Sumptuous and Ewan McGregor looks like a killer whale when he sings!
Moulin Rouge
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent Director:Baz Luhrmann Certificate:
Cross LA BOHEME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the ..read more »
Amelie
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau Director:Jean-Pierre Jeunet Certificate:
Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
Just for Paris, Texas. A very slow film, but ultimately incredibly rewarding
Wim Wenders Collection
(10 discs)
on DVD
Starring:Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper Director:Wim Wenders Certificate:
Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
Requiem For A Dream
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly Director:Darren Aronofsky Certificate:
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
Freddy Got Fingered
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan Director:Tom Green Certificate:
Self-made celebrity and outlaw of gross-out comedy, Tom Green (of MTV's TOM GREEN SHOW) makes the leap to the big screen with the outrageous semi-autobiographical FREDDY GOT FINGERED. Starring as Gord Brody, a slacker fast-approaching 30, yet still living in his father's basement, Green is his ..read more »
Bring It On
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford Director:Peyton Reed Certificate:
Stellar Kirsten Dunst, as cheerleading captain Torrance Shipman, leads six-time defending cheerleading champions the Toros against a talented inner-city squad, the East Compton Clovers, in BRING IT ON. The film presents a lighthearted, slightly quirky exploration of the cutthroat but perky world of ..read more »
Interview With The Vampire
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst Director:Neil Jordan Certificate:
Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
Planet Terror
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Freddy Rodríguez, Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton Director:Robert Rodriguez Certificate:
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
St. Trinian's
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker Director:Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson Certificate:
St Trinian's, a school for "young ladies" with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy.