starring Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Michael Caine at his iconic best as 'Harry Palmer', a workaday spy caught in a web of intrigue who also finds time to cook omelettes and shop for mushrooms. A British classic.
starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
The movie that made Richard Strauss famous. Potheads marvelled as a space station took half an hour to move from one side of the screen to the other. Acidheads endeavoured to 'come up' just before the landing sequence. And dickheads congratulated themselves on figuring out that the initials H A L are just one letter removed from I B M. No-one could understand the plot because the dialogue was obscured by hippies crying "wow man!" and "far out!" every three and a half seconds. British viewers in particular were baffled by the appearance of 'Rigsby' halfway through the film.
starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
A strange and slightly eerie film about a devout Christian policeman lured onto a remote Scottish island by a bunch of pagans intent on human sacrifice. Edward Woodward gives a sterling performance as the unfortunate copper and even Brit Ekland is passable, though the arse we see in the naked dance sequence is not hers but that of a body double. Fortunately the authenticity of arses is not germane to the plot.
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone
The Governator goes to Mars, wraps a wet towel round his head and remembers that he's really a body builder from Austria.
starring Elijah Wood, Miranda Otto
Some short people and some tall people traipse around New Zealand for 9 hours. Or a masterful adaptation of Tolkien's classic. The choice is yours.