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Tarzan: 3 More Classic Adventures (1948)

7.2/10
Director: Kurt Neumann, Robert Florey
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield

A further three classic Tarzan adventures from the Johnny Weissmuller years collected on one DVD! 'Tarzan and the Mermaids' (1948) has a high priest t... Read more

The Best of The Two Ronnies (2002)

8.3/10
Director: Terry Hughes, James Gilbert
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

From 1971 to 1987, and over the course of twelve series and eight specials, 'The Two Ronnies' was one of the nation's favourite television comedy show... Read more

The Best of Steptoe and Son (2002)

Starring: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett

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

The Belly of an Architect (1987)

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

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

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

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

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

Pavilion of Women (2000)

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

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

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

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

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

The Fallen Idol (1948)

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

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

The Slim Shady Show (2001)

6.1/10
Director: Mark Brooks

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

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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

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

Audition (2000)

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

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

Stripped (2001)

4.9/10
Director: Jill Morley

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

Careful (1992)

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

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

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:1 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

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

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:6 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

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

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:7 (1997)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

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

In a Land of Plenty (2002)

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

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

Forgotten Silver (1996)

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

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

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

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

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

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 1 (1979)

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

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

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 2 (1980)

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

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

Sapphire and Steel: Volume 3 (1980)

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

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

Speed Racer (1967)

7.2/10
Director: Anon

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

Damn the Defiant! (1962)

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

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

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

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

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

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

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

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

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)

8.6/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

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

Chuck and Buck (2000)

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

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

Battle of the Planets: Volume 2 (1978)

7.6/10
Director: David E Hanson
Starring: Animation

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

Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)

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

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

Mean Machine (2002)

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

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

How High (2001)

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

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

The Scorpion King (2002)

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

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

Spies Like Us (1985)

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

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

Lifeboat (1944)

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

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

Nadja (1995)

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

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

V: The Final Battle (1984)

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

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

The Legendary Sherlock Holmes (1945)

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

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

To End All Wars (2001)

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

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

Subway Stories (1997)

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

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

Coppelia (1993)

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

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

The Venison Hunters (2001)

Director: Anon
Starring: Mike Bennett

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

Dust (2001)

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

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

Novocaine (2001)

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

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

The Monkey's Mask (2001)

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

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

Kandahar (2001)

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

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

Merci Pour Le Chocolat (2000)

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

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

Complicity (1999)

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

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

Mr Bean: Volume 2 (1991)

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

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

A Doll's House (Bloom) (1973)

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

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

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

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

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

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

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

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

Unfaithful (2002)

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

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

The Turandot Project (2001)

7.2/10
Director: Alan Miller

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

Resident Evil (2002)

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

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

Orange County (2002)

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

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

A Ma Soeur! ( Fat Girl ) (2001)

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

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

Men in Black II (2002)

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

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

Donnie Darko (2001)

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

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

Divided We Fall (2000)

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

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

Signs (2002)

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

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

24 Hour Party People (2002)

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

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

The Sweetest Thing (2002)

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

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

Death to Smoochy (2002)

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

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

Me and Isaac Newton (1999)

Director: Michael Apted

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

The Forsyte Saga (2002)

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

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

9/11: The Filmmakers Commemorative Edition (2001)

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

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

Claire's Knee (1970)

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

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

This Year's Love (1999)

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

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

The Prisoner: The Complete Series (1967)

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

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

Kids World (1999)

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

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

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

8.3/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation

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

The Civil War (1990)

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

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

The West (1996)

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

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

1 Giant Leap (2002)

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

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

Shoah - 2nd Era, Parts Three and Four (1985)

Director: Claude Lanzmann

The concluding parts of Claude Lanzmann's landmark, monumental epic of the Holocaust. With an assemblage of witnesses, death camp survivors and Nazi f... Read more

Cry of the Penguins ( aka Mr Forbush and the Penguins ) (1971)

7/10
Director: Al Viola
Starring: John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Tony Britton, Dudley Sutton

