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A Time To Remember: New Zealand Edition (2007)

6.5/10

From 1929 the Fox Movietone and Cinesound newsreels played in Cinemas across the country. They immortalised the famous and the infamous, the eccentric... Read more

Gorilla ( aka Nabonga ) (1944)

6.7/10
Director: Sam Newfield
Starring: Julie London, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe

In this campy jungle adventure, a gorilla named Nabonga warms up to a teenage girl whose plane, which was also carrying a bundle of embezzled cash, cr... Read more

Dalziel and Pascoe: Series 1 (1996)

7.4/10
Starring: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Susannah Corbett

Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan are the eponymous mismatched detectives from this hugely popluar BBC series that began in 1996 and continued to run u... Read more

Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)

5.1/10
Director: Edward Kull, Wilbur McGaugh
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker

In this classic Tarzan adventure, culled from 1935's 'The New Adventures of Tarzan' serial, Tarzan (Herman Brix) and his allies are in Guatemala, wher... Read more

Keystone Comedies: Vol 1 (1915)

Director: Mack Sennett
Starring: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The Keystone Comedies are collection of silent film shorts produced by the legendary Mack Sennett. Staring Rosco 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Mabel Normand fe... Read more

Casper & Felix (1949)

Starring: Casper, Felix

Casper the friendly Ghost first appeared in 1945, leaving the haunted house to go out and make friends. Meantime, Felix the Cat had become a hugely po... Read more

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

5.8/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy, N...

A rich drama with comic elements, set in New York a year after 9/11, tracing the aftershocks of that event on the lives of five disparate people. Com... Read more

The Venture Bros: Season 1 (2003)

8.5/10
Starring: Voices Of, James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, Michael Sinterniklass, Christopher...

Adult Swim strikes again with the warped adventures of a one-time boy genius who is now a washed-up, middle-aged scientist. Dr 'Rusty' Venture has tw... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (1991)

7.7/10
Starring: Martin Clunes, Harry Enfield, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

The entire first series of this classic comedy of rudeness is presented in this hilarious collection. The initial series features the character of Der... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 5 (1996)

6.4/10
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

This collection features seven hilarious episodes of 'Men Behaving Badly'. Episodes include: 'Hair', 'The Good Pub Guide', 'Cowardice', 'Your Mate V'.... Read more

The Invisible Man: Series 1 (1958)

7.7/10
Starring: Lisa Daniely, Voice Of, Tim Turner, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark

Dr Peter Brady is a British scientist experimenting with invisibility when he himself becomes invisible. As he searches for an antidote, he also work... Read more

Safe Men (1998)

6/10
Director: John Hamburg
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Zahn, Josh Pais, Paul Giamatti

Directed by John Hamburg this oddball comedy stars Steve Zahn and Sam Rockwell as two would-be musicians, who find themselves breaking into the burgla... Read more

Ice (Marcus Lush) (2007)

7/10
Starring: Marcus Lush

Marcus Lush braves the sub-zero temperatures of Antarctica to present this entertaining and informative look at the frozen continent. During the five... Read more

28 Weeks Later (2007)

7/10
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Walker, Harold Perrineau, Shah...

The sequel to Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' is directed by Jaun Carlos Fresnadilo ('Intacto'), and takes place six months after the first film, with a... Read more

Berserk: The Series (1997)

8.5/10
Director: Naohito Takahashi

Gattsu, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces that pursue him and his woman, and also vengeance against the man who br... Read more

The Architect (2006)

5.6/10
Director: Matt Tauber
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian...

Anthony LaPaglia plays architect Leo Waters, living an outwardly perfect life in the suburbs, while on the East Side of Chicago the residents in one o... Read more

The Last Mimzy (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Shaye
Starring: Chris O'Neill, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wils...

A young brother and sister discover a mysterious box of artifacts while holidaying with their family and soon realise the contents are quite out of th... Read more

Jump (2007)

5.4/10
Director: Joshua Sinclair
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze, Martine McCutcheon, Heinz Hoenig, Sybil Danning...

Phillippe Halsman was one of the most famous celebrity photographers of the 1950s, well-known for making his subjects literally jump for the camera; b... Read more

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

7.3/10
Director: John Dower, Paul Crowder
Starring: Narrated by, Matt Dillon

In 1977, for one brief shining moment, the international football fraternity were all focused on a newly-created team in New York - the Cosmos. Media... Read more

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

7.1/10
Director: Edward Buzzell
Starring: Gloria Grahame, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Patricia...

