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Lebanon (2009)

6.9/10
Director: Samuel Maoz
Starring: Oshri Cohen, Yoav Donat, Michael Moshonov, Italy Tiran

This harrowing drama from Israel looks at the 1982 Lebanon War through the eyes of four young Israeli soldiers, trapped inside a tank bound for the Le... Read more

In A Better World (2010)

7.7/10
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm

The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this acclaimed drama from Denmark concerns two families struggling to cope with their problems.... Read more

Bloodworth (2010)

6.2/10
Director: Shane Dax Taylor
Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, Val Kilmer, Hilary Duff, Frances Conroy

t's been 40 years since E.F. Bloodworth (Kris Kristofferson) abandoned his loving wife and sons for a life on the road. Now at the end of the line, Bl... Read more

Another Year (2010)

7.3/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight

Writer/director Mike Leigh's moving and comic drama follows a year in the life of long-married couple Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen), who... Read more

LennoNYC (2010)

Director: Michael Epstein
Starring: Elton John, John Lennon, Yoko Ono

John Lennon's legend became intertwined with the mythology of New York City as soon as he and Yoko Ono moved to Manhattan in 1971. This special progra... Read more

London River (2010)

6.8/10
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Starring: Sotigui Kouyate

Set against the backdrop of the 7/7 terrorist attacks, London River follows Elizabeth as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath of the bombi... Read more

The Milk of Sorrow (2010)

6.7/10
Director: Claudia llosa
Starring: Susi Sanchez, Magaly Solier, Delci Heredia

'La teta asustada' The rape of her late mother during the Peruvian civil wars of the 1980s causes Fausta (Magaly Solier) to fear the effects of a terr... Read more

Me Too (2010)

7.2/10
Director: Alvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro
Starring: Lola Duenas, Pablo Pineda

"Yo, Tambien" This sensitive and moving Spanish drama concerns Daniel (Pablo Pineda), a young man with Down's syndrome who has recently graduated from... Read more

The Hunter (2010)

6.3/10
Director: Rafi Pitts
Starring: Mitra Hajjar, Rafi Pitts

"Shekarchi" Ali (Rafi Pitts) is a reformed criminal who lives in a small flat in Tehran with his wife Sara and their young daughter Saba. While he's g... Read more

Peter and Paul (1981)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Day
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Jon Finch, Raymond Burr, Robert Foxworth

This religious epic tells of the early days of Christianity and how Peter and Paul struggle to spread the word of the Gospel. Set over three decades,... Read more

Casino Jack (2010)

6.2/10
Director: George Hickenlooper
Starring: Jon Lovitz, Kelly Preston, Kevin Spacey, Ruth Marshall, Barry Pepper

Kevin Spacey delivers a powerful performance as infamous Washington, D.C., power player and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Joined by his protege, Abramoff be... Read more

Bridesmaids (2010)

6.1/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig

Thirty-something Annie (Kristin Wiig) has hit a rough patch but finds her life turned completely upside down when she takes on the Maid of Honor role... Read more

Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)

6.9/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Aure Atika

A love story that has bewitched audiences and critics worldwide, 'Mademoiselle Chambon' is an "exquisite chamber piece" (LA Times) that delicately cap... Read more

Armadillo (2010)

7.6/10
Director: Janus Metz

Offering a unique glimpse into the international war against the Taliban, filmmaker Janus Metz's harrowing documentary follows a platoon of Danish sol... Read more

Last Paradise (2010)

8.3/10
Director: Clive Neeson

This genre-defying adventure documentary by Clive Neeson was the most seen Kiwi film of the 2010 NZ International Film Festival. With New Zealand's ad... Read more

His and Hers (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Ken Wardrop

How do you tell a 90-year-old love story? How do you tell that story through the collective voice of 70 ladies? Using his own mother's life as inspira... Read more

Summer Wars (2010)

7.5/10
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Voice Of, Nanami Sakuraba, Ryunosuke Kamiki

Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community... Read more

William S Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Yony Leyser
Starring: David Cronenberg, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, John Waters, Patti Smith

His groundbreaking writings have influenced beatniks, punk rockers, and other disaffected folk for decades. Follow the tempestuous personal life of au... Read more

Road, Movie (2009)

6.9/10
Director: Dev Benegal
Starring: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Abhay Deol

Vishhu (Indian superstar Abhay Deol), a restless young man, itches to escape the fate of his father's faltering hair oil business. When the offer to d... Read more

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)

8.1/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Bea...