Mr. Forbush (John Hurt), a young biologist with an eye for the ladies, chooses an unlikely assignment...to study a colony of penguins in the wildernes... Read more

Cowboy Bebop: Volume 4 (1998)

8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation

Volume 4 of 6. Life as a 'space cowboy' can be tough indeed. The crew of the Bebop are set on a collision course with their mysterious pasts. Faye sea... Read more

Salmonella Dub (2002)

Director: Various
Starring: Salmonella Dub

Local boys Salmonella Dub release their eagerly awaited video compilation featuring eight music videos taken from the albums 'Inside the Dubplates, 'O... Read more

The Fast Show: Series 1 (1994)

8.2/10
Director: John Birkin, Arch Dyson
Starring: Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Caroline Hook, John Thomson, Arabell...

A compilation of all the best bits from the first series of 'The Fast Show', including Ted and Ralph, Channel Nine News, Unlucky Alf, coughing Bob Fle... Read more

Tortilla Soup (2001)

6.6/10
Director: Maria Ripall
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Pena, Tamara Mello, Paul Rodriguez, Raquel Welch

Delicious retelling of Ang Lee's "Eat Drink Man Woman" focusing on the love and shared meals of an Hispanic-American family. Widowed master chef Hect... Read more

The Son's Room (2001)

7.4/10
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti

This critically acclaimed family drama from director Nanni Moretti ('Caro Diario') won the Palme d'Or (Best Film) at Cannes. The film looks at how a c... Read more

Against All Odds (1984)

5.9/10
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark

Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges), a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward). According to nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Wo... Read more

The Baby Burlesques / The Little Princess (1932)

Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero

A Shirley Temple DVD double feature. 'The Baby Burlesques' (1932) - Featured here are four of Shirley's first performances when, aged between four and... Read more

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

6.1/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson

A violent blast destroys the U.S. government's top secret Groundstar Research Complex, and six high ranking scientists are incinerated. The saboteur,... Read more

Justice League (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl

The greatest superheroes of all time team up to battle for truth, justice and freedom when Martian Manhunter comes to Earth to warn of an impending al... Read more

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

6.5/10
Director: Craig McCracken
Starring: Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup

This full-length animated adventure dares to tell the legend of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, otherwise known as the Powerpuff Girls. Accidentally c... Read more

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

8.7/10
Director: Matthew Robinson
Starring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding

Earth, 1984: The TARDIS becomes trapped in a time corridor and is drawn off course, emerging in London's deserted docklands. Deep space, the far futur... Read more

Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994)

8.6/10
Director: Beth McCarthy
Starring: Eagles

Classic 70's band 'Eagles' were quoted as saying after their breakup in the early 80's that they would only reunite if hell freezes over. Well it must... Read more

The World at War: Volume 3 (1973)

9.2/10
Director: Hugh Raggett, Martin Smith, Ted Childs
Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the Germans' first major defeat at Stalingrad... Read more

The World at War: Volume 5 (1973)

9.2/10
Director: John Pett, Michael Darlow
Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From D-Day to the liberation of Paris, 'The World... Read more

The Navigators (2001)

7/10
Director: Ken Loach

"The Navigators" dramatises the events of 1995 in South Yorkshire, when the lives of a tight-knit group of railway workers were thrown into chaos when... Read more

The Nugget (2002)

6/10
Director: Bill Bennett
Starring: Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Dave O'Neil

"The Nugget" is a tale about a group of three road workers who stumble upon the world's biggest nugget and become instant millionaires, or so they thi... Read more

Pluto Nash (2002)

3.8/10
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier, John Cleese, Eddie Murphy

Aka "The Adventures of Pluto Nash". Futuristic fun is in store in the year 2080, as ex-smuggler Eddie Murphy is approached by a seedy businessman to b... Read more

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Scott Cohen, Heather Juergensen, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jackie Hoffman, Tovah Felds...

