2001 - A Space Odyssey
on DVD
(1968) Starring:Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester Director:Stanley Kubrick Certificate:
A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
Amores Perros
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Emilio Echeverria, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero Director:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Certificate:
Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, Amores Perros imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria, a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical appearance is everything; and El Chivo, a ..read more »
American Graffiti
on DVD
(1973) Starring:Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Le Mat Director:George Lucas Certificate:
A series of touching and effective vignettes, AMERICAN GRAFFITI presents a powerful collage of youth on the brink of maturity during the innocence of pre-Kennedy-assassination America. The film, set in 1962, follows one night in the lives of several recently graduated high school students. The ..read more »
One of the best cinematic comedies. Silly and Fun.
Airplane!
on DVD
(1980) Starring:Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges Director:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Certificate:
The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of ..read more »
A powerful film loosely based on the massacre at Columbine high school. Van Sant's use of music and soundtrack is stunning, giving a quality to each of the characters in the film. Deeply affecting film which captures the insanity and randomness of such events.
Elephant
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Alex Frost, John Robinson, Eric Deulen Director:Gus Van Sant Certificate:
Gus Van Sant's drifty, eloquent, and effortlessly poignant ELEPHANT is loosely based on the massacre at Columbine High School. (On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado two 17-year-old boys fired semi-automatic weapons on their high school classmates, killing 13, injuring 25, and then taking their ..read more »
Interested Michael Moore Docu on school shootings, columbine in particular, and the culture of fear, scary gun laws in america.
Bowling For Columbine
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Michael Moore Director:Michael Moore Certificate:
Michael Moore: thorn in the side of corporate America, scourge of the political hypocrisy and all-round ass-kicker of those that need a boot in the behind... With his trademark charm and biting wit, Michael Moore's documentary sets off on a rollicking journey to the heart of America, hoping to ..read more »
Saw this when I was probably too young and forever has remained one of my favourite scary films. Atmospheric and chilling.
Aliens
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn Director:James Cameron Certificate:
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien's planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley ..read more »
Alien - Director's Cut
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright Director:Ridley Scott Certificate:
For this digitally remastered special edition of what many have called the "scariest movie ever made," Ridley Scott has incorporated new footage never before seen in movie houses.
Working closely with Twentieth Century Fox, Scott oversaw a restoration of the original film's negative, as well as ..read more »
An American Werewolf In London
on DVD
(1981) Starring:David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne Director:John Landis Certificate:
A macabre mix of humor and horror that shot director John Landis to fame. This classic horror/comedy tells the beastly tale of two American youths David and Jack (Naughton and Dunne) whose European adventure turns to terror after they are attacked by a werewolf. One of the travelers is killed, but ..read more »
Mike Myers best film (maybe his only good film!). Some fantastic comedy lines.
Austin Powers - International Man Of Mystery
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York Director:Jay Roach Certificate:
The dastardly doings of Dr. Evil lead to his escape into outer space and the cryogenic freezing of superagent Austin Powers. Thirty years later Dr. Evil returns to earth to bring about terror and mass destruction but finds his ideas and methods a bit out of date. So too does our hero who upon being ..read more »