48% from 5 members

a flick for the thinking chick!
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Volver
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portilla
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Certificate: 
Following the passing away of their mother in a fire, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz, VANILLA SKY) and Sole (Lola Duenas, TALK TO HER), leave their home town of La Mancha to live in Madrid. Raimunda lives with her daughter and unsupportive husband, taking on menial jobs, while Sole works in secret as a ..read more »
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72%
from 37,418 members

charming & has a hilarious climax
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Little Miss Sunshine
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Certificate: 
Little Miss Sunshine is a brazenly satirical and yet deeply human American road comedy. The film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, ..read more »
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73%
from 99,824 members

melodramatic and introspective
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Notes On A Scandal
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Tom Georgeson
Director: Richard Eyre
Certificate: 
When Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and solitary teacher at a decaying state-run secondary school in London meets the school's new art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchette) her world is turned upside down. Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always ..read more »
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70%
from 51,792 members

fashionista heaven in a 2hr package
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The Devil Wears Prada
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier
Director: David Frankel
Certificate: 
Adding an extra dimension to Lauren Weisberger's bestselling novel, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA showcases Meryl Streep's knack for combining humour and sadness. While likely inspired by notorious VOGUE editor Anna Wintour, Streep's Miranda Priestly (head of Runway magazine) is entirely her own creation. ..read more »
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66%
from 63,881 members

captivating performances throughout
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The History Boys
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Certificate: 
"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), ..read more »
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64%
from 36,080 members

a history lesson and a gripping movie
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The Last King Of Scotland
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate: 
It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970's Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and ..read more »
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77%
from 104,414 members

imaginative, original and at the same time scarily realistic
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Red Road
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kate Dickie, Natalie Press, Tony Curran
Director: Andrea Arnold
Certificate: 
Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one that she never wanted to see again. Now she has ..read more »
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61%
from 11,791 members

brutal but worthwhile
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham
Director: Ken Loach
Certificate: 
A gripping drama from Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the story of the Irish Civil War in the 1920's - a fight for freedom which saw the Irish Republican Army up against the occupying British forces.
Workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face ..read more »
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68%
from 24,134 members

just funny

a modern comedy classic
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