Goodfellas
on DVD
(1990) Starring:Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci Director:Martin Scorsese Certificate:
Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..read more »
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
on DVD
(1958) Starring:Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives Director:Richard Brooks Certificate:
This is the classic cinematic version of Tennessee Williams's breathtaking play about a crazed southern family torn apart by greed. Larger-than-life patriarch Big Daddy (Burl Ives) lays dying, and the members of his brood clamor for the inheritance. Paul Newman is Brick, the alcoholic son ..read more »
JFK(1991) Starring:Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones Director:Oliver Stone Certificate:
Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..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 »
The Way Of The Gun
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, James Caan Director:Christopher McQuarrie Certificate:
Two professional criminals, Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro), think they've devised the plan of a lifetime: Kidnap Robin (Juliette Lewis), a pregnant surrogate mother, then collect on the ransom money from the parents-to-be. However, when Parker begins to take a shine to the ..read more »
Seven
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow Director:David Fincher Certificate:
Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
Confidence
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia Director:James Foley Certificate:
Ed Burns gives arguably the best performance of his career in James Foley's fast-moving CONFIDENCE. Foley, who directed David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, has learned much from his mentor, making a who's-conning-whom film worthy of the master of the genre. Burns plays Jake Vig, the leader of a ..read more »
V For Vendetta
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt Director:James McTeigue, Comic Book Classics Certificate:
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (NATALIE PORTMAN) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (HUGO WEAVING) known only as "V". Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled ..read more »
Tsotsi
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Percy Matsemela Director:Gavin Hood Certificate:
An Academy Award winning film about a gritty young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. This deeply affecting film traces six days in Tsotsi's life in which he ends up caring for a baby he accidentally kidnaps during a ..read more »
Munich
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush Director:Steven Spielberg Certificate:
Inspired by real events, Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israel athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who ..read more »