A unique and exclusive look into the life of the quiet Beatle. By the age of 25 George Harrison had achieved unparalleled international fame and finan... Read more

Meek's Cutoff (2010)

6.6/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dano, N...

Harsh western drama, set in 1845, tells of a three-family wagon train heading west on the uncertain and desolate terrain of the Oregon Trail towards a... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

8.1/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Julie Walters, Ma...

The "Harry Potter" film series reaches its thrilling and epic conclusion as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) fulfills his destiny in a defining battle with Lo... Read more

Hall Pass (2011)

5.9/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Christina Applegate, Richard Jenkins, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer

From the Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary") comes your ticket to fool around! Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best fr... Read more

Catfish (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Photographer Nev Schulman didn't know exactly what he was getting into when he befriended (and soon fell for) the sister of an 8-year-old Michigan art... Read more

Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Mark Lewis

A comic yet provocative account of Australias most notorious environmental blunder from filmmaker Mark Lewis. Shot against the harsh and beautiful la... Read more

The Fall (2006)

7.9/10
Director: Tarsem Singh
Starring: Justine Waddell, Lee Pace

Every so often a film comes out of nowhere to reaffirm your love for cinema by allowing you to experience the delight of something entirely fresh and... Read more

The Reluctant Infidel (2011)

Director: Josh Appignanesi
Starring: Matt Lucas, Omar Djalili, Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi

For Mahmud Nasir, being a Muslim living in the UK hasn't been too easy these past few years, but just as he's learning to live with the suspicious loo... Read more

Stephen Fry: Wagner & Me (2010)

8/10
Director: Patrick McGrady
Starring: Stephen Fry

Feature-length BBC documentary following Stephen Fry across Europe as he explores his love for the music of Richard Wagner. Along the way, Fry - who i... Read more

Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) (1927)

8.3/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Fritz Lang's masterwork, set in a towering city of the future whose populace is divided between the idle ruling class and the dehumanized workers who... Read more

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

7.3/10
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Voices Of, Lucy Liu, Jack...

Jack Black is back as Po in DreamWorks Animation's, exciting sequel. On his first big challenge since becoming the Dragon Warrior, Po must lead his fr... Read more

Ramona and Beezus (103)

6.6/10
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Starring: John Corbett, Sandra Oh, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Ginnifer Goodwin, Selen...

The misadventures of spunky third-grader Ramona Quimby come to life in this charming family comedy based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.... Read more

Life During Wartime (2009)

6.4/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Charlotte Rampling, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Reubens, Shirley Henderson,...

Controversial writer-director Todd Solondz described this darkly comic drama as his 'quasi-sequel' to 'Happiness,' in that it elaborates upon the stor... Read more

Stake Land (2010)

6.5/10
Director: Jim Mickle
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Sean Nelson, Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris

In a post-apocalyptic America overrun by vampires, a teen is saved from the bloodsuckers that killed his family by a mysterious drifter. Now, as the p... Read more

The Sea Purple (2009)

6.8/10
Director: Donatella Maiorca
Starring: Ennio Fantastichini, Isabella Ragonese, Valeria Solarino

A remarkable true story of forbidden love, "The Sea Purple" is the delicate, intensely moving tale of two spirited women who face the disapproving eye... Read more

Small Town Murder Songs (2010)

5.9/10
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy

Peter Stormare stars as an aging cop in a small Ontario farming town whose violent past has isolated him from the devout Mennonite community. Matters... Read more

Metropia (2009)

6.3/10
Director: Tarik Saleh
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier, Vincent Gallo, Alexander Skarsgard

'Metropia' takes place in a not-so-distant but terrifying Europe of the future. The world is running out of oil and the underground train systems have... Read more

The Man Who Will Come (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Georgio Diritti
Starring: Maya Sansa, Alba Rohrwacher, Claudio Casadio

A powerful and engrossing drama based on the World War II tragedy known as the Marzabotto Massacre. This film confirms director and co-writer Giorgio... Read more

Larry Crowne (2011)

6.1/10
Director: Tom Hanks
Starring: Julia Roberts, Pam Grier, Tom Hanks, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Br...