In the sixth and final film of the series, Nick and Nora play a rousing rendition of 'Murder Musicale' when the homicide of a jazz bandleader leads th... Read more

Edge of Outside: The Story of the Independent Filmmaking Movement (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

The Hitchhiker: Volumes 1 and 2 (1983)

3.3/10
Starring: Gary Busey, Kirstie Alley, Peter Coyote, Sandra Bernhard, Helen Hunt, Margot Kid...

A collection of 17 epsiodes from HBO's long-running cult horror anthology series with such notable guest stars as Helen Hunt, Virginia Madsen, Willem... Read more

The Darwin Awards (2006)

6/10
Director: Finn Taylor
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, Tim Blake Nelson, Wilmer Valderrama, David Arquett...

Joseph Fiennes is gifted, yet unsuitable, homicide detective Michael Burrows, fired from his job due to his propensity to faint at the sight of blood.... Read more

The Singer (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric, Christine Citti, Patrick Pi...

Gereard Depardieu stars as a fading singing star whose libido is reignited by a young woman who moves to town. Marian (Cecile de France) is an outwar... Read more

Philip Johnson: Master Architect (2006)

7.2/10

This looks at the life's work of eccentric American architect Philip Johnson, who wielded great influence in American architectural design, playing a... Read more

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki

The son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki makes his directing debut with this adapatation of the third and fourth books in Ursula K. LeGuin's belov... Read more

Exiled (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Richie Jen, Roy Cheung, Ka Tun...

A Hong Kong gangster film that feels more like a Sergio Leone western with its lush, languid pace and ironically comic touches. Wo (Nick Cheung) has... Read more

The Ballad of Big Al (2001)

8.1/10

In 1991 an amazing fossilized skeleton was uncovered in Wyoming in the U.S.A. Upon examination it was determined that this was the skeleton of a male... Read more

Angel-A (2005)

7.1/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine, Akim Chir

Luc Besson directs this uncharacteristically sparse fantasy in which a forlorn and deeply in debt Andre (Jamel Debbouze), decides to hurl himself into... Read more

Ever Decreasing Circles: Series 1 (1984)

7.3/10
Starring: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan

From the writers of 'The Good Life' this comedy-drama also starred Richard Briers, this time as a middle-aged obsessive-compulsive deeply involved in... Read more

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)

7.2/10
Director: Kevin Billington
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Ronnie Corbett, Harold Pinter, Arthur L...

Ambitious, single-minded and ruthless: Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) has all the necessary qualities to succeed in business. Setting his sights on a sma... Read more

Kings and Queen (2004)

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve

Art gallery owner Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) and her ex-lover Ismael (Mathieu Amalric) live parallel lives of personal struggle, as Nora attempts to care... Read more

Bob Marley: Spiritual Journey (2003)

7.5/10
Starring: Bob Marley

This intimate look at the late reggae great offers insightful interviews, exciting concert footage and classic musical numbers to paint a complete por... Read more

Bullrider (2004)

4/10
Director: Josh Aronson

Professional bull-riding is the fastest growing sport in the USA today. Over 100 million people follow the sport world-wide. Directed by Academy Award... Read more

Monkey: Season 1, Episodes 14-26 (1979)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masako Natsume, Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe

Season one of this surreal cult series continues with 12 more classic Kung Fu adventures. Episodes include: 'Catfish, Saint And The Shape-Changer', 'M... Read more

Monkey: Season 2, Episodes 27-39 (1979)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Tonpei Hidari, Shiro Kishibe

Recount the exploits of the resourceful, brave and humourous Monkey, as he continues to escort Tripitaka, the pig monster Pigsy and the water monster... Read more

Monkey: Season 2, Episodes 40-52 (1980)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Tonpei Hidari, Shiro Kishibe

Season two of this classic cult series continues with 12 more surreal Kung Fu adventures featuring Monkey, Horse, Pigsy and Tripitaka. Episodes inclu... Read more

We Are Traffic! (1999) / Return of the Scorcher (1992)

Director: Ted White

This wonderful compendium of the films of Ted White, presents both the successes and failures of the Critical Mass bicycle phenomenon, chronicling the... Read more

Manderlay (2005)

7.4/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover, Lauren Bacal...

