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Civilisations (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Serge Tigneres, Tomomi Nagasawa

This popular French production chronicles four of history's most influential ancient civilisations. Episodes include: 'China - The Wild Dragon's Herit... Read more

Pink Panther and Friends: The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

Starring: The Pink Panther

  He's determined. He's Sneaky. He's never going to get that ant! That ever-hungry aardvark and his would-be feast, the ant, are featured in seventee... Read more

Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (2006)

7.6/10
Starring: Steven Wright

Dry, wry, deadpan and droll, the comic genius of Steven Wright has won a place in the hearts of observational comedy-lovers around the globe. Recorded... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 3 - Volume 1 (1974)

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

Korea, 1950. They were a M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. Loosely based on real life M*A*S*H unit 80... Read more

The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: The 400 Blows / Stolen Kisses / Bed and Board / Love on the Run (1979)

Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdal...

Legendary filmmaker Francois Truffaut followed the life of one of his favourite characters from rebellious adolesence to irresponsible adulthood over... Read more

Hyperdrive: Series 1 (2006)

6.6/10
Starring: Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon, Miranda Hart, Dan Antopolski, Stephen Evans, Petra Mass...

Nick Frost separates from his acting buddy Simon Pegg for this outer space comedy, playing Commander Henderson, leader of an intrepid crew of astronau... Read more

Point Pleasant: The Complete Series (2005)

7.3/10
Starring: Dina Meyer, Elisabeth Harnois, Richard Burgi, Grant Show, Cameron Richardson, Au...

When a violent summer storm slams into the beach town of Point Pleasant, it brings with it the unconscious body of Christina Nickson. She is rescued f... Read more

Winning (1969)

6.1/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, Clu Gulager

Paul Newman discovered a life-long passion for race-car driving while making this film about a successful driver, Frank Capua, who falls in love (with... Read more

The Lone Ranger (1949)

7.9/10
Starring: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels

Enjoy hours of yesteryear action memories with this collection of seventeen episodes from classic 'The Lone Ranger' series. Along with his Indian comp... Read more

Golden Years of British Comedy (2005)

Starring: Terry-Thomas, Stanley Holloway, Dick Emery, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Mi...

This wonderful collection is a tribute to the greatest British comedians of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Highlighting classic moments in comedy, including... Read more

Lost Cartoons Vol. 1 - Fleischer Studios (2002)

Director: Dave Fleischer

Some of the greatest animation in history! See eight forgotten favourites from the pioneering Fleischer Studios in their original Technicolour glory!... Read more

John Pilger's Return Ticket (1995)

Starring: John Pilger

Three stunning documentaries from fearless Australian journalist John Pilger. 'South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die' finds Pilger returning to South Af... Read more

10 MPH (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Hunter Weeks

An impulsive purchase of a two-wheeled Segway scooter sets this story in motion when two friends decide to travel from Seattle to Boston, at the break... Read more

Weeds: Season 1 (2005)

8/10
Director: Burr Steers, Lee Rose
Starring: Indigo , Alexander Gould, Romany Malco, Andy Milder, Kevin Nealon, Mary-Louise P...

Recently widowed mother of two, Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker), looks like any other resident in her affluent South California suburb - and she is - excep... Read more

Excellent Cadavers (2006)

7.8/10
Director: Marco Turco

Based on the book by author Alexander Stille, this acclaimed documentary tells the remarkable story of the powerful Sicilian Mafia and the two prosecu... Read more

The Fourth World War (2004)

7.3/10
Starring: Narrated by, Michael Franti, Suheir Hammad

Shot on the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents, this powerful documentary illustrates the often untold human story of men and women who... Read more

Zizek! (2005)

7.4/10
Director: Astra Taylor
Starring: Slavoj Zizek

The author of works on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock, 9/11, opera, Christianity, Lenin and David Lynch, Slovenian cultural theorist Sla... Read more

The History Boys (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, France...

Set in Thatcher's England, a group of clever, though working-class lads, attempt to earn the academic scores required for acceptance into the elite sc... Read more

TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Voices Of, Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako , Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewa...

The amphibious crime-fighters are back as computer animated 'heroes in a half shell', taking on a legion of malevolent monsters who gather just once e... Read more

The Reaping (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea, William...

Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is an ex-theology professor who has lost the faith and now spends her time debunking unexplained religious phenomena.... Read more

Freedom Writers (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez...

