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The Transformation of the World into Music (1996)

7.1/10
Director: Werner Herzog

This elegant and adroitly executed Werner Herzog documentary captures the annual excitement surrounding the Bayreuth Festival. Celebrating the operati... Read more

Return To Waterloo / Come Dancing With The Kinks (1985)

Director: Julien Temple, Ray Davies
Starring: Kenneth Colley, Ray Davies

Ray Davies of the Kinks, well-respected as one of rock's best storytellers, makes his filmmaking debut in 'Return to Waterloo' starring Kenneth Colley... Read more

New Orleans - Music in Exile (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Robert Mugge

On August 29th, 2005, hurricane winds, torrential rains and a series of failed levees decimated The Big Easy and virtually destroyed one of the most u... Read more

Penn and Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 (2003)

Starring: Penn Jillette, Teller

Using undercover operatives, intensive research and heaps of skepticism, world-famous magicians Penn Jillette and Teller expose the truth of modern sc... Read more

Bustin' Loose (1981)

6.1/10
Director: Oz Scott
Starring: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, George Coe, Robert Christian

Starring comic genius Richard Pryor, this raucous, light-hearted comedy is the entertaining tale of shifty ex-con Joe Braxton who after finding himsel... Read more

Karas: Part 2 - The Revelation (2005)

7/10
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Jay Hernandez, Cree Summer

From legendary anime studio Tatsunoko Productions ('Speed Racer') comes the second installment in the 'Karas' story. Picking up exactly where the firs... Read more

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Cyd Charisse, Donald Boisset, Lea Brodie

AKA 'Seven Cities to Atlantis', this family-aimed fantasy sees the ever-heroic Doug McClure leading an expedition to the lost city of Atlantis. He dis... Read more

The Tarnished Angels (1957)

7.3/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson

Based on the celebrated novel by author William Faulkner and set during the early 1930s this classic romance stars Robert Stack as Roger Schumann, a d... Read more

George Washington (2000)

7.4/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Candace Evanofshi, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, Damian Jewan Lee, Rachel Ha...

The impressive debut from filmmaker David Gordon Green ('Undertow') is a lyrical, highly-praised drama set in a small, rundown North Carolina town aro... Read more

Heidi: Part Two (1980)

7.3/10
Director: Tony Flaadt

Part Two of the 1978 TV adaptation of Johanna Spyri's novel. The charming tale of a young orphan called Heidi who is taken to live with her Grandfathe... Read more

Follyfoot: Series 1 (1971)

8.3/10
Director: Michael Apted, Stephen Frears, Vic Hughes
Starring: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska, Desmond Llewelyn

Based on Monica Dickens' 1963 novel 'Cobbler's Dream', the series was set in a horse sanctuary and often dealt with the way horses were poorly treated... Read more

Highlander: The Search For Vengeance (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

In this distant and animated sequel to the 1986 film, lone warrior Colin travels with wise-cracking ghost Amergan across a desolate landscape, searchi... Read more

Desert Fury (1947)

6.7/10
Director: Lewis Allen
Starring: Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey

In the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert lies the small gambling oasis Purple Sage, run by the tough talking Fritzi Haller who stubbornly controls... Read more

The Bucket List (2007)

7.4/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow, Alfonso Fr...

Rob Reiner's seriocomic road movie stars Jack Nicholson as a terminally ill corporate billionaire sharing a hospital room with cancer-stricken mechani... Read more

Helvetica (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Gary Hustwit

An engaging and funny investigation into the world's most ubiquitous typeface. Are you partial to Times New Roman? How do you feel about Arial Narrow,... Read more

Civic Duty (2006)

6.3/10
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Starring: Peter Krause, Kari Matchett, Richard Schiff, Khaled Abol Naga

With the stress of losing his job finally getting to him, Terry (Peter Krause), an unemployed accountant, begins to suspect his new neighbour, a Middl... Read more

Ancient Egypt: The Rosetta Stone (2007)

6.6/10

For hundreds of years the glorious history of Ancient Egypt remained a mystery to the world, its secrets locked away in the baffling language of the h... Read more

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong

Florence Broadhurst lived an amazing life. Not content with reality, she invented and reinvented her past to be even more interesting. Before her brut... Read more

