Pulp Fiction
on DVD
(1994) Starring:John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis Director:Quentin Tarantino Certificate:
Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster follow-up to RESERVOIR DOGS is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals. It features deftly woven plotlines, creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers, molls, affable hitmen, restaurant-robbing ..read more »
Requiem For A Dream
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly Director:Darren Aronofsky Certificate:
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
Donnie Darko - Feature Disc
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle Director:Richard Kelly Certificate:
October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko, a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions which he knows the meaning of.
With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen and a mysterious ex teacher, nicknamed Grandma Death, he ..read more »
Saw
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung Director:James Wan Certificate:
When Adam (Leigh Whannell) is jolted back to consciousness after nearly drowning at the bottom of a decrepit bathtub, he awakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a dark torture chamber. There is someone else in the room. Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) has also just regained ..read more »
The Shawshank Redemption
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Robert Gunton Director:Frank Darabont Certificate:
City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ..read more »
Kramer vs Kramer
on DVD
(1979) Starring:Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry Director:Robert Benton Certificate:
Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being somebody's wife, she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to ..read more »
Dumb And Dumber
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly Director:Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly Certificate:
Lowbrow buffoonery hit commercial highs with 1994's DUMB AND DUMBER. When best friends and aspiring pet groomers Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey, in a star-making role) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) get fired, Lloyd convinces Harry to travel to Colorado to search for his dream woman--Mary Swanson (..read more »
Time Bandits
on DVD
(1980) Starring:John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall Director:Terry Gilliam Certificate:
Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
The Acid House
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Martin Clunes Director:Paul McGuigan Certificate:
Three short stories. In 'The Granton Star Cause' a lad living at home with his parents, who has it all; beautiful girlfriend, star of the local football team.. suddenly meets God... In 'A Soft Touch' Johnny is the guy who is easily manipulated. In 'The Acid House' a youth with a passion for raves ..read more »