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Regular Show: Season 1 (2010)

8.3/10
Starring: J G Quintel, William Salyers

Mordecai and Rigby are best friends with one aim: they want to have a good time all the time. Sure, they have jobs as groundskeepers, but their real p... Read more

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Gilles Penso
Starring: Peter Jackson, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron, Joe Dante, John Landis, Ray Harryha...

The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of th... Read more

Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)

6.5/10
Director: James Huth
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Gad Elmaleh

Sacha (Gad Elmaleh) likes his friends, his piano and partying. He spends his evenings playing in a jazz club where he seduces pretty girls. He is happ... Read more

Only God Forgives ( Blu-ray ) (2013)

5.7/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ryan Gosling, Vithaya Pansringarm

Ryan Gosling and the director of "Drive", Nicolas Winding Refn, reunite with this gorgeously designed and photographed Bangkok-set thriller. Julian (G... Read more

Gambit (2012)

5.7/10
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Tom Courtenay

Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz star in this remake of the 1966 comedy caper which starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. Penned by the Coen brother... Read more

The Way Way Back (2013)

7.4/10
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, Allison Janney, Steve Carell, AnnaSoph...

During a vacation in a Northeast beach town, a lonely teenage boy, Duncan (Liam James), comes into his own over the course of a summer through an unli... Read more

Jobs (2013)

5.9/10
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, James Woods, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren, Lukas Haas, Matthew...

Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs, the iconic Apple innovator and groundbreaking entrepreneur. This inspiring and entertaining film chronicles Jobs' early... Read more

John Dies at the End (2012)

6.4/10
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Clancy Brown, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Roebuck, Doug Jones, Chase Williamson, Rob M...

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. B... Read more

The Loved Ones (2010)

6.7/10
Director: Sean Byrne
Starring: Richard Wilson, Xavier Samuel, Victoria Thaine, Robin McLeavy, Jessica McNamee

When Brent rejects Lola's invitation to the prom, he sets off a chain of events that leave him the victim of her twisted revenge. Now he's the only gu... Read more

Battle Hymn (1957)

6.4/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Rock Hudson

"Battle Hymn" was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during W... Read more

Giselle (2013)

7.7/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Gillian Murphy, Qi Huan

"Giselle" is acclaimed director Toa Fraser's interpretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of "Giselle". The classic story of love, erot... Read more

What Maisie Knew (2012)

7.5/10
Director: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Starring: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgard, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderha...

Based on the acclaimed novel by Henry James, this touching drama is set against the chaos and complexity of modern marriage and family. Revolving arou... Read more

Mood Indigo ( Blu-ray ) (2013)

6.5/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Aissa Maiga, Omar Sy, Charlotte Le Bon

Based on the 1947 novel 'Froth on the Daydream' by Boris Vian and directed by Michel Gondry this French fantasy drama is the story of handsome, wealth... Read more

The Human Scale (2012)

7.4/10
Director: Andreas M Dalsgaard
Starring: Jan Gehl

Based on the work of famed Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl and his visionary work transforming urban environments from traffic-congested s... Read more

Tasting Menu (2013)

5.7/10
Director: Roger Gual
Starring: Fionnula Flanagan, Stephen Rea, Togo Igawa, Jan Cornet, Vicenta Noongo, Andrew T...

Set in the idyllic cove of Costa Brava in the Mediterranean, this Spanish culinary romantic comedy tells the story of a broken-up couple who decide to... Read more

The Last Sentence (2012)

6.1/10
Director: Jan Troell
Starring: Pernilla August, Jesper Christensen, Bjorn Granath, Ulla Skoog

Set between 1933 and 1945, 'The Last Sentence' from director Jan Troell focuses on the life and career of Torgny Segerstedt, a Swedish newspaper edito... Read more

Gravity ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2013)

7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) in... Read more

A Gun in Each Hand (2012)

6.5/10
Director: Cesc Gay
Starring: Jordi Molla, Eduardo Noriega, Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara, Leonor Watling, Leon...

Chance encounters between old friends, acquaintances, ex-spouses and potential lovers form an engrossing series of six intertwined tales of love, lost... Read more

The Patience Stone (2012)

7.1/10
Director: Atiq Rahimi
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani

In a country torn apart by war, a young woman watches over her older husband. A bullet in the neck has reduced him to a comatose state. One day, the w... Read more

Wrong (2012)

6.3/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: William Fichtner, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor

Dolph Springer (Jack Plotnick) awakens one morning to find he has lost the sole love of his life - his dog, Paul. Desperate to reunite with his best f... Read more

Lovelace (2013)

6.2/10
Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Eric Roberts, Hank Azaria, Robert Patrick, Sharon Stone, Wes Bent...

