Amelia Shankley Archives

Dreamchild (1985)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 27, 2001Real-Life Alice in Wonderland Reminisces

Dennis Potter scripted film with the great Coral Browne as the aging Alice Liddell, who inspired the fictional Alice in Wonderland, who imagines the creatures come to life to show her the hidden message in the book

Director: Gavin Millar

Actors: Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm, Nicola Cowper, …

Category: Fantasy

27 February 200125 January 2026 by Roog

Red Riding Hood (1987)

Rating: ★★

Jul 17, 2009Fairy-Tale

One of the cheap fairytale adaptations that Cannon Films made during the 1980s

Director: Adam Brooks

Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Amelia Shankley, Isabella Rossellini, Rocco Sisto

Category: Fantasy

17 July 200920 November 2024 by Roog

Mother Love (1989)

Rating: ★★

Dec 2, 2014Psychopathic Mother

There was undeniable shock value watching 1960s sex symbol Diana Rigg cast as a venomous middle-aged woman with murder on her mind. While this BBC mini-series won awards, you feel that a 1960s Hammer psycho-thriller would have conducted it in half the time

Director: Simon Langton

Actors: Diana Rigg, Fiona Gillies, James Wilby, David McCallum, …

Category: Horror

2 December 201423 May 2020 by Roog