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Monk: Season 4 (2005)

7.1/10
Director: Adam Arkin, Milan Cheylov
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford

Two-time Emmy Award winner, Tony Shalhoub, was nominated for a third time for his work in Season Four. He's getting to know his new assistant, Natali... Read more

La Commare Secca ( The Grim Reaper ) (1962)

6.9/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Carlotta Barilli, Lorenza Benedetti, Clorinda Celani, Vincenzo Ciccora

Bertolucci's debut feature was written by his friend Pier Paolo Pasolini and bears that filmmaker's mark of realism. When a prostitute is murdered in... Read more

Soft Beds Hard Battles (1973)

Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Peter Sellers, Curt Jurgens, Jenny Hanley, Rula Lenska, Timothy West

Peter Sellers plays multiple characters in this World War II romp. Madame Grenier is the head of a famous Parisian brothel and after most of her Frenc... Read more

Alan Davies: Urban Trauma (2000)

7.3/10
Starring: Alan Davies

Join 'Jonathan Creek' star Alan Davies in his engaging stand-up show as he renounces Satan, tries to keep his terrorising cats under control and share... Read more

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) (1974)

8.3/10
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapma...

King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insanely funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail... Read more

Candy (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Neil Armford
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Noni Hazlehurst, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Martin

Wannabe poet and intravenous heroin user Dan (Heath Ledger) is freshly in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a blonde Botticelli angel with a yen for pa... Read more

The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 2 (1980)

5.1/10
Starring: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle, James Best, Sorrell Book...

The souped up '69 Dodge has a full tank and is revving and ready to take on bungling local lawmen Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane again. While... Read more

Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

6.4/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: The Rolling Stones

French director Jean-Luc Godard's documentation of late '60s western counter-culture intercuts footage of the Rolling Stones hard at work on their 'Be... Read more

The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985)

8.6/10
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Charles Bukowski

During the years filmmaker Barbet Schroeder spent making the 1987 film 'Barfly', his evenings were often spent in (frequently inebriated) discussions... Read more

Santa's Slay (2004)

5.4/10
Director: David Steiman
Starring: Robert Culp, Emilie de Ravin, Bill Goldberg, Saul Rubinek, Douglas Smith, Dave T...

Ex-WWE Wrestling champ Bill Goldberg steps out of his leotard and into a Santa suit in this twisted Christmas comedy. He plays the devil's son who,... Read more

Zatoichi 22: Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman (1971)

Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu

On the outskirts of the town of Furukawa, Zatoichi meets a young boy whose parents have been murdered by a corrupt local samurai. Accompanying the boy... Read more

The Biggest Battle (1978)

4.8/10
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Starring: Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Orson Welles

A.k.a. 'The Greatest Battle'. A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fath... Read more

Jessica (2004)

7.9/10
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Starring: Lisa Harrow, Sam Neill, Leeanna Walsman

Based on the novel 'Jessica' by Bryce Courtenay, this epic three-hour-plus period drama traces a woman's harsh, tumultuous life in the Australian bush... Read more

Red Dwarf VI (1993)

Director: Andy De Emmony
Starring: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn

Red Dwarf is lost and Lister can't remember where he parked it. Chasing their mother ship leads the crew through simulant hunting zones, hostile GELF... Read more

Paradise Found (2001)

5.8/10
Director: Mario Andreacchio
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Chris Haywood, Alun Armstrong

In the Paris of the 1880s, Paul Gauguin (Kiefer Sutherland) is a successful stockbroker who loves his Danish wife Mette (Nastassja Kinski) and four ch... Read more

New Zealand: The Royal Tour (2002)

6.4/10
Starring: Helen Clark

Join New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark for a Royal Tour of this extraordinary land of extremes. Climb the snowy southern alps, jet boat in just f... Read more

Malefique (2002)

6.4/10
Director: Eric Valette
Starring: Gerald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac, Dimitri Rataud

Four prisoners in a cell - Carrere, Marcus, Daisy and Lassalle. Behind a stone slab, mysteriously pulled loose, they discover a book: the diary of a p... Read more

The Good Life: Series 1 (1975)

6.5/10
Starring: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington

When Tom Good, a 40-year old draughtsman, and his wife Barbara, drop out of the rat race and become self-sufficient they change their lives forever. T... Read more

Possible Worlds (2000)

6.9/10
Director: Robert Lepage
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Rick Miller, Sean McCann, Gabriel Gascon

According to George Barber, "Each of us exists in an infinite number of possible worlds." It is this proposition that fuels the narrative of director... Read more

Requiem (2001)

5.2/10
Director: Herve Renoh
Starring: Patrick Dell'Isola, Moussa Maaskri, Julie-Anne Roth, Jo Prestia, Marc Chapiteau

Four hardened crooks break out of prison. Hunted down, with nowhere to run, they seek refuge in the only place the police cannot follow: a Cistercian... Read more

Taxi: Season 1 (1978)

7.7/10
Starring: Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman...

