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Another re-working of Herman Neville's novel sees the mad bad and dangerous to know Captain Ahab taking his increasingly reluctant crew on an all consuming quest for vengeance against the infamous white whale, Moby Dick. A class cast and some decent production values make this a tempting alternative to actually reading the classic. find out more...

A fiendishly clever serial killer is stalking the streets of London, his predilection, young women from the highest echelons of British aristocracy. It's another case for Sherlock Holmes in this lush feature length BBC adaptation of Conan Doyle's detective novels, the tile role convincingly performed by Rupert Everett. find out more...

Prior to his execution the evil occultist and serial killer Lord Blackwood warns Holmes of further deaths...
This is a crackingly entertaining detective adventure though the real star has to be a CG enhanced Victorian London, especially the finale on a half-built Tower Bridge. find out more...

Holmes, Watson and a plethora of potty passengers are all aboard the London to Edinburgh express. As the train rattles on its way, so does the mayhem, with a corpse turning up in a carriage and a false-bottomed coffin in the guard's van. Will the stealthy sleuths solve the mystery? Elementary... As fast-paced, tightly-woven a Sherlock Holmes mystery as you will find. find out more...

The first of the classic series of adaptations following the investigations of Sherlock Holmes. A malevolent curse is blamed for the death of an aristocrat and Holmes is called in to investigate, using his scientific method and dry Victorian wit. Superb nuanced performances from Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the pudgy Watson. Cracking stuff. find out more...

Jenny Seagrove plays Mary, the recipient of pearls from a mysterious benefactor in this Sherlock Holmes tale. The pearls have appeared each year since her father disappeared ten years previously. With the help of Holmes and his trusty companion Watson, they take on the challenge of unravelling the mystery of the Sign of Four following a brutal murder. find out more...

Will and Jake Grimm travel the land collecting and imparting magical tales to the villages they visit, but their real money spinner is the age old con, creating elaborate scenarios whereby they rid the locals of various imagined demons of the night. This being the 19th Century and a Terry Gilliam film it is inevitable that the two are eventually confronted by the dark tales of fear and superstition that they weave. When Will and Jake arrive at one particular village they find the folk under the find out more...

Arguably one of the finest films to ever escape the Hammer stable. Dripping with atmosphere and with a Holmes whose intense intellect and detective rationale create a character whose sanity is almost as questionable as those he seeks, Peter Cushing is exemplary as Conan Doyle's hero and the dark brooding tension, enhanced by the creepy lowlight Technicolor, never lets up until the story's conclusion. find out more...

The evil Professor Moriarty makes his last screen appearance in this entertaining murder mystery. When a spate of strange killings mystify the police, Holmes and Watson find themselves on the trail of a gang of blackmailers who, cunningly, use an attractive lady hypnotist to further their foul deeds. find out more...