Hilary Swank plays teacher Erin Gruwell who enlists some unorthodox methods to teach her students at a gang-infested school in Long Beach, California.... Read more

Dark Angel: Season 1 (2000)

7.4/10
Starring: Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, Alimi Ballard, Jennifer Blanc, Richard Gunn, Jo...

Max (Jessica Alba) is a beautiful, unique girl - she should be, she was designed that way. Engineered in a top secret government lab twenty years ago,... Read more

Dracula (1931)

7.6/10
Director: Tod Browning, George Melford
Starring: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Carlo...

Although there have been numerous screen visions of Bram Stoker's classic tale, none is more enduring than this 1931 original. Towering ominously amon... Read more

Zorro's Fighting Legion: 7 - 12 (1939)

7.3/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Reed Hadley

In old Mexico, crooked mine officials hatch a gold-snatching scheme that involves duping natives into blocking gold shipments. Can the mysterious Zorr... Read more

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

6.2/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, B...

The heroic web-slinger returns, still trying to find the balance between Peter Parker and his superhero alter-ego. And it's about to get more complic... Read more

Nuclear Reaction: How New Zealand Became Nuclear Free (1995)

Director: Alan Erson
Starring: David Lange, Norman Kirk, Linus Pauling, Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Prebble

This documentary chronicles the remarkable way New Zealand moved from blind support for the bombing of Hiroshima to become the first nation in the wor... Read more

Trio (1950)

7.3/10
Director: Harold French, Ken Annakin
Starring: James Hayter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie

This trio of short plays based on the work of W. Somerset Maugham comprises: 'The Verger', the tale of a church verger who is forced to find a new car... Read more

David Bowie: Starman (2004)

7.3/10
Starring: David Bowie

With a career well into its fifth decade, David Bowie has achieved what most can only dream of, always managing to stay at the cutting edge, with both... Read more

Samson (1961)

6.3/10
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Starring: Brad Harris, Brigitte Corey, Alan Steel

Bodybuilder Brad Harris brings down the house as the strongman of Old Testament fame, splitting tree trunks with his bare hands, tackling whole legion... Read more

Lethal Weapon Legacy: Lethal Weapon / Lethal Weapon 2 / Lethal Weapon 3 / Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Jo...

Includes all four 'Lethal Weapon' films to date, with Director's Cuts of the first three. Riggs and Murtagh bag the bad guys in their inimitable fash... Read more

Texas Cyclone / Two Fisted Law (1932)

Director: D Ross Lederman
Starring: John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Tim McCoy, Walter Brennan, Wheeler Oakman

'Texas Cyclone' (1932) - Tim McCoy stars as a wandering cowpoke who rides into a lawless Arizona town and finds everyone thinks he's a heroic rancher... Read more

NZSAS: First Among Equals (2007)

8.9/10

Made for TV3's Inside New Zealand documentary slot, this 3-part series is a unique in-depth look at New Zealand's most elite fighting force. Beginnin... Read more

John Pilger: In the Name of Justice - 12 Documentaries (2007)

9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger

Includes 12 of John Pilger's ground-breaking films. 'The Mexicans' reports on political oppression in Mexico. 'Street of Joy' compares product marketi... Read more

Looney Tunes Collection: Best of Porky Volume 2 (2007)

Director: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng
Starring: Mel Blanc, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Sylvester

This set includes 14 Porky Pig vehicles, some featuring his classic sidekick Daffy Duck, and even an early appearance of Sylvester as his scaredy-cat... Read more

Inside the Actors Studio: Barbra Streisand (2003)

8.7/10
Starring: Barbra Streisand

Over four decades Barbra Streisand has reached the pinnacle of every art form she has attempted. A famous singer, director and actor on film as well... Read more

Sherrybaby (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Laurie Collyer
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Danny Trejo, Bridget Barkan, Giancarlo Es...

Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for a Golden Globe for her extraordinary performance as Sherry, an ex-con trying to get her life back on track and est... Read more

Rang De Basanti (2006)

8.3/10
Director: Rakesh Omparakash Mehra
Starring: Aamir Khan, Siddharth , Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan...

An English woman finds the diaries of her grandfather, a British officer in pre-independence India, and decides to go to India and make a documentary... Read more

The Other Side (2006)

5.4/10
Director: Gregg Bishop
Starring: Nathan Mobley, Jaimie Alexander, Cory Rouse, Poncho Hodges, Chris Burns, Shale N...

