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 Good Woman
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson Director:Mike Barker Certificate:
Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved from Victorian England's parlors to Italy's gorgeous Amalfi coast in the early 1930's. A vacationing ..read more »
Simon Schama usually sends me to sleep but not in this one!
Rough Crossings
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Pres. Simon Schama, Simon Schama, Stephen Cambell Moore Director:Steve Condie Certificate:
Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the ..read more »
Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent Director:Stephen, Fry Certificate:
Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
Hustle - Season 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring:Robert Vaughn, Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister Director:Otto Bathurst Certificate:
Set beneath the grey skies of London, HUSTLE follows the exploits of five grifters (played by Adrian Lester, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister, Marc Warren, and Robert Vaughn). This ambitious group of conmen (and woman) are no small-time crooks either; they've got much loftier goals which play out as ..read more »
Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews Director:Jonny Campbell, Bille Eltringham Certificate:
Swapping the Ford Cortina for an Audi Quattro, DCI Gene Hunt rolls up his sleeves and embraces the Eighties in the sequel to Life On Mars. DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) is back but he's no longer the self-styled 'Sheriff of Manchester'. Flanked by his faithful sidekicks, Ray Carling (Dean ..read more »
Wallis And Edward
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Joely Richardson, Stephen Campbell Moore Director:Dave Moore Certificate:
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and Edward is the first time that the events have ..read more »
He Knew He Was Right
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Bill Nighy, Laura Fraser, Geoffrey Palmer Director:Tom Vaughan Certificate:
A tale of paranoia and obsession, HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT tells the tale of Louis Trevelyan, a man convince of his wife’s infidelity with a cad colonel. In an attempt to monopolise his wife’s attention, Trevelyan hires a shady private investigator to kidnap his son, leading to unimaginable consequences.
Amazing Grace
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Nick Moran, Scott Cleverdon, Mbong Odungide Director:Jeta Amata Certificate:
Feature based on the true story of the world’s best-known hymn and the slaves that inspired it and John Newton; the slave-trader who would inspire them.