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks directed, co-wrote (with Nia Vardalos), and stars in this romantic and optimistic comedy about how it's never too late... Read more

Severed Ways - The Norse Discovery of America (2007)

4.6/10
Director: Tony Stone
Starring: Tony Stone

In the 11th century, Vikings, Native Americans, and Irish monks collide on the shores of North America in a historical epic adventure of exploration,... Read more

Green Lantern (2011)

5.6/10
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Angela Bassett, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, Blake...

Chosen to be the first human inducted into the cosmic peacekeeping force known as the Green Lantern Corps, hot-shot test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynol... Read more

Cars 2 (2011)

6.2/10
Starring: Michael Caine, Owen Wilson, Emily Mortimer

Pixar's silly and sensational sequel has race car superstar Lightning McQueen travelling to Japan in order to participate in the World Grand Prix. At... Read more

Hanna (2011)

6.8/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Jason Flemyng, Tom Hollander, Eric Bana, Saoirse Ronan, Olivier...

Taught to function as a professional assassin, 14-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is given her first special assignment by her father (Eric Bana), the... Read more

The Tree of Life (2011)

6.8/10
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain

Written and directed by Terrence Malick, this complex and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition stars Brad Pitt as the patriarch of a M... Read more

Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 (2010)

8.6/10
Director: Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Kelly Macdonald, Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Shea Whigham, Stephe...

All 12 episodes from the first season of the HBO period drama, set during the 1920s Prohibition era. Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson... Read more

Trollhunter (2010)

7/10
Director: Andre Ovredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen

The government says there's nothing to worry about - it's just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local h... Read more

Beautiful Boy (2010)

6.6/10
Director: Shawn Ku
Starring: Maria Bello, Meat Loaf, Michael Sheen, Austin Nichols, Moon Bloodgood, Kyle Gall...

Troubled parents Michael Sheen and Maria Bello find their marital strife suddenly and shockingly dwarfed by the news that their college freshman son h... Read more

Kill List (2011)

6.4/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Emma Fryer, Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley

From director Ben Wheatley, comes this unsettling blend of family drama, hitman action-thriller and terrifying psychological horror. Eight months afte... Read more

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

6.1/10
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki

In the year 2194, alien marauders, the Gamilons, bombard the Earth with planetary bombs sent from space. Humanity fights back but is defeated and esca... Read more

Awaydays (2009)

5.8/10
Director: Pat Holden
Starring: Nicky Bell, Stephen Graham

Despite a loving family and promising future, Carty (Nicky Bell), falls in with 'The Pack', a gang of footy hooligans known for their drinking and vio... Read more

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011)

3.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jeremy Piven, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricky Gervais, Jessica...

The action packed franchise is back . . . with the next generation of Spy Kids! Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) has it all: married to a famous s... Read more

Godfathers of Ganja (2011)

Director: Billy Corben

In 1979, the U.S. Customs Service reported that 87% of all marijuana seizures in the U.S. were made in the South Florida area. Due to the region's 5,0... Read more

The Change-Up (2011)

6.3/10
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Alan Arkin, Leslie Mann, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde

Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they've slowly drifted... Read more

The Orator ( aka O Le Tulafale ) (2011)

7/10
Director: Tusi Tamasese

Set deep on the lush Samoan island of Upolu, this stunning feature by director Tusi Tamasese tells of a love woven by fate, parted by an unforgiving p... Read more

Horrible Bosses (2011)

6.9/10
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Ja...

For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grin... Read more

13 Assassins (2010)

7.6/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Yusuke Iseya, Takayuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Ihara

Acclaimed cult director Takashi Miike's remake of the 1963 Japanese film delivers a bravado period action piece set at the end of Japan's feudal era.... Read more

The Headless Woman (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Starring: Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero

Struck by amnesia after a mysterious car accident, middle-aged Veronica (Maria Onetto) grapples to function anew in the world around her. Uncertain as... Read more

Henry the 4th (2011)

Director: Jo Baier
Starring: Julien Boisselier, Joachim Krol

A portrait of Henry of Navarre (later the much-loved King Henry IV of France) whose life defining act was declaring religious freedom for all in 1598... Read more

The Double Hour ( La doppia ora ) (2009)