Buckle up and hang on - you're about to enter a garage filled with laughs in Taxi: The Complete First Season. Here's the premiere season of the popula... Read more

Wuthering Heights (1970)

6.7/10
Director: Robert Fuest
Starring: Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Hugh Griffith, Ian Ogilvy

One of the all-time great love stories, Emily Bronte's timeless story features Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall as tragic lovers Catherine and... Read more

The Homecoming (1973)

7.1/10
Director: Peter Hall
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant, Terence Rigby

In this offering adapted from the play by Harold Pinter, Michael Jayston brings his wife Vivien Merchant home to visit his long-estranged family. Jays... Read more

Butley (1974)

7.2/10
Director: Harold Pinter
Starring: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Susan Engel, Richard O'Callaghan

After winning acclaim on the London stage, director Harold Pinter and star Alan Bates bring Simon Gray's acerbic academia character study to the scree... Read more

Family Guy: Season 3 (2001)

8.2/10
Starring: Voices Of, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis

The weird and wonderfully warped Family Guy is back! So what's new with the Griffin family? Well, Brian has become addicted to cocaine - not ideal for... Read more

Life in the Trenches (1999)

The First World War (1914 - 1918) was supposed to be 'the war to end all wars'. For the young, eager and patriotic men who enlisted in their thousands... Read more

England's Wars with France (2000)

This programme harnesses state-of-the-art computer technology to explore, explain and bring new perspectives to some of the most famous battles. "Hast... Read more

History of Warfare: Great Sea Battles (1993)

2 Episodes. "The Armada" - This atmospheric programme features footage of the restoration of the Mary Rose, and discusses the events and issues leadin... Read more

Line of Fire: The Gulf War 1991 (2002)

7.3/10

On August 2nd 1990, Iraq, under its ferocious dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait, its oil-rich neighbour. Not long out of a war with Iran, Iraq b... Read more

John Safran's Music Jamboree (2002)

Director: Clayton Jacobson
Starring: John Safran

John Safran shares his passion for the wild world of contemporary music and wins two AFI awards - Best Comedy Series and Most Innovative Programme Con... Read more

Constantine (2004)

7/10
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker, Pruitt Tayl...

Loosely based on the DC Comics/Vertigo "Hellblazer" graphic novels, "Constantine" tells the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has li... Read more

Closer (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Clive Owen, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman

Emotional and sexual gamesmanship, as seen through the couplings and uncouplings of four people - photographer Julia Roberts, stripper Natalie Portman... Read more

Saint Ange (2004)

Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl, Dorina Lazar

A young cleaning woman, Anna (Virginie Ledoyen), sent to spruce up the abandoned St. Ange orphanage in the remote French Alps in 1960, discovers that... Read more

The Stroll (2003)

7.4/10
Director: Aleksei Uchitel
Starring: Irina Pegova, Pavel Barshak, Yevgeni Tsyganov

A.k.a. "Progulka". Olya (Irina Pegova) steps out of a luxurious car and begins a stroll through the streets of St Petersburg, striking up an acquainta... Read more

Friends: Season 1, Episodes 9 - 16 (1994)

8.9/10
Director: James Burrows, Peter Bonerz, Michael Lembeck, Paul Lazarus, Alan Myerson
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David...

You can never have enough "Friends". Revisit that first year in which Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica (Courtney Cox), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Ma... Read more

Allo Allo! - Vive La Resistance (1982)

Director: David Croft
Starring: Gorden Kaye, Richard Marner, Carmen Silvera, Kim Hartman

A collection of 3 episodes from the much loved comedy series. "The British Are Coming" (First Broadcast 30 Dec 1982) - Two escaping British airmen are... Read more

Munchhausen (1943)

8.6/10
Director: Josef von Baky
Starring: Hans Albers

In early 1943, just as Nazi Germany began its collapse with the surrender at Stalingrad, the famed Ufa Studios released an elaborate super-spectacle t... Read more

Sonny (2002)

5.7/10
Director: Nicolas Cage
Starring: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Seymour Cassel, B...

