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William Gibson - No Maps for these Territories (2001)

Director: Mark Neale
Starring: William Gibson

William Gibson - visionary writer, author of 'Neuromancer' and creator of the term 'cyberspace' - is the subject of this unusual and absorbing documen... Read more

Eragon (2006)

5.1/10
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Starring: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garr...

Based on the best-seller by Christopher Paolini (he was just 17 when his family published it) in which a young orphaned farmboy finds a mystical stone... Read more

Francis of Assisi (1961)

6.5/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway

Michael Curtiz brings the life of St Francis to the screen in this colourful religious epic. Dolores Hart co-stars as the noblewoman who forsakes her... Read more

HotRod - The Movie (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Michael Morrow

In 1998 'HotRod' Joey Kemp entered the Lansdowne Demolition Derby winning first place, but injuring himself so severely his doctors told him never to... Read more

The Salzburg Festival (2006)

8.2/10
Director: Tony Palmer

The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenbo... Read more

Great Aussie Icons - Barry Humphries in... The Great Macarthy / Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)

Director: Bruce Beresford, David Baker
Starring: Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Donald Pleasence, Max Gillies

Sit back possums and marvel at Barry's finest moments on film! One of Australia's best-known, and loved, comedians stars in two classic comedies. 'T... Read more

Protocols of Zion (2004)

6.5/10
Director: Marc Levin

Despite all the evidence, millions around the world continue to blame the Jews for 9/11. This belief is a modern-day incarnation of the infamous 'The... Read more

The Secret (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Drew Heriot

Finally! The 'secret' that has allowed those in the know to be healthy, wealthy and wise down through the ages, from Plato to Shakespeare to Einstein... Read more

Angel: Season 2 (2000)

6.8/10
Director: Bill L Norton, David Greenwalt, Michael Lange, Joss Whedon, David Grossman, Krishna Rao
Starring: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J August Richards

Angel continues to seek redemption, but a fatal mistake makes him realize that racking up the body count isn't the way to go. So with a renewed sense... Read more

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)

6.3/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Cameron Bancroft, Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth, Mike Farrell, Christian Kane...

Based on Brian Cruver's startling book, 'Anatomy of Greed', this strident, made-for-TV movie chronicles the rise and fall of the notorious, Houston-ba... Read more

The Kovak Box (2006)

5.9/10
Director: Daniel Monzon
Starring: Timothy Hutton, David Kelly, Lucia Jimenez, Georgia Mackenzie, Gary Piquer, Anne...

Best-selling sci-fi author David Norton (Timothy Hutton) is invited to host a conference in Majorca, but after he and his girlfriend arrive, it become... Read more

Gridiron Gang (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Leon Rippy, L Scott Caldwell, Kevin Dunn,...

Based on a documentary of the same name about a group of juvenile criminals who are uplifted by a determined probation officer, Sean Porter (played by... Read more

The Secret Underground Lectures of Commander X (2004)

Commander X is the pseudonym of an alleged former U.S. Government intelligence agent from the NSA who worked in a remote viewing project. He has distr... Read more

Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Darlene Johnson
Starring: David Gulpilil, Rolf de Heer, Jack Thompson, Phillip Noyce

David Gulpilil was the first Aboriginal Australian to appear as an actor in a film, Nicholas Roeg's 'Walkabout' in 1971, and since then he has become... Read more

The Child ( L'Enfant ) (2005)

4.2/10
Director: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Starring: Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gou...

Sofia and her boyfriend Bruno are two irresponsible teens living on the bottom rung of the social ladder. When Sofia falls pregnant and gives birth t... Read more

Gilmore Girls: Season 6 (2005)

8.1/10
Director: Jamie Babbit, Linda Mendoza, Lee Shallat Chemel, Robert Berlinger, Jackson Douglas, Amy Sherman-Palladino, David Palladino
Starring: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Ya...

More fun, more flames, more flameouts: more Gilmore. The much-loved mother-daughter duo return for another 22 episodes full of supersonic banter with... Read more

Rebus: Black & Blue / The Hanging Garden / Dead Souls (2000)

7.5/10
Director: Maurice Phillips, Martyn Friend
Starring: John Hannah, Sara Stewart, Gayanne Potter, Rony Bridges, Jenny Ryan

John Hannah produced, and stars in, these gritty adaptations of the best-selling detective novels by acclaimed Scottish author, Ian Rankin. Rebus conf... Read more

The Good Die Young (1954)

6.8/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Stanley Baker, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Gloria Grahame, Ric...

A psychological crime yarn, based on the novel by Richard Macaulay, exploring the motivations of four participants in an armed robbery. Ex-GI Joe (Ric... Read more

Jason King (1971)

7.1/10
Director: Jeremy Summers
Starring: Peter Wyngarde, Dennis Price

This 'Department S' spin-off finds Jason King (Peter Wyngarde), the flamboyant playboy novelist and ace spy, writing his Mark Caine novels full-time a... Read more

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs - The Story of Movie Westerns (2005)

Starring: Tom Mix, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, William Boyd, George Gabby Hayes, Smiley Burne...

This is the story of the early Western movie pioneers. The 'Old West' flicks were predominantly 'Cowboys and Indians', the white hats against the blac... Read more

Callan: Series 3 (1970)

8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower, William Squire

Edward Woodward is Callan, an embittered SIS assassin working for a shadowy branch of government operations called 'the Section'. He performs his dut... Read more

The Angry Silence (1960)

7.7/10
Director: Guy Green
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee

Screenwriter Bryan Forbes won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar for this gritty union story about a man who stands up to coercive union officials... Read more

Into the West (2005)

8.1/10
Starring: Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin, Tonantzin Carmelo, Gary Busey, Michael Spears, Zahn...

When Jacob Wheeler heads West for excitement, he falls in love with Native American girl, Thunder Heart Woman, sister of Loved By Buffalo, who fears h... Read more

Little Einsteins: Mission Celebration (2006)

6.4/10

Disney and the award-winning Baby Einstein Company launch pre-schoolers on thrilling journeys to real-world destinations, where they undertake importa... Read more

The Fountain (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Hugh Jackman, Mark Margolis, Rachel Weisz, Cliff Curtis, Sean Pat...

Darren Aronofsky directs his wife, Rachel Weisz, and Hugh Jackman in this abstract sci-fi odyssey about one man's thousand-year quest to save the woma... Read more

Music and Lyrics (2007)

6.5/10
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Scott Campbell, Hale...

Hugh Grant plays aging '80s boy band icon Alex Fletcher, desperate to re-invigorate his now non-existent career. When hot young thing Cora Corman (Ha... Read more

Entourage: Season 3 - Part 1 (2006)

8.5/10
Starring: Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier, Debi Mazar, Jeremy...

James Cameron's blockbuster, 'Aquaman', is set to make or break Vince's career at the box office, and while Drama and Turtle are breaking their necks... Read more

Dreamgirls (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson, Anika...

Discovered in a local talent quest by ambitious manager Curtis Taylor (Jaime Foxx), three soul-singing friends (played by Beyonce Knowles, 'American I... Read more

Open Season (2006)

6.1/10
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Starring: Voices Of, Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, Gary Sinise, Jane Krako...

Once again, a happily domesticated animal gets a nasty shock when returned to its natural habitat - in this case the fish out of water is a grizzly be... Read more

O.C. and Stiggs (1987)

5.3/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Neill Barry, Daniel Jenkins, Martin Mull, Dennis Hoppe...

Based on characters from a 'National Lampoon' magazine, O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban su... Read more

Footy Legends (2006)

5.9/10
Director: Khoa Do
Starring: Anh Do, Emma Lung, Peter Phelps, Claudia Karvan, Jason McGoldrick, Angus Sampson

Luc is a down-on-his-luck twenty-something who arrived in Australia as a refugee back in the 1980s. He lives in Sydney's outer suburbs, looking after... Read more

Tomie: Replay (2000)

5.5/10
Director: Fujiro Mitsuishi
Starring: Yosuke Kubozuka, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Mai Houshou

This sequel to the popular 1999 film sees Tomie now regenerating herself inside a young girl. When doctors operate, Tomie is released upon the world o... Read more

Vietnam War: Combat - Volume 2 (2002)

9.2/10

A follow on from the highly acclaimed 'Vietnam War' series with Walter Cronkite, this offers in-depth analysis, review and personal representations of... Read more

Vietnam War: Combat - Volume 3 (2002)

9.2/10

A follow on from the highly acclaimed 'Vietnam War' series with Walter Cronkite, this offers in-depth analysis, review and personal representations of... Read more

The Secret History of 9/11 (2006)

7.6/10

To mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the CBC presents an extraordinary look at what was happening beh... Read more

Smokin' Aces (2007)

7/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy Garcia, Joseph Rus...

A bullet-strewn ensemble comedy/thriller with Jeremy Piven as small-time scammer Buddy 'Aces' Israel, about to turn State's evidence against the mob.... Read more

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurne...

Forest Whitaker walked away with the Best Actor Oscar for his complex portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Adapted from the novel by Giles Foden, t... Read more

Hollywoodland (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Allen Coulter
Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Je...

When actor George Reeves, famous for his iconic portrayal of Superman, was found dead in his home from a shotgun wound, it rocked both Hollywood and t... Read more

Dick Francis Mysteries: Twice Shy / In The Frame / Blood Sport (1989)

Director: Vincent McEveety, Dierdre Friel, Wigbert Wicker
Starring: Ian McShane, Karl Hayden, Niall Toibin, Conor Mullen, Lloyd Bochner, Kenneth Wel...

Three detective stories starring Ian McShane, from the pen of jockey-turned-best-selling author, Dick Francis. 'Twice Shy' sees British Jockey Club i... Read more

Aquamarine (2006)

5.3/10
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Starring: Emma Roberts, Joanna 'Jojo" Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel...

Claire and Hailey are best buddies facing imminent separation when Claire's mother accepts a marine biology job in Australia. However their problems... Read more

The West Wing: Season 1 (1999)

8.7/10
Director: Alan Taylor, Thomas Schlamme, Chris Misiano, Alex Graves
Starring: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Janel Moloney, J...

Martin Sheen heads a phenomenal ensemble cast, as the fictitious newly elected Democratic US president, Jed Bartlet. Stalking purposefully through the... Read more

The Big Stampede (1932)

5.8/10
Director: Tenny Wright
Starring: Luis Alberni, Mae Madison, John Wayne, Noah Beery

John Wayne stars as deputy sheriff John Steele, in search of a nasty cattle rustler responsible for the death of his town's lawman. A classic early w... Read more

Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra (2005)

7.6/10
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete

After a tough spell, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has a charismatic and passionate new conductor, Peter Oundjiian, and this vibrant documentary foll... Read more

Cheech & Chong Collection: Next Movie (1980) / Nice Dream (1981) / Things Are Tough All Over (1982) / Get Out of My Room (1985) / Born in East LA (1987)

Director: Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong, Tom Avildsen
Starring: Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong

Cheech Marin (Mexican-American) and Thomas Chong (himself of mixed Chinese-European heritage), rose to fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s.... Read more

Solo: Series 1 and 2 (1981)

3.9/10
Starring: Elspet Gray, Felicity Kendal, Stephen Moore

Following the demise of the ever-popular 'The Good Life', each of the four cast members got their own sit-com. Richard Briers got 'Ever Decreasing Ci... Read more

Little Britain: Live (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Geoff Posner, Jeremy Sams
Starring: Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Anthony Head, Ruth Jones

After three award-winning television series, Matt Lucas and David Walliams took 'Little Britain' on the road. The triumphant tour culminated with this... Read more

Plots With A View ( aka Undertaking Betty ) (2002)

Director: Nick Hurran
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, Rober...

A delightfully offbeat romantic comedy about Boris Plots (Alfred Molina), a Welsh funeral director who reconnects with his lifelong crush, Betty (Bren... Read more

The White Diamond (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Dr. Graham Dorrington

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog follows enigmatic airship engineer Dr Graham Dorrington, as he embarks on a trip, in the heart of the Guyanian rainf... Read more

The Minus Man (1999)

6.2/10
Director: Hampton Fancher
Starring: Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox, Mercedes Ruehl, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis...

An odd and eerie suspenser directed by 'Blade Runner' scripter Hampton Fancher, with Owen Wilson playing against type as Vann Siegert, a cold-blooded... Read more

The Office (US): Season 2 (2006)

Starring: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, BJ Novak

Breaking free from its formidable BBC parent and finding its own comedy feet, the second season of 'the American Office' has a full compliment of 22 e... Read more

SeaQuest DSV: Season 1 (1993)

Starring: Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Roy Scheider, Ted Raimi, Marco Sanchez

In the mid-21st century, humankind has colonised the oceans and formed the UEO (United Earth Oceans) as an organisation to police them. Roy Scheider p... Read more

The Best of Youth (2003)

8.5/10
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Starring: Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio

An engrossing and intimate epic, originally produced as a miniseries for Italian television, following the divergent paths taken by brothers Nicola (L... Read more

Smallville: Season 4 (2004)

8.2/10
Starring: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Jensen Ackles, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Anne...