The second in Lars von Trier's 'American' trilogy, after 'Dogville' is shot in the same theatrical style, and features Bryce Dallas Howard in the Nico... Read more

Roar: The Complete Series (1997)

6.3/10
Starring: Heath Ledger, John Saint Ryan, Lisa Zane, Vera Farmiga, Sebastian Roche

The role that lead Hollywood to Heath Ledger's door was that of young Irish chieftain, Conor, battling the evil Roman Queen and her wizard, Longinus.... Read more

Happily N'Ever After (2006)

4.5/10
Director: Paul J. Bolger
Starring: Voices Of, George Carlin, Andy Dick, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, S...

Once upon a time will n'ever be the same again. When Fairy Tale Land's resident wizard (George Carlin) takes a vacation, his bumbling assistants can't... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar 2006 (2007)

From the wilds of the East Coast, the remoteness of the Uruweras, the solitude of a fishing trawler, to the sophistication of a Hawkes Bay property, N... Read more

The Brady Bunch Movie / A Very Brady Sequel / The Brady Bunch in the White House (1995)

Director: Arlene Sanford, Betty Thomas, Neal Israel
Starring: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Michael McKean

'Brady Bunch Movie' (1995) - In this parody of the popular 70s TV Sitcom, the Bradys are trapped in a kind of 70s time warp, unaware that values and m... Read more

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Volume 2 (2000)

Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Valentine

Episodes 4 and 5 from Season One are 'D Minus Zero' in which the crew of the Andromeda is attacked by the Restorers; and 'Double Helix' finds the crew... Read more

9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)

6.3/10
Director: Lab Ky Mo
Starring: Glen Mulhern, Brendan Mackey, Steven Berkoff, Michael Praed, Vas Blackwood

An over-the-top crime caper comedy about two Irish lads who attempt to supplement their giros by becoming rent boys in London's upmarket gay community... Read more

Paris, Je T'aime (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Oliver Schmitz, Olivier Assayas, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Wes Craven, Sylvain Chomet, etc , Gerard Depardieu
Starring: Leila Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Willem Dafoe,...

A grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance from a stunningly varied array of international directors from the Coen Brothers to Alfonso C... Read more

Attack the Gas Station (1999)

7.1/10
Director: Sang-Jin Kim
Starring: Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang, Ji-tae Yu, Yeong-gyu Park, Jun Jeong,...

An imaginative and stylish Korean comedy, satirising the prolific Asian crime genre and South Korea's social turmoil. Four bored youths decide to rob... Read more

Partition (2007)

7/10
Director: Vic Sarin
Starring: Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, Irfan Khan, Madhur Jaffrey, John Ligh...

Set during the tumultuous post-colonial era in India in 1949, when it was hastily divided into India and the new muslim country of Pakistan. Sikh far... Read more

Five (2007)

3.4/10
Director: Amit Tripuraneni
Starring: Richard Thompson, Anita Crisnel, Marjan Gorgani, Andy Sophocleous, Amit Tripuran...

A supernatural thriller from kiwi director Amit Tripuraneni who also stars as one of five friends on their last big adventure before their lives take... Read more

Princess of Thieves (2001)

5.8/10
Starring: Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell, Stuart Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Stephen Moyer,...

Robin Hood's daughter takes up his longbow after he is captured by Prince John. A young Keira Knightley plays Gwyn determined to bring the late King... Read more

Blue Murder (1995)

8.6/10
Director: Michael Jenkins
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day, Peter Phelps, Alex Dimit...

Based on real events this shockingly confronting mini-series exposed the corrupt practises of Detective Roger Rogerson, the golden boy of Sydney's pol... Read more

Spooks: Series 3 (2005)

6/10
Director: Various
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Kelley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Rupert Penry-Jones

Season three of 'Spooks' begins where two left-off at a cliffhanger ending, right in the middle of the action! One agent (long doubted by his partners... Read more

Poirot: Taken at the Flood (2005)

8.6/10
Director: Andy Wilson
Starring: Celia Imrie, David Suchet, Tim Pigott-Smith, Patrick Baladi, Elliot Cowan

In this addition to the popular series based on the novels by Agatha Christie, the sudden death of wealthy Gordon Cloade puts his greedy family in qui... Read more

Back in the USSR (1991)

4.9/10
Director: Deran Sarafian
Starring: Frank Whaley, Roman Polanski, Natalya Negoda

A young American tourist in Moscow becomes involved in the Russian underworld when he's framed for murder. Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda and Roman Pola... Read more

Merlin's Apprentice (2006)

5.4/10
Director: David Wu
Starring: Sam Neill, John Reardon, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Jacot, Meghan Ory, Dunc...