Meet Sonny (James Franco) and his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn). Sonny has returned from the Army to his mother's loving arms, to the sultry, sordid s... Read more

Killing Words (2003)

Director: Laura Mana
Starring: Goya Toledo, Dario Grandinetti, Fernando Guillen, Eric Bonicatto

A.k.a. "Palabras Encadenadas". Locked in a dark basement, Laura (Goya Toledo), a psychiatrist in her early thirties, contemplates in horror a video wh... Read more

Justice League: Paradise Lost (2003)

6.6/10

The galaxy's ultimate crime-fighting strike squad, Justice League, continues its ongoing battle against enemies on the Earth and beyond! In "Paradise... Read more

Twin Peaks: Season 1 (1990)

8.8/10
Director: Caleb Deschanel, David Lynch, Duwayne Dunham, Lesli Linka Glatter, Mark Frost, Tim Hunter, Tina Rathborne
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Madchen Amick, Dana A...

From the minds of Mark Frost and David Lynch comes the wildly imaginative, darkly comic mystery-thriller series that became one of the most acclaimed... Read more

Captain's Log (2002)

6.4/10
Starring: Peter Elliot

Follow in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. Re-live his amazing voyage and first contact with Maori. Peter Elliott sails around New Zealand using t... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 2 - Volume 1 (1973)

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

Korea, 1950. They were a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. While it was a healing way station for the wo... Read more

Yoga Beginners Class 1 (1992)

Starring: Louisa Sear, Rachel Zinman

If you're fed up with Aerobics, this class is for you. A 60 minute Yoga workout for people who have done little or no Yoga before. Yoga is not a trend... Read more

The UFO Chronicles (2004)

Starring: Lee Majors

There have been thousands of UFO sightings since the beginning of time that includes reports in the Bible, as well as best selling books like "Chariot... Read more

Her Majesty (2001)

7.1/10
Director: Mark J Gordon
Starring: Sally Andrews, Vicky Haughton, Mark Clare, Liddy Holloway

1953 New Zealand. Elizabeth Wakefield (Sally Andrews) is a 13 year old with a dream. She wants the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth to visit her Waikato... Read more

Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy - Working with Time (2001)

8.1/10
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Starring: Andy Goldsworthy

In the timeless tradition of "Travelling Birds" and "Koyaanisqatsi", "Rivers and Tides" depicts the magical relationship between art and nature while... Read more

Fireman Sam: To the Rescue! (2005)

6.3/10
Starring: Fireman Sam

Sam and the gang are back with brand new exciting adventures heroically helping the residents of Pontypandy. Sam is joined by a host of fun and engagi... Read more

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

6.2/10
Director: Simon Wincer
Starring: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Barret Oliver, Kathryn Walker, Jos...

Everyone in town is in awe of young Daryl's extraordinary talents and abilities, and so are his foster parents. He can perform advanced mathematics, m... Read more

Plein Soleil ( Purple Noon ) (1960)

7.8/10
Director: Rene Clement
Starring: Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet

Based on the critically acclaimed novel 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith, this is a susenseful edge-of-your-seat thriller! A handsome,... Read more

Child's Play 3 (1991)

5/10
Director: Jack Bender
Starring: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers

One of filmdom's most notorious killers is back to wreak more mayhem as Chucky continues his quest to possess the body of a human child. Eight years a... Read more

Miami Vice: Season 1, Disc 5-8 (1984)

6/10
Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas

The cops. The cars. The clothes. From executive producer Michael Mann ("Heat") comes the first season of the explosive, groundbreaking detective show... Read more

Columbo: Season 1 (1971)

8.2/10
Starring: Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Ray Milland, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette, Don Amech...

Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), a disheveled, cigar-chomping sleuth, appears to be an incompetent bumbler. But that facade is designed to lull his murder su... Read more

Nip / Tuck: Season 2 (2004)

7.7/10
Starring: Julian McMahon, Dylan Walsh, Joely Richardson, Roma Maffia, John Hensley

Flash and cash. Sex and style. Power and prestige. All it takes is a Nip/Tuck. Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon return as the elite plastic surgery team... Read more

Fidel and Che (2002)

Director: David Attwood
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Victor Huggo Martin, Patricia Velasquez

A.k.a. "Fidel". An epic story spanning 60 years of a Cuban leaders' rise from guerrilla outpost to presidential palace. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal ("... Read more

SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek (2003)

6.8/10

Join SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr Krabs and Sandy in ten over-the-top animated adventures from down in the deep blue sea. Episodes include: 'Merm... Read more

Facing Windows (2003)

7.4/10
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Raoul Bova, Massimo Girotti, Filippo Nigro

A young working-class wife and mother, Giovanna, has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers... Read more

Dear Frankie (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Shona Auerbach
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone, Sharon Small

This touching and humorous movie has earned the raves of critics and won the hearts of audiences everywhere! To spare the feelings of her fatherless b... Read more

In the Line of Duty (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Yuen Woo Ping
Starring: Cynthia Khan, Donnie Yen, Michael Wong, Michael Woods

From Yuen Woo Ping, the acclaimed action director of "The Matrix" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "In the Line of Duty" is literally a non-stop... Read more

Friday Night Lights (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Tim...