Yet another female with the initials L.L. turns up to complicate Clark's life. And it's Lois Lane who has come to Kansas to investigate the disappear... Read more

Beckett On Film: Volume 2 (2000)

3.6/10
Director: Atom Egoyan, Karel Reisz, Damien O'Donnell, John Crowley, Walter Asmus
Starring: John Hurt, Sean McGinley, Gary Lewis, Anna Massey, Sian Phillips

Derived from the Gate Theatre Dublin's performances, this acclaimed 'Beckett on Film' project brings together a collection of films from the distingui... Read more

Drug Wars ( aka Bristol Boys ) (2005)

Director: Brandon David
Starring: Daniel Franzese, Tom Guiry, Will Janowitz, Adrian Martinez, Kevin Toolen, Tammy...

Based on the true story of a bunch of arrogant slackers in Bristol, Connecticut who set up a marijuana distribution business, but get so caught up in... Read more

The Backwoods (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Koldo Serra
Starring: Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Virginie Ledoyen, Lluis Homa...

A young English couple (Paddy Considine and Virginie Ledoyen) are going through a rough patch and decide to spend some time in the Basque country with... Read more

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

5.8/10
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Roscoe Lee Browne, Stephen Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Jo...

Whoopi Goldberg made her comedy feature debut (after a dramatic turn in 'The Color Purple') in this comedy/thriller, as bank computer operator Terry,... Read more

Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

8.1/10
Director: Grigori Chukhrai
Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova

Aloysha is a frightened young soldier fighting the Germans when, more by good luck than good management, he disables two enemy tanks. As a reward he... Read more

The Professionals: Series 3 (1980)

7.4/10
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson

By the third series, the cast chemistry is at its peak and our macho crimebusters are throwing out snappy banter and one-liners left and right. This... Read more

The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Series (1991)

7.8/10
Director: David Giles, Rodney Bennett, Robert Tronson, Steve Goldie
Starring: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stephanie Ralph, Philip Franks

Set in the idyllic rural bliss of 1950s England, David Jason is the head of the eccentric and lovable Larkin family, along with wife, Pam Ferris. Thei... Read more

Crime and Punishment (1998)

6.2/10
Director: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Ben Kingsley, Julie Delpy, Eddie Marsan, Lili Hovarth

Rodya (Patrick Dempsey) is a student in 19th century Russia, who believes his great intelligence gives him the right to commit any crime he deems will... Read more

The Face of Tutankhamun (2006)

8.5/10
Director: David Wallace, Derek Towers
Starring: Presented By, Christopher Frayling

The wondrous story surrounding the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb is brought to life in this four-part BBC series. Writer and creator Christopher Fra... Read more

In Search of the Trojan War (1985)

8.8/10
Starring: Presented By, Michael Wood

The tales of Troy and its heroes, Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen, have enthralled generation upon generation. But did these leg... Read more

Sesame Street: Old School - Volume 1 (1969)

8.2/10

Were some of your first friends named Grover, Mr Hooper and Bob? Do you remember the Ladybug Picnic? How about Pinball Number Count? Take a trip back... Read more

Takeshis' (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Terajima Susumu, Tets...

Japanese film icon Beat Takeshi writes, directs, edits and stars as himself and his own doppelganger in this surreal, comic fantasy about a convenienc... Read more

Darling Lili (1969)

6.2/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival

A musical World War I spy-spoof with Julie Andrews attempting to shed her goody-good image as a femme fatale music hall entertainer, who is really a G... Read more

The Anthony Trollope Collection: The Barchester Chronicles / The Way We Live Now / He Knew He Was Right (2004)

Director: David Giles, David Yates, Tom Vaughan
Starring: Donald Pleasence, David Gwillim, Geraldine McEwan, Alan Rickman, Nigel Hawthorne...

Three exceptional BBC mini-series, adapted from the works of 19th century novelist, Anthony Trollope. 'The Barchester Chronicles' (1982) is based on... Read more

Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 2: Rhythm (1996)

7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle

In the 20th century western music has freed itself from the dominance of melody and explored the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. beginnin... Read more

Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 1: Dancing on a Volcano (1996)

7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle

Melvyn Bragg executive-produced this excellent 7-part series that explores the revolutionary path classical music has taken during the 20th century. I... Read more

Dilbert: Volume 1 (1999)

7.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Daniel Stern, Jim Wise, Kathy Griffin

Based on the popular comic strip by Scott Adams, Dilbert is a cubicle slave, toiling endlessly over indeterminate products at Pat-E-Tech Management.... Read more

Kon-Tiki (1950)