In 1972 - before the internet, before the porn explosion - "Deep Throat" was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, fe... Read more

Don Jon (2013)

6.6/10
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Starring: Glenne Headly, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, Scarlett Johansson, Rob Bro...

Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to "pull" a differe... Read more

Carry On Christmas (1969)

6.4/10
Director: Ronald Fouracre
Starring: Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Kenn...

A truly wonderful addition to the "Carry On" Collection that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. Its main claim to fame is the ballerina sequence... Read more

The X-Files: I Want To Believe (2008)

5.9/10
Director: Chris Carter
Starring: Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, David Duchovny, Amanda...

Mulder and Scully are back in this stand-alone sequel directed by series creator, Chris Carter. Things have changed, the sexual tension of the series... Read more

10 Rillington Place (1971)

7.6/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt

The true story of British mass murderer John Reginald Christie, played with chilling normality by Richard Attenborough. Throughout the late '40s, Chri... Read more

Feast of Love (2007)

6.7/10
Director: Robert Benton
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Da...

As college professor and writer Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) sits quietly in the coffee shop of his tight-knit Oregon community, the local residen... Read more

Crazy (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Rick Bieber
Starring: Waylon Payne, Ali Larter, Lane Garrison, Scott Michael Campbell, David Conrad, J...

The true story of one of Nashville's most innovative instrumentalists comes to the screen in this bio-pic based on the life of Hank Garland. A gifted... Read more

The First Saturday in May (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Brad Hennegan, John Hennegan

Described as 'the most exciting two minutes in sport', the Kentucky Derby is the world's most prestigious horse race and for trainers around the globe... Read more

War Dance (2007)

7.9/10
Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Since the 1980s, Uganda has been locked in a violent civil war; a war in which children are often snatched from refugee camps or even their homes and... Read more

Marshall McLuhan: McLuhan's Wake (2007)

Starring: Marshall McLuhan

Taking Edgar Allan Poe's 'Descent Into the Maelstrom' as its central metaphor, this documentary about theoretician Marshall McLuhan covers basic biogr... Read more

My Way Home (1964)

7.5/10
Director: Miklos Jancso

In the final days of World War II, a young Hungarian is making his way home, through countryside full of the debris of war, when he is captured and im... Read more

The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 (1952)

8.5/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke

The landmark comedy show that showcased the talents of the kings of slapstick. Contains all 26 episodes of the first season (1952-1953), complete and... Read more

Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story (2005)

8.4/10
Director: Julian Shaw
Starring: Pieter-Dirk Uys, Nelson Mandela

Controversial South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, who gained infamy in the 1980s for his cross-dressing parodies of the apartheid regime... Read more

Nickelodeon (1976)

6.3/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Stella Stevens, John Ritter

Ryan O'Neal stars as the ambitious young attorney who decides to go into the glamorous world of filmmaking, only to discover it's filled with dirty bu... Read more

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

7.4/10
Director: Mike Barker
Starring: Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves, Toby Stephens, James Purefoy, Pam Ferris, Kennet...

When Helen Graham becomes the new tenant of the dark, decaying Wildfell Hall, her independent spirit and radical views set her apart from the staid ru... Read more

Closing the Ring (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Pete Postlethwaite, Neve C...

An epic, yet intimate romantic drama that spans fifty years from wartime Europe, to present day small-town USA. As a crusty old woman (Shirley MacLain... Read more

Hale and Pace: Series 3 and 4 (1990)

7.9/10
Director: Peter Orton, David G. Hillier
Starring: Gareth Hale, Norman Pace

The madcap and highly successful comedy duo, are renowned as Britain's funniest and most notorious double act. Their special blend of risque visual hu... Read more

Wild South: Summer Special (2008)

7.8/10

Award-winning, international filmmaker Natural History New Zealand has enthralled millions of viewers for more than three decades with their documenta... Read more

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ( Blu-ray ) (2003)

7.4/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Billy Boyd

Director Peter Weir's ("Witness") riveting mix of sweeping high-seas action and intense character study stars Russell Crowe as the captain of a Britis... Read more

Death Note: Volume 5 (2007)

9/10

Volume 5 of 9. Episodes 17-20. After fifty days of confinement, the killings continue, and Light and Misa are released, only to face the ride of their... Read more

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)

6.4/10
Director: Colin Still
Starring: Dick Cavett, Allen Ginsberg, Paul McCartney

Witness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960 counter-cultural movement in an informative documentary... Read more

Training Day ( Blu-ray ) (2001)

7.7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, C...