6.7/10
Director: Guiseppe Capotondi
Starring: Filippo Timi, Ksenia Rappaport, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno

Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant... Read more

Essential Killing (2011)

6.1/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Vincent Gallo, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig Frode Henriksen

Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention center somewhere in Europe. When an accident... Read more

When a City Falls (2012)

8.7/10
Director: Gerald Smyth

The Canterbury earthquakes, shot in the streets of Christchurch. What happens to half a million New Zealanders the year their lives change forever. Read more

Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press (2009)

Starring: Stephen Fry

The printing press was the worlds first piece of mass-production technology. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splittin... Read more

Warrior (2011)

8.2/10
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Starring: Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison, Tom Hardy, Frank Grillo

Haunted by a tragic past, ex-Marine Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns home for the first time in fourteen years to enlist the help of his father (Nick... Read more

Kill the Irishman (2011)

7.1/10
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Linda Cardellini, Ray Stevens...

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson) and... Read more

Every Day (2010)

5.7/10
Director: Richard Levine
Starring: Carla Gugino, Helen Hunt, Eddie Izzard, Liev Schreiber, Ezra Miller

Directed by Richard Levine this honest comedy/drama is about a family's struggle to survive life's curve-balls that ultimately bring out the best and... Read more

Strigoi: The Undead (2009)

5.6/10
Director: Faye Jackson
Starring: Catalin Paraschiv

Podoleni Village may seem like a typical Eastern European town, but when a young local named Vlad goes searching for his grandfather's runaway dog, he... Read more

You Don't Know Jack (2011)

7.7/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Danny Huston

Al Pacino turns in a spectacular performance as the controversial Dr. Jack Kevorkian in this gripping HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson. Dr. Kevor... Read more

Eating Art (2010)

Before photography, only paintings reveal what and how we used to eat. Uncovering the history and stories behind food on canvas, Eating Art bridges th... Read more

Decisive Battles of the Ancient World (2006)

In a groundbreaking release, The History Chanel presents the 13 defining points of ancient warfare-moments that altered the course of history and shap... Read more

A Bell for Adano (1945)

6.8/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int... Read more

The Debt (2011)

6.9/10
Director: John Madden
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain

In 1966, Israeli Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) takes part in the cover-up of a botched mission when the former Nazi surgeon she was as... Read more

I Am Slave (2010)

6.8/10
Director: Gabriel Range
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankole

This Bafta nominated story is based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer. Twelve-year-old Malia, is abducted from her village by Arab militia a... Read more

The Chateau Meroux (2010)

5.2/10
Director: Bob Fugger
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Barry Watson, Marla Sokoloff, Taylor Negron, Amanda Righetti

Marla Sokoloff stars as Wendy, a smart single woman in the big city who's never been able to find a good job or decent relationship. But when her estr... Read more

The Silent House (2010)

5.4/10
Director: Gustavo Hernandez

Aka "La Casa Muda". Laura and her father only need to spend one night in the house, but eerie things start happening soon after they arrive. Strange s... Read more

This Is England '86 (2010)

8.3/10
Director: Shane Meadows, Tom Harper
Starring: Andrew Shim, Thomas Turgoose, Jo Hartley, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham

Set three years after the original feature film, 'This is England '86' picks up the lives of Shaun, Woody and Lol in '86, - the year Chris de Burgh is... Read more

Anonymous (2011)

6.9/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: David Thewlis, Derek Jacobi, Joely Richardson, Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Jam...

A "gripping historical thriller" (Allan Hunter, Daily Express) from Roland Emmerich, 'Anonymous' is based around the notion that William Shakespeare w... Read more

Going Postal (2010)

7.8/10
Director: Jon Jones
Starring: Andrew Sachs, Charles Dance, David Suchet, Steve Pemberton, Richard Coyle, Clair...

Moist Von Lipwog (Richard Coyle) is a con-man who escapes the scaffold by pure chance, just to find himself entangled in an even more intricate series... Read more

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Starring: Jim Gaffigan, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham, Keir Gilchrist, Vi...

Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think...that's certainly true for Craig (Keir Gilchrist), a stressed-out teenager who checks himse... Read more

Hell and High Water (1954)

6.2/10
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: David Wayne, Gene Evans, Richard Widmark

A shadowy cabal hires a former sub commander (Richard Widmark) to investigate a reputed Communist scheme to trigger World War III. Widmark recruits a... Read more

Grace (2009)

5.2/10
Director: Paul Solet
Starring: Gabrielle Rose, Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris

An expectant mother's (Jordan Ladd) pregnancy turns horrific after a car crash kills the father of the child and renders the fetus unresponsive. Decid... Read more

Blue Velvet ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

7.8/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan,...

Director David Lynch crafted this hallucinogenic mystery-thriller that probes beneath the cheerful surface of suburban America to discover sadomasochi... Read more

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

4.9/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed, Taylor Lautner, Eliza...

Following the wedding of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), Jacob (Taylor Lautner) leaves his wolf pack when he learns the... Read more

Downton Abbey: Christmas at Downton Abbey (Christmas Special 2011) (2011)

8.7/10
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith

Or: Christmas Special 2011. Originally screened between Seasons 2 and 3 is this Christmas Special in which Downton Abbey is hosting a lavish Christmas... Read more

Hannah Hauxwell: An Extraordinary Life (1996)

Comprises "Too Long a Winter", "A Winter Too Many", and "An Innocent Abroad", three truly extraordinary Yorkshire Television documentaries about the l... Read more

Tabloid (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Joyce McKinney

Documentary maestro Errol Morris (The Fog of War) tackles the much stranger-than-fiction adventures of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen whose s... Read more

Powaqqatsi ( Blu-ray ) (1988)

7.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio

"Life in Transformation". As a follow up to "Koyaanisqatsi", this visual montage shows how the Third World societies have been exploited. Beautifully... Read more

Emma (BBC) (2009)

6.7/10
Director: Jim O'Hanlon
Starring: Jodhi May, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Tamsin Greig, Romola Garai

The Jane Austen comedic classic is given new life in this sunny BBC production, which follows young, pretty 19th-century heroine Emma Woodhouse (Romol... Read more

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

6.1/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Bruce Cabot, Henry Hull, Jayne Mansfield, Kenneth More, Ronald Squire

A proper English gentleman, traveling in the American West, inadvertently stops an Indian attack on the stagecoach in which he is a passenger. When th... Read more

David and Bathsheba (1951)

6.1/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Raymond Massey, Susan Hayward, Kieron Moore

The Biblical tale of forbidden love and betrayal is given Hollywood's epic treatment, with an all-star cast that includes Gregory Peck as the troubled... Read more

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis

The intrepid boy journalist of Hergé's comic-strip renown is given the grand treatment in this performance capture-animated rouser directed by Steven... Read more

Toast (2010)

6.7/10
Director: SJ Clarkson
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Freddie Highmore

"Toast" is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain, based on the heart-wrenchingly bittersweet story of food writer Nig... Read more

Hugo ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa But...

An extravagant and elegant film that draws inspiration from an unabashed love for the magic of early cinema, Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" is based on the... Read more

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)

7.7/10
Director: Josh Whiteman
Starring: Anton Corbijn

Internationally renowned artist and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has created some of his generation's seminal rock images. Photographing musicians as diver... Read more

Caprica: The Complete Series (2009)

7.1/10
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Magda Apanowicz, Alessandra Torresani, Paula Malcomso...

58 years before Battlestar Galactica takes off, two powerful families - the Graystones and the Adamas - find their destinies irrevocably intertwined a... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jared Harris, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr, Stephen Fry, Eddie Marsan, Rachel McAd...

Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law return as Holmes and Watson in director Guy Ritchie's second adaptation of the classic Arthur Conan Doyle detective no... Read more

Violent Saturday (1955)

6.9/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Victor Mature

A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums decides to rob the local bank. A father looking for pr... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jared Harris, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr, Stephen Fry, Eddie Marsan, Rachel McAd...

Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law return as Holmes and Watson in director Guy Ritchie's second adaptation of the classic Arthur Conan Doyle detective no... Read more

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Joely Richardson, Robin Wright, Stellan Skars...

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard and Christopher Plummer star in David Fincher's American remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" - th... Read more

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

5.8/10
Director: Brad Peyton
Starring: Michael Caine, Luis Guzman, Dwayne Johnson, Kristin Davis, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh...