Sequel to the acclaimed 1998 mini-series, 'Merlin' with Sam Neill reprising his role as Camelot's wizard. Not strictly following on from the first,... Read more

Subject Two (2006)

5.5/10
Director: Philip Chidel
Starring: Philip Chidel, Christian Oliver, Courtney Mace, Dean Stapleton

Dr Franklin Vick believes he may have found the cure for death itself. Retreating to his remote mountain cabin, he takes with him a troubled medical... Read more

A Few Days in September (2006)

5.4/10
Director: Santiago Amigorena
Starring: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte

An international tale of intrigue with more than a hint of satire has Juliette Binoche as a French agent on the trail of a missing CIA operative with... Read more

Urban Cowboy (1980)

6.3/10
Director: James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger

Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat John Travolta begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclu... Read more

The New Twilight Zone: Season 1 (1985)

Director: Martha Coolidge, Peter Medak, Rick Friedberg, Robert Downey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, etc
Starring: Bruce Willis, Terry O'Quinn, Annie Potts, Arliss Howard, Dee Wallace, James Crom...

Making its television debut in 1989, the New Twilight Zone followed the same format as its ground-breaking predecessor (minus Rod Serling), with stori... Read more

Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Robert Hardy

James Wilby and Juliet Aubrey star in the intimate portrayal of the endearing love affair between the young Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albe... Read more

Girls on Top: Series 1 and 2 (1985)

5.3/10
Director: Ed Bye, Paul Jackson
Starring: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Tracey Ullman, Ruby Wax, Joan Greenwood

Featuring the budding comedic talents of Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman who play four diverse women sharing a London flat... Read more

A World Without Thieves (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You, Baoqiang Wang, Bingbing Li

Bo (Andy Lau) and Li (Rene Liu) play a pair of expert grifters who have just amassed a large wad of cash, prompting Li to say she wants out of the biz... Read more

Ugly Betty: Season 1 (2006)

6.6/10
Starring: America Ferrera, Christopher Gorham, Eric Mabius, Alan Dale, Tony Plana, Ana Ort...

Young actress America Ferrara won an Emmy for her role as Betty Suarez, an overweight, ugly duckling who gets a job in the high-flying world of fashio... Read more

The Muppet Show: Season 2 (1977)

8.4/10
Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Don Knotts, Dom DeLuise, George Burns,...

This second season of the hit variety show has all the familiar skits, 'Pigs in Space', 'Swedish Chef', 'Veterinarian's Hospital' combined with anothe... Read more

Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log (2001)

Starring: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula

While fans once again voted on-line for their all-time favourite episodes, two each for the five Star Trek Captains, this collection also contains, fo... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (2006)

7.9/10
Starring: Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, K...

Picking up where Season Two left off, the Cylons are ruling the majority of the surviving humans after they attempted to set up on the planet of New C... Read more

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi...

Chuck and Larry (Adam Sandler and Kevin James) are two New York City firemen who have been fast friends for years. Strictly friends. But when widowe... Read more

Victoria Wood - Live at the Albert Hall (2001)

After two decades at the top of her profession, Victoria Wood is one of a small handful of British comedians capable of filling the country's largest... Read more

The Librarians: Series 2 (2008)

7.3/10
Starring: Bob Franklin, Heidi Arena, Kim Gyngell, Stephen Ballantyne, Roz Hammond, Wayne H...

Frances O'Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, is back in charge of the library. And breathing harder into her paper bag than ever. Her... Read more

School For Scoundrels (1960)

7.5/10
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Alastair Sim, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Terry-Thomas

Enrol at the wacky college of Lifemanship where a senior host of great British comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops... Read more

Private Elvis (1993)

Starring: Elvis Presley

Private Elvis definitive documents Elvis Presley's years as a private in the American Army, and features rare footage and archive photographs of the s... Read more

Poisoned Waters (2009)

Director: Rick Young

Frontline (USA) examines the rising hazards to human health and the eco-system, and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean. The coastal estuaries o... Read more

Times and Winds ( Bes Vakit ) (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Reha Erdem
Starring: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Iscan

This award-winning and critically acclaimed film follows the lives of three friends on the verge of adolescence in a remote Turkish mountain village.... Read more

Unlikely Heroes (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Richard Trank
Starring: Ben Kingsley

Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, 'Unlikely Heroes' tells the untold stories of Jewish resistance that took place throughout the Nazi Holocaust. In illust... Read more

Dean Spanley (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole, Art Malik, Judy Parfitt,...

