Great story of 2 people from different walks of life who strike up an amazing friendship in their battle against cancer who go on a voyage around the globe doing things they've always wanted to do. Two great actors in Freeman and Nicholson deliver performances that are out of this world...
The Bucket List
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes Director:Rob Reiner Certificate:
Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a corporate billionaire who is currently sharing a hospital room with blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman). Though initially the pair seems to have nothing in common, conversation gradually reveals that both men have a long list of goals they wish to accomplish ..read more »
Not alot to say here really. Surely this trilogy will never be beaten in Sci Fi history. The birth of Harrison Fords stellar career...
Star Wars Trilogy
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Director:George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand Certificate:
The complete original STAR WARS trilogy in one set, in their 1997 remastered Special Edition versions, with an extra disc containing a documentary and other amazing extras. STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE, George Lucas's stunning sci-fi masterpiece, is arguably one of the most inventive and entertaining ..read more »
Crowe got an Oscar for Gladiator, but for me this was a far better acting performance. The amazing story of maths genius John Nash..
A Beautiful Mind
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany Director:Ron Howard Certificate:
Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at one man's genius, his ..read more »
I loved this film not for the two main stars (Gere & Lopez) but for the supporting characters who make this a wonderful gentle comedy about ballroom dance beginners...
Shall We Dance?
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon Director:Peter Chelsom Certificate:
A conservative businessman enrols in a dance school after spotting a beautiful woman through its windows. Despite being naturally gifted, the businessman keeps his dance classes a secret, causing his wife to believe that he is conducting an illicit affair... Remake of the Japanese classic of the ..read more »
Gets you thinking that if you believe in Heaven and Hell, are Angels jealous of us humans??? Great performance by Walken as the scheming Angel Gabriel, some great little one liners...
The Prophecy
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen Director:Gregory Widen Certificate:
Christopher Walken leads an extraordinary cast including Eric Stoltz, Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Amanda Plummer and Viggo Mortensen in a terrifying, supernatural thriller of heavenly war waged on Earth by renegade angels. When Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) falls victim to confusing and horrific ..read more »
Love Actually
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth Director:Richard Curtis Certificate:
Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
Notting Hill
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville Director:Roger Michell Certificate:
Two features 'About A Boy' Will Freeman, a shallow thirty-something bachelor, lives a carefree life courtesy of his deceased father's fortune. Will is terrified of commitment and so decides that single mothers will make the easiest romantic targets... His world is turned around when he meets Marcus,..read more »
This did for Grant what star Wars did for Harrison. Four Weddings is without doubt the definitive British Comedy film...
Four Weddings And A Funeral
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas Director:Mike Newell Certificate:
Charles (Hugh Grant, in what would become career-defining performance) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colourful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a friend's wedding. However, Charles's hopes of romance are dashed when Carrie announces she must ..read more »
Not as well known as other Brit based comedies but this is a great little one set around thefamous Grand Slam tournament. Top woman player falls for journeyman player. Sam Neill plays a great over protective father...
Wimbledon
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill Director:Richard Loncraine Certificate:
Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter ..read more »
Good Will Hunting
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Director:Gus Van Sant Certificate:
A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save ..read more »