Escape from Zahrain

1962

English

6.0

♡ 6

54%

Ronald Neame Director

Leonard Strong as Ambulance Driver

James Mason as Johnson

Madlyn Rhue as Laila

Anthony Caruso as Tahar

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Man Bites Dog

1992

French

7.4

♡ 24

68%

Benoît Poelvoorde Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Ben

Stéphane Aubier as Journalist

Édith Le Merdy as Nurse

Rémy Belvaux as Remy

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2011

English

6.8

♡ 27

68%

husband wife relationship

Romance

salmon

yemen

Lasse Hallström Director

Catherine Steadman as Ashley

Ewan McGregor as Dr. Alfred Jones

Emily Blunt as Harriet

Kristin Scott Thomas as Patricia Maxwell

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

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