Rookie cop Ethan Hawke, newly transferred to undercover duty in the narcotics department, is partnered with top veteran detective Denzel Washington fo... Read more

Mr and Mrs Smith ( Blu-ray ) (2005)

Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody

A first-rate Hollywood blockbuster, slick in all the right ways - snappy dialogue, good-looking actors and plenty of bare-knuckle action. Brad Pitt an... Read more

Independence Day ( Blu-ray ) (1996)

7/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Will Smith, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret C...

Who will save the Earth after huge alien spacecraft demolish the Empire State Building, the White House, downtown Los Angeles and most of the world's... Read more

Screen Legends: Starring Bing Crosby (1936)

5.6/10
Director: Leo McCarey, Mark Sandrich, Norman Z McLeod, Victor Schertzinger
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Fred Asta...

A collection of four Bing Crosby classics. "Pennies From Heaven" (1936) - Legendary crooner Bing Crosby sings and dances his way through this charming... Read more

Sleeping Beauty (Disney) ( Blu-ray ) (1959)

7.3/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi

The timeless story tells of Princess Aurora, cursed by the evil sorceress Maleficent to die on her 16th birthday after pricking her finger on a poison... Read more

Casino ( Blu-ray ) (1995)

8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Alan King, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Don Rickles, Ke...

A dazzling, richly layered record of a criminal dynasty during the transformation of Las Vegas from a sin-laden mecca to a family-oriented Disneyland,... Read more

The Fog ( Blu-ray ) (1980)

6.8/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Hal Holbrook

A small coastal town in California is attacked by the ghosts of mariners, who take a grisly revenge on the descendants of the six people who lured the... Read more

The Grand (2007)

6/10
Director: Zak Penn
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Richard Kind, Ray Rom...

A largely improvised mockumentary with Woody Harrelson as a playboy actor who enters a poker tournament in order to save his grandfather's hotel from... Read more

Buddha Wild: The Monk in a Hut (2006)

8/10
Director: Anna Wilding

Buddhist monks aren't usually described as wild (at least not in our urban dictionary), but director Anna Wilding's intriguing feature documentary deb... Read more

Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons (1978)

4.8/10
Director: Henri Gruel, Rene Goscinny

The villainous Dalton brothers are a few days into their 2,400 year-long prison sentence when they learn of the death of their Uncle Henry. Before he... Read more

Blue Fin (1978)

6.1/10
Director: Carl Schultz
Starring: Hardy Kruger, Greg Rowe, John Jarratt, Hugh Keays-Byrne

Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author Colin Thiele, this is an emotional father and son story about catching the Souther... Read more

Babel ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor M...

The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt a... Read more

Punishment Park (1971)

7.9/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Jim Bohan, Catherine Quittner

Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park's pseudo-documentary style places a British film crew amongst a group of you... Read more

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, Sam...

A realistic view of the overly romanticised Jesse James, casting Brad Pitt as the psychopathic outlaw and Casey Affleck as the infatuated and volatile... Read more

Letters From Iwo Jima ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shi...

Clint Eastwood's companion-piece to 'Flags of Our Fathers' recounts the same battle, only from the perspective of the Japanese. Iconic actor Ken Watan... Read more

Exodus (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Starring: Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Annie Liu, Irene Wan, Maggie Siu, Candice Yu On-on

Simon Yam is an average cop on the beat; his wife is disinterested in him, his mother-in-law is disappointed and he doesn't have any real friends to s... Read more

Paris (2008)

6.9/10
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, Francois Cluze...

Love and life pose dilemmas for a handful of friends in the City of Lights in this romantic drama with interweaving narratives. Pierre (Romain Duris)... Read more

Rain of the Children (2008)

6.9/10
Director: Vincent Ward
Starring: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Taungaroa Emile, Vincent Ward, Miriama Rangi

While still a film student in the late 1970s, Vincent Ward made a documentary called 'In Spring One Plants Alone' about an elderly Tuhoe woman called... Read more

Above and Beyond (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Richard E Grant, Liane Balaban, Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Jonathan Scarfe,...