When Samuel North is mysteriously murdered and sent to Hell, he escapes back to the land of the living to track down his murderer. However the Nether... Read more

Brighton Rock (1947)

5.8/10
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Nigel St...

A brutal look at the British underworld as seen through the amoral eyes of teenaged thug Pinkie Brown, played brilliantly by a 24-year-old Richard Att... Read more

Twist (1997)

6.3/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Budd...

Director Ron Mann proves he's the doyen of pop culture documentaries with this thoroughly entertaining story of how one song transformed a nation. Dur... Read more

Death Train (1993)

4.3/10
Director: David S Jackson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine, Christopher Lee

Based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller, a Russian dissident intent on re-igniting the Cold War hijacks a train an dheads for Iraq. The UN quickly mo... Read more

Genghis Khan: Terror and Conquest (1995)

6/10

Mongol warlord Genghis Khan's reputation as a peerless conqueror did not come by accident. The ruthless figure attained his reputation not only with b... Read more

Ultimate Battles: Battle Of The Bulge (2006)

In December of 1994, Hitler launched 200,000 soldiers and over 500 tanks against the allied lines in Belgium, desperate to stave off defeat. Caught of... Read more

Miss Lettie and Me (2002)

6/10
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds, Holliston Coleman, Charles Robinson, Irma P. Ha...

Mary Tyler Moore returned to the small screen for this tele-movie as an embittered old woman who has cut herself off from her family. However one Chr... Read more

Plunder of the Sun (1953)

6.5/10
Director: John Farrow
Starring: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina

In this tale of priceless Zapotecan artifacts, deadly deception and sinister treasure-seekers, Glenn Ford stars as an American insurance agent who is... Read more

Cagney and Lacey: Season 1 (1982)

Starring: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, John Karlen, Philip Baker Hall, Lance Henriksen, Grace...

Here was something entirely new: a cop show featuring two strong and intelligent female detectives in a male-dominated workforce. Credited as a ground... Read more

The Golden Age of Comedy Collection (1950)

Starring: Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Lou Costello, D...

Laugh out loud with some of the best and funniest live comedy moments from the 1950s and '60s, a time when a wildly creative group of comedic talents... Read more

Falklands War: A Military History (2002)

8.1/10

This twentieth anniversary commemorative program is a powerful record of the invasion of the Falklands islands by the Argentine forces. Within three d... Read more

Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English (2002)

Director: David Thomas, Robert Bee
Starring: Melvyn Bragg

Written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, this eight-part series tells the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the count... Read more

Reincarnation (2005)

6.2/10
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Karina , Yuka , Shun Oguri, Kippei Shiina, Tetta Sugimoto, Taro Suwa

An actress starts having disturbing visions and visitations after accepting a role in a film about a real-life mass murderer who stalked Tokyo Univers... Read more

Zodiac (2007)

7.7/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr, Brian Cox, Joh...

In the late 1960s, Northern California was gripped by fear as a serial killer haunted the nighttime streets of San Francisco. To this day, the identi... Read more

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)

5.7/10
Director: Jerry Paris
Starring: Colleen Camp, David Graf, Steve Guttenberg, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Bubba S...

The new recruits are let loose on an unsuspecting public, now fully-fledged law enforcers and equally as clueless as they were back at the academy. T... Read more

John Ford Goes To War (2002)

6.2/10
Starring: Oliver Stone, Peter Bogdanovich, Leonard Maltin, Narrated by, Kris Kristofferson

The World War II films of legendary director John Ford are the focus of this insightful documentary narrated by Kris Kristofferson. Highlighting excer... Read more

Senso (1954)

7.7/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Alida Valli, Farley Granger

From the Director of 'Death in Venice' and 'The Leopard' comes this extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian count... Read more

Mr Fix It (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Darin Ferriola
Starring: David Boreanaz, Scoot McNairy, Paul Sorvino, Pat Healy

David Boreanaz (former vampire 'Angel') shows a flair for comedy as Lance, a man who makes a living by being a terrible boyfriend. He takes money from... Read more

Empires: Japan (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, Richard Chamberlain

An epic PBS presentation, the 'Empires' series tells the story (in separate instalments) of the some of the world's greatest and most influential time... Read more

Empires: Napoleon (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, David McCullough

The extensive 'Empires' series from PBS tells the story of the some of the world's greatest and most influential time periods and historical figures.... Read more

Youth of the Beast (1963)

7.6/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Joe Shishido

Unique Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki helms this audacious wild ride into the world of 1960s Japanese Yakuza. Police detective Jo Shishido winds up... Read more

