima, Andy Ho, Lionel Blair, Lier Hwang, Edwina Carroll, Dervis Ward, Marian Spencer, Toke Townley
An American artist, Robert Lomax (William Holden), meets Hong Kong prostitute Suzie Wong (Nancy Kwan) and uses her for his model. Robert does not know that Suzie is a prostitute, and Suzie keeps that fact hidden from him–for awhile. After the deception is revealed, Robert becomes involved with Kay O'Neill (Sylvia Syms) who helps him sell his paintings, and Suzie and playboy Ben Marlowe (Michael Wilding) become an item. Those affairs end, and romance begins between Suzie and Robert, which, after a tragedy ensues, ends with Robert asking Suzie to marry him.
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| 1. Asylum (1972)
aka: House of Crazies
2. The Desperados (1969)
3. Expresso Bongo (1959)
4. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
5. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004)
6. The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
7. The Queen (2006)
8. Shining Through (1992)
9. Shirley Valentine (1989)
10. The Tamarind Seed (1974)
11. There Goes the Bride (1980)
12. Victim (1961)
13. World of Suzie Wong (1960)
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