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The 1996 comic-book movie Barb Wire and its star Pamela Anderson have long been dismissed – but the film might be worth a second look.

A TV series that faced lots of problems that led to its premature demise – but is worth a second look.

The Click Trap explores the world of online disinformation – but ironically does so in a rather subjective and biased way.

An uncomfortable mix of art and sleaze that is designed to leave the viewer feeling as uncomfortable as possible.

Columbo was the best TV detective show of the 1970s and remains consistently entertaining and intriguing even today.

Looking back at the revolutionary 1985 horror comedy that helped kickstart the Hong Kong exploitation movie craze of the 1990s.

Jan Švankmajer mixes Poe and De Sade, live-action and animation in a shamefully little-known study of madness, obsession and perversity.

A horror comedy western that proves to unexpectedly be more than the sum of its parts and might just be a lost classic.

The 1970s sitcom is not one of the lost classic British comedy shows of the era.

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