Crusades: Volume 2 (1995)

8.3/10
Starring: Narrated by, Terry Jones

For 200 years the armies of Europe battled Muslim forces for control of the Holy Land (and its riches). Now the full story is told in exciting fashion... Read more

Batman: The Animated Series - Volume 3 (1994)

8.9/10
Starring: Voices Of, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill

Gotham City crime czars Scarface and Rupert Thorne battle evil masterminds like The Joker and The Penguin for money, power and respect, and just when... Read more

Bella (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Starring: Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Eduardo Verastegui, Ali Landry

After an accident puts an end to his career as a professional athlete, an international soccer star is forced to take work at his brother's Mexican re... Read more

Crime Wave / Decoy (1954)

Director: Andre De Toth, Jack Bernhard
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Edward Norris, Jean Gillie, Charles Bronson

Film noir double feature features the underrated noir thriller 'Crime Wave' (1954), about a hardboiled LA cop out to get a 'reformed' ex-con who was l... Read more

They Live By Night / Side Street (1949)

Director: Anthony Mann, Nicholas Ray
Starring: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger

This double feature includes Nicholas Ray's lyrical story of romantic fatalism, 'They Live by Night' (1948), about a young outlaw couple on the run fo... Read more

Goodbye Bafana (2007)

Director: Bille August
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Dennis Haysbert

The surprising relationship that developed between Nelson Mandela and South African prison guard James Gregory is explored in this riveting biodrama.... Read more

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

6.7/10
Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Eric Bana, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Morr...

Outstanding performances highlight this lavish romantic drama chronicling the rivalry between Boleyn sisters Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne (Natal... Read more

The Secret Life of Words (2005)

7.5/10
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Julie Christie, Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Ousdal, Eddie M...

A remarkable, thoughtful drama staring Sarah Polley as a deaf factory girl who is persuaded by her boss to take a vacation. After travelling to the co... Read more

Frisky Dingo: Season 1 (2006)

8.2/10

Being a supervillain isn't what it used to be in this mind-melting show from the folks at [adult swim]. Killface is a criminal overlord whose devious... Read more

The Riverman (2004)

6/10
Director: Bill Eagles
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Sam Jaeger, Cary Elwes, Kathleen Quinlan

Based on the book co-written by Robert Keppel, formerly chief criminal investigator for the attorney general of Washington State, the film recounts Ke... Read more

Boxing Day (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Richard Green, Tammy Anderson, Syd Brisbane, Stuart Clark

Living alone on home detention, recovering alcoholic, Chris, is preparing Christmas lunch for his family when an old friend turns up at his doorstep a... Read more

Red Dwarf: The Bodysnatcher Collection (2008)

9.9/10
Director: Ed Bye
Starring: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett,...

Originally inspired by the 'Star Wars' classic re-releases, this collection features the 1997 series re-mastered editions of Series I to III with enha... Read more

The Two Ronnies: Series 2 (1972)

7.8/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

'The Two Ronnies: Series Two' features all eight side-splitting episodes from this season, continuing the adventures of recurring private detectives C... Read more

Morecambe and Wise: Series 3 (1970)

Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise

By the time Morecambe and Wise had started their third series in 1970, they were already becoming the nation's favourite light entertainment double-ac... Read more

The Big Clock (1948)

7.7/10
Director: John Farrow
Starring: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Rita Johnson, George Macready, Elsa Lanchester

This striking film noir classic stars Ray Milland as a crime magazine editor who has a liaison with a beautiful woman who turns out to be the mistress... Read more

Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan (2005)

7/10
Director: Karen Severns, Koichi Mori
Starring: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, was deeply indebted to Japan for aesthetic inspiration - this is the story of... Read more

30 Days of Night ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

6.6/10
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior

For 30 days every winter the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska is plunged into complete darkness. It's a bitter time when most of the inhabitants head s... Read more

Purple Rain ( Blu-ray ) (1984)

6.5/10
Director: Albert Magnoli
Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III

Risque rocker Prince stars as "The Kid", a talented, withdrawn singer in this sizzling musical/drama that combines romance, comedy and dazzling on-sta... Read more

Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins

This two disc set is apparently the final cut (the third thus far) and is arguably the best, with a more thorough - and therefore easier to follow - l... Read more

Troy: Director's Cut ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

7.2/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan...

Director Wolfgang Petersen finally has the luxury of time and editing control to provide the film he intended - more studied portraits of the characte... Read more

Viva Las Vegas ( Blu-ray ) (1963)

6.4/10
Director: George Sidney
Starring: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret , Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair

In one of his biggest and best films, Elvis Presley is "just a devil with love to spare" as a race car driver looking to enter the Las Vegas Grand Pri... Read more

Desert Thunder (1998)

4/10
Director: Jim Wynorski
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson

A group of Air Force flunkees, led by a retired Air Force pilot, try to defeat a Middle Eastern terrorist before he can act out his threats. Daniel Ba... Read more

D-Day in Colour (2004)

7.9/10

'D-Day in Color' features vintage footage of Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy, the turning point of WWII. Actor John Hurt provides narra... Read more

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Amanda Donohoe, Maximilian Schell, Jack Thompson

This follow-up to the miniseries 'The Thorn Birds' (based on the best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough) tells the tale of a period during World War... Read more

Life Under Napoleon (2006)

Director: Georg Schiemann, Elmar Bartlmae, Steffen Schneider
Starring: Napoleon

In four episodes we examine what life was like in Europe from 1799 until 1815, from the end of the French Revolution until Napoleon's defeat at Leipzi... Read more

SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? (2005)

8.1/10

Featuring Season 4 Episodes! 6 Splashing Tales! Includes the 2-parter 'Have You Seen This Snail?' - While trying to beat a paddleball world record, Sp... Read more

Monkey: Journey to the West (1967)

8.7/10
Director: Ho Meng-hua
Starring: Angela Yu Chien, Cheng Pei-Pei, Chow Lung-Cheung

Born from an egg on a mountain top, the monkiest monkey there ever was... Brought to popularity by the 1970s television show 'Monkey', the story of th... Read more

Waterfront (1983)

5.2/10
Director: Chris Thompson
Starring: Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi, Warren Mitchell, Noni Hazlehurst

Begins in one of the watershed years of this century, 1928. There is the spectre of the Great Depression, increasingly rancorous class divisions, indu... Read more

Rogue Assassin ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

6/10
Director: Phillip Atwell
Starring: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzman, Saul Rubinek

A.k.a. 'War'. After his partner is brutally murdered by the infamous assassin, Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) vows to find th... Read more

Desert Fox: Rommel (2008)

5.7/10

The story of much respected German General Erwin Rommel whose expert and ruthless manner on the battlefield earned him his posting as the head of the... Read more

Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4 - Disc 4/5 (2004)

7.5/10
Starring: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgom...

Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, 'Enterprise' takes place in an era when int... Read more

Paranoid Park (2007)

6.7/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Dan Liu

A vivid, compelling portrait of adolescence, 'Paranoid Park' follows a Portland teenager hiding a dark secret. Thanks to needy girlfriend Jennifer (Ta... Read more

Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, Alison Lohman, David Duchovny

After her husband is killed by trying to prevent an assault, Audrey (Halle Berry) invites the close friend (Benicio Del Toro) he was visiting - an ex-... Read more

The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 (1965)

Starring: Woody Woodpecker

Created by renowned cartoonist Walter Lantz, these original theatrical cartoons (1940 - 1972) have been digitally remastered and feature seven wacky a... Read more

Doctor Who: Black Orchid (1982)

8.7/10
Director: Ron Jones
Starring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse

Peter Davison stars as the fifth Doctor alongside Janet Fielding, as his companion Tegan, and Sarah Sutton, as Nyssa, in this two-part historical them... Read more

The Reef (2006)

5.8/10
Director: Howard Baker, Kyung Ho Lee, John Fox
Starring: (Voices of) , Freddie Prinze Jr, Evan Rachel Wood, Donal Logue, Fran Drescher, J...