8/10
Director: Thor Heyerdahl

In 1947, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew of scientists sailed over 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, from Peru to Polynesi... Read more

Who Gets To Call It Art? (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Peter Rosen

What a scene, man! Take a trippy tour through the art world of the 1960s, as seen through the eyes of New York City's Henry Geldzahler. The Metropolit... Read more

Roy Rogers: Billy the Kid Returns (1938) / Saga of Death Valley (1939) / Days of Jesse James (1939)

7.4/10
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George Gabby Hayes

Known as the 'King of the Cowboys', Roy Rogers is at the top of his game in three sagebrushers - 'Billy The Kid Returns' has Roy as a Billy the Kid lo... Read more

Don Giovanni (1991)

7.2/10
Starring: Vladimir Dolezal, Alice Randova, Zdenek Harvanek, Dalibor Jedlicka, Conducted by...

Mozart wrote his opera 'Don Giovanni' as a gift to the city of Prague, and he himself conducted the first night, at the stunning Prague National Theat... Read more

Get Smart: Mr Big (1965)

6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt

Meet Maxwell Smart, Agent 99, the Chief and Fang, in this Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henr... Read more

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

6.4/10
Director: Howard Morris
Starring: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin

A Doris Day favourite in which she plays a widow with three sons. She starts dating a man with a teenage daughter but when they announce their marriag... Read more

Curious George: Zoo Night and Other Animal Stories (2006)

6.5/10
Starring: Curious George, Narrated by, William H Macy

Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat feature in eight episodes of the 2006 series, narrated by William H Macy. As George observes and interac... Read more

Gypsy Heart (1998)

7.8/10
Director: Jocelyn M Ajami

A fascinating documentary chronicling the life of flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya, who manages to keep the fiery dance form alive and kicking in chilly B... Read more

Havoc (2005)

5.5/10
Director: Barbara Kopple
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Freddy Rodriguez, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, J...

Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple delivers this gritty drama about a pair of naive teens with a taste for the forbidden. Anne Hathaway tak... Read more

Harsh Times (2005)

6.9/10
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews

The de-humanising effects of war are graphically illustrated through the disintegration of one man into psychosis, as the writer of 'Training Day' mak... Read more

Korea: The Forgotten War (1987)

7.5/10
Starring: Narrated by, Robert Stack

In June 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its southern neighbour, beginning a see-saw battle that would engulf the entire Kore... Read more

Skins (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Chris Eyre
Starring: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk, Michelle Thr...

A dire, though poignantly humourous, tale of two Native American brothers, living on one of the poorest reservations in the country. Rudy (Eric Schwe... Read more

Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001)

Director: Pitof
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Ines Sastre, Andre Dussollier, Edith Scob, Mo...

Based on the memoirs of famous 19th century French detective Francois-Eugene Vidocq, this fantasy mystery was the directorial debut of visual effects... Read more

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Peter Care
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Jake...

Adapted from the novel by Chris Fuhrman about a group of bright-but-bored boys in a seventies Catholic school. To amuse themselves they have written... Read more

Three Stooges: The Early Years - Vol 2 (1934)

5.1/10
Starring: The Three Stooges

Stooges fans won't want to miss this amazing collection of rarities featuring the comedy team. Larry, Moe and Curly star with ex-boss Ted Healy in the... Read more

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

7.1/10
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris M...

Al Pacino takes the lead role of Shylock the moneylender in one of Shakespeare's most searing plays, with Jeremy Irons as the melancholy Antonio who o... Read more

Wall (2004)

6.7/10
Director: Simone Bitton

A thoughtful and thought-provoking documentation of the building of a massive partition by the Israeli government, separating Israel from the West Ban... Read more

An Angel For May (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Harley Cokliss
Starring: Matthew Beard, Charlotte Wakefield, Julie Cox, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Angel...

A troubled schoolboy is transported back to war-time England after he stumbles on a door through time in an old Yorkshire farmhouse. He meets a kindl... Read more

Sharpe Vol. 3: Sharpe's Gold / Sharpe's Battle / Sharpe's Sword (1995)

Director: Tom Clegg
Starring: Sean Bean, Darragh O'Malley, James Purefoy, Emily Mortimer, Ian McNeice

'Sharpe's Gold' - Spain 1813, Major Richard Sharpe is assigned the task of trading guns for English deserters. He must pit his wits against El Casco.... Read more

The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ian Markiewicz

Comprised of unused footage from the 1976 documentary 'Grey Gardens', this 'new' film returns to the dilapidated East Hamptons mansion for more odd en... Read more

Lilith (1964)

7/10
Director: Robert Rossen
Starring: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter, Gene Hackman, Jessica Walte...