A whimsical and hypnotic tale, set in Edwardian England, and starring Peter O'Toole as the cantankerous father of an exasperated Jeremy Northam. Their... Read more

Adventureland (2009)

6.8/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margar...

It's the summer of '87, and uptight college grad James (Jesse Eisenberg) has just had to give up a trip to Europe for a job at the local amusement par... Read more

Crossing Over (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis, Alice Braga,...

A harrowing ensemble drama that looks at life amongst illegal immigrants and the immigration enforcement agents whose job it is to secure the U.S. bor... Read more

Fanboys (2008)

6.6/10
Director: Kyle Newman
Starring: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Christo...

1998. A fanatical group of 'Star Wars' devotees travel across country on a mission to steal a pre-release print of 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom M... Read more

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 1 (1994)

6.7/10
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst

Long ago... In a time of myth and legend, when ancient gods plagued man with suffering - only one man dared to challenge their power. Hercules! Starri... Read more

Japanese Crime Noir Classics ( Tokyo Drifter / A Tattooed Life / Branded to Kill / Youth of the Beast ) (1966)

Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tetsuya Watari, Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, An...

A collection of four Japanese crime noir classics from maverick director Seijun Suzuki. "Tokyo Drifter" (1966) - Warned by studio bosses to play it sa... Read more

Supernatural: Season 3 (2007)

6.8/10
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy, Jim Beaver

The yellow-eyed demon is vanquished, but at a terrible price. The battle that brought him down released hundreds of hellish demons into an unsuspectin... Read more

Storage (2009)

5.7/10
Director: Michael Craft
Starring: Matthew Scully, Robert Mammone, Damien Garvey, Saskia Burmeister

A gripping Aussie thriller following 17-year-old Jimmy, devastated after the brutal murder of his father and now working for his uncle in an undergrou... Read more

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

6.8/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, William Eythe

A German-American student is contacted by Nazi spies working in New York City and looking for information on the atomic bomb program. With the help of... Read more

Elvis and Anabelle (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Will Geiger
Starring: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Keith Carradine

An artful blend of romantic whimsy, dark comedy and magical realism, this Texas indie stars Max Minghella as Elvis, the soul-searching son of a mortic... Read more

Zero: An Investigation into 9/11 (2008)

7.9/10
Director: Francesco Tre, Franco Fracassi

With the central premise being that the official version of what happened on September 11th 2001 cannot be true, this documentary from Italian filmmak... Read more

Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World (2009)

7.2/10
Director: Steve Murray

Marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's death, this expansive documentary follows him as a young amateur scientist on board the HMS Beagle in 1831,... Read more

12 Monkeys ( Blu-ray ) (1995)

7.6/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Plummer, Madeleine Stowe

Inspired by Chris Marker's short film 'La Jetee' (also available) and set in the near future where a prisoner is sent back in time to the 90's to disc... Read more

Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)

Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Vera Filatova, Silvia Co...

If the title doesn't make you want to watch this, then it's probably not for you. But if you're in the mood for a movie about two no-hoper guys who fi... Read more

Labyrinth ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud

Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more

The Sky Crawlers (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii

Winner of the Best Animation Film at the Japanese Academy Awards, this futuristic sci-fi-tinged drama is based on a popular five-part novel by best-se... Read more

Waterworld ( Blu-ray ) (1995)

6.1/10
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Costner, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter

Exciting, exhilarating (and expensive) sci-fi saga, set on an ecologically ravaged future Earth covered by water. Kevin Costner, as a solitary wandere... Read more

Agatha Christie Mysteries: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)

Director: Tony Wharmby
Starring: Eric Porter, Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick

Meet another pair of the best selling writer's witty crime solvers: Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, out to investigate a murder on a Welsh golf... Read more

30 Rock: Season 3 (2008)

5.8/10
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Scott Adsit, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski

Emmy Award winner Tina Fey writes, executive produces, and stars as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a live variety program in New York City. Liz's life... Read more

K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Shimako Sato
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura, Takeshi Kaga, Reiko Takashima

Stylish superhero shenanigans in a rollicking adventure, based on a popular '80s manga. K-20 is the nickname for the Fiend with 20 Faces, a prankster... Read more

Martyrs (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi, Catherine Begin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasn...