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilisation (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Liam Neeson, Narrated by

Part of an epic presentation by the legendary PBS network, this instalment of 'Empires' features all three episodes on the extraordinary burst in cult... Read more

America's Funniest Comedians: Volume 1 (2007)

5.4/10
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Rosie O'Donnell

To experience the finest in standup comedy, you could go to a comedy club. But now you can enjoy the same laughs from some of the biggest names in Ame... Read more

Empires: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, Massimo Marinoni

Part of the ground-breaking 'Empires' series from PBS, this set features all four episodes on the Medici family, hailing from a small Italian communti... Read more

Samurai Pirate (1963)

Director: Senkichi Taniguchi
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Mie Hama, Kumi Mizuno, Ichiro Arishima

In this Japanese adventure, a brave sailor (Toshiro Mifune) called Sinbad (in the English version) is shipwrecked in a strange part of the world and f... Read more

Troma Triple: Blades (1989) / Blood Hook (1987) / Zombie Island Massacre (1984)

Director: Jim Mallon, Thomas R. Rondinella, John N. Carter
Starring: William Towner, Robert North, Victoria Scott, Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Da...

A gory Troma triple-bill of B-horrors. 'Blades' - People are getting mown down - literally- at the Tall Grass Country Club, where a pro-Am tournament... Read more

Dragnet: Volume 3 (1954)

5.9/10
Starring: Jack Webb

Volume 3 of the most successful police series in the history of television includes 3 classic 1954 episodes - 'the Big Producer', 'The Big Crime' and... Read more

Leonard Cohen: Under Review 1934 - 1977 (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Leonard Cohen

The music and poetry of famed Canadian folk/rock performer Leonard Cohen is the focus of this outstanding documentary that provides a critical analysi... Read more

A Time To Remember: New Zealand Edition (2007)

6.5/10

From 1929 the Fox Movietone and Cinesound newsreels played in Cinemas across the country. They immortalised the famous and the infamous, the eccentric... Read more

Gorilla ( aka Nabonga ) (1944)

6.7/10
Director: Sam Newfield
Starring: Julie London, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe

In this campy jungle adventure, a gorilla named Nabonga warms up to a teenage girl whose plane, which was also carrying a bundle of embezzled cash, cr... Read more

Dalziel and Pascoe: Series 1 (1996)

7.4/10
Starring: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Susannah Corbett

Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan are the eponymous mismatched detectives from this hugely popluar BBC series that began in 1996 and continued to run u... Read more

Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)

5.1/10
Director: Edward Kull, Wilbur McGaugh
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker

In this classic Tarzan adventure, culled from 1935's 'The New Adventures of Tarzan' serial, Tarzan (Herman Brix) and his allies are in Guatemala, wher... Read more

Keystone Comedies: Vol 1 (1915)

Director: Mack Sennett
Starring: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The Keystone Comedies are collection of silent film shorts produced by the legendary Mack Sennett. Staring Rosco 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Mabel Normand fe... Read more

Casper & Felix (1949)

Starring: Casper, Felix

Casper the friendly Ghost first appeared in 1945, leaving the haunted house to go out and make friends. Meantime, Felix the Cat had become a hugely po... Read more

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

5.8/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy, N...

A rich drama with comic elements, set in New York a year after 9/11, tracing the aftershocks of that event on the lives of five disparate people. Com... Read more

The Venture Bros: Season 1 (2003)

8.5/10
Starring: Voices Of, James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, Michael Sinterniklass, Christopher...

Adult Swim strikes again with the warped adventures of a one-time boy genius who is now a washed-up, middle-aged scientist. Dr 'Rusty' Venture has tw... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (1991)

7.7/10
Starring: Martin Clunes, Harry Enfield, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

The entire first series of this classic comedy of rudeness is presented in this hilarious collection. The initial series features the character of Der... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 5 (1996)

6.4/10
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

This collection features seven hilarious episodes of 'Men Behaving Badly'. Episodes include: 'Hair', 'The Good Pub Guide', 'Cowardice', 'Your Mate V'.... Read more

The Invisible Man: Series 1 (1958)

7.7/10
Starring: Lisa Daniely, Voice Of, Tim Turner, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark

Dr Peter Brady is a British scientist experimenting with invisibility when he himself becomes invisible. As he searches for an antidote, he also work... Read more

Safe Men (1998)

6/10
Director: John Hamburg
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Zahn, Josh Pais, Paul Giamatti

Directed by John Hamburg this oddball comedy stars Steve Zahn and Sam Rockwell as two would-be musicians, who find themselves breaking into the burgla... Read more

Ice (Marcus Lush) (2007)

7/10
Starring: Marcus Lush

Marcus Lush braves the sub-zero temperatures of Antarctica to present this entertaining and informative look at the frozen continent. During the five... Read more

28 Weeks Later (2007)

7/10
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Walker, Harold Perrineau, Shah...

The sequel to Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' is directed by Jaun Carlos Fresnadilo ('Intacto'), and takes place six months after the first film, with a... Read more

Berserk: The Series (1997)

8.5/10
Director: Naohito Takahashi

Gattsu, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces that pursue him and his woman, and also vengeance against the man who br... Read more

The Architect (2006)

5.6/10
Director: Matt Tauber
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian...

Anthony LaPaglia plays architect Leo Waters, living an outwardly perfect life in the suburbs, while on the East Side of Chicago the residents in one o... Read more

The Last Mimzy (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Shaye
Starring: Chris O'Neill, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wils...

A young brother and sister discover a mysterious box of artifacts while holidaying with their family and soon realise the contents are quite out of th... Read more

Jump (2007)

5.4/10
Director: Joshua Sinclair
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze, Martine McCutcheon, Heinz Hoenig, Sybil Danning...

Phillippe Halsman was one of the most famous celebrity photographers of the 1950s, well-known for making his subjects literally jump for the camera; b... Read more

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

7.3/10
Director: John Dower, Paul Crowder
Starring: Narrated by, Matt Dillon

In 1977, for one brief shining moment, the international football fraternity were all focused on a newly-created team in New York - the Cosmos. Media... Read more

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

7.1/10
Director: Edward Buzzell
Starring: Gloria Grahame, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Patricia...

In the sixth and final film of the series, Nick and Nora play a rousing rendition of 'Murder Musicale' when the homicide of a jazz bandleader leads th... Read more

Edge of Outside: The Story of the Independent Filmmaking Movement (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

The Hitchhiker: Volumes 1 and 2 (1983)

3.3/10
Starring: Gary Busey, Kirstie Alley, Peter Coyote, Sandra Bernhard, Helen Hunt, Margot Kid...

A collection of 17 epsiodes from HBO's long-running cult horror anthology series with such notable guest stars as Helen Hunt, Virginia Madsen, Willem... Read more

The Darwin Awards (2006)

6/10
Director: Finn Taylor
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, Tim Blake Nelson, Wilmer Valderrama, David Arquett...

Joseph Fiennes is gifted, yet unsuitable, homicide detective Michael Burrows, fired from his job due to his propensity to faint at the sight of blood.... Read more

The Singer (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric, Christine Citti, Patrick Pi...

Gereard Depardieu stars as a fading singing star whose libido is reignited by a young woman who moves to town. Marian (Cecile de France) is an outwar... Read more

Philip Johnson: Master Architect (2006)

7.2/10

This looks at the life's work of eccentric American architect Philip Johnson, who wielded great influence in American architectural design, playing a... Read more

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki

The son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki makes his directing debut with this adapatation of the third and fourth books in Ursula K. LeGuin's belov... Read more

Exiled (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Richie Jen, Roy Cheung, Ka Tun...

A Hong Kong gangster film that feels more like a Sergio Leone western with its lush, languid pace and ironically comic touches. Wo (Nick Cheung) has... Read more

The Ballad of Big Al (2001)

8.1/10

In 1991 an amazing fossilized skeleton was uncovered in Wyoming in the U.S.A. Upon examination it was determined that this was the skeleton of a male... Read more

Angel-A (2005)

7.1/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine, Akim Chir

Luc Besson directs this uncharacteristically sparse fantasy in which a forlorn and deeply in debt Andre (Jamel Debbouze), decides to hurl himself into... Read more

Ever Decreasing Circles: Series 1 (1984)

7.3/10
Starring: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan

From the writers of 'The Good Life' this comedy-drama also starred Richard Briers, this time as a middle-aged obsessive-compulsive deeply involved in... Read more

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)

7.2/10
Director: Kevin Billington
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Ronnie Corbett, Harold Pinter, Arthur L...

