Alice In The Cities
on DVD
(1974) Starring:Rudiger Volger, Yella Rottlander, Elisabeth Keuzer Director:Wim Wenders Certificate:
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer's block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost ..read more »
Badlands
on DVD
(1973) Starring:Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri Director:Terrence Malick Certificate:
Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are Kit and Holly in this incredible debut feature film from elusive writer/director Terrence Malick. South Dakota, 1959. Kit and Holly are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment, a headlong flight from nowhere, to nowhere. They're playing make-believe but ..read more »
Little Miss Sunshine
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell Director:Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Certificate:
Little Miss Sunshine is a brazenly satirical and yet deeply human American road comedy. The film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, ..read more »
A priceless gem (and you don't have to like country music or Gram Parsons to get it)
Grand Theft Parsons
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate, Robert Forster Director:David Caffrey Certificate: Watch now: £2.49
The world of rock & roll is littered with casualties who have only found fame posthumously. One of the most famous cases is that of Gram Parsons. Erstwhile member of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, Parsons also eked out an impressive--in terms of music, as opposed to sales--solo career ..read more »
The Gauntlet
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle Director:Clint Eastwood Certificate:
Clint Eastwood plays an alcoholic, dim-witted cop, Ben Shockley, who has to escort an irate prostitute, Gus Mally (Sondra Locke), from Las Vegas to Phoenix so she can testify in a mob trial. Gus immediately warns Ben of the danger that they're in, but he doesn't believe her. He eventually figures ..read more »
The Blues Brothers
on DVD
(1980) Starring:John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis Director:John Landis Certificate:
In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
Salvador
on DVD
(1985) Starring:James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage Director:Oliver Stone Certificate:
Oliver Stone's first overtly political film, SALVADOR is a passionate protest against the savagery unleashed by fascist thugs in El Salvador during the early 1980s with the complicity of the U.S. government. It stars James Woods as combat photojournalist Richard Boyle, an erratic, cynical character ..read more »