Brick
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas Director:Rian Johnson Certificate:
Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (..read more »
The Usual Suspects
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro Director:Bryan Singer Certificate:
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
Love it or hate it, this film will stick with you forever.
Donnie Darko
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle Director:Richard Kelly Certificate:
Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »
Batman Begins
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy Director:Christopher Nolan Certificate:
Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
Hotel Rwanda
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte Director:Terry George Certificate:
Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
City Of God
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues Director:Katia Lund, Fernando Meirelles Certificate:
Two features. Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself in 'City Of God'. His attempts in ..read more »
House Of 1000 Corpses
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley Director:Rob Zombie Certificate:
Rob Zombie, the heavy metal hero who has released such albums as SINISTER URGE and HELLBILLY DELUXE as a solo act and ASTRO-CREEP 2000 with his band, White Zombie, takes on the world of horror movies in this very bloody, very entertaining tale that rips off the old car-trouble story in which a ..read more »
The Sequel to House of a 1000 Corpses, great film, ending blows you away.
The Devil's Rejects
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Deborah Van Valkenburgh Director:Rob Zombie Certificate:
The follow-up to his 2003 horror hit HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, Rob Zombie's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS continues the story of a bizarre group of very odd people who like to torture, maim, and kill virtually everyone they come in contact with. When Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe) pays a visit to the body-..read more »
Beautiful sci-fi with great acting and a great plot.
Gattaca
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law Director:Andrew Niccol Certificate:
In the 21st century, genetic engineering makes possible the creation of biologically superior human specimens ("valids"), who then grow to positions of power and prestige. Would-be astronaut Vincent(Ethan Hawke) born the old-fashioned way, can only hope for a janitorial position at the elite ..read more »
Zatoichi
on DVD
(2003) Starring:'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano Director:'Beat' Takeshi Kitano Certificate: Watch now:Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »