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The Best of Steptoe and Son (2002)

Starring: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett

The world's most famous rag and bone men feature in this compilation of five of the best from the classic 70's comedy. The episodes are: 'Men of Lette... Read more

The Belly of an Architect (1987)

7/10
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Lambert Wilson, Chloe Webb

Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy), a distinguished American architect, is invited to Rome with his young attractive wife Louisa (Chloe Webb) to set u... Read more

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

7.3/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tar...

Marlon Brando is the conscientious Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard is the tyrannical skipper Captain Bligh in this lavish remake of the 1935 clas... Read more

Pavilion of Women (2000)

5.9/10
Director: Yim Ho
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Shek Sau, John Cho, Yi Ding, Anita Loo

This romantic, historical epic, set in rural Southern China in 1938 is the love story of Madame Wu (Luo Yan), the Chinese wife of an aristocrat, and A... Read more

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

6.9/10
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward

From England's famed Hammer Studios comes this horror classic starring Peter Cushing as the Baron Frankenstein who has plans to learn the secrets of b... Read more

The Fallen Idol (1948)

7.8/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michel...

A perfect example of the respectable quality film which achieved its apotheosis in the late '40s Britain. Tasteful, carefully crafted and restrained.... Read more

The Slim Shady Show (2001)

6.1/10
Director: Mark Brooks

Multi-Platinum rap phenomenon Eminem assumes his alter ego "Slim Shady" to unleash his most provocative personality to date in this edgy and surreal,... Read more

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

8.2/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, Ron Howard's compelling, real life drama centers on J... Read more

Audition (2000)

6.8/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura

Extreme drama from rebel Japanese director Miike Takashi tells of Aoyama, a lonely widower owner of a video production company, who joins forces with... Read more

Stripped (2001)

4.9/10
Director: Jill Morley

Receiving enthusiastic receptions at Film Festival screenings, this documentary focuses on the gritty realities of a stripper's life. Writer/director... Read more

Careful (1992)

7.2/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Brent Neale

"I made my first trip to the West Coast ever and realised, 'I want to make a movie about mountains.' (Co-writer) George Toles wanted to make a pro-inc... Read more

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:1 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

Episodes 1-4. The year is 2015. As the remnants of the human race cower in subterranean cities, a deadly war is being waged for what is left of the pl... Read more

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:6 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

Episodes 18-20. The first test of the new Eva turns into a disaster as the giant bio-humanoid goes insane and proceeds to run amok! When the combined... Read more

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:7 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

Episodes 21-23. The secret workings of NERV begin to become clear as SEELE mercilessly interrogates NERV's key personnel in a ruthless bid to uncover... Read more

In a Land of Plenty (2002)

8.4/10
Director: Alister Barry
Starring: Narrated by, Ian Johnstone

The story of unemployment in New Zealand using extensively researched archive footage and interviews with those close to the action. We trace the orig... Read more

Forgotten Silver (1996)

7.6/10
Director: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson
Starring: Peter Jackson, Sam Neill, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin, Harvey Weinstein, Colin M...

When local Wellington filmmaker Peter Jackson discovers a cache of ancient nitrate in a neighbour's shed, he uncovers the work of Colin McKenzie, earl... Read more

Carry On: Don't Lose Your Head (1967)

7.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

The 'Carry On' gang are at it again in their 13th outing and this time it's the French Revolution that's in for the chop! The usual cheap gags and inu... Read more

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 1 (1979)

Director: David Foster, Shaun O'riordan
Starring: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley

A unique blend of drama, thriller and science-fiction, 'Sapphire and Steel' stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley as time-detectives from another dim... Read more

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 2 (1980)

Director: David Foster, Shaun O'riordan
Starring: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley

A unique blend of drama, thriller and science-fiction, 'Sapphire and Steel' stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley as time-detectives from another dim... Read more

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 3 (1980)

Director: David Foster, Shaun O'riordan
Starring: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley

A unique blend of drama, thriller and science-fiction, 'Sapphire and Steel' stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley as sublime time-detectives from ano... Read more

Speed Racer (1967)

7.2/10
Director: Anon

Japanese animated tv classic from the late 60's. Contains 2 double episodes. 'The Great Plan' (Part 1 & 2) - Speed wins a practice race and qualifies... Read more

Damn the Defiant! (1962)

7.2/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle

Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in this rousing, historical adventure. As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defia... Read more

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

6.1/10
Director: Charles Shyer
Starring: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Christopher Walken, Adrien Brody

Set in the late 18th-century court of French King Louis XVI, this sweeping, fact based historical drama stars Hilary Swank as Jeanne De La Motte Valoi... Read more

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

6/10
Director: John A Davis
Starring: Voices Of, Mary Hart, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart

The spiral-haired scientific whiz kid and Nickelodeon TV star blasts off in his first feature-length animated adventure. When he inadvertantly contact... Read more

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)

8.6/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

Welcome to the Apocalypse.....In this, the first half of the sensational TWO-PART conclusion to the Neon Genesis saga. It is the dawn of a new milleni... Read more

Chuck and Buck (2000)

Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros

This wonderful tale of comically twisted obsession tells of Chuck, a Los Angeles record executive who, upon meeting childhood friend Buck at Buck's mo... Read more

Battle of the Planets: Volume 2 (1978)

7.6/10
Director: David E Hanson
Starring: Animation

With the continuation of the 'Battle of the Planets' Cult Animation series, we are lead on more adventures, with the G-Force team. In the 'The Space M... Read more

Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)

6/10
Director: Cherie Nowlan
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Cate Blanchett, Frances O'Connor

The Love of your life....isn't always the one you marry, 'Thank god he met Lizzie' is a bittersweet romantic comedy, which explodes the romantic myth.... Read more

Mean Machine (2002)

6.5/10
Director: Barry Skolnick
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, David Hemmings, David Jelly, Jason Flemyng

Transporting the basic plot of the 1974 Burt Reynolds hit "The Longest Yard" across the Atlantic, this smash British comedy stars soccer legend Vinnie... Read more

How High (2001)

6.3/10
Director: Jesse Dylan
Starring: Redman, Method Man

Multi-platinum Hip Hop superstars Method Man and Redman star in this off the wall student comedy about how much fun you can have getting high. A hilar... Read more

The Scorpion King (2002)

5.5/10
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Pet...

A spin-off from the highly successful 'Mummy' adventures and starring wrestling phenomenon The Rock as the title character who first appeared in 'The... Read more

Spies Like Us (1985)

6.4/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, Bernie Case...

From director John Landis ("The Blues Brothers", "National Lampoon's Animal House") comes this hilarious comedy of two misfits (Chevy Chase, Dan Aykro... Read more

Lifeboat (1944)

7.8/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Cana...

From a story by John Steinbeck, director Alfred Hitchcock's riveting film of human strengths and frailties under extraordinary circumstances finds eig... Read more

Nadja (1995)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda, Suzy Amis, Martin Donovan, Jared Harris

In this stylish, supernatural thriller a pair of twin brother and sister vampires haunt contemporary New York. Full of dead-pan black humour and execu... Read more

V: The Final Battle (1984)

7.7/10
Director: Richard T Heffron
Starring: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Robert Englund, Faye Grant, Richard Herd, Thomas H...

The saga that began with "V" now culminates in a struggle to save the world in "V: The Final Battle". Marc Singer, Robert England and Michael Ironside... Read more

The Legendary Sherlock Holmes (1945)

Director: Roy William Neill
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Three great Sherlock Holmes movies collected together on one dvd! Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in all three as the famous sleuth and his assist... Read more

To End All Wars (2001)

7.1/10
Director: David L Cunningham
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciaran McMenamin

Tells the true story of four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during WWII while being forced to build a railroad thr... Read more

Subway Stories (1997)

Director: Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Bob Balaban, Jonathan Demme, Julie Dash, Ted Demme, Patricia Benoit, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Starring: Denis Leary, Anne Heche, Gregory Hines, Rosie Perez, Bonnie Hunt, Bill Irwin, Ch...

Take a dramatic and surprising ride underneath the streets of New York City as 10 top directors (including Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel... Read more

Coppelia (1993)

Director: Colin Nears
Starring: Irina Shapchits, Mikhail Zavialov, Petr Rusanov, Elvira Tarasova

Delibes' delightful ballet 'Coppelia' receives a colourful production courtesy of The Kirov Ballet. Choreographed and staged by Oleg Vinogradov and st... Read more

The Venison Hunters (2001)

Director: Anon
Starring: Mike Bennett

Join Mike Bennett as he follows the development of the venison industry in the South Island of New Zealand. Meet some of the characters involved in re... Read more

Dust (2001)

6.6/10
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Starring: David Wenham, Joseph Fiennes, Anne Brochet

Love and war divide two brothers in this cross between a harsh Mexican western ("El Topo") and an urban drama. From the award-winning director of "Bef... Read more

Novocaine (2001)

5.8/10
Director: David Atkins
Starring: Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Scott Caan, Elias Koteas, Kevin...

Darkly funny comedy/thriller loaded with "bite" features Steve Martin as a straight-laced dentist whose quiet life with hygenist/fiancee Laura Dern is... Read more

The Monkey's Mask (2001)

5.1/10
Director: Samantha Lang
Starring: Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Marton Csokas, Abbie Cornish

In this sexually provocative thriller, Jill, a private investigator looking into the disappearance of a college coed, has a steamy liaison with Diana,... Read more

Kandahar (2001)

6.8/10
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi

Nafas, a young Afghan journalist now living in Canada recieves a desperate letter from her sister in Afghanistan who intends to kill herself at the ne... Read more

Merci Pour Le Chocolat (2000)

6.7/10
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly

Co-writer/director Claude Chabrol's taut thriller stars Isabelle Huppert as Mika, the villanous spider at the centre of an intricate and murderous web... Read more

Complicity (1999)

5.9/10
Director: Gavin Millar
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Keeley Hawes, Paul Higgins, Bill Paterson

Local journalist Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have the sam... Read more

Mr Bean: Volume 2 (1991)

7.5/10
Director: John Birkin, John Howard Davies, Paul Weiland
Starring: Rowan Atkinson

To celebrate Mr Bean's 10th anniversary, a special 3 disc collection has been released containing all of his hilarious antics and memorable mishaps fr... Read more

A Doll's House (Bloom) (1973)

6.5/10
Director: Patrick Garland
Starring: Claire Bloom, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Denholm Elliott, Edith Evans, A...

A strong version of Henrik Ibsen's play about a woman's struggle for independence against her husband's will. Nora Helmer (Claire Bloom) risks destruc... Read more

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

8.3/10
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Mendes-France

A staggering documentary detailing the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Combining interviews and archival film footage, director Marcel... Read more

Knowing Me, Knowing You, with Alan Partridge (1994)

8.2/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber, Doon Mackinchan, John Thomson, Davi...

What is "Knowing Me, Knowing You, with Alan Partridge?" Well, how long is a piece of string? How many people can you fit in a mini? - four, possibly f... Read more

Unfaithful (2002)

6.7/10
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Margaret Colin, Kate Burton

In this ultra-steamy romantic drama, Diane Lane and Richard Gere are a seemingly happily married couple with a young son who live in an upper middle c... Read more

The Turandot Project (2001)

7.2/10
Director: Alan Miller

Documentarian Alan Miller takes a fascinating look at the mounting of a monumental, extremely costly production of the Puccini opera "Turandot" in col... Read more

Resident Evil (2002)

6.7/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius

Inspired by the top selling video game, this horror epic is set in Raccoon City, an industrial complex where a deadly virus has been unleashed, killin... Read more

Orange County (2002)

6.2/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Lily Tomlin, John Lithgow, Catherine O'H...

Exuberant teen comedy from Jake Kasdan ("Zero Effect") stars Colin Hanks as an Orange County surfer dude who is inspired by a book to get off the slac... Read more

A Ma Soeur! ( Fat Girl ) (2001)

6.5/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Anais Reboux, Libero de Rienzo, Roxane Mesquida, Arsinee Khanjian

Aka "For My Sister", "Fat Girl". Disturbing, sexually graphic and violent French drama about an overweight 13-year-old Parisian girl who feels ostraci... Read more

Men in Black II (2002)

6.1/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rip Torn, Johnny Knoxville, Rosar...

The black-suited, shades-wearing dynamic duo of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back for more intergalactic fun in this hit sequel. With the Earth'... Read more

Donnie Darko (2001)

8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary...

Dark and disturbing, destined-for-cult status tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled 80s high school student whose adolescent horrors tak... Read more

Divided We Fall (2000)

7.8/10
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Starring: Boleslav Polivka, Anna Siskova

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this stark but sometimes humourous effort is set in a Czech town during World War II where the... Read more

Signs (2002)

6.7/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Rory Culkin, Cherry Jones, Abigail Breslin

M Night Shyamalan's story of alien visitation and human redemption features Mel Gibson as a former minister who discovers mysterious crop circles on h... Read more

24 Hour Party People (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Paddy Considine, Steve Coogan, Danny Cunningham, Sean Harris, Shirley Henderson,...

This riveting film captures the meteoric real-life exploits of Tony Wilson (great performance by Steve Coogan), a savvy Manchester-based TV impresario... Read more

The Sweetest Thing (2002)

5.1/10
Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Parker Posey

Cameron Diaz is a guy-happy, commitment-phobic beauty who decides to mend her ways after she meets Mr Right, in the form of Thomas Jane, at a club. Ja... Read more

Death to Smoochy (2002)

6.4/10
Director: Danny Devito
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Jon Stewart

A biting satire of the children's entertainment industry about a disgraced Bozo the Clown-like TV personality who targets his replacement - a purple,... Read more

Me and Isaac Newton (1999)

Director: Michael Apted

"Me and Isaac Newton" is a documentary in which seven scientists ranging in occupation from theoretical physicist to wildlife expert explain what they... Read more

The Forsyte Saga (2002)

8.2/10
Director: Christopher Menaul, Dave Moore
Starring: John Carlisle, Rupert Graves, Barbara Flynn, Gina McKee, Damian Lewis

A classic of English literature, 'The Forsyte Saga' paints a fascinating picture of early twentieth century London life, charting the progress of a gr... Read more

9/11: The Filmmakers Commemorative Edition (2001)

8.4/10
Director: Gedeon Naudet, Jules Naudet, James Hanlon

On the morning of September 11, 2001, French filmmaker brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York City fir... Read more

Claire's Knee (1970)

7.8/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Beatrice Romand

Set in the French mountain lake resort of Annecy, writer/director Eric Rohmer's exquisite tale tells the story of Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy), who, on... Read more

This Year's Love (1999)

6.3/10
Director: David Kane
Starring: Kathy Burke, Jennifer Ehle, Ian Hart, Douglas Henshall, Catherine McCormack, Dou...

'This Year's Love' is a bittersweet romantic comedy about love, sex and heartbreak. It follows six twenty-somethings looking for romance and that spec... Read more

The Prisoner: The Complete Series (1967)

8.6/10
Director: David Tomblin, Don Chaffey, Pat Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Graham Scott, Robert Asher, Joseph Serf
Starring: Patrick McGoohan

One of the most amazing television series ever devised has Patrick McGoohan as a secret agent who retires from service only to be abducted and placed... Read more

Kids World (1999)

5.2/10
Director: Dale G Bradley
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Blake Foster, Michael Purvis, Anton Tennet

Ryan Mitchell is 12 years old and life is not cool! His parents don't understand him, his teenage brother is constantly getting him in trouble and he'... Read more

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

8.3/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

This is the mind-blowing final installment of the sensational two-part conclusion to the Neon Genesis saga (following on from 'Death and Rebirth'). Th... Read more

The Civil War (1990)

9.1/10
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Narrated by, David McCullough

Director Ken Burns' ('Jazz', 'Frank Lloyd Wright') most acclaimed documentary series is a comprehensive chronicle of the American Civil War. Over elev... Read more

The West (1996)

8.4/10
Director: Stephen Ives
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote

Ken Burns ('The Civil War', 'Jazz') produced this acclaimed PBS series which takes a look at the history of the American West spanning the 19th centur... Read more

1 Giant Leap (2002)

7.6/10
Director: Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto
Starring: Neneh Cherry, Brian Eno, Dennis Hopper, Tom Robbins, Anita Roddick, Gabrielle Ro...

"We are recording an album and an audio-visual DVD for Palm Pictures, fusing spoken word, musicians, sounds, rhythms and images from all around the wo... 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