High Fidelity
on DVD
(2000) Starring:John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet Director:Stephen Frears Certificate:
Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel High Fidelity emerges unscathed from its Americanisation, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (co-written by Cusack). ..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 »
Almost Famous
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand Director:Cameron Crowe Certificate:
Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock ..read more »
On the chain gang, they'd seen every kind of man...but Luke became a legend.
Cool Hand Luke
on DVD
(1967) Starring:Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper Director:Stuart Rosenberg Certificate:
In this classic Southern prison drama, social misfit Lucas Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is incarcerated for a petty crime and sentenced to a chain gang. Luke is a sullen and laconic young man whose cool defiance of the sadistic warden and bullying inmates earns him the title Cool Hand Luke. But as ..read more »
Black Hawk Down
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus Director:Ridley Scott Certificate:
On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk ..read more »
The Incredible Hulk
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth Director:Louis Leterrier Certificate:
Oscar nominee Edward Norton bulks up to play the green-skinned comic book hero in THE INCREDIBLE HULK. In this instalment, Bruce Banner (Norton) searches for a cure for his transformation, but he must face a frightening foe: the Abomination (Tim Roth). Liv Tyler stars as Banner's love interest, ..read more »
Spider-Man 2
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe Director:Sam Raimi Certificate:
Sam Raimi's follow-up to SPIDER-MAN finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) struggling to balance his everyday life with his alter ego as the web-slinging superhero. Still carrying the burden of keeping his crime-fighting identity from those closest to him--including his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (..read more »
What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
on DVD
(1987) Starring:Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins Director:John Hughes Certificate: Watch now: £2.49
All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a ..read more »
Lord Of The Rings, The: The Fellowship O...
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett Director:Peter Jackson Certificate:
Set in Middle-Earth many many years ago, this is the story of a young Hobbit named Frodo, who has in his possession a ring... This ring is needed by the evil Lord Sauron to destroy civilisation and plunge the world into complete darkness. In order to prevent this, Frodo must find a way to the Mount ..read more »