The Dark Knight
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal Director:Christopher Nolan Certificate:
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
Donnie Brasco
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen Director:Mike Newell Certificate:
Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
The Big Sleep
on DVD
(1946) Starring:Humphrey Bogart, Charles Waldron, Lauren Bacall Director:Howard Hawks Certificate:
The definitive Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall vehicle, The Big Sleep casts Bogart as Raymond Chandler's cynical private eye Philip Marlowe. Summoned to the home of the fabulously wealthy General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), Marlowe is hired to deal with a blackmailer shaking down the General's ..read more »
Who would've thought Hugh Laurie would turn into such a sexpot?! He is though...as nasty, witty, cruel and tortured soul Gregory House. Consistently fantastic drama (even if you don't fancy the pants off him).
House M.D. - First Season
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps Director:Bryan Singer, Peter O'Fallon, Greg Yaitanes Certificate:
Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie, wonderfully cast against type, stars as the brilliant but caustic Dr. Gregory House, a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. While his behaviour can border on the antisocial, Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving medical puzzles that other ..read more »
Cary Grant is super suave here, perhaps more than in any of his other films
To Catch A Thief
on DVD
(1955) Starring:Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, John Williams Director:Alfred Hitchcock Certificate:
A supposedly reformed cat burglar, out to prove himself innocent of a recent crime spree, tries to capture the thief who's terrifying the French Riviera. Cary Grant is devastatingly elegant as the former thief, John Robie, and charming enough to attract the attention of the lovely Frances Stevens (..read more »
Heath again, allowed to act in an Aussie film with his own accent which makes a refreshing change. Harrowing, engrossing, grittily real...and plenty of Ledger at his most swoonsome
Candy
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush Director:Neil Armfield Certificate:
A poet (Ledger) falls in love with an art student (Cornish) who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Ahhh Gary Oldman. He's a cutie. And in a film about the best bassist ever, too. Double bonus!
Sid And Nancy
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Courtney Love Director:Alex Cox Certificate:
Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness ..read more »