This Canadian mini-series tells the story of Ferry Command, a civilian effort to escort bombers across the Atlantic Ocean to the UK during the darkest... Read more

Augustus (2003)

6.5/10
Director: Roger Young
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Gottfried John

Aka 'Imperium: Augustus'. Caesar has been assassinated. As the Roman Empire struggles to regain itself, a young Emperor steps forward, prepared to cla... Read more

WALL-E (2008)

8.4/10
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Burtt, Elis...

Pixar hit the box office jackpot with the charming exploits of a little robot who got left behind when Earth became uninhabitable. His job? Pick up th... Read more

Clubbed (2008)

6.9/10
Director: Neil Thompson
Starring: Mel Raido, Colin Salmon, Shaun Parkes, Maxine Peake, Scot Williams, Ronnie Fox

Set firmly in 1980s industrial England where Danny is a down-trodden factory worker with less than nothing going for him. Even his kids think he's a l... Read more

Graduation (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Shannon Lucio, Riley Smith, Chris Marquette, Chris Lowell, Adam Arkin, Aimee Gar...

Four high school seniors decide to pull off a bank heist when one of them becomes in desperate need of cash. It shouldn't be too difficult, they've go... Read more

I, Robot ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

7.1/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan...

In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them, except one, slightly paranoid detective (Will Smith) investigating... Read more

Ice Age ( Blu-ray ) (2002)

7.5/10
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano

The coolest computer animated comedy to come along in over 50,000 years, this prehistoric spin on "Three Godfathers" follows a trio of mismatched mamm... Read more

Die Another Day ( Blu-ray ) (2002)

6.1/10
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench...

In this 20th official James Bond adventure, Pierce Brosnan's 007 tries to track down a North Korean terrorist with plans to rule the world using a sat... Read more

The Flock (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Andrew Lau Wai Keung
Starring: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, KaDee Strickland, Ray Wise, Avril Lavigne

Hong Kong director Andrew Lau makes his English-language debut with Richard Gere as a hyper-vigilant federal agent being forced into early retirement... Read more

The Strangers (2008)

6.2/10
Director: Bryan Bertino
Starring: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis

Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are a couple who return to their semi-secluded house after a wedding, only to find their lives thrown into chaos with the... Read more

Peace One Day (2004)

7.9/10
Director: Jeremy Gilley

Produced for the BBC, this film tells of director Jeremy Gilley's attempts to have the United Nations sanction a global day of peace where all countri... Read more

Ben Elton: The Definitive Live Collection (2008)

7/10
Starring: Ben Elton

Ben Elton, the undisputed king of stand-up comedy, presents his definitive live collection. Four live hilarious stand-up shows available for the first... Read more

Wycliffe: Series 3 (1996)

7.1/10
Starring: Jack Shepherd, Pam Ferris, Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters

Uncovering the town's secrets takes its toll on Wycliffe and the team in series three as they discover a bizarre pagan sect, a lethal working environm... Read more

Police Beat (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Robinson Devor
Starring: Pape S Hiang, Anna Oxygen

Patrolling the streets of Seattle on bicycle, West African-born policeman Z (Pape S. Niang) investigates a series of unusual crimes - based on true st... Read more

Step Up ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Rachel Griff...

Nora, an aspiring and gifted ballerina from a wealthy family, is trying to incorporate hip-hop moves into her classical repertoire. When she meets dia... Read more

Doctor Who: Series 4, Volume 4 (2008)

8.7/10
Starring: Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Catherine Tate, David Tennant,...

More adventures with The Doctor, Donna and other familiar faces... "Turn Left": What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handl... Read more

Hellboy II: The Golden Army ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

7/10
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, John Alexander, Luke Goss,...

An evil elf breaks an ancient truce between humanity and the mythical realm, planning to unleash the Golden Army on an unsuspecting world. The only th... Read more

House of Flying Daggers ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan

Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau star in this stunning blend of lyrical romance and eye-popping fight scenes. Mei is an exotic, beautiful bl... Read more

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

5.2/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Anthony Wong, R...

