
A great start to a great trilogy, an interesting introduction to the main characters plus a nice bit of action thrown in, cant beat it.
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X-Men
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate: 
Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes. Storm can manipulate the weather at will. Rogue absorbs the life force of anyone she touches. But, under the ..read more »
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After the taster introduction of things to come from the first film this finally gets to work with plenty of action, continues with the jean grey/cyclops/wolverine storyline, plus looks at the background of a few of the characters too..great stuff!
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X-Men 2
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate: 
The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...
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70%
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Brilliant cast and crew give this fantastic trilogy the send off it deserves, edge of your seat action, some funny one liners from Hugh Jackman and Kelsey Grammar and a few tear jerking moments too, still never grow tired of watching it.
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X-Men III - The Last Stand
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen
Director: Brett Ratner
Certificate: 
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart), and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto (McKellen).
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68%
from 49,053 members

Silly, childish school boy humour that mostly appeals to teenage boys...and me, a bit of a guilty pleasure
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MTV's Beavis And Butthead Do America
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Beavis And Butthead, Mike Judge, Cloris Leachman
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Beavis and Butt-head, MTV's metal-head morons, finally conquer the big screen in this on-the-road, on-the-run comic adventure. The boys run into real trouble when--and this really sucks!--their all-important television set is stolen and they get mistaken for a pair of hit-men hired to "do" a man's ..read more »
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67%
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An interesting Prequel to silence of the lambs, Ed Norton is as usual excellent in his role, Ralph Fiennes is excellent as the serial killer with a serial insecurity and Hopkins continues in his role as the creepy Dr Lector great watching all round.
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Red Dragon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Brett Ratner
Certificate: 
The first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this is the story of FBI agent Will Graham who is assigned the task of catching 'The Tooth Fairy'. In order to do so he must try to persuade Lecter to advise him. Lecter knows who the murderer is and only feeds small scraps of information to Graham, ..read more »
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66%
from 18,833 members

Without a shadow of a doubt the best of the next generation films, excellent performances all round and a few little giggles along the way.
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Star Trek 8 - First Contact
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, James Cromwell
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Certificate: 
The Borg have once again targeted the Federation; this time, their devious plot threatens not only the present, but Earth's past as well. While Commander Riker, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge work hard on the surface of 21st-century Earth to keep history on schedule, the rest of the crew plays a ..read more »
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71%
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A brilliant drama, excellent location and costumes, a tense plot, all in all excellent watching
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Elizabeth
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
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73%
from 15,580 members

A fantastic sequel, with Cate Blanchete continuing in the title role and doing a great job.
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Elizabeth - The Golden Age
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Certificate: 
The sequel to 1998's Elizabeth. This film follows the monarch's middle years on the throne, highlighting the conflict between her personal and public life, and the continuing threats to her reign at home and abroad.
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68%
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If their was an option for just Simpsons Boxsets I would have picked that but seen as I must choose I chose this because this has my favourite episode ever "Deep Space Homer" I cry with laughter every time I see the scene with homer eating crisps in zero gravity in time to the song (cant remember the song title) you must see at all costs.
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Simpsons, The - Season 5
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellanata, Julie Kavner
Certificate: 
The fifth season with the Simpsons. Episodes include: 'Homer's Barbershop Quartet', 'Cape Feare', 'Homer Goes To College', 'Rosebud', 'Treehouse Of Horror IV', 'Marge On The Lam', 'Bart's Inner Child', 'The Last Temptation Of Homer', 'Bart Gets Famous', 'Homer Loves Flanders', 'The Boy Who Knew Too ..read more »
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79%
from 10,216 members

another boxset with my other favourite episode "22 short films about springfield" a montage of short stories from various characters interesting and funny as hell!
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Simpsons, The - Season 7
(4 discs)
on DVD
Certificate: 
All the episodes from Season 7 of The Simpsons, in which Springfield plays host to the shooting of the Radioactive Man movie, Homer becomes clinically obese in order to work at home, Homer's mom appears and her shady past catches up with her, Sideshow Bob steals a nuclear bomb, Bart is nabbed while ..read more »
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