Driving Lessons
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Michelle Duncan, Rupert Grint, Julie Walters Director:Jeremy Brock Certificate:
Rupert Grint from the HARRY POTTER movies plays a shy teenager with an overbearing mother in this gentle comedy. Grint's character finds solace in an unusual place when he goes to work for a retired actress (played by Julie Walters).
Flushed Away
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, ian mckellen (voice) Director:David Bowers, Sam Fell Certificate:
The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life.
Pan's Labyrinth
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu Director:Guillermo del Toro Certificate:
Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Ewan McGregor Director:Ed Blum Certificate:
Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. The film is a comedic and erotically charged look at what makes us tick, and it seems that ..read more »
Art School Confidential
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, Matt Keeslar Director:Terry Zwigoff Certificate:
Art School Confidential follows talented young artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) as he escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art school. Here the boyish freshman's ambition is to become the world's greatest artist, like his hero Picasso. Unfortunately, the beauty and craft of Jerome's ..read more »
The Court Jester
on DVD
(1956) Starring:Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury Director:Norman Panama, Melvin Frank Certificate:
Damsels in distress, duelling swordsmen, jousting and clowning accompanied by singing and dancing. Danny Kaye stars as a court jester who becomes involved in a plot to overthrow the king. Music and lyrics by Sylvia Fine and Sammy Cahn.
Les Miserables
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Virginie Ledoyen Director:Josee Dayan Certificate:
Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is the story of Jean Valjean who is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread and is released after nineteen years. He meets and cares for a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl named Fantine ..read more »
The Queen
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell Director:Stephen Frears Certificate:
A taut, intimate and revealing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family in turmoil during the days immediately following the death of Princess Diana.
When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving ..read more »
Spaced
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin Director:Edgar Wright Certificate:
The sitcom SPACED features Tim and Daisy (Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson), two quirky young adults who pose as a professional couple in order to rent a flat in Tufnell Park, London. Tim is an assistant manager of a comic book store and an aspiring comic book artist while Daisy is an unemployed ..read more »