Ambitious, single-minded and ruthless: Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) has all the necessary qualities to succeed in business. Setting his sights on a sma... Read more

Kings and Queen (2004)

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve

Art gallery owner Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) and her ex-lover Ismael (Mathieu Amalric) live parallel lives of personal struggle, as Nora attempts to care... Read more

Bob Marley: Spiritual Journey (2003)

7.5/10
Starring: Bob Marley

This intimate look at the late reggae great offers insightful interviews, exciting concert footage and classic musical numbers to paint a complete por... Read more

Bullrider (2004)

4/10
Director: Josh Aronson

Professional bull-riding is the fastest growing sport in the USA today. Over 100 million people follow the sport world-wide. Directed by Academy Award... Read more

Monkey: Season 1, Episodes 14-26 (1979)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masako Natsume, Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe

Season one of this surreal cult series continues with 12 more classic Kung Fu adventures. Episodes include: 'Catfish, Saint And The Shape-Changer', 'M... Read more

Monkey: Season 2, Episodes 27-39 (1979)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Tonpei Hidari, Shiro Kishibe

Recount the exploits of the resourceful, brave and humourous Monkey, as he continues to escort Tripitaka, the pig monster Pigsy and the water monster... Read more

Monkey: Season 2, Episodes 40-52 (1980)

8.7/10
Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Tonpei Hidari, Shiro Kishibe

Season two of this classic cult series continues with 12 more surreal Kung Fu adventures featuring Monkey, Horse, Pigsy and Tripitaka. Episodes inclu... Read more

We Are Traffic! (1999) / Return of the Scorcher (1992)

Director: Ted White

This wonderful compendium of the films of Ted White, presents both the successes and failures of the Critical Mass bicycle phenomenon, chronicling the... Read more

Manderlay (2005)

7.4/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover, Lauren Bacal...

The second in Lars von Trier's 'American' trilogy, after 'Dogville' is shot in the same theatrical style, and features Bryce Dallas Howard in the Nico... Read more

Roar: The Complete Series (1997)

6.3/10
Starring: Heath Ledger, John Saint Ryan, Lisa Zane, Vera Farmiga, Sebastian Roche

The role that lead Hollywood to Heath Ledger's door was that of young Irish chieftain, Conor, battling the evil Roman Queen and her wizard, Longinus.... Read more

Happily N'Ever After (2006)

4.5/10
Director: Paul J. Bolger
Starring: Voices Of, George Carlin, Andy Dick, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, S...

Once upon a time will n'ever be the same again. When Fairy Tale Land's resident wizard (George Carlin) takes a vacation, his bumbling assistants can't... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar 2006 (2007)

From the wilds of the East Coast, the remoteness of the Uruweras, the solitude of a fishing trawler, to the sophistication of a Hawkes Bay property, N... Read more

The Brady Bunch Movie / A Very Brady Sequel / The Brady Bunch in the White House (1995)

Director: Arlene Sanford, Betty Thomas, Neal Israel
Starring: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Michael McKean

'Brady Bunch Movie' (1995) - In this parody of the popular 70s TV Sitcom, the Bradys are trapped in a kind of 70s time warp, unaware that values and m... Read more

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Volume 2 (2000)

Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Valentine

Episodes 4 and 5 from Season One are 'D Minus Zero' in which the crew of the Andromeda is attacked by the Restorers; and 'Double Helix' finds the crew... Read more

9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)

6.3/10
Director: Lab Ky Mo
Starring: Glen Mulhern, Brendan Mackey, Steven Berkoff, Michael Praed, Vas Blackwood

An over-the-top crime caper comedy about two Irish lads who attempt to supplement their giros by becoming rent boys in London's upmarket gay community... Read more

Paris, Je T'aime (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Oliver Schmitz, Olivier Assayas, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Wes Craven, Sylvain Chomet, etc , Gerard Depardieu
Starring: Leila Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Willem Dafoe,...

A grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance from a stunningly varied array of international directors from the Coen Brothers to Alfonso C... Read more

Attack the Gas Station (1999)

7.1/10
Director: Sang-Jin Kim
Starring: Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang, Ji-tae Yu, Yeong-gyu Park, Jun Jeong,...

An imaginative and stylish Korean comedy, satirising the prolific Asian crime genre and South Korea's social turmoil. Four bored youths decide to rob... Read more

Partition (2007)

7/10
Director: Vic Sarin
Starring: Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, Irfan Khan, Madhur Jaffrey, John Ligh...