A.k.a. 'Shark Bait'. Computer-animated family film follows the adventures of a young fish named Pi (voiced by Freddie Prinze, Jr.), who loses his pare... Read more

The Gospel of John (2003)

7.7/10
Director: Philip Saville
Starring: Henry Ian Cusick, Stuart Bunce, Christopher Plummer

In the spirit of 'The Passion of the Christ' comes this uplifting dramatization of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of his disciple John. Th... Read more

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

6/10
Director: Joseph Zito
Starring: Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, Barbara Howard

Revived in a morgue, Jason murders his way back to the lake to strike fear into the hearts of its residents yet again. This time he focuses on the Jar... Read more

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson

A delightful, sweet-natured, Capra-esque story about the affection painfully shy Lars (Ryan Gosling) bestows on his new girlfriend. This still comes... Read more

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

4.6/10
Director: Rob Hedden
Starring: Kane Hodder

It's the scariest thing to hit the Big Apple since Rosie O'Donnell appeared on Broadway! What will happen to the streets of New York when the unstoppa... Read more

Farscape: Peacekeeper War (2004)

8.3/10
Director: Brian Henson
Starring: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram

When the evil Scarran Empire engages a full-scale war the Peacekeeper Alliance has only one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton, once sucke... Read more

Sleeping Dogs Lie (2005)

6.3/10
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson

Daring his fiancee Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) to confess her most unwholesome indiscretion, strait-laced John (Bryce Johnson) becomes shocked beyond... Read more

10,000 BC (2008)

5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Steven Strait

Partly filmed on location around Queenstown, this prehistoric epic focuses on D'Leh, a young hunter who's been branded an outcast by his tribe. But he... Read more

One Last Dance (2006)

5.8/10
Director: Max Makowskii
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Ti Lung, Francis Ng, Vivian Hsu

A professional hitman ponders another line of business but soon finds that there's a high price to pay for leaving behind a life of crime in director... Read more

The Delicate Art of Parking (2003)

6.4/10
Director: Trent Carlson
Starring: Dov Tiefenbach, Diana Pavlovska, Fred Ewanuick

An absurd comedy about a Parking Enforcement Officer, who - despite constant abuse from the public - finds truth, honour and serenity in the act of ti... Read more

Nip / Tuck: Season 4 (2006)

7.7/10
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, Joely Richardson, John Hensley, Roma Maffia, Kelly...

Sex. Seduction. Liposuction. Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon play plastic surgeons/best friends whose glamorous South Beach practice is a revolving doo... Read more

April's Shower (2003)

5/10
Director: Trish Doolan
Starring: Maria Cina, Frank Grillo, Zack Ward, Lara Harris, Trish Doolan

Writer/director Trish Doolan also stars in her debut feature as Alex, a chef giving her all to host the perfect bridal shower...because she's secretly... Read more

Liza with a Z (1972)

8.6/10
Starring: Liza Minnelli

See the legendary Liza Minnelli at the height of her powers in this dazzlingly entertaining musical special. After capturing Oscar gold for "Cabaret,"... Read more

The Goodies: The Final Episodes (1981)

7.9/10
Director: Bob Spiers
Starring: Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

Without any of the constraints of standard sitcoms, The Goodies (Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor) were free to indulge in an anarchic arr... Read more

Gold Cinema Collection: Carve Her Name With Pride / Cottage to Let / Sea of Sand (1958)

Director: Anthony Asquith, Guy Green, Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John M...

'Carve Her Name With Pride' (1958) Violette Bushell is a young woman living in London in World War 2. She meets a young French soldier whom she falls... Read more

Dick Turpin: Series 1 (1978)

7.6/10
Starring: Richard O'Sullivan, Christopher Benjamin, David Daker, Michael Deeks

The eighteenth century, swashbuckling adventures of Britain's legendary highwayman. Upon returning from military service in Flanders, Dick Turpin (Ric... Read more

Mister Lonely (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Werner Herzog

In Paris, a sweet, shy Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) is befriended by a Marilyn Monroe lookalike (Samantha Morton), who quickly convinces... Read more

Dan in Real Life (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Peter Hedges
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Steve Carell, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest, Emily Blu...

Steve Carell shines in this romantic comedy as a widowed advice columnist struggling to raise three young girls on his own. While travelling to Rhode... Read more

I'm Not There (2007)

7/10
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger...

From co-writer/director Todd Haynes comes this sublime and surreal examination of the life of Bob Dylan. As such diverse actors as Christian Bale, Cat... Read more

The Invaders: Season 2, Volume 1 (1967)

8.1/10
Starring: Roy Thinnes

This groundbreaking series stars Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, who witnesses an alien spaceship landing and criss-crosses the country trying... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 1 (1965)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane) leads a ragtag band of POW's caught behind German lines in this popular television comedy. The bumbling Germans give Hogan a... Read more

Out of the Blue (2004)

7.2/10
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote

This award-winning feature-length documentary reveals through exclusive interviews with high-ranking military and government personnel, that some Unid... Read more

The Hollow Men (2008)

7.4/10
Director: Alister Barry

The most explosive book in New Zealand political history is now a film. Don Brash stepped down as leader of the National Party in November 2006, the d... Read more

The Lost City (2005)

6.7/10
Director: Andy Garcia
Starring: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Ines Sastre, Bill Murray, Steven Bauer, Elizabeth P...

In 1958 Havana, nightclub owner Fico Fellove (Andy Garcia, who also directed) watches as political upheaval grips Batista-ruled Cuba. While his brothe... Read more

Made of Honour (2008)

Director: Paul Weiland
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kathleen Quinlan, Sydney Polla...

Patrick Dempsey is a womanizer who has everything - a different girl every night and a trusted platonic best friend (Michelle Monaghan). He realizes h... Read more

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007 Christmas Special) (2007)

8.7/10
Director: James Strong
Starring: David Tennant, Kylie Minogue

A spacecraft set on an apocalyptic collision course with Earth, a host of killer robot angels and an evil severed-headed mastermind - it's just anothe... Read more

Smallville: Season 6 (2006)

7.7/10
Starring: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance, Allison Mack, John...

They tried to be friends. But their chosen paths set them on a collision course. The Clark Kent - Lex Luthor rivalry explodes into the fierce good-ver... Read more

Tintin and I (2003)

7.7/10
Director: Anders Ostergaard

Explores the world of Tintin creator Herge and his experiences and mental state leading up to the writing of 'Tintin in Tibet', often heralded as his... Read more

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)

7.3/10

In Futurama's latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Lov... Read more

Personal Services (1987)

6.4/10
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen

Julie Walters stars as suburban brothel Madame, Christine Painter, with some highly unusual clients. Inspired by the real experiences of the legendary... Read more

Vampyr (1932)

7.6/10
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel

With 'Vampyr', Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliance at achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, profoundly unsettling imagery ('The... Read more

Status Anxiety (2004)

8/10
Director: Neil Crombie
Starring: Alain De Botton

Philosopher and author Alain de Botton believes there's something the vast majority of people desire even more than money. Whatever their background o... Read more

Fallen Angel (2006)

8.1/10
Director: David Drury
Starring: Charles Dance, Emilia Fox

Emilia Fox stars as Rosemary, the beautiful but disturbed daughter of an English vicar (Charles Dance). Part family saga, part crime drama, 'Fallen An... Read more

The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century (2006)

7.5/10
Starring: Niall Ferguson

Acclaimed historian Professor Niall Ferguson presents this six-part documentary proposing an explosive challenge to common assumptions about the 20th... Read more

The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)

5.1/10
Director: Paul Auster
Starring: David Thewlis, Irene Jacob, Michael Imperioli, Sophie Auster

A successful American novelist meets a most mysterious muse in this psychological drama. Could this woman who possesses an uncanny knowledge of Martin... Read more

Wild South: Volume 1 (2008)

7.8/10

A selection of documentaries by NHNZ on the wild wonders of nature in the deep south. 'Island of Strange Noises' (1980) takes us to the Antipodes Isla... Read more

Rome: Season 2 (2006)

8.8/10
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry...

The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos cla... Read more

Veronica Mars: Season 2 (2005)

8.4/10
Starring: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Ryan Ha...