Both a sequel to 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and a loose adaptation of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island," this exciting tale finds... Read more

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

6.7/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple

Next to that underage Brooklyn kid in the war picture, the surest kiss of death in movies is to play Shirley Temple's natural parents. This time an In... Read more

Matariki (2010)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Bennett
Starring: Sarah Wiseman, Iaheto Ah Hi, Jason Wu, Susana Tang

A random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching for hope and new beginnings, as the Matariki constellation (Maori New Year) rises in... Read more

Our Idiot Brother (2011)

6.4/10
Director: Jesse Peretz
Starring: Paul Rudd, Shirley Knight, Steve Coogan, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones, Elizabet...

Is that any way to talk about Ned (Paul Rudd)? As trouble-prone as he is, Ned's heart always seems to be in the right place - plus, his girlfriend has... Read more

The Tudors: Season 4 (2010)

8.1/10
Starring: David O'Hara, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Bolger, Torrance Coo...

King Henry's sexy and scandalous reign concludes with this, the fourth and final season of "The Tudors". This series brings us through the latter year... Read more

Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

7.4/10
Director: Liz Garbus

In 1972, America was chess-obsessed. The Soviet Union used chess to demonstrate its intellectual superiority to the West, but along came a young, lone... Read more

Howl's Moving Castle ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

8.2/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

With its otherworldly beauty and charm Miyazaki's magical tale of adventure and self-discovery is testament to his limiltiless imagination. 18-year-ol... Read more

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)

6.8/10
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Starring: Ron Cook, Matthew Rhys, Rory Kinnear, Freddie Fox, Tamzin Merchant

Charles Dickens' famously unfinished work receives an intriguing new adaptation with this British miniseries about troubled choirmaster John Jasper (M... Read more

Thunder Birds (1942)

6.3/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton

A.k.a. "Soldiers of the Air". A remote military base in the Arizona desert is the site for the love triangle that develops between a beautiful rancher... Read more

The Peddler (2010)

7.7/10
Director: Eduardo de la Serna

This sweet little documentary tells the story of Daniel Burmeister who is a filmmaker like no other. Travelling from village to village around Argenti... Read more

Came a Hot Friday (1984)

6.9/10
Director: Ian Mune
Starring: Billy T James, Peter Bland, Philip Gordon

In 1949 Wes and his sidekick Cyril are conmen eking out a meagre living by scamming small-town bookies. They arrive in Tainui and go to work with the... Read more

To Die in San Hilario (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Laura Mana
Starring: Ana Fernandez, Lluis Homar

A fictional story with touches of magical realism  a film which touches on life, death, love, truth, faith, doubt and hope. San Hilario is a village... Read more

A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

6.3/10
Director: Julian Gilbey
Starring: Alec Newman, Melissa George, Sean Harris, Karel Roden, Ed Speleers

A quintet of hikers rock-climbing in the Scottish Highlands is shocked when they chance upon a frightened, starving 8-year-old Serbian girl sequestere... Read more

Three (2010)

4.6/10
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Devid Striesow, Sebastian Schipper, Sophie Rois

Writer/director Tom Twyker's ("Run Lola Run") bold indie drama follows a Berlin couple preparing to celebrate their 20th anniversary, eager to mark th... Read more

Guess How Much I Love You: More Than All the Snowflakes (2011)

7.7/10

An animated series set in a timeless watercolour landscape of grassy fields, mossy forests, lazy rivers and sunny green valleys. It's an innocent, pic... Read more

John Carter ( Blu-ray ) (2012)

6.6/10
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, James Pu...

Based on "A Princess of Mars," the first book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" series of novels, this action-packed sci-fi tale follows former Confe... Read more

Treasure Island (2012)

6.3/10
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elijah Wood, Eddie Izzard, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Mays, P...

Eddie Izzard is dressed to plunder as one-legged buccaneer Long John Silver, who joins young Jim Hawkins (Toby Regbo) on board the Hispaniola on a sea... Read more

Klitschko (2011)

7.8/10
Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt

Documentary filmmaker Sebastian Dehnhardt offers an intimate look into the lives of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, two sibling boxers from the Ukraine... Read more

Origins of Us (2011)

8.1/10

We have uncovered the secrets of the atom and travelled to the moon. But how did humans come to be so successful? The BBC series Origins of Us explore... Read more

The Sunset Limited (2011)

7.4/10
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones

Adapted by Cormac McCarthy from his stage play, this philosophical made-for-cable drama finds characters named Black (Samuel L. Jackson) and White (To... Read more

Circumstance (2011)

5.9/10
Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Starring: Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho, Sin...