Set during the tumultuous post-colonial era in India in 1949, when it was hastily divided into India and the new muslim country of Pakistan. Sikh far... Read more

Five (2007)

3.4/10
Director: Amit Tripuraneni
Starring: Richard Thompson, Anita Crisnel, Marjan Gorgani, Andy Sophocleous, Amit Tripuran...

A supernatural thriller from kiwi director Amit Tripuraneni who also stars as one of five friends on their last big adventure before their lives take... Read more

Princess of Thieves (2001)

5.8/10
Starring: Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell, Stuart Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Stephen Moyer,...

Robin Hood's daughter takes up his longbow after he is captured by Prince John. A young Keira Knightley plays Gwyn determined to bring the late King... Read more

Blue Murder (1995)

8.6/10
Director: Michael Jenkins
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day, Peter Phelps, Alex Dimit...

Based on real events this shockingly confronting mini-series exposed the corrupt practises of Detective Roger Rogerson, the golden boy of Sydney's pol... Read more

Spooks: Series 3 (2005)

6/10
Director: Various
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Kelley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Rupert Penry-Jones

Season three of 'Spooks' begins where two left-off at a cliffhanger ending, right in the middle of the action! One agent (long doubted by his partners... Read more

Poirot: Taken at the Flood (2005)

8.6/10
Director: Andy Wilson
Starring: Celia Imrie, David Suchet, Tim Pigott-Smith, Patrick Baladi, Elliot Cowan

In this addition to the popular series based on the novels by Agatha Christie, the sudden death of wealthy Gordon Cloade puts his greedy family in qui... Read more

Back in the USSR (1991)

4.9/10
Director: Deran Sarafian
Starring: Frank Whaley, Roman Polanski, Natalya Negoda

A young American tourist in Moscow becomes involved in the Russian underworld when he's framed for murder. Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda and Roman Pola... Read more

Merlin's Apprentice (2006)

5.4/10
Director: David Wu
Starring: Sam Neill, John Reardon, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Jacot, Meghan Ory, Dunc...

Sequel to the acclaimed 1998 mini-series, 'Merlin' with Sam Neill reprising his role as Camelot's wizard. Not strictly following on from the first,... Read more

Subject Two (2006)

5.5/10
Director: Philip Chidel
Starring: Philip Chidel, Christian Oliver, Courtney Mace, Dean Stapleton

Dr Franklin Vick believes he may have found the cure for death itself. Retreating to his remote mountain cabin, he takes with him a troubled medical... Read more

A Few Days in September (2006)

5.4/10
Director: Santiago Amigorena
Starring: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte

An international tale of intrigue with more than a hint of satire has Juliette Binoche as a French agent on the trail of a missing CIA operative with... Read more

Urban Cowboy (1980)

6.3/10
Director: James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger

Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat John Travolta begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclu... Read more

The New Twilight Zone: Season 1 (1985)

Director: Martha Coolidge, Peter Medak, Rick Friedberg, Robert Downey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, etc
Starring: Bruce Willis, Terry O'Quinn, Annie Potts, Arliss Howard, Dee Wallace, James Crom...

Making its television debut in 1989, the New Twilight Zone followed the same format as its ground-breaking predecessor (minus Rod Serling), with stori... Read more

Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Robert Hardy

James Wilby and Juliet Aubrey star in the intimate portrayal of the endearing love affair between the young Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albe... Read more

Girls on Top: Series 1 and 2 (1985)

5.3/10
Director: Ed Bye, Paul Jackson
Starring: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Tracey Ullman, Ruby Wax, Joan Greenwood

Featuring the budding comedic talents of Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman who play four diverse women sharing a London flat... Read more

A World Without Thieves (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You, Baoqiang Wang, Bingbing Li

Bo (Andy Lau) and Li (Rene Liu) play a pair of expert grifters who have just amassed a large wad of cash, prompting Li to say she wants out of the biz... Read more

Ugly Betty: Season 1 (2006)

6.6/10
Starring: America Ferrera, Christopher Gorham, Eric Mabius, Alan Dale, Tony Plana, Ana Ort...

Young actress America Ferrara won an Emmy for her role as Betty Suarez, an overweight, ugly duckling who gets a job in the high-flying world of fashio... Read more

The Muppet Show: Season 2 (1977)

8.4/10
Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Don Knotts, Dom DeLuise, George Burns,...

This second season of the hit variety show has all the familiar skits, 'Pigs in Space', 'Swedish Chef', 'Veterinarian's Hospital' combined with anothe... Read more

Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log (2001)

Starring: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula

While fans once again voted on-line for their all-time favourite episodes, two each for the five Star Trek Captains, this collection also contains, fo... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (2006)

7.9/10
Starring: Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, K...