The relentlessly brutal tale of a girl who, having suffered horrific abuse as a young child, is virtually catatonic after she makes a daring escape. H... Read more

The Chaser (2008)

7.9/10
Director: Hong-jin Na
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, In-gi Jung, Hyo-ju Park

Jung-ho is a former cop turned pimp. He is a foul-tempered, hard-talking man driven by the pursuit of easy money. So when some of his girls start goin... Read more

Haunting Douglas (2003)

6.4/10
Director: Leanne Pooley
Starring: Douglas Wright

'Haunting Douglas' is a documentary about Douglas Wright; choreographer, dancer, artist. From Tuakau, New Zealand to the stages of New York, Douglas'... Read more

The Hills Run Red (2009)

5.5/10
Director: Dave Parker
Starring: William Sadler, Alex Wyndham, Janet Montgomery, Sophie Monk, Tad Hilgenbrinck

Nasty shocker about a group of young horror fans who try to track down a print of a legendary but mysteriously lost '80s slasher film. Their search le... Read more

54 (1998)

5.8/10
Director: Mark Christopher
Starring: Mike Myers, Neve Campbell, Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Breckin Meyer, Sherry St...

The days of 70's disco, drugs and hedonism rear their heads in this look back at New York's infamous Studio 54. Starring Mike Myers as the druggie clu... Read more

1984 (1956)

7/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, Michael Redgrave

George Orwell's landmark novel is the basis of this eerie, darkly satiric tale whose futuristic world is divided into three sections following an atom... Read more

Divine Trash (1998)

7.8/10
Director: Steve Yeager
Starring: Divine, Jim Jarmusch, Mink Stole, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, Paul Morrissey

Get the lowdown (and we mean low down!) on one of the most infamous films of all time, John Waters' 1972 cult classic "Pink Flamingos", in this acclai... Read more

Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008)

7.3/10
Director: Catherine Schorr O'Sullivan
Starring: Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Mary Woronov, Billy Name

In 1964, Andy Warhol took up residence in an abandoned hat factory in Manhattan's East Side and turned it into a hotbed of music, art, filmmaking and... Read more

The Motorcycle Diaries ( Blu-ray ) (2003)

7.8/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Mia Maestro, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna

From executive producer Robert Redford and acclaimed director Walter Salles ("Central Station") comes a love letter to a continent and its people. Bas... Read more

Eagle vs Shark ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Joel Tobeck, Brian Sergent, Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, David Fane, Rachel H...

A quirky kiwi rom-com with Jemaine Clement of "Flight of the Conchords" fame as uber-geek Jarrod, an unlikely romantic foil to shy 'Meaty Boy' cashier... Read more

Emma (Paltrow) ( Blu-ray ) (1996)

6.7/10
Director: Douglas McGrath
Starring: Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Jul...

The course of true love runs hilariously askew once would-be Cupid Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) gets her hands on it in this grand adaptation of t... Read more

Wuthering Heights (2008)

7.7/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Starring: Kevin McNally, Charlotte Riley, Tom Hardy, Andrew Lincoln, Burn Gorman, Sarah La...

If there were ever a definitive tale about how all-encompassing and thwarted passion can destroy, this thrilling adaptation of Emily Bronte's only nov... Read more

Monarchy: Series 2 (2005)

6.1/10
Starring: David Starkey

Dr David Starkey presents the second series of his history of the British monarchy, beginning in the savage maelstrom of the Wars of the Roses. The Tu... Read more

Monarchy: Series 3 (2006)

6.1/10
Starring: David Starkey

Dr David Starkey presents the third series of his complete history of the British Monarchy. In this series, Starkey explores the period dating from 16... Read more

Die Hard 2 ( Blu-ray ) (1990)

7.1/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Franco Nero, John Amos, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald...

Bruce Willis is back as wisecracking Det. John McClane in this spectacular sequel. While awaiting the arrival of his wife's plane at Washington's Dull... Read more

Pulp Fiction ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

8.9/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Harvey Keitel, Jo...

An audacious crime thriller that won 'Best Picture' at the Cannes Film Festival and is one exhilarating ride from start to finish. John Travolta and S... Read more

Fight Club ( Blu-ray ) (1999)

8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto, Tom Waits, Meat Loaf

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more

Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 6 (1991)

8.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Leo McKern, Marion Mack

Q.C. John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey continues in this sixth series. Horace Rumpole makes his way through six compel... Read more

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Starring: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano, Jane Lynch, Bill Hader,...

While Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut, Manny, Diego and Sid are facing troubles of their own. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid... Read more

Family Guy Presents Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)

Director: Dominic Polcino
Starring: James Woods, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Patrick Warburton, Alex Borstein, Seth MacF...

