Login

Search

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

Only Fools and Horses: Series 2 (1982)

8.9/10
Director: Ray Butt
Starring: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce

Those wheeler-dealers that run Trotter's Independent Trading Company are at it again, purveying goods that were last seen falling off the back of a lo... Read more

Gimme Gimme Gimme (1998)

7.5/10
Director: Liddy Oldroyd
Starring: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus

'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme a man after midnight' as the song goes. But Linda and Tom would settle for a man, any man, at any time! Unfortunately they couldn... Read more

A Flying Visit: Series 1 and 2 (2002)

Starring: Jim Hickey

Former TVNZ weatherman and pilot Jim Hickey flies his plane to some of the country's more unique and remote areas, in search of colourful characters a... Read more

Xena Warrior Princess: Season 1 - Part 1 (1995)

6.7/10
Starring: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Kevin Smith, Hudson Leick, Ted Raimi

In a time of ancient gods, ruthless warlords and capricious kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess for... Read more

Kite (1998)

6.7/10
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu
Starring: Animation

An acclaimed Japanamie adventure with a familiar (but no-less successful) set-up: a young girl, raised by a detective after her parents are murdered,... Read more

Oasis (2002)

8/10
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Starring: Nae-sang Ahn, So-ri Moon, Kyung-gu Sol, Seung-wan Ryoo

Hailed as a seminal film of the Korean New Wave, acclaimed director Lee Chang-dong's "Oasis" is the story of the struggle of two social misfits to fin... Read more

The Ren and Stimpy Show: Seasons 1 & 2 - Uncut (1991)

Starring: Ren Hoek, Stimpy

Experience the complete first and second seasons the way John K. always wanted you to see them - unaltered, uncut, and untamed! All 32 cartoons are he... Read more

Def Comedy Jam Allstars Vol. 1 (2002)

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Chris Tucker

Throughout the 1990's Russell Simmons' 'Def Comedy Jam' on HBO exposed hilarious, predominantly African-American comedians to the public, creating man... Read more

SAS Survival Secrets: Guardians Against Terror (2003)

8.5/10

Using ex-SAS men, "SAS Survival Secrets - Guardians Against Terror" is a vividly detailed recreation of a typical close protection mission. A four man... Read more

Alice Through The Looking Glass (1998)

5.6/10
Director: John Henderson
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Jonathan Bailey, John Cashen, Desmond Barritt, Steve...

A delicious combination of live-action, animation, and special effects telling the fantastical adventures of Alice as she returns to Wonderland in thi... Read more

Immortal (2004)

6/10
Director: Enki Bilal
Starring: Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling, Thomas M Pollard, Frederic...

New York, 2095, and ancient Egyptian god Horus has one week to preserve his immortality. He's searching for a human host and a willing mate to continu... Read more

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1963)

Director: Riccardo Freda
Starring: Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani

In the 13th Century, hordes of sadistic Mongol warriors descend upon China, enslaving the people and plotting to defile and assassinate the virgin pri... Read more

Head-On (2005)

8/10
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Guven Kirac

Two desperate Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Sibel and Cahit, meet at a psychiatrist's. She needs to escape her conservative family; he's a heavy drin... Read more

Teenage Zombies (1959)

2.7/10
Director: Jerry Warren
Starring: Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor

Cinematic punishment from grade-Z auteur Jerry Warren. On a secluded island, a mad scientist concocts a horrific plot for world domination. When a gro... Read more

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Starring: William H Macy, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Micky Dolenz, Ric...

Peter Biskind's best-selling book inspired this acclaimed documentary on the films and colourful filmmakers of the 1960s and '70s. See how the sex 'n'... Read more

The Blues Collection: The Soul Of A Man (2003)

Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Blind Willie Johnson, Shemekia Copeland, Los Lobos, Eagle-E...

In The Soul of A Man, Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of th... Read more

The Blues Collection: The Road To Memphis (2003)

Director: Richard Pearce
Starring: B B King, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Fats Domino, Rufus Thomas, Bobby Rush

Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of... Read more

The Blues Collection: Piano Blues (2003)

Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Jay McShann, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Nat King Cole

Director and piano player Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition... Read more

DIG! (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Ondi Timoner
Starring: Courtney Taylor, Anton A Newcombe

Ondi Timoner followed and filmed the divergent paths of two rock bands for seven years: the ill-fated Brian Jonestown Massacre and their one-time fans... Read more

Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Robert Stone
Starring: Patricia Hearst, Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove, Randol...