Based on a true story, this riveting drama from H.G. Bissinger's book stars Billy Bob Thornton as the coach of the Permian High School Panthers, Texas... Read more

The Interpreter (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal

Nicole Kidman stars as an African-born U.N. interpreter who inadvertently overhears a death threat against an African head of state scheduled to addre... Read more

War Photographer (2001)

8/10
Director: Christian Frei
Starring: James Nachtwey

The great photojournalist Robert Capa said "If your pictures aren't good enough, it's because you're not close enough." James Nachtwey has been close... Read more

Jane Eyre (1971)

7.4/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: George C Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins, Nyree Dawn Porter, Rach...

Susannah York is Jane Eyre, the orphan girl who secures a position as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester (George C Scott), lord of an English... Read more

The Last Days of Patton (1986)

6.4/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: George C Scott, Eva Marie Saint, Ed Lauter, Richard Dysart, Murray Hamilton, Kat...

George C. Scott reprises his Oscar-winning role as General George S. Patton in this touching portrayal of the last days of his life. After being serio... Read more

Peanuts: Charlie Brown Collection (1965)

7.8/10
Director: Bill Melendez
Starring: Charlie Brown, Snoopy

Since 1950 the world's most loved beagle, Snoopy, and his troupe of irrepressible friends have been a staple of the back pages of newspapers everywher... Read more

Peanuts: Peppermint Patty Collection (1983)

7.8/10
Director: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Starring: Charlie Brown, Snoopy

Since 1950 the world's most loved beagle, Snoopy, and his troupe of irrepressible friends have been a staple of the back pages of newspapers everywher... Read more

The Story of the Spitfire: Power, Grace and Glory (1998)

The Spitfire is probably the most famous aircraft ever to fly. Synonymous with power, classic looks and a killer instinct, the Spitfire could outfly a... Read more

Scandal (1950)

7.3/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yoko Katsuragi, Takashi Shimura

Ichiro (Toshiro Mifune) is a young painter on holiday in the mountains. By chance he meets Miyako (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) - a famous singer who is staying... Read more

Justice League: The Brave and the Bold (2003)

6.6/10

The first of two power-packing plots pairs Green Lantern and The Flash against Gorilla Grodd, an evil genius primate with a mind-controlling device an... Read more

The Tibetan Book of the Dead (1994)

7.5/10
Director: Hiroaki Mota, Yukari Hayashi, Barrie Angus McLean

Death is real, it comes without warning and cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" remains an e... Read more

The Wild Thornberrys: Heroes of the Animal Kingdom (2005)

6.7/10

It's Eliza Thornberry to the rescue in these six adventurous tales! Travel the world and get the inside scoop as Eliza and her ever-present sidekick,... Read more

Doctor Who: Series 1, Volume 1 (2005)

8.7/10
Director: Keith Boak, Euros Lyn
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke

Meet the new Doctor and his companion Rose as, together, they set out across space and time in a series of exhilarating adventures and deadly confront... Read more

Coupling: Series 2 (2001)

8.6/10
Director: Martin Dennis
Starring: Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Ben Miles, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Richard Co...

What do you do if you turn up at a party accidentally naked? How do you tell the girl you fancy that you lied about having a wooden leg? What do you t... Read more

Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution (1993)

6.4/10
Starring: Devo

Now, the complete truth can be told...Devo, the seminal new wave audio-visual concept band made a career out of setting to music video their Dada-gone... Read more

Carry On Loving (1971)

5.8/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

Sidney Bliss (Sidney James) and Sophie (Hattie Jacques) run the Wedded Bliss Agency. In fact they are not even married (much to Sophie's annoyance) an... Read more

Blood of Dracula (1957)

3.9/10
Director: Herbert L Strock
Starring: Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley, Jerry Blaine

Six weeks after her mother dies, Nancy Perkins' father remarries. The stepmother then sends Nancy (Sandra Harrison) off to a school for girls where th... Read more

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

3.3/10
Director: Bert I Gordon
Starring: Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin, Roger Pace, Charles Stewart

A frightened young man races his truck down a dirt road, constantly looking back in terror. He is being pursued by some unseen menace! Undoubtedly it... Read more

The Holy Mountain (1926)

7.9/10
Director: Arnold Fanck
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen

In director Arnold Fanck's breathtaking silent drama, considered by many to be the epitome of the German "mountain film" genre, Leni Riefenstahl plays... Read more

The Trojan Women (1971)

7.1/10
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Patrick Mage...