The 'Family Guy' crew present another 'Star Wars' homage following the hugely successful 'Blue Harvest', this time taking 'The Empire Strikes Back' as... Read more

The Nude Bomb (1980)

5/10
Director: Clive Donner
Starring: Norman Lloyd, Rhonda Fleming, Sylvia Kristel, Pamela Hensley, Dana Elcar, Don Ad...

Get smart with the most bumbling - yet undeniably cool - spy ever! Join Don Adams as Maxwell Smart (aka Agent 86) of the original 'Get Smart' TV serie... Read more

The Anton Chekhov Collection (2008)

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bill Paterson, David Warner, Eileen Atkins, Ian Holm, Janet Suz...

This collection includes productions of Chekhov's greatest plays. The one-act "The Proposal" (1959) finds rich families building wealth through marria... Read more

Stanley Kubrick's The Seafarers (1953)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Before he became an Oscar-nominated director, Stanley Kubrick helmed this 1953 documentary that extols the rewards of the Seafarers International Unio... Read more

Classic Superheroes (1940)

Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Victor Jory

'The Green Archer' - Crackerjack detective Spike Holland investigates the disappearance of beautiful Elaine (Iris Meredith). His search leads him to G... Read more

Palettes: The Birth of Impressionism (2008)

8.7/10
Director: Alain Jaubert

The 'Palettes' series explores the techniques, history and controversies behind some of the world's finest paintings and the artists who created them.... Read more

Killer at Large (2008)

7.3/10
Director: Steven Greenstreet

This documentary takes a broad look at the many causes of overweightness, including our toxic food environment, the problems with school lunches and v... Read more

Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts to an Adulterated Food Supply (2006)

8.8/10
Starring: Larry Hagman, Noam Chomsky

In 2002, director Cori Brackett was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis leading her on a journey across America in search of answers. What she discovere... Read more

The Voyage (1974)

6/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Ian Bannen, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren

In turn-of-the-century Sicily, aristocratic scions Adriana (Sophia Loren) and Cesar (Richard Burton) have loved one another for years, but Adriana acc... Read more

The Young Victoria (2009)

7.3/10
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Tho...

A look at the turbulent early years of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt), crowned at the tender age of just 18. Protected and controlled all her life, her... Read more

District 9 (2009)

7.9/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Euge...

Peter Jackson produced this wry sci-fi flick about an alien refugee camp in South Africa. 28 years after the aliens first made contact they are housed... Read more

In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Alex Holdridge
Starring: Scoot McNairy, Sara Simmonds, Brian McGuire, Kathleen Luong, Twink Caplan, Rober...

29-year-old Wilson (Scoot McNairy) has just suffered the worst year of his life and plans to see out December 31st in bed alone. However his best mate... Read more

Journey Among Women (1977)

6/10
Director: Tom Cowan
Starring: Lisa Peers, Ralph Cotterill, Tim Elliott, Nell Campbell, Jude Kuring

In 1977, Australian cinemas were rocked by Tom Cowan's beautiful but brutal depiction of the lives of ten female convicts. Mainstream cinemas across t... Read more

Jeffrey Ross: No Offense (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Jay Karas
Starring: Jeffrey Ross

Known throughout the U.S. as 'The Roastmaster', Jeffrey Ross brings his witty quips and spot-on insults back home to Jersey. He's gained a cult follow... Read more

The Last Sunset (1961)

6.8/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone

A tense western from Hollywood heavyweight director Robert Aldrich, writer Dalton Trumbo and super-stars Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson. Douglas is a fo... Read more

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

7/10
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Starring: Pearlly Chua, Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Bin Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi

Shortly after he is robbed, beaten and left for dead on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, homeless Hsiao-kang is taken in by kindly immigrant Rawang and nu... Read more

Personal Effects (2008)

6.3/10
Director: David Hollander
Starring: Kathy Bates, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher

Walter (Ashton Kutcher), a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world, returns home to to console his mother (Kathy Bates) after the brutal murder of his... Read more

Gremlins ( Blu-ray ) (1984)

7.2/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan

A young man tries to save his small town from complete destruction as director Joe Dante provides the Grinch's version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' in w... Read more

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

5.4/10
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee

The Pang Brothers remake their own film from 2000 for the American market, with Nic Cage as the professional hitman, on assignment in Bangkok to kill... Read more

Katyn (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert

Lauded Polish director Andrzej Wajda details the tragic events surrounding the 1940 massacre of 15,000 Polish army officers by Soviet troops in the Ka... Read more

The 10 Conditions of Love (2009)

7.6/10
Director: Jeff Daniels (II)

Exiled in the U.S., activist Rebiya Kadeer is fighting for the human rights of her people, the Uyghur (pron. wee-ger), China's oppressed Muslim minori... Read more

The Falklands Collection: Tumbledown / The Falklands Play (1988)

Director: Richard Eyre, Michael Samuels
Starring: Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Colin Firth, James Fox, Paul Rhys, Patricia Hodge, David Cal...

