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The David Hannay Collection: Alison's Birthday / Solo (1981)

Director: Ian Coughlan, Tony Williams
Starring: Joanne Samuel, Vincent Gil, Lisa Peers

A double feature from Australian producer David Hannay. 'Alison's Birthday' (1981) - When Alison is invited back to her childhood home to celebrate h... Read more

Mad Max (1979)

7/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

The cult classic that made Mel Gibson a star as the futuristic avenger, a former police officer whose family was murdered by marauders. A bleak desert... Read more

Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) ( Blu-ray ) (1981)

Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more

Mad Max: The Complete Collection ( Mad Max / Mad Max 2 / Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ) (2006)

7/10
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Vernon Wells, Bruce Spence, Tina Tu...

A Mad Max feast with all three post-apocalyptic films gathered together. The cult classic, 'Mad Max' (1979), that shot actor Mel Gibson to instant fa... Read more

Unthinkable (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Samuel L Jackson, Stephen Root, Michael Sheen

This tense sociopolitical thriller stars Carrie-Anne Moss as an FBI agent who stumbles upon a Muslim terrorist holding information regarding three nuc... Read more

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

5.8/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Ste...

Sharks being used in intelligence-enhancing experiments go out of control, attacking the occupants of a high-tech undersea compound in this sci-fi fla... Read more

Rules of Engagement (2000)

6.4/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Anne Archer, Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley

Samuel L Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are lifelong friends who served in Vietnam together. Twenty-eight years later, Jones, now a Marine lawyer, must d... Read more

Films of James Stewart: Thunder Bay / The Flight of the Phoenix / Bandolero! (1968)

Director: Andrew V McLaglen, Anthony Mann, Robert Aldrich
Starring: Dean Martin, Gilbert Roland, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Raquel Welc...

James Stewart Triple Pack. 'Thunder Bay' (1953) - Ambitious oil prospectors Steve Martin (James Stewart) and Johnny Gambi (Dan Duryea) enter the quiet... Read more

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

6.7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Rupert Everett, Samuel L Jackson, Terence Stamp, Allison Janney, Eva Green, Chri...

From visionary director Tim Burton comes a wildly imaginative ( Julian Roman, MovieWeb.com) fantasy-adventure. When 16-year-old Jake unravels a myst... Read more

On Chesil Beach (2017)

6.3/10
Director: Dominic Cooke
Starring: Emily Watson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, Saoirse Ronan, Adrian Scarborough, B...

In 1962, newlyweds Edward and Florence, both in their early 20s and also both virgins, spend their honeymoon preoccupied and terrified by the upcoming... Read more

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)

7.3/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Udo Samel, Anne Bennent, Branko Samarovski, Otto Grunmandl, Gabriel Cosmin Urdes

Inspired by a shocking true life shooting spree in Vienna in 1993, Michael Haneke's challenging film weaves together fragments of the story in an atte... Read more

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

6.7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Rupert Everett, Samuel L Jackson, Terence Stamp, Allison Janney, Eva Green, Chri...

From visionary director Tim Burton comes a wildly imaginative ( Julian Roman, MovieWeb.com) fantasy-adventure. When 16-year-old Jake unravels a myst... Read more

The Spirit ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

4.8/10
Director: Frank Miller
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Jaime King, Eva Mendes, Sta...

A good-guy cop is killed in the line of duty and comes back to life as shadowy crimefighter 'The Spirit', now pitted against 'The Octopus' whose main... Read more

Who Laughs Last?: A Documentary About Roger Hall (2006)

8.5/10
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Starring: Peter Elliott, John Clarke, Ginette McDonald, Fiona Samuel, Roger Hall, Grant Ti...

One of New Zealand's best known playwrights, Roger Hall has been tickling the kiwi funnybone for 30 years. This documentary from Shirley Horrocks inv... Read more

The Spirit (2008)

4.8/10
Director: Frank Miller
Starring: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega, Jaime King...

A good-guy cop is killed in the line of duty and comes back to life as shadowy crimefighter 'The Spirit', now pitted against 'The Octopus' who wants t... Read more

High School Revolution ( The Trotsky ) (2009)

6.9/10
Director: Jacob Tierney
Starring: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Murphy, Saul Rubinek, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Jay Baruchel...

AKA "The Trotsky" When your name overly resembles that of a revolutionary leader, you can be forgiven for supposing your life to be weighted with the... Read more

Death Wish: The Vigilante Collection (1974)

6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson, Michael Winner, Allan A Goldstein
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Jill Ireland, A...

Charles Bronson stars as Paul Kersey, a once mild-mannered New York architect who turns vilgilante after his wife and daughter are attacked during a b... Read more