Featuring an ensemble cast "one could never hope to see on stage" (Pauline Kael, New Yorker), this screen adaptation of the Euripides tragedy sees a f... Read more

Francesco Giullare Di Dio (1950)

Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaitre

A.k.a. "Francis, God's Jester". Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly render the very spirit of Franciscan teaching in this extr... Read more

Gotham Fish Tales (2003)

7.9/10
Director: Robert Maass

"Not just another fish story." Catch the subway to go fishing? Only in New York. A subway car turned into an artificial reef? Only in New York. Gotham... Read more

In the Land of the Deaf (1992)

7.7/10
Director: Nicolas Philibert

A.k.a. "Le Pays des Sourds". A quietly observational and at times magical documentary about a deaf community and the experience of deafness, as told b... Read more

ER: Season 2 (1995)

3.3/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Donna Deitch, Lesli Linka Glatter, Mimi Leder, Richard Thorpe, Thomas Schlamme, Felix Enriquez Alcala, Christopher Chulack, Anthony Edwards, Lance Gentile, Barnet Kellman
Starring: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle, Julianna Marguli...

A stricken newborn, a 9-year-old pyromaniac, unimaginably mangled accident victims, a Santa-like toymaker, a nude singer of show tunes. - you never kn... Read more

Venus in Furs (1969)

5.9/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: James Darren, Klaus Kinski, Barbara McNair, Dennis Price, Maria Rohm, Margaret L...

Of all the twisted hits from cult director Jess Franco ("Vampyros Lesbos"), fans and critics alike call this his masterpiece! James Darren is a trauma... Read more

The Sopranos: Season 5 (2004)

9.2/10
Director: Alan Taylor, Mike Figgis, Peter Bogdanovich, Steve Buscemi, Rodrigo Garcia, John Patterson, Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten
Starring: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chiane...

His separation hasn't been working out. His nephew's fiancee has become a distraction. His paroled cousin is giving off bad vibes. His business rival... Read more

Clutch Cargo: Volume 1 (1959)

5.6/10
Starring: Clutch Cargo

Meet Clutch and his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot in television's first comic strip - complete with Live Action Lips! This revolutionary serialized cart... Read more

Hi, Mom! (1970)

6.2/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jennifer Salt, Gerrit Graham, Ruth Alda, Allen Garfield

An early Brian De Palma satire that is "alive, amusing, interesting and inventive" (Newsweek). "Hi, Mom!" looks at political extremism, liberal guilt... Read more

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975)

6.1/10
Director: Denis Heroux
Starring: Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman, Elly Stone

An example of the daring kind of 70s filmmaking which is almost unimaginable today, using a kaleidoscope of imagery and a heady mix of cinematic style... Read more

The Four Minute Mile (1988)

7.2/10
Director: Jim Goddard
Starring: Nique Needles, Adrian Rawlins, Richard Wilson, John Philbin, Richard Huw, Michae...

It was the sporting equivalent of conquering Everest: running a mile in under four minutes. A feat long thought impossible, in 1954 two supremely gift... Read more

King Lear (Magee) (1974)

8.3/10
Starring: Patrick Magee, Wendy Allnut, Ray Smith, Ann Lynn

An ageing King Lear decides to divide his Kingdom between his three daughters, according to their proclaimed love for him. However, when his youngest... Read more

Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection (1992)

Director: Tim Robinson, John Hooper, Ben Fox, David Kremer
Starring: Sister Wendy Beckett

The inimitable Sister Wendy brings her inspiring brand of critique to the world's art galleries. Included are 4 full length BBC programs: "Sister Wend... Read more

Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)

5.9/10
Director: Michele Soavi
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Dario Argento, Donald Pleasence, Karl Malden, Tom Savini, Mim...

Fasten your seatbelts - and prepare for a no-brakes, downhill plunge into the blood-soaked world of Italian Horror maestro Dario Argento. "World of Ho... Read more

Deep Blue (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Andy Byatt
Starring: Narrated by, Michael Gambon

A 'Travelling Birds' for the sea, 'Deep Blue' plunges you into an ocean spectacle, taking you on a journey from shallow coral reefs to the barren shor... Read more

The Partridge Family: Season 1 (1970)

6.5/10
Starring: Shirley Jones, Danny Bonaduce, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Suzanne Crough, Jeremy...

