After The Wedding
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgard Director:Susanne Bier Certificate:
Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jorgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob ..read more »
Brilliantly emotional makes you weep from being to end. Danish
Open Hearts
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen Director:Susanne Bier Certificate:
In Susanne Bier's achingly tender drama, filmed according to the tenets of the Dogme 95 collective, the fates of two couples are forever altered in the blink of an eye. Joachim (Nicolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Ricther) are a young couple on the verge of marriage. But before they can make it ..read more »
Possibly the best American film ever made, with great performances.
American Beauty
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening Director:Sam Mendes Certificate:
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..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 »
Sunshine
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans Director:Danny Boyle Certificate:
It is the year 2057, the Sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope lies with the Icarus II, a spacecraft with a crew of eight men and women led by Captain Kaneda. Their mission: to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite our fading sun. Deep into their voyage, out of radio ..read more »
Milk
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch Director:Gus Van Sant Certificate:
The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.
United 93
on DVD
(2006) Starring:JJ Johnson, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin Director:Paul Greengrass Certificate:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Great showing of the gnagsters rise and fall in New York from 70-90's
Goodfellas
on DVD
(1990) Starring:Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci Director:Martin Scorsese Certificate:
Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..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 »