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The Godfather is a rare thing: An artfully made crowd-pleaser that smashed it at the box office and delighted both critics and a mainstream audience.

Over half a century since it premiered, Lee Adams takes a look back at Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus.

Like any self-respecting series, we have now reached the point when it’s time to do a prequel!

After our A to Z guides of cult movies from the ‘70s to the ‘90s, we now plunge back into an era before the term “cult movie” even existed.

This week we complete our list with N to Z.

Like any self-respecting series, we have now reached the point when it’s time to do a prequel!

After our A to Z guides of cult movies from the ‘70s to the ‘90s, we now plunge back into an era before the term “cult movie” even existed. This week, A to M.

The world of super-hero franchises moves quickly and nothing stays the latest version of anything for very long. Sometimes it blows my mind that we’re already two Batmans (three if you count Will Arnett’s Lego version) down the line from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy!

With the middle instalment sitting third in the IMDb Top 250, is it the definitive screen version of the Caped Crusader?

Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns were made roughly equidistant between the origins of the genre and the present day. It is hard to think of another series of films that so definitively drew a line under what came before and set the tone for everything that came after.

This week, Lee Adams explores why the Dollars Trilogy remains so popular today.

In 2002, film critic Colin McCabe ruffled feathers by submitting Carry on Cleo and Carry On Up The Khyber among his picks for the 100 Greatest Films Ever Made.

They may not be fine art, but we Brits loved a Carry On on a bank holiday!

This week Lee Adams takes a look at the cultural impact of the much-loved and equally much frowned-upon comedy series.

Movie franchises come and go, some rumble on forever, and others are landmark moments in film.

As Lee Adams explores, over 20 years since the first instalment of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy hit theatres, it still feels like a monumental achievement.

Every year, many great movies, directors and performances miss out on nominations and these snubs have dominated the Oscar narrative over the past decade or so, increasingly so this year!

So, Lee Adams takes a look back at some of the greatest (or worst) snubs in Oscar history.

Who doesn’t love a good tearjerker?

As Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation turns 21, Lee Adams takes a look at some superb movies that never leave a dry eye in the house…

Having previously looked at the wild and trashy ‘70s and the horror-inflected ‘80s Lee Adams reaches the ‘90s, arguably the last truly great decade for cult movies.

Did your favourite make part two of his list?

Having previously looked at the wild and trashy ‘70s and the horror-inflected ‘80s Lee Adams reaches the ‘90s, arguably the last truly great decade for cult movies.

Did your favourite make part one of his list?

There are few things in movies as thrilling as the perfect entrance, but a lot of hard work and serendipitous choices need to align to bring them to the silver screen in the first place.

This week Lee Adams take a look at the stories behind six of the greatest…