Relive all the fun of the classic 70's series where everybody's favourite rock 'n' roll family - mum Shirley (Shirley Jones), the kids, manager Reuben... Read more

Mork and Mindy: Season 1 (1978)

Starring: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber

Wild, wacky and operating at warp speed, meet Mork from planet Ork. Actor-comedian Robin Williams zoomed to stardom in this comedy series spawned from... Read more

The Wrong Man (1956)

7.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle

Unlike any other Alfred Hitchcock movie. The story packs tension, the images are spellbinding and the dilemma genuinely frightening. But this time the... Read more

SAS Survival Secrets: Sabre Squadron (2003)

8.5/10

Using ex-SAS men, this is a vivid and detailed recreation of a typicle mission calling upon all four Troops of the squadron. The Squadron must capture... Read more

Koktebel (2003)

7/10
Director: Boris Khlebnikov, Alexei Popogrebsky
Starring: Agrippina Steklova, Igor Chernevich, Vladimir Kucherenko, Gleb Puskepalis

The feature debut from writing/directing team Boris Khlebnikov and Alexei Popogrebsky, this Russian road movie tells the story of a father and son mak... Read more

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 1 - Disc 5 (1961)

8.4/10
Director: John Rich
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Trip into the living room of comedy writer Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) along with his lovely wife, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), wisecracking co-workers an... Read more

Ronnie Barker: The Best of (1971)

8.4/10
Director: Terry Hughes
Starring: Ronnie Barker

The sketches and scenes included on this DVD were selected by Ronnie himself as representations of some of his best work. From the Two Ronnies we are... Read more

Dad's Army: Series 3 (1969)

5.2/10
Director: David Croft
Starring: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, Bill Pertwee, John Laurie, James Beck...

Vintage comedy by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. As Walmington-on-Sea trembles at the thought of a mighty Nazi invasion, the indefatigable Captain Mainw... Read more

Blake's 7: Series 3 (1980)

8/10
Director: David Maloney, Vere Lorrimer, Gerald Blake, Fiona Cummings, Desmond McCarthy, Mary Ridge
Starring: Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Stephen Pacey, Gareth...

The story of an interplanetary rebellion group battling for survival against an all-powerful totalitarian government was first shown on BBC television... Read more

Eroica (2003)

7.6/10
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Starring: Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Claire Skinner, Jack Davenport, Frank Finlay, Fenell...

The day that changed music forever..By the time the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.3 (Eroica) took place in Vienna in 1805, a pri... Read more

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

6.7/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Roddy McDowall

Would-be race car driver Larry (Peter Fonda) is joined by free-spirited girlfriend Mary (Susan George) and mechanic pal Deke (Adam Roarke) on a rubber... Read more

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)

7.3/10
Director: Chu Yuan
Starring: Lily Ho, Yueh Hua, Betty Pei Ti, Tung Lin

The most notorious erotic film in the history of Hong Kong cinema, this film shocked Chinese audiences and even today exerts a raw power. Lily Ho, in... Read more

My Architect (2003)

7.4/10
Director: Nathaniel Kahn

Born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia, Louis I. Kahn was one of the 20th century's most important architects, blending the massive geometrics of... Read more

No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (2005)

Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez

Martin Scorsese directs this moving tribute to an American legend. Utilizing never-before-seen footage, rare performances and interviews wih Dylan him... Read more

The Sea Inside (2004)

8/10
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Starring: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Celso Bugallo

Two towering figures in Spanish cinema - actor Javier Bardem and director Alejandro Amenabar - collaborated on this powerful true story. Ramon Sampedr... Read more

Battle Heater (1990)

Director: Joji Iida
Starring: Pappara Kawai, Akira Emoto, Kaoru Okunuki

When the Kotatsu heater he finds on a rubbish dump turns out to be the host for a demonic entity, Furuchi has to find a way to return it to its rightf... Read more

Timeslip: The Complete Collection - Volume 1 (1970)

8/10
Starring: Spencer Banks, Cheryl Burfield, Derek Benfield, Iris Russell

"Timeslip" is classic 1970's sci-fi adventure where teenagers, Simon and Liz, find themselves going back in time. When a young girl vanishes near a de... Read more

Code Unknown (2000)

7.2/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Luminita Gheorghiu, Thierry Neuvic, Sepp Bierbichler, Arsinee...