In February 1974, the granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint from her apartment by militant political rad... Read more

The Perfect Catch (2005)

6.7/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Kehler, Scott H Severance, Ione Skye

The American version of Nick Hornby's acclaimed novel, Fever Pitch, stars Jimmy Fallon as Ben a man obsessed, not with soccer, but with baseball. Dre... Read more

Conversations with Mother (2004)

7.4/10
Director: Santiago Carlos Oves
Starring: China Zorilla, Eduardo Blanco, Ulises Dumont, Silvina Bosco

Jamie (Eduardo Blanco) is a middle-aged, middle class man about to have a crisis. Not only has he lost his job, but his dotty old mother (played by Ar... Read more

Nine Dog Christmas (2003)

5.9/10
Starring: Narrated by, James Earl Jones

The North Pole elves have stuffed the last present into Santa's sack. Soon, Christmas will come to the world. And what to our wondering eyes should ap... Read more

Steamboy (2004)

6.9/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Starring: Voices Of, Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart

The long-awaited new film from 'Akira' director Katsuhiro Otomo does not disappoint. One of the most expensive animes ever made, this is a retro-styl... Read more

Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)

6.3/10
Director: Carlene Cordova
Starring: Peter Jackson, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Da...

Essential viewing for any true Tolkein fan, this smart, entertaining documentary explores the influence of 'The Lord of The Rings' on society and pop... Read more

Born to Fight (2004)

6.2/10
Director: Panna Rittikrai
Starring: Chattapong Pantanaunkul

The writer and fight choreographer from 'Ong Bak' directs this martial arts tour de force about a group of Thai athletes (played by actual Thai athlet... Read more

King Kong: Peter Jackson Production Diaries (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Peter Jackson, Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, Jack Black

An unprecedented look behind-the-scenes at the making of an epic: King Kong. Peter Jackson takes us on his personal journey, tracking the 8-month pro... Read more

Land of the Dead (2005)

6.2/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Robert Joy, Asia Argento

George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more

The Bionic Woman: Season 1 (1976)

6.7/10
Starring: Richard Anderson, Lindsay Wagner, Martin E Brooks, Sam Chew Jr, Jennifer Darling

In this spin-off from 'The Six Million Dollar Man' Jamie Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) is a tennis pro who comes off second best in a parachuting accident.... Read more

Secret Policeman's Ball: Kings of UK Comedy (2005)

6.9/10
Starring: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, The Goodies, Barry Humph...

Enjoy some of the most hilarious moments in comedy history as Britain's finest funnymen - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, The... Read more

Godzilla vs Ebirah (1966)

Director: Jun Fukuda
Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Hideo Sunazuka, Toru Watanabe

The island of Letchi is home to terrorist group, Red Bamboo, who have enslaved the local inhabitants and have big ideas about world domination. Guard... Read more

Bro' Town: Series 2 (2005)

Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane

The popular boys from Morningside return with seven brand new episodes: 'Zeelander'; 'Survival of the Fattest'; 'Half-Caste Away'; 'A Chicken Roll At... Read more

Married With Children: Season 1 (1987)

8.1/10
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Amanda Bearse, Dav...

The Bundy Family has to be one of the most dysfunctional families in television and here they are in all their first season glory. 13 hilarious episo... Read more

Deathdream (1974)

Director: Bob Clark
Starring: John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus

Shortly after being told their son was killed in action in Vietnam, a couple is surprised to find the young man at their front door, seemingly alive a... Read more

Django Kill! (1967)

6.6/10
Director: Giulio Questi
Starring: Tomas Milian

AKA ' If You Live, Shoot!' This surreal Spaghetti Western finds Tomas Milian walking into a town in the midst of a bloody conflict between a group of... Read more

Contamination (1980)

5.3/10
Director: Luigi Cozzi
Starring: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau

AKA 'Toxic Spawn'. An 'Alien'-like space shocker from Italy , this gory thriller tells of a spaceship that lands in a New York harbour carrying a myst... Read more

The Body Beneath (1970)

4.3/10
Director: Andy Milligan
Starring: Susan Heard, Gavin Reed

This Andy Milligan England-based period horror tale of undead depravity follows a reverend who is the patriarch of a family of vampires looking for so... Read more

Mondo Balordo (1964)

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero
Starring: Narrated by, Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff narrates this superbly anachronistic addition to the Mondo movie genre. There is a midget rock and roll star, Japanese bondage, an Asian... Read more

Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection (1995)

5.3/10
Director: Howard E Baker, Peter Chung
Starring: Aeon Flux

Beginning as a series of short films for MTV, it soon attained cult status with its surreal twisting stroylines and breath-taking vivid animation. Aeo... Read more

Joh's Jury (2005)

6.8/10
Director: Ken Cameron
Starring: Gerry Connolly, Simon Bossell, Malcolm Kennard, John Howard, Noah Taylor, Penny...