A haunting psychological drama, adapted from J.R. Salamanca's controversial novel, about a young trainee therapist (Warren Beatty) whose love for a be... Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

7.3/10
Director: Wallace Worsley
Starring: Lon Chaney

One of the grandest spectacles of the silent cinema, fueled by Lon Chaney's wonderful (and painful) performance as Quasimodo, the deformed Parisian be... Read more

Getting Away With Murder (1996)

4.5/10
Director: Harvey Miller
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Bonnie Hunt, Dan Aykroyd

College ethics professor Dan Aykroyd begins to suspect that elderly neighbor Jack Lemmon is a fugitive Nazi death camp commandant and, unable to prove... Read more

Uncle Adolf (2004)

6.4/10
Director: Nicholas Renton
Starring: Ken Stott, Christine Tremarco, Stacy Hart, Elaine Cassidy, Ron Donachie

This major TV drama explores the real Hitler through his relationship with teenage niece Geli Raubal. As the shells rain down on his battered Berlin... Read more

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)

6.4/10
Director: The Brothers Quay
Starring: Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna

A characteristically surreal and stunning blend of live action, animation and puppetry from the Brothers Quay. On the eve of her wedding, opera singe... Read more

Everything Put Together (2000)

6.5/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally, Matt Malloy, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Justin Louis

Before 'Monster's Ball', Marc Forster wrote and directed this noir-ish psychological drama about a young mother coming to terms with the death of her... Read more

Tartuffe (1926)

7.3/10
Director: F W Murnau
Starring: Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss, Emil Jannings

Famous German filmmaker FW Murnau's interpretation of Moliere's satirical play about a devious housekeeper who convinces her master to cut his son out... Read more

The Dolly Sisters (1945)

6.5/10
Director: Irving Cummings
Starring: Betty Grable, June Haver, John Payne, S Z 'Cuddles' Sakall, Reginald Gardiner

Betty Grable and June Haver sing and dance their way through the title roles in this breezy musical biodrama about the vaudeville duo Jennie and Rosie... Read more

What A Way To Go! (1964)

7/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dean Martin, Robert Cu...

This exuberant '60s comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May, a woman who, despite her best efforts to marry for love, always winds up with a man w... Read more

Dune (Special Edition) (1984)

6.6/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Brad Dourif, Sting , Max von Sydow

A monumental film by the director of 'Eraserhead' featuring Kyle MacLachlan, Sting and Max Von Sydow. The saga of an intergalactic warrior and his ris... Read more

Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Part 1 (1990)

8.8/10
Director: Caleb Deschanel, David Lynch, Duwayne Dunham, Lesli Linka Glatter, Tim Hunter, Tina Rathborne, Todd Holland
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Madchen Amick, Dana A...

The long-awaited Second Season DVDs are here! In Part One Agent Cooper is shot by a mysterious assailant, and receives some bizarre clues from a gian... Read more

Out of the Blue (2006)

7.2/10
Director: Robert Sarkies
Starring: Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Lois Lawn, Simon Ferry, Tandi Wright, Paul Glove...

The devastating true story of the 1990 Aramoana massacre is told with great care by director Robert Sarkies, based on the book 'Aramoana: 22 Hours of... Read more

Lonely Hearts (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Todd Robinson
Starring: John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, James Gandolfini, Scott Caan, Laura Dern

Based on the story of real-life 'lonely hearts killers', Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez, who left a bloody trail of murdered, mostly elderly women, acr... Read more

Lorna Doone (2000)

7.1/10
Director: Mike Barker, Anthony Calf
Starring: Anthony Calf, Martin Clunes, Richard Coyle, Barbara Flynn, Joanne Froggatt, Mart...

Witness to his father's murder by the Doones when he was just a child, John Ridd is hell-bent on revenge. But a chance meeting with a beautiful girl c... Read more

Murder, She Wrote: Season 1 (1984)

6.9/10
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, Claude Akins

After Jean Stapleton and Doris Day both turned down the role, Angela Lansbury became Jessica McGill, retired teacher, successful mystery writer and in... Read more

Manon (1995)

7.1/10
Starring: Steven Heathcote, Justine Summers

In 18th century Paris, Manon, a captivating young woman, falls passionately in love with a penniless student, des Grieux. Manipulated by her avariciou... Read more

Headspace (2005)

4.7/10
Director: Andrew van den Houten
Starring: William Atherton, Olivia Hussey, Udo Kier, Mark Margolis, Dee Wallace, Sean Youn...