A fragmented tale of racism, intolerance, and hatred in modern-day Paris. The focus of the narrative is split between three sets of people: the French... Read more

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004)

5.9/10
Starring: Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie

When Littlefoot tells a little lie, the Tinysauruses come to the Great Valley to teach him about big consequences. Meet the new tiny characters and ca... Read more

Flynn (1996)

5.2/10
Director: Frank Howson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan, John Savage

Errol Flynn - adventurer, thief, lover, liar, Hollywood legend! Guy Pearce portrays Errol Flynn in this sensational biopic detailing the actor's early... Read more

Being Julia (2004)

7/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Bruce Greenwood, Miriam Margolyes

Hell hath no fury like the diva scorned in Istvan Szabo's wonderfully entertaining adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novella 'Theatre'. Sparkling... Read more

MPD-Psycho: Season 1, Parts 3 & 4 (2004)

Director: Takashi Miike

From the brilliant mind of Takashi Miike ('Audition', 'Ichi the Killer') comes the second instalment in his intriguing series, featuring Chiaki Kuriya... Read more

Archangel (2005)

6.5/10
Director: Jon Jones
Starring: Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht, Lev Prygunov, Harry Ditson

Based on the best selling novel by Robert Harris and starring Daniel Craig as Fluke Kelso, an academic and Soviet historian, who is preparing to leave... Read more

Just For the Hell of It / Blast-Off Girls (1968)

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring: Rodney Bedell, Agi Gyenes, Nancy Lee Noble, Ray Sager, Steve White, Dan Conway,...

Teens run amok in this action-packed Double Bill. In "Just For The Hell Of It" a gang of nihilistic delinquints raise hell in a suburban community by... Read more

Seance (2000)

6.7/10
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki

Based on the successful Martin Heidegger novel 'Seance on a Wet Afternoon', this Japanese thriller builds a terrifically creepy atmosphere as it follo... Read more

Higher Love (1998)

Director: John Huddles
Starring: Minnie Driver, Rufus Sewell, Nigel Hawthorne, Amelia Heinle

Minnie Driver, Nigel Hawthorne and Rufus Sewell star in this offbeat, laid-back comedy from director John Huddles, about a young man (Sewell) trying t... Read more

Quai Des Orfevres (1947)

7.7/10
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair

Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece, 'Le Corbeau', Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema with this provocative adaptation of autho... Read more

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

7.5/10
Director: Anatole Litvak
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey

Based on the acclaimed radio program this stylized thriller features Barbara Stanwyck in her Oscar nominated performance as the young, rich, bedridden... Read more

The Intelligence Men (1965)

6/10
Director: Robert Asher
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn

Morecambe and Wise play bungling spies in their big screen debut, who attempt to infiltrate an enemy organisation to prevent the assassination of a Ru... Read more

Strawberry Shortcake: Best Pets Yet (2005)

5.7/10

Join your "berry" special friend, Strawberry Shortcake for more delightful fun! In "Here Comes Pupcake", Strawberry takes in a little lost dog named P... Read more

Mickybo and Me (2005)

7.3/10
Director: Terry Loane
Starring: John Jo McNeill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters, Adrian Dunbar

Set in the divided Belfast of 1970, this is the story of two young boys obsessed with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. Based on Owen McCafferty'... Read more

Comes a Horseman (1978)

6.2/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards, Richard Farnsworth

This well-constructed, tense western reunites director Alan J. Pakula and actor Jane Fonda ('Klute') in a film that is equally powerful and "enormousl... Read more

Tarzan 2 (2005)

5.6/10

Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan... Read more

The Eric Sykes Collection: The Plank / Rhubarb Rhubarb! / It's Your Move / Mr H is Late / The Big Freeze (1993)

Director: Eric Sykes
Starring: Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Jimmy Tarbuck, Hattie Jacques, Jimmy Edwar...

In the tradition of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin comes Eric Sykes and his famous comedy players. These one-off specials are the pinnacle of Sykes... Read more

Score (1995)

6.4/10
Director: Atsushi Muroga
Starring: Hitoshi Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Ozawa, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Ryushi Mizukami

Out on bail, tough guy Chance is forced to commit a string of bank robberies to pay off his debt. Given the opportunity to pull off a jewel heist in e... Read more

Mean Creek (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Starring: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schr...

Filmmaker Jacob Aaron Estes makes his feature debut with this suspenseful coming-of-age drama set in small-town Oregon. A birthday boat-trip turns in... Read more

Zelary (2003)

7.7/10
Director: Ondrej Trojan
Starring: Ana Geislerova, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Ivan Trojan, Miroslav Donutil

Based on Kveta Legatova's novella about Eliska (Ana Geislerova) a nurse involved in the Czech resistance movement in Prague. When forced to flee into... Read more

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

7.2/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Richard Conte, Lloyd Nolan

Stricken with amnesia during action in the South Pacific, WWII Marine John Hodiak returns home with only a letter from a now-dead ex-girlfriend as a c... Read more

Ivans xtc (2000)

Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, James Merendino, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Lisa Enos

Based on Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich', this remarkable film by Bernard Rose, stars Danny Huston, (son of John), as a powerful Hollywood agent... Read more

Tyrannical Love (2005)

6.2/10
Director: Scott Boswell
Starring: Stephen Jorgensen, Domini Calder, Caroline Mitchell, Seth Flynn, Lex Calder, Cra...