A stunning dramatic interpretation of the 1991 perjury trial of beleaguered Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Focussing on the jury who wer... Read more

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)

6.7/10
Starring: Anna Massey, Olivia Williams

Like her books, Agatha Christie was a mystery, keeping her personal life very much to herself. Her brief enigmatic disappearance in 1926 sparked the f... Read more

Blackpool (2004)

8.2/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc, Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: David Morrissey, David Tennant, Sarah Parish, Steve Pemberton, David Bradley, Jo...

It's a musical, a murder mystery and a black comedy all rolled into one! Set in the famous English seaside resort this fabulous BBC series follows th... Read more

The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)

5.6/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, Soh Yamamura, Norman Thomson

In 1856 Townsend Harris (Wayne) was the first American consul to Japan. He works hard to earn the respect of the local big-wigs amongst anti-American... Read more

Vodka Lemon (2003)

6.8/10
Director: Hiner Saleem
Starring: Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian

Kurdish filmmaker Hiner Saleem earned critical comparisons to Fellini, Kusturica, Iosseliani, and Kaurismaki with this breakout comedy. A whimsical, f... Read more

Bewitched (2005)

4.8/10
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman

In an updated version of the classic '60s series, Nicole Kidman is a real witch who ends up getting cast as the new Samantha. Will Ferrell is Jack Wya... Read more

911: The Road To Tyranny (2003)

5.9/10
Director: Alex Jones

The Government needed a crisis to convince the people to willingly give up their liberty in exchange for safety. Now according to this documentary, th... Read more

Something The Lord Made (2004)

8.3/10
Director: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Mary Stuart Masterson, Charles S Dutton, G...

The emotional and incredible true story of two medical pioneers - Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) Chief Surgeon at John Hopkins University and Vivien Th... Read more

Runaway (1984)

5.9/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley

Michael Crichton ('Jurassic Park', 'Timeline') wrote and directed this sci-fi thriller. Tom Selleck is Jack Ramsey, a cop and single dad in a future... Read more

Citizen Verdict (2003)

4.4/10
Director: Philippe Martinez
Starring: Armand Assante, Roy Scheider, Jerry Springer, Raffaello Degruttola

Jerry Springer is Marty Rockman, notorious reality show producer. His hot new concept is trial by media, literally. Each week a new case is tried li... Read more

Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (2000)

8/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Narrated by, John Hurt

On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era.... Read more

Citizen King (2001)

Director: Orlando Bagwell, W Noland Walker

This beautifully-crafted documentary traces the last five years in the life of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. From his August 1963 L... Read more

Hell on Wheels (1967)

4.4/10
Director: Will Zens
Starring: Marty Robbins, John Ashley, Gigi Perreau, Connie Smith

Country music legend Marty Robbins is a stock car driver embroiled in a love triangle with his mechanic brother and his girlfriend. The jealous broth... Read more

Stephane Grappelli Live At The Jazz Festival Warsaw (1991)

Starring: Stephane Grappelli

Features live footage of Stephane Grappelli's performance at the 1991 Warsaw Jazz Festival. Read more

The Simpsons: Season 3 (1991)

8.7/10
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Voices Of, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...

The Simpsons are back with more classic storylines in the complete 24 episode third season. Episodes include: "Stark Raving Dad", "Mr. Lisa Goes To Wa... Read more

Suspicion (1941)

7.4/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Nigel Bruce, Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Dame May Whitty, Cedric Hardwicke

Taut suspense tale stars Joan Fontaine as a recently married woman who comes to believe that dashing husband Cary Grant is a murderer, and his next vi... Read more

Bread: Series 1 and 2 (1986)

6.2/10
Director: Susan Belbin
Starring: Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Ronald Forfar, Nick Conway, Gilly Gorman, Peter Howi...

Meet the Boswells, a working-class family barely scraping by with the help of Social Security payments and the occasional odd job. Standing firm at t... Read more

Desperate Housewives: Season 1 (2004)

7.5/10
Starring: Teri Hatcher, Steven Culp, Marcia Cross, Ricardo Chavira, Felicity Huffman, Eva...

Refreshingly original, addictive television at its best. Now you can spend the night with the beautiful women of Wisteria Lane and relive every minute... Read more

Masters of Terror: Mario Bava ( Black Sunday / Black Sabbath / Hatchet for the Honeymoon / Shock ) (1960)

Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier, Mark Damon, Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo...