Within the oppressive society of contemporary Iran, two Tehran schoolgirls are romantically drawn to each other and seek the freedom to live their liv... Read more

Any Questions for Ben? (2012)

5.8/10
Director: Rob Sitch
Starring: Rachael Taylor, Daniel Henshall, Josh Lawson, Felicity Ward, Christian Clark

Lighthearted comedy romp from writer/director Rob Sitch ("The Castle", "The Dish"). For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldnt be better. A well... Read more

Entourage: Season 8 (2011)

8.2/10
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Scott Caan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kevi...

Vince, Eric, Drama, and Turtle have been through a lot over the years, chasing dreams, women and good times as if the party would never end. Through t... Read more

Written and Directed by Preston Sturges 1: Hail the Conquering Hero / The Great McGinty / The Palm Beach Story (1941)

Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Ella Raines, Eddie Bracken, Murie...

"Hail The Conquering Hero" (1944 ): When Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith is discharged from the Marines due to a hayfever condition, he is reluct... Read more

Desperado: The Trilogy (1987)

7.2/10
Starring: Brad Dourif, James Remar, John Rhys-Davies, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Vaughn, A...

Duell McCall (Alex McArthur) is an itinerant cowboy who, comparatively speaking, is the one of the only remaining honest men in the territory. He find... Read more

Rosamunde Pilcher: Summer & Autumn (2006)

3.5/10
Starring: Frank Finlay, Michael York, Senta Berger, Tom Conti

Double bill of television dramas based on the novels by Rosamunde Pilcher. At Endellion, the Coombes' country estate in Cornwall, the ancient walls hi... Read more

Dr Seuss' The Lorax ( Blu-ray ) (2012)

Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Starring: Danny DeVito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle

From the "Despicable Me" team comes this charming, computer-animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' cautionary fable about Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a 12-y... Read more

Spooks: Series 10 (2011)

6.7/10
Starring: Peter Firth, Jonathan Hyde, Nicola Walker, Max Brown, Lara Pulver

In the tenth and final outing of the BBC espionage television series, ghosts from the past come back to haunt MI5 chief Harry Pearce, prompting a shoc... Read more

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

4.3/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Ciaran Hinds, Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, J...

Marvel Comics' demonic biker returns in this thrilling sequel. This time, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) finds himself the reluctant guardian of a young... Read more

The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Carmen Maura, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Lola Duenas

Charming French comedy, set in early '60s Paris, tracing the effects of an unusual friendship that develops between a stodgy Parisian stockbroker and... Read more

Budrus (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Julia Bacha

"Budrus" is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members a... Read more

Catherine Cookson: Tilly Trotter (2006)

Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Simon Shepherd, Carli Norris

Tilly lives in rural England in the 1830s where the young woman is envied for her beauty by the local ladies and lusted after because of that same bea... Read more

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

7.3/10
Director: John Madden
Starring: Celia Imrie, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Tom Wilki...

Based on the novel "These Foolish Things" by Deborah Moggach, this upbeat comedy/drama follows seven British senior citizens to Jaipur, India, where t... Read more

Upstairs Downstairs: Series 1 (2010)

7.4/10
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Anne Reid, Keeley Hawes, Art Malik, Ed Stoppard, Neil...

One of the most loved television series is brought back to life with a stellar cast, sumptuous production values and gripping storylines, lifting the... Read more

Jurassic Park III ( Blu-ray ) (2001)

5.9/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, William H Macy, Michael Jeter, Trevor M...