Another entertaining entry in the FX-laden 'Mummy' franchise, with Brendan Fraser and co back to kick more crusty old butt. Jet Li is the 2000-year-ol... Read more

Blade Runner: The Final Cut ( Blu-ray ) (1982)

8.2/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M Emmet Walsh, Dary...

Ridley Scott's definitive version of the sci-fi noir favourite stars Harrison Ford as a retired detective called back to duty to track down artificial... Read more

Eagle Eye (2008)

6.6/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie...

Two strangers are thrust together by a mysterious telephone call, and find they have inexplicably become the nation's most wanted fugitives. Suddenly... Read more

Zombie Strippers! (2007)

4.1/10
Director: Jay Lee
Starring: Robert Englund, Penny Drake, Whitney Anderson, Jenna Jameson, Roxy Saint, Shamro...

Rhino's is the underground strip club of choice for men in search of some small-town excitement, and when one of the dancers is infected with a deadly... Read more

The Jaquie Brown Diaries: Series 1 (2008)

8.1/10
Starring: Madeleine Sami, Geeling Ng, Jaquie Brown, Ryan Lampp, Hannah Banks, Jonathan Bru...

Jaquie Brown plays, well, herself: a c-grade celebrity famous for fluff-pieces on current affairs shows. The 'fictional' Brown attempts to raise her p... Read more

D H Lawrence Collection ( Sons and Lovers / Priest of Love / Kangaroo ) (1981)

Director: Christopher Miles, Jack Cardiff, Tim Burstall
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope...

A literary master of the 20th century, D.H. Lawrence's infamous and groundbreaking novels, from "Lady Chatterley's Lover" to "Women in Love" and "The... Read more

The English Surgeon (2008)

8.2/10
Director: Geoffrey Smith

Dr. Henry Marsh is a renowned neurosurgeon from the UK, who lives with his wife in their luxurious South London home. But Dr. Marsh lives a double lif... Read more

Intrepid Journeys: Volume 3 (2008)

6.9/10
Starring: Pam Corkery, Shane Cortese, Stephanie Tauevihi, Paul Holmes, Norm Hewitt, Jenny...

'Intrepid Journeys' returns with a fresh crop of prominent kiwis and out-of-the-way destinations. Veteran broadcaster Paul Holmes straps on a backpack... Read more

Jonathan Creek: Christmas Specials (1998)

8.2/10
Director: Sandy Johnson
Starring: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Julia Sawalha

Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) is a master of illusion. The brains behind magician Adam Klaus, he hides his brilliance behind a shy, shaggy exterior. He... Read more

Man on Fire ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitch...

Denzel Washington reteamed with "Crimson Tide" director Tony Scott for this blazing actioner based on the novel by A.J. Quinnell. Hired to protect the... Read more

Torchwood: Series 2 (2007)

7.8/10
Starring: John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Alan Dale, Burn Gorma...

Outside the government, beyond the police, fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The 21st Century is when everything changes and the To... Read more

Robot Chicken: Season 3 (2008)

8.2/10
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Malcolm McDowell, Mark Hamill, Seth Green, Hulk Hogan, Seth...

Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sk... Read more

Metalocalypse: Season 2 (2008)

8.3/10
Starring: Mark Hamill, Voices Of, Brendon Small, Victor Brandt, Tommy Blacha

With a new rival band and the sinister advances of General Crozier, Dethklok, the world's biggest entertainment act, is left in a dark and precarious... Read more

Deathcheaters (1976)

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard

Ozploitation action specialist Brian Trenchard-Smith delivers non-stop thrills and death-defying stunt work in this tale of two adrenaline junkies (Gr... Read more

Classic Fighters: Marlborough 2007 (2007)

This three hour plus DVD contains: Nieuport 11, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunks, Percival 'Piston' Provost, Miles Messenger... Read more

It Came from the Swamp (2008)

Director: Various

"It Came from the Swamp" is a compilation of short films giving a sample of the talent coming from the great unsung film melting pot of Hamilton. Som... Read more

Garbage Warrior (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Oliver Hodge
Starring: Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds is a revolutionary eco-architect whose buildings utilize the waste we humans produce and reduce the impact we have on the delicate en... Read more

Dead Bodies (2003)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Quinn
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Andrew Scott

Tommy is a young man in no hurry. He's equally easy-going in his work and social life until one day the bane of his existence returns - his ex-girlfri... Read more

Burn After Reading (2008)

7/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Ric...