Season 2 of this cult favourite begins when Veronica misses the bus - a school bus that minutes later plunges off a cliff into the Pacific. It may be... Read more

Champagne Charlie (1944)

6.8/10
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Jean Kent

This classic from Ealing Studios follows George Leybourne (Tommy Trinder) as he rises from pub singer to famous entertainer, and his rivalry with The... Read more

The Criminal (1960)

5.8/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Stanley Baker, Margit Saad, Sam Wanamaker

Originally released in the U.S. as 'The Concrete Jungle', this hard-hitting drama from Joseph Losey stars Stanley Baker as a criminal jailed for a dar... Read more

Farewell, Friend (1968)

7.1/10
Director: Jean Herman
Starring: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot, Bernard Fresson

Aka 'Honor Among Thieves'. Years after serving together in the French Foreign Legion, American soldier of fortune Franz Propp (Charles Bronson) and Fr... Read more

Endless Night (1972)

6/10
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Starring: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Per Oscarsson

This mystery, adapted from an Agatha Christie story, tells the tale of an ambitious British chauffeur who marries his American employer, one of the ri... Read more

Wild China (2008)

8.5/10
Starring: Narrated by, Bernard Hill

China is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth, and for the first time in almost a century, it is opening up to the world. This landmark series gai... Read more

The Mighty Boosh: Series 3 (2007)

8.4/10
Director: Paul King
Starring: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt

Vince Noir and Howard Moon return for a third series of the cult comedy hit featuring another fantabulous mix of surreal humour, musical interludes, s... Read more

That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 1 (2006)

8/10
Director: David Kerr
Starring: David Mitchell, Robert Webb

Following on from the massive success of 'Peep Show', David Mitchell and Robert Webb return in a more traditional comedy show in the form of 'That Mit... Read more

Magnum Force ( Blu-ray ) (1973)

7.2/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Felton Perry, Robert Ur...

Clint Eastwood returns in this second Dirty Harry film, trying to uncover a conspiracy within the San Francisco police department involving a group of... Read more

Superhero Movie (2008)

4.5/10
Director: Craig Mazin
Starring: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey...

After spoofing disaster films in 'Airplane!', police shows in 'The Naked Gun', and Hollywood horrors in 'Scary Movie' 3 and 4, producer David Zucker s... Read more

The IT Crowd: Version 2.0 (2007)

8.5/10
Director: Graham Linehan
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Noel Fielding

'The IT Crowd' strikes back in the second series of the Bafta-nominated comedy from Graham Linehan ('Father Ted', 'Black Books'). Hook up with geeks R... Read more

Shine a Light (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Christina Aguilera, Bud...

It's the Rolling Stones - as you've never seen or heard them before. Over the course of two nights at New York's Beacon Theatre, director Martin Scors... Read more

The Black Balloon (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Elissa Down
Starring: Toni Collette, Luke Ford, Rhys Wakefield, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward

Toni Collette stars in this gentle yet unflinching look at a family strained by the pressures of caring for an autistic teenager. Told with humour and... Read more

American Dad!: Volume 3 (2006)

7.4/10
Starring: (Voices of) , Seth MacFarlane, Rachael MacFarlane, Seth Green, Scott Grimes, Wen...

C.I.A. weapons expert Stan Smith is back, keeping the homeland secure while alienating his family and terrorising his neighbours in the process. Wheth... Read more

Mad Money (2007)

5.8/10
Director: Callie Khouri
Starring: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher...

Well-to-do housewife Diane Keaton faces economic catastrophe when husband Ted Danson finds himself jobless. Shortly after taking a janitorial post at... Read more

Candid Camera: Best of Today (2004)

6.8/10

'Candid Camera', America's longest-running entertainment series, has been making people smile since 1948. Included here are classic sequences of unsus... Read more

The Nines (2007)

6.4/10
Director: John August
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, Elle Fanning

A metaphysical mind-bender following the lives of three artists (all played by Ryan Reynolds) in three short films that intertwine, exploring the noti... Read more

Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)

7.6/10
Director: Alex Gibney

A perpetually shocking documentary exposing the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, focusing in particular on... Read more

One More Night (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Sarah Kelly
Starring: Connie Britton, Tate Donovan, Ione Skye, Eric Stoltz, Sarah Clarke, Peter Facine...

AKA 'The Lather Effect'. While helping her parents clear out her childhood home, a nostalgia-gripped Valinda decides to throw an '80s-themed party for... Read more

Dr Quinn Medicine Woman: Season 1 (1993)

6.7/10
Starring: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando

From the moment that Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn (Jane Seymour) first stepped from the stagecoach into the mud of Colorado Springs, TV audiences had a n... Read more

Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 1 (2004)

8/10
Starring: David Baddiel, Jeremy Clarkson, Lesley Garrett, Ian Hislop, Sue Johnston, Bill O...