The third installment of the dinosaur-drenched film series sees the return of Sam Neill as paleontologist Alan Grant, hired by divorced couple William... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Rag Nymph (1997)

Director: David Wheatly
Starring: Claire Skinner, Julian Wadham, Honeysuckle Weeks

"The Rag Nymph" is a 1997 UK television miniseries directed by David Wheatley and adapted from the popular novel by Catherine Cookson. In 19th century... Read more

The Lady ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.1/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh

A biopic about Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, played in the film by Michelle Yeoh. Suu Kyi spent almost 15 years under house arrest... Read more

Shihad: Beautiful Machine (2012)

7.8/10
Director: Sam Peacocke
Starring: Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Phil Knight, Karl Kippenberger

For over 20 years, Shihad has defined New Zealand rock music. From their roots in Wellington's furious 90's punk metal scene, to the wild Berlin days,... Read more

The Source (2011)

7.3/10
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Leila Bekhti, Saleh Bakri, Hafsia Herzi, Biyouna , Sabrina Ouazani,...

A.k.a. "La source des femmes". Romanian-born filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu ("The Concert") directed and co-wrote this 'battle of the sexes' comedy drama s... Read more

Take a Hard Ride (1975)

5.9/10
Director: Anthony M Dawson
Starring: Barry Sullivan, Catherine Spaak, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Lee Van...

"Take a Hard Ride" is an unusual "blaxploitation western" starring Jim Brown as a grizzled cowboy on a dangerous trek to deliver a large sum of money... Read more

Bored to Death: Season 3 (2011)

7.9/10
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Heather Burns, Zach Galifianakis

Writer turned private-eye Jonathan Ames was last spotted duking it out in a dean's office, (almost) saving Super Ray from a stalker, and endorsing Geo... Read more

This Must Be the Place (2011)

6.7/10
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: David Byrne, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, Judd Hirsch, Sean Penn, Kerr...

Paolo Sorrentino ("Il Divo") helms this comedy drama about a one-time rock star who sets out on an unlikely odyssey to track down the Nazi camp guard... Read more

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

6.5/10
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Jason Segel, Ed Helms

Quirky indie comedy stars Jason Segel as Jeff, a pot-smoking adult slacker who lives in his mother's (Susan Sarandon) basement. Sent out on a seemingl... Read more

Viva Riva! (2010)

6.2/10
Director: Djo Munga
Starring: Patsha Bay, Manie Malone

Returning to his hometown of Kinshasa with a truckload of gasoline, hijacked from neighbouring Angola, that he's looking to unload for the right price... Read more

Louis Malle: Youth and Conflict ( Le Souffle au Coeur; Lacombe Lucien; Au Revoir, Les Enfants ) (1987)

8.3/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Daniel Gelin, Francine Racette, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Pierre Blaise, A...

Louis Malle remains one of the most well-loved, and well-regarded French film makers from the 1960s right through to the 1990s. This triple-pack compi... Read more

Men in Black 3 (2012)

6.8/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Jemaine Clement, Michae...

The Men in Black are back and this time Agent J (Will Smith) must take a trip into the past in order to save both the future and his taciturn partner... Read more

Rampart (2011)

5.8/10
Director: Oren Moverman
Starring: Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi,...

Woody Harrelson gives a searing performance in this modern noir as a cop working the streets of the title Los Angeles district, a notoriously corrupt... Read more

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

7.4/10
Director: Werner Herzog

From the incomparable Werner Herzog ("Encounters at the End of the World", "Grizzly Man"), "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" provides a breathtaking cinemati... Read more

Trishna (2011)

6/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Roshan Seth, Riz Ahmed, Freida Pinto

Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Trishna" is a beautifully shot, classic tale of love and tragedy set across moder... Read more

Goodbye, First Love (2011)

6.6/10
Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Starring: Lola Creton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Havard Brekke

Following the critically acclaimed "Father of my Children", Mia Hansen-Love returns with this equally impressive, and loosely autobiographical, coming... Read more

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)

Director: Michael Rapaport

A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history. The band's sudden... Read more

The Ealing Comedy Collection: The Lavender Hill Mob / Whisky Galore! / Passport to Pimlico / School for Scoundrels / The Maggie (1951)

Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Henry Cornelius, Robert Hamer
Starring: Alastair Sim, Alec Guinness, Basil Radford, Ian Carmichael, James Robertson Just...

The legendary Ealing Studios were home to some of Britain's most enduring - and endearing - comedies. It is the oldest continuously-working studio fac... Read more

The Outsider (2002)

7/10
Director: Randa Haines
Starring: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Naomi Watts, Tim Daly

After her husband is killed by land-seizing ranchers, Amish homestead owner Naomi Watts encounters wounded gunfighter Tim Daly. While nursing the myst... Read more