Picking up where Season Two left off, the Cylons are ruling the majority of the surviving humans after they attempted to set up on the planet of New C... Read more

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi...

Chuck and Larry (Adam Sandler and Kevin James) are two New York City firemen who have been fast friends for years. Strictly friends. But when widowe... Read more

Victoria Wood - Live at the Albert Hall (2001)

After two decades at the top of her profession, Victoria Wood is one of a small handful of British comedians capable of filling the country's largest... Read more

Monarch of the Glen: Series 1 (2000)

7.7/10
Director: Edward Bennett, A J Quinn
Starring: Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair MacKenzie, Lorraine Pilkington

"Monarch of the Glen" is a whimsical contemporary series set in the magnificent Scottish Highlands. The crumbling Glenbogle Estate, with its 200 tenan... Read more

The Adventures of Tintin - Volume 3 (2002)

Starring: Tintin

Four of Tintin's fabulous adventures are collected together in one dvd package! The fully animated tales are; "The Broken Ear", "The Crab with the Gol... Read more

Teenage Caveman (2001)

3.3/10
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Richard Hillman

David (Andrew Keegan) is frustrated with the repressive laws of his cave dwelling tribe. Restless, stubborn and defiant, his attitude problem turns de... Read more

Robbie the Reindeer Trilogy: The Whole Herd ( Hooves of Fire / Legend of the Lost Tribe / Close Encounters of the Herd Kind ) (1999)

Director: Richard Goleszowski, Peter Peake, Donnie Anderson
Starring: Ardal O'Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Steve Coogan, Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse

A Robbie the Reindeer triple feature. "Hooves of Fire" (1999) - Robbie must fulfil his destiny to run the race of his life and take on his father's sw... Read more

Hell is for Heroes (1961)

7/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Mike Kell...

Young stars Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart (in his film debut) play a hopelessly ou... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Episodes 9-16 (1978)

8.7/10
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr, John Colicos,...

In the Seventh Millennia of recorded history, the Battlestar Galactica roams the vast wilderness that is space. The robotic Cylon Alliance has destroy... Read more

Old School (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn

What's a guy supposed to do when he catches the early flight home and finds his girlfriend in bed with a room full of naked strangers? Return to colle... Read more

Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

5.8/10
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Starring: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price

In "Horror of Frankenstein" Baron Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) appears more interested in his philandering than he does in the more bizarre branc... Read more

Le Fate Ignoranti (2000)

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Andrea Renzi

Aka "The Ignorant Fairies", "His Secret Life". When Antonia's husband dies in a car accident, she is stricken with grief. Whilst sorting through his p... Read more

Coup De Torchon ( aka Clean Slate ) (1981)

7.7/10
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy M...

Aka "Clean Slate". An inspired rendering of Jim Thompson's pulp novel "Pop. 1280", Bertrand Tavernier's "Coup De Torchon" deftly transplants the story... Read more

Runaway Jury (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce Mc...

This intense adaptation of John Grisham's thriller boasts John Cusack as a juror on a high-profile civil case in New Orleans in which the widow of a m... Read more

Paper Moon (1973)

8.1/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Madeline Kahn, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, John Hillerman

Ryan O'Neal teams up with his daughter Tatum in this very bright, very warm, and very funny period film for which Tatum won an Oscar in her first film... Read more

Rio Lobo (1970)

6.8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Victor French

The final film of Howard Hawks, and the fifth pairing over a 22-year period with the Duke, is a classic action-filled John Wayne western set into moti... Read more

Super Sucker (2002)

4.5/10
Director: Jeff Daniels
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Matt Letscher, Harve Presnell, Dawn Wells

In this laughfest, Jeff Daniels (who also wrote and directed) plays a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman embroiled in a heated competition with riva... Read more

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)

5.3/10
Director: Jeremy Summers
Starring: Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Tsai Chin

In the foothills of northern China a long procession is winding its way through the hills. Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) and his daughter, Lin Tang, are... Read more

Hanky Panky (1982)

5.6/10
Director: Sidney Poitier
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark, Gilda Radner

Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner make for a wacky team of sleuths in a comedic thriller that has Chicago architect Wilder on the run, with Radner in tow,... Read more

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958)

Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas

Peter Sellers is Amphibulos, the corrupt Prime Minister of a small Pacific Island. He hopes to profit from renewed interest in the island from the Bri... Read more