The Coen Brothers return to black comedy territory, spinning a yarn of espionage and intrigue populated chiefly by the functioning clueless. John Malk... Read more

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock

Documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock ('Super Size Me') learns his wife is pregnant and decides to hunt down the world's most dangerous man in this entert... Read more

Loaded (2008)

4.7/10
Director: Alan Pao
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Corey Large, Monica Keena, Nathalie Kelley, Chace Crawford, John...

Tristan (Jesse Metcalfe) has it all - good job, beautiful girl, loving family, a privileged life - but he wants more. Feeling the need for some danger... Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 (1993)

7.9/10
Starring: Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig, Na...

Following on from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", the next incarnation of the popular franchise finds a Federation space station orbiting the libera... Read more

Three Times (2005)

7/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Chang Chen, Shu Qi

Three different time periods, 1966, 1911 and 2005. Three different stories and two amazing performances as Shu Qi and Chang Chen play out three enrap... Read more

Burn After Reading ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

7/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Rasche, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Olek...

The Coen Brothers return to black comedy territory, spinning a yarn of espionage and intrigue populated chiefly by the functioning clueless. John Malk... Read more

American Psycho ( Blu-ray ) (2000)

7.6/10
Director: Mary Harron
Starring: Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Christian Bale, Guinevere Turner, Jared Leto, Reese Wi...

Bret Easton Ellis' infamous 1991 novel is turned into a darkly humourous horror show that slyly skewers 1980s values. Director Mary Harron ('I Shot An... Read more

MirrorMask ( Blu-ray ) (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Dave McKean
Starring: Gina McKee, Jason Barry, Stephanie Leonidas, Rob Brydon

This is the wondrous story of Helena, who works for the family circus, and wishes, ironically, that she could run away and join real life. But such is... Read more

Shooter ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Danny Glover, Elias Koteas, Mark Wahlberg, Ned Beatty, Rade Serbedzija, Michael...

Ex-army super-sniper, Mark Walhberg, is pressured back into active duty to help prevent a top-level assassination, only to find his government have pu... Read more

Henry Poole is Here (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Mark Pellington
Starring: Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Richar...

Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) has a great life, a beautiful fiancee and he's just found out he's going to die. Hoping to drop out and live his final days... Read more

Another Gay Movie (2006)

5/10
Director: Todd Stephens
Starring: Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase, Mitch Morris, Ashlie Atkinson...

A twist on the well-worn conceit of four horny friends each trying to get their cherries popped before college - these four teen virgins are gay. Jaro... Read more

Tenacious D: The Complete Master Works 2 (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Wayne Isham, Jeremy Konner
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass

Jack Black and Kyle Gass return as comic rockers Tenacious D for another round of music and laughs. First up, it's a raucous live show that features t... Read more

Wiseguy: Season 1 (1987)

7.9/10
Starring: Annette Bening, Ken Wahl, Kevin Spacey, Ray Sharkey, Elsa Raven, Jim Byrnes, Jon...

One of the best series of the 1980s, Ken Wahl brought charisma, credibility, and chutzpah to his role as Vincent Terranova, a handsome, streetwise 30-... Read more

The Rebel (2006)

7.1/10
Director: Truc Charlie Nguyen
Starring: Johnny Nguyen, Thanh Van Ngo, Dustin Nguyen, Stephane Gauger

Vietnam's most expensive movie to date is an historical martial arts drama set during the French occupation of the 1920s. Johnny Ngyuen is part of an... Read more

The Last Days of Frank & Jesse James (1986)

Director: William A Graham
Starring: Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, June Carter Cash, Marcia Cross

From 1866 to 1882, Missouri's Frank and Jesse James led a gang that robbed banks, held up trains and became the most famous outlaws in American histor... Read more

Le Nozze di Figaro ( The Marriage of Figaro ) (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Enrico Castiglione
Starring: Rossana Potenza, Marco Grimaldi, Madelyn Renee Monti

Based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") was composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Altho... Read more

Show of Hands (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Anthony McCarten
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt, Kyle Dyhrberg, Chelsie Preston Cray...

Melanie Lynskey came back to NZ to make this light-hearted romantic drama about a competition (famously held in Lower Hutt back in the '80s) where fol... Read more

Rentadick (1972)

4.4/10
Director: Jim Clark
Starring: Donald Sinden, Julie Ege, Richard Briers, Ronald Fraser, Spike Milligan, Richard...