This documentary TV series follows the journeys of 10 British celebrities as they explore their family trees, uncover their family history and discove... Read more

The Cats of Mirikitani (2006)

8.3/10
Director: Linda Hattendorf
Starring: Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens hi... Read more

Shark (1968)

7.1/10
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan, Arthur Kennedy, Silvia Pinal

Aka 'Man-eater'. Burt Reynolds plays a tough American smuggler in the Mediterranean hired by what he thinks a scientific expedition. The voyage turns... Read more

Skins: Series 2 (2008)

7.6/10
Starring: Charles Martin Smith, Harry Enfield, Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel, Larissa Wilson,...

The critically acclaimed drama that follows the chaotic lives and lusts of a group of spliff-toting, hard partying British teenagers. It's been six mo... Read more

Bamako (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Starring: Danny Glover, Aissa Maiga, Tiecoura Traore

An audacious blend of documentary and dramatic segments from filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako, this indictment of global economic policy towards Africa... Read more

The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005)

Director: Cristi Puiu
Starring: Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu

Plagued with a terrible headache that will not go away, elderly Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) calls an ambulance. As he makes his frustrating journey... Read more

The Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz (2004)

7.5/10

Recorded from January - February 1945 by a Soviet film crew attached to the 1st Ukrainian Front, the programme tells the story of the liberation of th... Read more

Victoria Wood - Live (1997)

7.6/10
Director: Geoff Posner
Starring: Victoria Wood

Over half a million people packed into over 200 venues throughout the U.K. during 1997 to see her best ever show. This tour included an unprecedented... Read more

RoboCop ( Blu-ray ) (1987)

7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferr...

The sci-fi action movie of 1987 stars Peter Weller as a Detroit cop gunned down and used as a guinea pig to create a cyborg police officer. All goes w... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 7 (1978)

8.4/10
Starring: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Bu...

The war in Korea wages on with no end in sight, but the medical corps at the 4077th valiantly battle on against soulless military bureaucracy, tedium,... Read more

Burnside: The Complete Series (2000)

7/10
Starring: Christopher Ellison, Zoe Eeles, Justin Pierre

Leveraging the long-term success of the hit series "The Bill", the inimitable Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison) has been promoted to Detective Chie... Read more

The Don is Dead (1973)

6.4/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Anthony Quinn, An...

Released one year after 'The Godfather', this mafia family epic stars Anthony Quinn as Don Angelo, a notorious crime czar set to take over the Syndica... Read more

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

5.8/10
Director: John Sherwood
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden

This is the final installment in Universal's 'Gill Man trilogy,' which began with 'Creature From the Black Lagoon' and was followed by 'Revenge of the... Read more

Mind the Gap (2007)

5.1/10
Director: Helena Bergstrom
Starring: Rakel Warmlander, Nina Zanjani, Dan Ekborg, Birgitte Sondergaard, Korhan Abay, Z...

AKA 'Se Upp For Dararna'. Veteran Swedish actress Helena Bergstrom ('House of Angels') makes an assured directorial debut with this comic drama about... Read more

Stalking Santa (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Greg Kiefer
Starring: Chris Clark, Daryn Tufts, Lisa Clark, Narrated by, William Shatner

A devoted 'Santaologist' in search of the world's greatest living mystery attempts to cut through government conspiracy, big business hush-ups, and co... Read more

Oswald's Ghost (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Robert Stone

This Emmy-nominated documentary from Robert Stone ('Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst') draws upon rarely seen archival footage and interviews key... Read more

Freedom (1981)

8.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja, Charles Tingwell, Max Cullen, Chris Haywo...

The first film from Australian director Scott Hicks ('Shine') is the tale of a no-hoper with a big dream - driving down the road in a Porsche, with a... Read more

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)

6.3/10
Director: John Black
Starring: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson

The first bona fide TV spin-off from 'Doctor Who'. In this one-off special, Sarah Jane Smith pays a Christmas visit to her Aunt Lavania in the village... Read more

A Night With Lou Reed (1982)

7.6/10
Director: Clark Santee
Starring: Lou Reed

Pioneer of punk Lou Reed is "on" in this electrifying concert, captured live at the Bottom Line in New York. "Rock 'n' Roll," "Women," "Sweet Jane," "... Read more

Doomsday ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

6/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Malcolm...

