The slum districts of Chicago, 1987, Angie Pittarelli trying to make ends meet and support both herself and nephew David by working as a stripper at Revealers, harassed

North Denver, 1978; school is hell for Finney Shaw, targeted by a gang of bullies for whom taunts and cruel behaviour are less satisfying than physical violence, nor

July, 1943, almost three years after the Battle of Britain and two years past the worst of the London Blitz and, shortly thereafter, the entry of America into

Spring and summer a time of growth, “executions mandated by the court guard wait for the autumn equinox.” Having already attempted escape once, pursued by officers of the

His name linked in various capacities with films as diverse as The Warriors, Alien, Streets of Fire, Crossroads and Supernova, it was in 1987 that director Walter Hill

His apparent nature during his life to be reclusive and his work predominantly set around the early 1700s, a hundred and fifty years before his birth, despite having

Her movie star mother Ava Aldrich having spent the few lucid moments of her dying days begging her daughter Marie not to allow her remains to be taken

To be burned at the stake is fame, recognition, notoriety, a fate reserved for those chosen by God such as Joan of Arc or the disciples of Satan,

As close as they are, stepsisters Patty and Sarah Goodwin could not be more different, one of them effortlessly beautiful and sophisticated, attracting the attention of men and

October 1888, the London of Queen Victoria, and ambitious surgeon Doctor Henry Jekyll is experimenting with a new form of anaesthesia which will produce euphoria without sacrificing clarity