Scripted by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, this bawdy British farce sees long-suffering Mr. Armitage (Donald Sinden) calling in a band of private det... Read more

Four Friends (1981)

7.1/10
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring: Jim Metzler, Reed Birney, Lois Smith, Michael Huddleston, Craig Wasson, Jodi The...

Set during the tumultuous 1960s, an era when everyone's values were turned inside out, shaken around, and reassembled. This story of four working-clas... Read more

The Aviator (1985)

5.5/10
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jack Warden, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Wanamaker, Scott Wilson, T...

Christopher Reeve is flying again in this turn-of-the-century drama, but he's doing it with an airplane. He's a rugged barnstormer whose plane crashes... Read more

Chasing China's Chariots of Fire (2008)

Starring: John Agnew

John Agnew is a crazy New Zealander who has been hunting down the last steam trains in the world. We join John as he tracks down the last Chariots of... Read more

The Return of Captain Invincible (1982)

5.7/10
Director: Philippe Mora
Starring: Alan Arkin, Arthur Dignam, Bill Hunter, Christopher Lee, David Argue, John Bluth...

During World War II, superhero Captain Invincible (Alan Arkin) helped us fight the cause and was called a hero. But soon after, he was labeled a commu... Read more

Love and Rage (1998)

6.3/10
Director: Cathal Black
Starring: Daniel Craig, Greta Scacchi, Stephen Dillane

In the 19th century, a strong-willed Englishwoman hires an equally independent Irishman to work as manager of her estate on a remote Irish island. The... Read more

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 (1995)

7.7/10
Starring: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Robert Picardo, Garrett Wang, Roxann Dawson, Tim R...

Pulled to the far side of the Galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, the Starfleet ship USS Voyager must cooperate with... Read more

Stargate ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

7.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Kurt Russell, Viveca Lindfors

In Egypt, archeologists uncover a gigantic stone ring that, decades later, is found to be an interplanetary nexus. Scientist James Spader and Air Forc... Read more

Interview with the Vampire ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

7.6/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Rea, Tom C...

Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea and Christian Slater are all featured in this spellbinding adaptation of Anne Rice's runaway best... Read more

Taxi: Season 2 (1979)

6.3/10
Starring: Carol Kane, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Jeff Conaway, Judd Hirsch, Marilu H...

The rag-tag group of New York taxi drivers keep on trucking through Louie's first romance with a 'non-professional', Latka finding himself in the midd... Read more

The Closer: Season 3 (2007)

7.6/10
Starring: G W Bailey, Jon Tenney, Kyra Sedgwick, J K Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gosse...

Kyra Sedgwick is back as the LAPD's spirited Deputy Chief, Brenda Johnson. The season starts with a bang as a slaughtered family's sole survivor is br... Read more

The Line (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Michael Adante
Starring: Peter Phelps, Andy McPhee, David Barry, Christopher Elliott

The lines between good and bad, right and wrong, and cop and criminal are blurred in this violent Australian thriller. A hardened undercover cop is te... Read more

Mirrors (2008)

6.2/10
Director: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart, John Shr...

Kiefer Sutherland is ex-NYPD cop Ben Carson, dumped by his wife, just quit drinking, and working the nightshift as security in an old burned-out depar... Read more

88 Minutes (2007)

5.9/10
Director: Jon Avnet
Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Debora...

Al Pacino is a university professor and renowned forensic psychiatrist who occasionally assists the police, and his latest testimony has earned him a... Read more

Young at Heart (2007)

6.9/10
Director: Stephen Walker

Aka "Young@Heart". An international film festival favourite, spending time with the Young@Heart Chorus as they rehearse for their annual Northampton c... Read more

The Halo Effect (2004)

5.8/10
Director: Lance Daly
Starring: Stephen Rea, Grattan Smith, Kerry Condon, Simon Delaney, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Ge...