When Jessica, a straight, twentysomething New York copy editor with a long string of bad dates, decides on a whim to answer a "woman seeks woman" pers... Read more

Mr Deeds (2002)

5.8/10
Director: Steven Brill
Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi

Charming remake of Frank Capra's "Mr Deeds Goes to Town" stars Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds, a loveable small-town pizzeria owner who inherits a $... Read more

The Accidental Spy (2001)

5.9/10
Director: Teddy Chen
Starring: Jackie Chan, Wu Hsing Kuo, Eric Tsang

Considered the most expensive film in Hong Kong cinematic history, this exciting actioner finds fitness equipment salesman Jackie Chan being recruited... Read more

Focus (2001)

6.8/10
Director: Neal Slavin
Starring: Meat Loaf, William H Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer

William H Macy stars in this fine adaptation of Arthur Miller's novel about ignorance and hatred during the last days of World War II. Lawrence Newman... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four (Richardson) (1983)

7.6/10
Director: Desmond Davis
Starring: Ian Richardson, Cherie Lunghi

Following the disappearance of her father, the beautiful Miss Morstan has received each year a mysterious present. She consults Sherlock Holmes (Ian R... Read more

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)

7.7/10
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Starring: Joan Hickson

'The Body in the Library' is set in the deceptively sleepy English village of St. Mary Mead during the late 1940's. One morning Colonel and Mrs. Bantr... Read more

Mr Rice's Secret (2000)

5.8/10
Director: Nicholas Kendall
Starring: Teryl Rothery, Bill Switzer, David Bowie

Twelve-year-old Owen is plagued by nightmares and stricken by a terrifying illness - and he's devastated when he loses his best friend: the enigmatic... Read more

In the Time of the Butterflies (2000)

6.8/10
Director: Mariano Barroso
Starring: Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Mia Maestro, Marc Anthony

For generations, General Rafael Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixture of terror and savagery... until Minerva... Read more

Timothy Leary's Last Trip (1996)

6.5/10
Director: A J Catoline, O B Babbs
Starring: Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, The Merry Pranksters

This behind-the-scenes look at Dr. Timothy Leary, pioneer in psychology and consciousness raising of the 60's, documents the life of the man who led a... Read more

Leunig Animated (2001)

7.5/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill

No-one looks at the world quite like whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig. His poignant, often controversial cartoons never fail to touch a... Read more

Written on the Wind (1956)

7.5/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Bathed in lurid technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's 'Written on the Wind' is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought dow... Read more

The Last Duel (1989)

4.1/10
Director: Tommy Fan
Starring: Nora Miao, Hwai Zi Yuen, Yuen Lin

Defeated by his foe Sze Mun in a duel, the legendary martial artist Luk Siu-Fung recuperates at the mysterious Phantom Heights resort, where he unexpe... Read more

Arabian Nights (1974)

6.8/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

The final part of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' series, following 'The Decameron' and 'The Canterbury Tales', was two years in the making. The location... Read more

Insomnia (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Paul Dooley

In this reworking of the 1997 Norwegian thriller, Al Pacino is a maverick Los Angeles detective who, along with partner Martin Donovan, investigates t... Read more

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Joel Zwick
Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone, Gia Carides, Lainie Kaza...

Feel-good sleeper sensation stars Nia Vardalos (who also adapted her one-woman play) as a Chicago-based woman who works at parents Michael Constantine... Read more

Changing Lanes (2002)

6.5/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt, Aman...

A fender-bender on a busy New York highway turns into an escalating battle of wills between recovering alcoholic Samuel L. Jackson, whose chances of r... Read more

8 Mile (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Eminem , Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer

Screen debut for controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers), who is a sensation as Jimmy Smith, Jr., aka "Rabbit", a factory worker tryi... Read more

Harold Lloyd and Friends (1920)

Director: Anon
Starring: Harold Lloyd

Five classic shorts featuring comedy genius Harold Lloyd with the participation of Our Gang. The shorts are; "Haunted Spooks", "Campus Vamp", "Our Gan... Read more

Buster Keaton: Volume 2 (Steamboat Bill Jr./Convict 13/Daydreams) (1928)

8.9/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Buster Keaton

Comedy genius Buster Keaton features in this compilation of two one reel shorts and a feature-length classic. They are; "Steamboat Bill Jnr." (1928, 6... Read more

The Blue Lagoon / Return to the Blue Lagoon (1980)

Director: Randal Kleiser, William A Graham
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels, Milla Jovovich,...

