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The Prince Charles Cinema

Long-requested films chosen directly from our downstairs Request Board! You asked, we listened.

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 127mins USA (18) Horror
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.

Predator
1987 107mins USA (18) Sci-Fi / Action
Directed by John McTiernan Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Fargo
1996 100mins UK, USA (15) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Ethan Coen|Joel Coen Starring Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Love Exposure
2001 237mins Japan (18) Comedy
Directed by Sion Sono Starring Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

Contains very strong bloody violence and sex references
 

The Third Man
1949 104mins UK (PG) Thriller/Suspense
Directed by Carol Reed Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli

Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, "The Third Man" stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to find him dead. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Maj. Calloway (Trevor Howard) and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna (Alida Valli).

Streets of Fire
1984 92mins USA (15) Crime
Directed by Walter Hill Starring Michael Paré, Rick Moranis, Diane Lane

It is another time - Another Place - where the 1950s is mixed with the 1980s. In a city where it is always nighttime, during a concert performing live before a crowd of her fans, rock 'n' roll singer Ellen Aim is kidnapped by motorcyclist Raven Shaddock and his biker gang "The Bombers" on stage. Billy Fish, Ellen's manager, hires Ellen's ex-boyfriend and mercenary Tom Cody, who has arrived in town to visit his sister Reva, to rescue Ellen from the Bomber's nightclub, where they are holding her captive for their own amusement.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 114mins UK, USA (PG) Fantasy
Directed by Ben Stiller Starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Querelle
1982 109mins France, West Germany (18) Erotic Drama
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband: if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane; if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose.

The Yakuza
1974 113mins Japan, USA (15) Crime / Thriller
Directed by Sydney Pollack Starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Ian Keith

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan in order to save his friend's daughter. Things take a turn when he learns that she has been kidnapped by the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.

Excalibur
1981 141mins UK, USA (15) Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by John Boorman Starring Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren

Arthur fulfills his fate by bringing together the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot and unifying the country. However, this flawed monarch faces greater tests ahead in pursuit of love, the Holy Grail, and his nation's survival.

Charade
1963 113mins USA (PG) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Stanley Donen Starring Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau

After Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?