30 years after an entire country was quarantined to stop the spread of a deadly virus, it has resurfaced in a major city, forcing a group of highly-tr... Read more

CJ7 ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

6.5/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Xu Jiao, Kitty Zhang

Hong Kong comedy king Stephen Chow directs and stars in this sci-fi family comedy as a struggling single father whose quest to find his son the perfec... Read more

Fantastic Mr Fox ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl S...

The visually ravishing animated movie 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' follows a fox, voiced by George Clooney and dressed in a natty brown corduroy suit, as h... Read more

Bronson (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Tom Hardy, Matt King

In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a h... Read more

Up in the Air ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

7.4/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, Vera Farmiga, Danny McBride, J K Simmons, Jason...

George Clooney is a downsizing consultant who has spent his entire life in airport hotels, collecting air miles and browsing the departure lounge reta... Read more

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

7.3/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique

Set in Harlem in 1987, this acclaimed drama chronicles the difficult life of Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) - an obese, abused, and illiterate 16-year-old... Read more

Invictus (2009)

7.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman

He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He re... Read more

Little Ashes (2008)

6.6/10
Director: Paul Morrison
Starring: Javier Beltran, Arly Jover, Marina Gatell, Matthew McNulty, Esther Nubiola, Robe...

In 1922, Madrid wavers on the edge of social change as traditional values are challenged by the new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. The... Read more

The Admiral (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Starring: Richard Bohringer, Sergei Bezrukov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Konstantin Khabensky,...

A lavish romantic drama and historical fiction centered on Admiral Kolchak (Konstantin Khabensky), a WWI war hero and naval commander who played an im... Read more

Walk the Proud Land (1956)

6.8/10
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Jay Silverheels

Tells the true story of Indian agent John Philip Clum, as set down on paper by Clum's son. The film begins in 1874, as Clum, an Eastern government rep... Read more

Snatch ( Blu-ray ) (2000)

8.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Rade Serbedzija, Vinnie Jones, Jason...

Following 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', Guy Ritchie revisits that film's territory of London's criminal-ridden underbelly, with this labyrint... Read more

Anything for Her (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Fred Cavaye
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger

Lisa (Diane Kruger) and Julien (Vincent Lindon) are a happily married couple, still passionately in love, who lead a normal life together with their y... Read more

Cimarron Strip: Battleground (1967)

7.5/10
Director: Don Medford
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Telly Savalas, Warren Oates

A Classic Action Adventure of the Old West on Cimarron Strip. US Marshal Jim Crown (Stuart Whitman) gets the drop on his old buddy, Bear (Telly Savala... Read more

Where Eagles Dare ( Blu-ray ) (1968)

7.7/10
Director: Brian G Hutton
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Richard Burton

The mission is clear. Get in. Get the general. Get out. Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should also be told to t... Read more

Planet Hulk (2010)

6.8/10
Director: Sam Liu
Starring: Rick D Wasserman

A secret group of superhero leaders, the Illuminati, consider the Hulk an unacceptable potential risk to Earth, and rocket him into space to live a pe... Read more

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

5.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Charles Grodin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty

The loveable and laughable Lily Tomlin stars in this high-spirited sci-fi comedy satire. Exposed to a bizarre mix of household chemicals, ordinary hou... Read more

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special) ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

8.7/10
Director: Andy Goddard
Starring: David Tennant, David Morrissey

Christmas Eve, 1851, and the Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deat... Read more

Doctor Who: The Chase (1965)

8.7/10
Director: Richard Martin
Starring: William Hartnell

" We must face the facts - the Daleks are closing in on us"..... The travellers are forced to flee in the TARDIS when they learn from the Time/Space... Read more

Huloo (2008)

Director: Robin Greenberg
Starring: Loo-Chi Hu

Robin Greenberg's documentary introduces us to the remarkable life of New Zealand's very own T'ai Chi master, Loo-Chi Hu, affectionately known to all... Read more

Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

7.3/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Amanda Schull, Wang Shuangbao, Chi...

Based on the extraordinary true story and best-selling autobiography of Li Cunxin, who, amidst the chaos of Mao's Cultural Revolution, was chosen at a... Read more