Stephen Rea plays Fatso, owner of one of the worst takeaways in Dublin. His heart is in the right place, but a gambling addiction means keeping his he... Read more

The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)

8.6/10
Director: Russell Barnes
Starring: Richard Dawkins

Author, evolutionary biologist, and committed Darwinist, Richard Dawkins shares his perspective on his scientific hero and begins in simple terms with... Read more

The Last Woman on Earth (1960)

6.1/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland

On a boat in the Caribbean following WWIII, a gangster and lawyer fight to decide who'll get to repopulate the planet with the titular female, the mob... Read more

The Shirley Temple Collection: Volume 1 (1932)

Starring: Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple's career started when she was just a toddler with these films from the 'Baby Burlesques' series. The short films satirized popular movi... Read more

New Zealand Disasters: Tangiwai and Wahine (2009)

Contains two programmes: 'The Truth About the Tangiwai Disaster' and 'Wahine - the Untold Story'. In NZ, the main trunk railway line and two state hig... Read more

Light Sleeper (1991)

6.9/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Mary Beth Hurt, Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe, Dana Delany, David Clennon

Paul Schrader's powerful, haunting story focuses on a delivery man (Willem Dafoe) for a classy New York drug dealer (Susan Sarandon) who realizes that... Read more

White Comanche (1968)

4.1/10
Director: Jose Britz
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Rosanna Yanni, William Shatner

AKA: "Hour of Vengeance," "Rio Hondo." Filmed in Spain during a hiatus on "Star Trek," this campy Western melodrama stars William Shatner as twin brot... Read more

Under Heavy Fire (2001)

Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Carre Otis, Casper Van Dien

AKA: "Going Back." A Vietnam War officer (Casper Van Dien) is forced to relive a harrowing combat experience when soldiers under his command are accid... Read more

Dollar for the Dead (1998)

5.4/10
Director: Gene Quintano
Starring: Ed Lauter, Emilio Estevez, Joaquim de Almeida, William Forsythe, Howie Long

In this tribute to the old-time spaghetti westerns, with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwo... Read more

Of Mice and Men (1939)

7.8/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr, Betty Field

John Steinbeck's classic novel is brought to the silver screen for the very first time. Set in the bucolic Salinas Valley of California in the 1930's,... Read more

Land Mines: A Love Story (2004)

5/10
Director: Dennis O'Rourke

Controversial filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke ('Cunnamulla', 'The Good Woman of Bangkok') presents another narrative documentary that finds the heart and hu... Read more

A Touch of Frost: Series 2 (1994)

7.8/10
Starring: David Jason, Lennie James, Sara Stewart

The unconventional adventures of Detective Inspector Frost (from the crime novels of R.D. Wingfield) continue in this second season. In 'A Minority of... Read more

Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Vanity Dies Hard (1995)

6.8/10
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Eleanor David, Mark Frankel, Jane Gurnett

The internationally popular crime author Ruth Rendell presents another puzzler. Alice Whittaker goes to visit her old friend Nesta after her husband's... Read more

The Incredible Hulk ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell

Another reinvention of Marvel's flawed superhero, with Edward Norton assuming the mantle of Bruce Banner and his giant, angry alter-ego. Bruce has spe... Read more

Gandhi ( Blu-ray ) (1982)

8.1/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, John Mills, Martin Sheen...

Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning epic follows the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Ben Kingsley), from his beginnings as a... Read more

The i Inside (2003)

6.1/10
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Stephen Rea, Robert Sean Leonard, St...

A time-hopping, psychological thriller with Ryan Phillippe as Simon, who wakes up in hospital with no memory of the previous two years. When he discov... Read more

Earth (2007)

8/10
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Starring: Narrated by, Patrick Stewart

Compiling footage shot during the mammoth BBC production, 'Planet Earth', this feature-length documentary condenses that epic series into an hour and... Read more

13: Game of Death (2005)

6.8/10
Director: Chukiat Sakveerakul, Stewart St John
Starring: Krissada Terrence, Achita Wuthinounsurasit, Sarunyoo Wongkrachang, Nattapong Aru...

Pusit is deep in debt, he's just lost his job, his girlfriend and his car, so when a mysterious cell phone caller offers him $100 million to feature i... Read more

Les Cousins (1959)

7.4/10
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Gerard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Guy Decomble, Michele Meritz

Charles (Gerard Blain) is a naive provincial with bourgeois aspirations. He moves to Paris and stays with his urbane and decadent cousin (Jean-Claude... Read more

Blitzkrieg - Germany's Global Invasion (2008)

By early 1940 the Second World War is well under way, the might of the German Army has crushed and is occupying Poland, Denmark, Norway, and the Low C... Read more

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Nick Park
Starring: Peter Sallis

Wallace and Gromit have started a new bread baking business, 'Top Bun'. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen loc... Read more