Scott Boswell's debut film was shot in and around Howick over 15 weekends in 2004, with most people working for free. The film screened at the 37th A... Read more

The Story of the SAS (2005)

6.1/10
Starring: Andy McNabb

From their conception in the Western Desert during WWII, to the covert operations of today, this documentary details the history of Britain's elite Sp... Read more

Les Miserables (Depardieu) (2000)

7.4/10
Director: Josee Dayan
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich

Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, this is an epic tale of love, honour and obsession set against the dramatic background of the French Revolution.... Read more

Rhyme and Reason (1997)

Director: Peter Spirer
Starring: Ice-T, Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur, Chuck D, KRS One, Wu Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I....

Filmmaker Peter Spirer interviewed over 80 significant artists in rap and hip-hop for this excellent documentary exploring the history, the multi-bill... Read more

Voodoo Woman (1957)

4/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Marla English, Tom Conway, Touch Connors

Science meets sorcery in this A.I.P. shocker that features Tom Conway as a mad doctor who uses a voodoo spell to turn beautiful Maria English into a h... Read more

Exils (2004)

Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Leila Makhlouf

Tony Gatlif's 'Exils', is an exuberant, free-wheeling, heartfelt journey swimming like a salmon against the traditional migrant tide of the Franco-Alg... Read more

Benjamin Britten: The Turn Of The Screw (2005)

6.5/10
Director: Katie Mitchell
Starring: Catrin Wyne Davis, Lisa Milne, Mark Padmore

Benjamin Britten's haunting and sinister opera, composed in 1954, is based on the famous novella written by Henry James in 1898. Katie Mitchell's atmo... Read more

Sliders: Season 1 & 2 (1995)

7.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies, Cleavant Derricks, Sabrina Lloyd, Kari Wuhrer...

Jerry O'Connell leads an appealing cast as a college student who accidentally discovers a portal into alternate dimensions; with the help of his profe... Read more

Kiss Them For Me (1957)

5.8/10
Director: Bryan Lewis
Starring: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Werner Klemperer

This light-hearted wartime comedy stars Cary Grant as a fun-loving naval pilot who finagles a furlough in San Francisco for himself and two other flyb... Read more

People Will Talk (1951)

7.5/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blac...

Sparkling comic gem with moments of great poignancy stars Cary Grant as a physician whose belief in the curative powers of the mind seems too unorthod... Read more

The Skin Game (1931)

5.8/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Helen Haye, C V France, Edmund Gwenn, John Longden

Early Hitchcock drama, based on John Galsworthy's popular stage play, that was decidedly atypical of the Master's subsequent suspensers. The aristocra... Read more

Henry Ford: Tycoon Tin Tizzy (1994)

7.4/10

He made the automobile accessible to the common man. The common man made him rich. Henry Ford was one of the great innovators of our time. When the ca... Read more

Murphy Brown: Season 1, Discs 3 and 4 (1988)

7/10
Director: Barnet Kellman
Starring: Candice Bergen, Pat Corley, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli, Jo...

Although it will always be linked with Vice President Quayle and big hair, the groundbreaking series 'Murphy Brown' is also one of the most successful... Read more

Razorback (1984)

6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Gregory Harrison, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Judy Morris

Somewhere deep in the Australian outback there's a marauding, indestructible creature that can rip a man in half and destroy a homestead in seconds! W... Read more

48 Hours 2005 (2005)

Officially New Zealand's largest filmmaking event with over 6000 movie maniacs attempting to make 270 short films in just 48 hours or die trying. From... Read more

Piaf: Her Story Her Songs (2003)

7.3/10
Director: George Elder, Raquel Bitton
Starring: Raquel Bitton, Marcel Cerdan Jr, Francis Lai

Raquel Bitton pays her one woman tribute to the late great Edith Piaf with this concert interweaving 20 of the songbird's finest with stories about he... Read more

Billionaire Boys Club (1987)

6.6/10
Director: Marvin Chomsky
Starring: Judd Nelson, Brian McNamara, Raphael Sbarge, John Stockwell, Ron Silver

Joe Hunt (Judd Nelson), a charismatic salesman, has an irresistible offer for his former prep-schoolmates - join the "Billionaire Boys Club" and cash-... Read more