When Alex has a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger his intellect begins to rapidly expand, but as the power of his mind grows, so does the my... Read more

Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2006)

From the beginning of French colonisation to the fall of Saigon in 1975, this is the complete story of the Vietnam War, its roots, its battles, its he... Read more

Creature Comforts: Series 2 - Part 2 (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Nick Park
Starring: Animated

This set completes the second season of hilarious insight from the mouths of house cats, caged hamsters, tourist pandas and more, courtesy of Aardman... Read more

World War 2 In Colour (2000)

This two part series from Germany, brings together a compilation of amazing unseen archival footage from pre-war Germany to the end of the war in Afri... Read more

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Jasmine Dellal

In 2001, American promoters persuaded five noted bands of gypsy musicians to join forces for what was billed as 'The Gypsy Caravan Tour'. The line-up... Read more

Flushed Away (2006)

6.6/10
Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell
Starring: Voices Of, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Andy...

Aardman Studio's first CGI animated feature revolves around Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman), a society mouse, living the high life in a Kensington pent... Read more

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

5.1/10
Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa...

Tyler Perry adapted his play, directed and also played three characters in his sequel to 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', in which pistol-packing grandma... Read more

Peking to Paris (2006)

8.2/10

In 1907, when the motorcar still had something to prove, the punishing Peking to Paris race was born of a casual dare in a Parisian newspaper. More t... Read more

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Doug Atchison
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong

Award-winning family drama about a young girl who beats the odds in order to enter the national spelling bee, under the patient tutelage of strict tea... Read more

The Exodus Decoded (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Simcha Jacobovici
Starring: Narrated by, James Cameron

James Cameron narrates Jewish Canadian director Simcha Jacobovici's exploration of the biblical exodus from Egypt, in light of new evidence which may... Read more

Just Ask For Diamond (1988)

Director: Stephen Bayly
Starring: Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey, Susannah York, Dursley McLinden, Patricia Hodge, Jimm...

Private Eye Tim Diamond (Dursley McLinden) and his way-too-smart kid brother, Nick team up with failing nightclub singer Susannah York for action, lau... Read more

Foyle's War: Series 2 (2003)

8.4/10
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian Ovenden, Honeysuckle Weeks

As war rages over Europe Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), is battling crime on the homefront. All four episodes fr... Read more

Ghost Rider (2007)

5.2/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Peter Fonda

Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze (Nic Cage) sells his soul to save his father from terminal cancer, but Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) is not the most tr... Read more

Mr Bean's Holiday (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton, Karel Roden, Emma...

Gangly goofball, Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the balmy south of France, though naturally his holiday will be anything b... Read more

Cheers: Season 2 (1983)

7.8/10
Starring: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, George Wendt, John R...

In the second season, Sam and Diane's new relationship is off to a shaky start, to the surprise of noone. Norm separates from Vera, Cliff falls for C... Read more

Volver (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lam...

Pedro Almodovar's 16th feature film stars Penelope Cruz as a hard-working janitor, supporting a daughter and a layabout husband in Madrid. Her own mo... Read more

Origin - Spirits of the Past (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama

In the not-too-distant future man has unleashed an environmental catastrophe. 300 years later the planet has recovered but mankind is still at odds w... Read more

Ben 10: Season 1 (2005)

7.1/10

Typical kid Ben Tennyson finds an extraterrestrial device that allows him to become a host of alien-fighting superheroes in this engaging, kid-friendl... Read more

Ed Byrne: Pedantic and Whimsical (2006)

8.3/10
Director: Helen Downing
Starring: Ed Byrne

Capturing all of the Irish comedian's best live bits, and showing how he worked his way up from local comedy circuits to becoming the biggest-selling... Read more

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)

8.7/10
Director: John Black
Starring: Tom Baker, Anthony Ainley, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse

Tom Baker's pen-ultimate storyline as the Doctor, sees him returning to N-Space, summoned to Traken, a planet of peace and harmony, where The Keeper i... Read more

Maddigan's Quest: The Complete Series (2005)

7.7/10
Director: Vanessa Alexander, Charlie Haskell, Peter Burger, Geoffrey Cawthorn
Starring: Michael Hurst, Danielle Cormack, Timothy Balme, Fleur Saville, Rawiri Pene, Pete...

