The Woodsman
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Eve Director:Nicole Kassell Certificate:
With a 12-year prison stretch reaching an end, convicted paedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) faces an uncertain walk back into the free world in THE WOODSMAN. Attempting to keep his previous indiscretions sheltered from prying eyes, Walter tries to piece together his shattered life by finding a job and ..read more »
United 93
on DVD
(2006) Starring:JJ Johnson, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin Director:Paul Greengrass Certificate:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Everything Is Illuminated
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin Director:Liev Schrieber Certificate:
Acclaimed actor Liev Schrieber (RKO 281, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) makes his directorial debut in this adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling novel about a young Jewish-American writer of the same name. Mixing equal parts black comedy and poignant drama, the film follows Jonathan as he ..read more »
The History Boys
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett Director:Nicholas Hytner Certificate:
"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), ..read more »
A Scanner Darkly
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Robert Downey Jr, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson Director:Richard Linklater Certificate:
Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel is a challenging, mind-bending experience that cautions about the dangers of excessive drug use as well as the government's capacity to abuse and manipulate power. Using the same interpolated rotoscoping technique that Linklater ..read more »
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham Director:Ken Loach Certificate:
A gripping drama from Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the story of the Irish Civil War in the 1920's - a fight for freedom which saw the Irish Republican Army up against the occupying British forces.
Workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face ..read more »
This Is England
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Stephen Graham, Frank Harper, Joseph Gilgun Director:Shane Meadows Certificate:
July, 1983. School's out and 12 year-old Shaun (Turgoose) falls in with an amiable gang of skinheads and mods. Then National Front nut Combo (Graham) arrives on the scene, and being a little skinhead suddenly becomes far more than a fashion statement...