4 classic terror tales from the Godfather of Italian Horror Cinema! Mario Bava dazzled audiences with his vivid visual style, setting the standard for... Read more

The FJ Holden (1977)

5.6/10
Director: Michael Thornhill
Starring: Paul Couzens, Eva Dickinson, Carl Stever, Gary Waddell, Tex Morton

Evocative of both the period and location, this uncompromising Australian classic chronicles the misadventures of Kevin and Bob, a couple of teenage r... Read more

Man In A Suitcase: Episodes 1-8 (1966)

7.9/10
Director: Charles Crichton, Herbert Wise, Pat Jackson, Robert Tronson
Starring: Richard Bradford, Patrick Cargill, Judy Geeson, Bernard Lee, Colin Blakely, Anto...

Former US Intelligence Agent McGill (Richard Bradford) was based in London, now he's been tossed out of the service for something he didn't do and bot... Read more

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

7/10
Director: John Kent Harrison
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet, Stephen Fry

During the early days of World War I, veterinarian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn purchased a small bear cub, naming her Winnie after his hometown of Winn... Read more

The Edukators (2004)

7.5/10
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch, Burghart Klaussner, Petra Zieser

Jan (Daniel Bruhl) and Peter (Stipe Erceg) are young left-wing idealists making their anti-capitalist statement by breaking into rich people's homes a... Read more

Dear Wendy (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris...

Scripted by Lars von Trier and directed by Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg, this is a wry, sharply observed perspective on American gun culture thr... Read more

Into The Blue (2005)

5.8/10
Director: John Stockwell
Starring: Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, Tyson Beckford...

From the maker of 'Blue Crush' comes another bikini-laden beach flick. Jessica Alba and Paul Walker provide the main eye-candy as a couple taking thei... Read more

Wedding Crashers (2005)

7/10
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane...

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn team up to great comedic effect as cynical divorce mediators who crash weddings, load up on free booze and try their luck... Read more

Queer As Folk: Season 1 (2000)

8.3/10
Director: Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Robert Grant, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Peter Pai...

The American version of a British series following the lives and loves of five 20 to 30-something gay men living in Pittsburgh. Edgy and frank, the se... Read more

A State of Mind (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Daniel Gordon

North Korea's Mass Games bring together over 80,000 peformers to create a mind-boggling spectacle of dance, gymnastics and music in honour of their le... Read more

Bloodsport (1986)

6.8/10
Director: Newt Arnold
Starring: Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Forest Whitaker,...

The Muscles from Brussels made his starring debut in this 'based on a true story' kick-boxing classic. Jean-Claude is the military intelligence office... Read more

Man of Marble (1976)

7.9/10
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Ta...

Perhaps Andrzej Wajda's most important film, this documentary-style expose of Stalinist corruption paralleled attempts of the contemporary regime to c... Read more

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Danny Schechter

A scathing indictment of the war in Iraq and the media's collusion with the Bush administration in selling the American public an unnecessary conflict... Read more

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Season 2 (1981)

6.9/10
Director: Daniel Haller, Jack Arnold, Bernard McEveety, Victor French
Starring: Mel Blanc, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Sid Haig, Dennis Haysbert, Wilfrid Hyde-White,...

Captain William 'Buck' Rogers is back for season two of the popular sci-fi series in which he, Wilma and Twiki (voiced by the fabulous Mel Blanc) join... Read more

Legends of the Silver Screen: Bette Davis and Grace Kelly (2005)

Starring: Bette Davis, Grace Kelly

From the acclaimed 'Biography' series this DVD is one third of the 'Legends of the Silver Screen' collection, profiling those who first experienced th... Read more

24: Season 2 (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Ian Toynton, James Whitmore Jr, Jon Cassar, Frederick K Keller
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Haysbert, Carlos Bernard, Xander Berk...

The clock is ticking...again for anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) as he faces another "very bad day" in the second season of this g... Read more

Monk: Season 1 (2002)

8/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Scott Foley
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Gai...

He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub stars in the Award winning first season as the brilliant but neurotic Adrian Mon... Read more

Ricky Gervais - Live 2: Politics (2004)

7.9/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Ricky Gervais

Following the unbridled success of his first foray into the world of stand-up, Ricky Gervais switched his focus from the Animal Kingdom to Politics an... Read more

Monk: Season 3 (2004)

7.5/10
Director: Adam Arkin, Andre Belgrader
Starring: Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram, Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard

The defective detective is back for a third season. Beginning where season two left off, the cast are in New York, tracking a lead in the case of Mon... Read more

The Pogues Live (1988)

8/10
Starring: The Pogues, Joe Strummer, Steve Earle, Kristy MacColl, David Byrne

For the first time on DVD, The Pogues play St Patrick's Day 1988 at The Town and Country in London. Included are all their classic hits and special a... Read more