Glory
on DVD
(1989) Starring:Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes Director:Edward Zwick Certificate:
GLORY recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history--the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. Based on the historical novels ONE GALLANT RUSH by Peter Burchand and LAY THIS LAUREL by ..read more »
Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore Director:Steven Spielberg Certificate:
Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
The Godfather
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan Director:Francis Ford Coppola Certificate:
Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.
Heat
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore Director:Michael Mann Certificate:
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
American Gangster
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin Director:Ridley Scott Certificate:
Academy AwardŽ winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast ..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 »
Pulp Fiction
on DVD
(1994) Starring:John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis Director:Quentin Tarantino Certificate:
Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster follow-up to RESERVOIR DOGS is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals. It features deftly woven plotlines, creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers, molls, affable hitmen, restaurant-robbing ..read more »
Layer Cake
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman Director:Matthew Vaughn Certificate:
As deeply cool and urbane as its unnamed hero, LAYER CAKE follows the precise, articulate XXXX (Daniel Craig) as he manoeuvres through what he intends to be his last business deal in modern-day London. His business...Drugs. On the cusp of turning 30, XXXX has amassed a personal fortune, deftly ..read more »
The Departed
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio Director:Martin Scorsese Certificate:
Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »
The Bank Job
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore Director:Roger Donaldson Certificate:
The Bank Job is a highly-charged heist thriller based upon the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London. Starring Jason Statham as Terry, a car dealer with a dodgy past and Saffron Burrows as Martine, the woman with the plan, The Bank Job interweaves corruption, ..read more »