A dvd double feature of survival, discovery and natural love. "The Blue Lagoon" (1980, 100 mins) stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as the sh... Read more

Cradle of Fear (2001)

4.4/10
Director: Alex Chandon
Starring: Dani Filth, Eileen Daly, Emily Bouffante, Stuart Laing, Louie Brownsell

A shocking and brutal anthology which takes you on a murderous ride through four crimson tainted stories of savage revenge. It seems evil has a new na... Read more

World War II: Fury in the Pacific (1941)

7.9/10
Director: Anon

2 war documentaries comprised of archival footage. "December 7, 1941." 'The date that will live in infamy'. It is the day of the early morning surpris... Read more

A Nous La Liberte (1931)

7.6/10
Director: Rene Clair
Starring: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand

"A Nous La Liberte" may be most famous as Charlie Chaplin's inspiration for "Modern Times", but it is historically significant in several areas - fore... Read more

The Wild Child (1970)

7.6/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean Daste, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol

Engrossing Francois Truffaut drama, based on a true story, follows an orphaned boy who is found living in the woods in 18th-century France. Unable to... Read more

Fear Dot Com (2002)

Director: William Malone
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea

Visceral horror-thriller about a mysterious series of murders that appear to be connected to a kinky interactive web-site. After bodies start piling u... Read more

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

5.1/10
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Tyler Posey, Stanley Tucci, Natasha...

In this sparkling romantic comedy, Jennifer Lopez is a single mother working as a maid in a luxurious New York City hotel. While trying on a guest's e... Read more

Analyze That (2002)

5.9/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty

After convincing prison officials he's nuts, mafia boss Robert De Niro gets released into the custody of therapist Billy Crystal. Now a houseguest in... Read more

Dirt (2001)

6.2/10
Director: Michael Covert, Trace Fraim
Starring: Michael Covert, Trace Fraim, Tara Chocol, Olivia Rosewood, Patrick Warburton, Je...

"Dirt" is an offbeat action/comedy about two simple-hearted brothers, Junior (Writer/Co-director Michael Covert) and Scooter (Co-director Trace Fraim)... Read more

Lucky Break (2002)

6.2/10
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: James Nesbitt, Christopher Plummer, Timothy Spall, Olivia Williams, Bill Nighy,...

Tired of prison life, incompetent crook Jimmy enlists the aid of his offbeat fellow inmates to stage an amateur musical production that's actually a r... Read more

Gesualdo: Death For Five Voices (1995)

7/10
Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog's chilling and atmospheric chronicle of sixteenth century composer Don Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613), Prince of Venosa, whose life embraced... Read more

I Spy (2002)

5.4/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell

It's hate at first sight when CIA super-agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is unwittingly paired up with undefeated middle-weight champion Kelly Robinson... Read more

Sex with Strangers (2002)

4.8/10
Director: Harry Gantz, Joe Gantz

Documentarians Harry and Joe Gantz follow three ordinary, self-proclaimed swinger-couples for a year, from house parties to trailers and swing clubs.... Read more

The Tracker (2002)

7.5/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Noel Wilton, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, David Gulpilil

In 1922, The Tracker (David Gulpilil) has the job of tracking an Aborigine (Noel Wilton) suspected of murdering a white woman, and leads a police offi... Read more

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

7.3/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Luis Guzman

This change of pace for Adam Sandler stars the comic actor as a bathroom supplies salesman who has a problem with his anger and is obsessed with winni... Read more

FLCL ( Fooly Cooly ) - Volume 1 (2000)

Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Volume 1 of 3. Episode 1: Naota has enough to deal with at home. His older brother went to the US to play baseball. And his father and grandfather nev... Read more

World Traveller (2001)

Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore

Cal (Billy Crudup) is a man in his mid thirties, living in New York City with a loving wife and a baby. But when he becomes frustrated with his family... Read more

Jin-Roh (1999)

7.5/10
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura

An incredible animated feature from the creators of "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell". Ten years after the end of World War II, anti-terrorist cop Fuse... Read more

The Outer Limits: The Original Series Season 1 - Volume 2 (1964)

7.8/10
Director: Various
Starring: Various

There is nothing wrong with your DVD player. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are presenting tales of awe and mystery from the classic science... Read more

Lost Civilizations: The Inca (1995)

7.8/10
Director: Anon

"Secrets Of The Ancestors" - Join researchers as they unravel the enigmas of the Nazca, whose huge desert images were in the past mistaken for the wo... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 1 - Volume 2 (1972)

8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Bu...

"Henry, Please Come Home" - Henry receives a transfer and Frank is in charge, until Hawkeye and Trapper devise a plot to get their leader back. "I Hat... Read more

Hooper (1978)

6.3/10
Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, Robert Klein

The unglamorous and dangerous life of Hollywood stuntmen is portrayed in this comedy from star Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham (two former stun... Read more

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master (1978)

Director: Yuen Woo Ping
Starring: Jackie Chan

"Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" and "Drunken Master" are the popular and successful first collaborations of Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo Ping (acclaimed dir... Read more

Force: Five (1981)

5.1/10
Director: Robert Clouse
Starring: Joe Lewis, Pam Huntington

A top government agent assembles a force of five martial arts experts to carry out a near-impossible assignment. They must topple the corrupt organiza... Read more

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)

7.5/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath

Filmed in Germany, during Bergman's tax-related exile with a predominantly German cast and crew, "From the Life of the Marionettes" continues the stor... Read more

The Incredible Hulk: Pilot / Married (1977)

6.8/10
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Starring: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin

Contains; The Incredible Hulk - TV Series Pilot Episode: While conducting a research project about superhuman strength, Dr David Banner bombards his o... Read more

George and Mildred: Series 1 (1976)

5.7/10
Director: Peter Frazer-Jones
Starring: Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Norman Eshley, Sheila Fearn, Nicholas Owen

The bickering landlords from "Man About The House", George and Mildred Roper, are forced to move, allowing Mildred a chance to climb the social ladder... Read more

The 3 Stooges: Volume 4 (1936)

Starring: The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges are more popular today than when they were in their heyday. Their film career spanned 40 years and is divided into 5 periods, depend... Read more

The Lucy Show: Volume 2 (1962)

7.3/10
Starring: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon

Tackling a series on her own, without husband Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball firmly established herself as the first lady of American television with this l... Read more

Getting There (2002)

4.6/10
Director: Steve Purcell
Starring: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen

Buckle up for the ultimate getaway with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Taylor and Kylie Hunter are sweet sixteen and licensed to drive. Grab a seat in th... Read more

Billy T Live (1990)

Starring: Billy T James

On April 29, 1990 one of the greatest events of New Zealand entertainment took place in Auckland. This was no run of the mill stage show, it was Billy... Read more

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)

8.7/10
Director: David Maloney
Starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson

Women of Victorian London fall prey to an unknown menace, while monstrous terrors lurk in the sewers under the city. Chinese gangs scurry in the dank... Read more

The Pianist (2002)

8.5/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Roman Polanski directs this award-winning testament to the power of the human spirit, based on the true-life story... Read more

Roger Dodger (2002)

7/10
Director: Dylan Kidd
Starring: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Berkley, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Ros...

Set in Manhattan, 'Roger Dodger' takes a comedic look at the male ego and the art of manipulating women. Campbell Scott stars as Roger, a sharpwitted... Read more