Films in this library shot in Shepperton Studios, a Surrey lot with a production history running from the 1930s onward. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
Shepperton StudiosGravity (2013) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Cuaron opens on a thirteen minute unbroken shot and then destroys everything in it. The technical achievement is genuine and permanent. The dialogue keeps explaining a film that was…
Shepperton StudiosFlash Gordon (1980) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Dino De Laurentiis spent a reported twenty million dollars or more on a deliberately camp space opera, hired Queen to score it, and produced something no serious film…
Shepperton StudiosScott plays Scrooge in a faithful television adaptation that became a holiday staple after theatrical release. A Christmas Carol is Clive Donner's 1984 American television adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, depicting the Christmas Eve transformation of Victorian London miser…
FranceMultiple intertwined London relationships unfold across the five weeks leading up to Christmas, from the Prime Minister to schoolchildren. Love Actually is Richard Curtis's 2003 British romantic comedy depicting multiple interconnected London relationships unfolding across the five weeks leading up…
LondonSleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's 1999 American gothic horror film loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1820 short story. The Burton directorial approach combines sustained gothic atmospheric content with effective horror execution that the director's earlier comedic productions had not consistently delivered.
London1967 non-Eon Bond spoof with David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen. Multiple directors, chaotic production, cult oddity.
British ColumbiaKubrick's 1964 Cold War satire. Sellers in three roles, Scott as Buck Turgidson.
London1 soundtrack, the cosmic Marvel foundation. The 6.5 reflects honest evaluation of one of the more creatively committed Phase Two MCU entries and the film that introduced cosmic Marvel to mainstream audiences.
CaliforniaCumberbatch as a specifically arrogant intellectual protagonist, Tilda Swinton's Ancient One, reality-folding combat. The 8 reflects honest evaluation of one of the more successful Phase Three MCU entries and the entry that introduced the franchise's mystical-arts dimension.
ItalyJames Spader's exceptional voice performance carrying an uneven ensemble film. The Vision's introduction and Sokovia's destruction.
Shepperton StudiosExperiencing it blind, in a dark theater, with an audience that had no idea what was coming, that was specific and unrepeatable. The 8 reflects both what the film achieved and what watching it now is like, which are different…
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