Disabilities
Living with 'disability' is a reality for many of us, yet seldom are disabled members of society seen on the big screen. Breakthrough hits like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'My Left Foot' and 'Children of a Lesser God' illustrate the rich depth of experience and valuable stories that should be and are being told. From the bizarre ('Freaks') to the inspiring ('Mask') from the sweet ('Mozart and the Whale') to the tough as nails ('Murderball').
Inside I'm Dancing ( aka Rory O'Shea Was Here ) (2004)
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Starring: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Gerard McSorley
Michael (Steven Robertson) is confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, unintelligible to all but a few and shy he lives in a home for the disable... Read more
X2 ( X-Men 2 ) ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Bruce Davison, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry,...
Aka "X2: X-Men United". The evolution continues in this "exhilarating thrill ride" that features the extraordinary original X-Men along with amazing n... Read more
Monk: Season 2 (2003)
5.5/10
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram
Television's favourite defective detective returns to DVD to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom...and hand wipes.... Read more
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Director Guy Maddin's works are like a window to an alternate film universe - this unforgettable feverish whirligig of a movie is the closest the cul... Read more
Zatoichi (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ogusu, Yui Natsukawa
Aka "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi". The sightless Zatoichi - hero of over two dozen films from 1962 to 1989 - is revived by scripter/director/star Ta... Read more
Radio (2003)
6.9/10
Director: Mike Tollin
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger
Based on a true story, this inspiring drama is set in Anderson, South Carolina, in the 1970s and centres on the relationship between high school footb... Read more
X2 ( X-Men 2 ) (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James M...
Aka "X2: X-Men United". The evolution continues in this "exhilarating thrill ride" that features the extraordinary original X-Men along with amazing n... Read more
Daredevil (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Jon Favreau,...
'The Man Without Fear' comes to life in this thrilling screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics hero. Blinded by toxic chemicals as a child, idealistic... Read more
My Sister's Keeper (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Starring: Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins, Lynn Redgrave, Kimberly Brown
Adapted from Margaret Moorman's book about two sisters struggling to come to terms with their mother's (Lynn Redgrave) death. Kathy Bates is Christin... Read more
Monk: Season 1 (2002)
8/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Scott Foley
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Gai...
He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub stars in the Award winning first season as the brilliant but neurotic Adrian Mon... Read more