1982: After Argentinean troops take control of the Falkland Islands, the British task force set sail. This set features two stellar dramatizations of... Read more

Rivers and Life (2007)

Director: Amanda Rees

This epic series celebrates the ever-changing nature of our relationship with the Earth's amazing water systems, tracing the routes of six grand river... Read more

Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)

7.3/10
Director: Christian-Jaque
Starring: Genevieve Page, Gerard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida

Set in 18th-century France, this romantic farce stars Gerard Philipe as the charming peasant Fanfan. After joining King Louis XV's army in order to av... Read more

Gone with the Wind ( Blu-ray ) (1939)

8.2/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh

Based on one of the best-selling books of all time, "Gone with the Wind" stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed. Vivien Leigh is the strong... Read more

Separation City (2009)

5.8/10
Director: Paul Middleditch
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Rhona Mitra, Danielle Cormack, Thomas Kretschmann, Michelle Langs...

Simon (Joel Edgerton) is living a comfortable but unfulfilling life in the suburbs, with his wife (Danielle McCormack), two kids,and a sex-life on hol... Read more

G-Force (2009)

5.1/10
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
Starring: Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Bill Nigh...

Just when you thought you'd seen every type of hero...along come a bunch of guinea pigs. First-time director Hoyt Yeatman, an award-winning visual eff... Read more

Midsomer Murders: DCI Barnaby and Me - Collection 2 (2008)

7.8/10
Director: Various
Starring: Barry Jackson, John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Jonathan Firth, Daniel Casey

John Nettles, DCI Tom Barnaby himself, counts down his Top 5 episodes, from how it all began in the premiere to his favourite storyline, leading lady,... Read more

By the Sword Divided: Series 2 (1985)

7.6/10
Starring: Julian Glover, Sharon Mughan, Jeremy Clyde, Simon Treves

'By the Sword Divided' is a fascinating portrayal of a noble family torn apart during a civil war that divided loyalists in support of King Charles I... Read more

The Furies (1950)

7.4/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Gilbert Roland, Judith Anderson, Walter Huston, Wendell Corey

Walter Huston made his final screen appearance in director Anthony Mann's moody Western melodrama, playing a landowner in the 1870s New Mexico Territo... Read more

Requiem (2006)

7/10
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Starring: Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier, Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner

Based on the same tragic story that inspired "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," this searing psychological drama from Germany finds college freshman Michae... Read more

The Secret of Moonacre (2008)

6.2/10
Director: Gabor Csupo
Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Juliet Stevenson, Tim Curry, Natascha McElhone, Ioan Gruff...

Following the death of her father, 13-year-old Maria Merryweather (Dakota Blue Richards) is shipped off to the mysterious Moonacre estate, presided ov... Read more

Alternative 3 (1977)

7.1/10
Director: Christopher Miles
Starring: Tim Brinton

This 1977 spoof documentary caused uproar when first broadcast on UK Television. Taking its premise that there was a colony of scientists on Mars, vie... Read more

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1997)

7.8/10
Director: Metin Huseyin
Starring: Brian Blessed, John Sessions, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Lindsay Duncan, Peter...

A ribald and bawdy romp through the mansions and taverns of Georgian England. Henry Fielding's fallen hero bed-hops his way out of a good home and alm... Read more

The Soloist (2009)

6.7/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, LisaGay Hamilton

Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr star in this biography of Nathaniel Ayers (played by Foxx). Ayers was a musical prodigy who played the cello, but afte... Read more

In the Loop (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, David Rasche, Gina McKee, Anna C...

This razor-sharp political satire is the debut feature from Armando Iannucci, long-time BBC writer/producer behind such classics as 'I'm Alan Partridg... Read more

Lucky Country (2009)

Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Aden Young, Toby Wallace, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Pip Miller, Neil Pigot, Eamon F...

An outback western, set in the early 1900s, whereby a widower and former schoolteacher decides to leave the material world behind, and take his childr... Read more