A vivid tale of magic, adventure and time-travel, from renowned children's author Margaret Mahy. In a post-apocalyptic future, a troupe of circus perf... Read more

The Illusionist (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

Edward Norton is the supernaturally talented magician, Eisenheim, who uses his skills to win the heart of the woman he loved as a child, the young duc... Read more

Navy Seals (1990)

5.5/10
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Denni...

Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton are the best of the best, fighting off terrorists in Beirut as the Navy's elite Seals go on a typically h... Read more

Tommy Cooper: Missing Pieces (1991)

7.4/10
Starring: Tommy Cooper

One of Britain's most inventive and well-loved comedians, Tommy Cooper, is back with a collection of oddball sketches, bungled magic and dead-pan one-... Read more

Building the Gherkin (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Mirjam von Arx

Just one day after the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the first steel beam of 30 St Mary Axe (as it is officially known) was put in pl... Read more

The Bronte Sisters (2005)

7.5/10

In 1847 three seminal works of English literature were published - Charlotte Bronte's 'Jayne Eyre'; Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Anne Bronte... Read more

Over There: The Complete Series (2005)

7.9/10
Director: Chris Gerolmo
Starring: Luke MacFarlane, Erik Palladino, Lizette Carrion, Keith Robinson

A provocative war drama from Steven Bochco following a squad of U.S. Army troops sent to Iraq for their first tour of duty. Enduring the challenges of... Read more

Spider-Man 2.1 (2004)

Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donn...

Spectacular sequel finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) questioning his abilities to juggle both everyday life and his role as crimefighter Spider-Man.... Read more

I'm in Love (2005)

6.2/10
Director: B.M Mirza
Starring: Nafisa Khan, Behazad Khan, Razaf Khan, Tom Alter, Siddarth Shukla

Based in and around London, director B.M Mirza's Bollywood film focuses on the life of Indian-British businessman Karan Kapoor (Arjun Gaur). Karan has... Read more

Terry and the Pirates (1940)

6.3/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Granville Owen, William Tracy, Shelia Darcy

Based on the 1934 comic strip by Milton Caniff, and transferred to the big screen in this thrill-a-minute, 15-episode serial. Young Terry Lee and his... Read more

White Noise: The Light (2007)

5.5/10
Director: Patrick Lussier
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff, Kendall Cross, Craig Fairbrass, Adrian Holmes

Abe (Nathan Fillion) is a contented husband and father when a chaotic act of violence rips away everything he loves. After a botched suicide, Abe has... Read more

Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 1 (1994)

8/10
Director: etc , Matt Banker
Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, Bob Denver, Adam West, Carol Chan...

The original Adult Swim series is a spoof of late night talk shows, with clapped-out superhero, Space Ghost, in the David Letterman role. In outer sp... Read more

The Gymnast (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Ned Farr
Starring: Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, Allison Mackie

Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) was a talented gymnast, full of Olympic hopes when an injury forced her to give up her goals. Twenty years later she is wo... Read more

Peter Kay: Live at the Top of the Tower (2000)

8/10
Director: Marcus Mortimer
Starring: Peter Kay

Well-known northern comic, Peter Kay, returns to his roots for a one-off comedy gig in Blackpool. Following the huge success of his TV shows ('Phoeni... Read more

Hanover Street (1979)

6.1/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Michael Sacks, Richard Mas...

Harrison Ford is an American bomber pilot stationed in London during World War II. During an air raid, Harrison meets Lesley Anne-Down, a married Brit... Read more

Irish Jam (2006)

5.3/10
Director: John Eyres
Starring: Eddie Griffin, Anna Friel, Kevin McNally, Mo'Nique

Belmullet, Ireland is up to its ears in debt and about to be sold off, that is unless the crafty locals can come up with a plan to save their town. T... Read more

The Lodger / Downhill (1927)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Marie Ault, Ivor Novello

Aesthetically influenced by German Expressionism, and based on the story of Jack the Ripper, 'The Lodger' was the film in which Hitchcock first demons... Read more

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Tad Stones, Phil Weinstein
Starring: Voices Of, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt, Peri Gilpin

This animated feature sees the main cast from the film reprising their roles including Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt. When a folklore profes... Read more

Voices of Civil Rights: Volume 2 (2006)

In the summer of 2004 a group of journalists embarked on a bus tour that would take them around the US, recording first-hand stories of the Civil Righ... Read more

The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (1958)

6.8/10
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

That loveable hound with the Southern drawl is now available on DVD, along with mousy friends Pixie and Dixie, Yogi and Boo Boo (who got their start h... Read more