Boogie Nights
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore Director:Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate:
It's Los Angeles, 1977, and adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) meets Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a well-endowed dishwasher in a nightclub. Jack recruits Eddie to be his newest star and Eddie, hungry for fame, quickly agrees, changing his name to Dirk Diggler. Soon Dirk is the hottest ..read more »
The Hard Way
on DVD
(1991) Starring:Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang Director:John Badham Certificate:
Los Angeles glitz meets New York grit in director John Badham's action-packed comedy. In New York's Times Square a billboard looms larger than life for a new Hollywood blockbuster starring Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), an Indiana Jones-style superstar. The real Nick Lang is holed up in a neighboring ..read more »
Carlito's Way
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller Director:Brian De Palma Certificate:
Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
Punch-Drunk Love
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman Director:Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate:
Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between ..read more »
Traffic
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Catherine Zeta Jones Director:Steven Soderbergh Certificate:
Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless ..read more »
Once again, this is seminal Guzman. Working with PT Anderson one of my favourite American directors
Magnolia
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon Director:Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate:
In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
Out Of Sight
on DVD
(1998) Starring:George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Farina Director:Steven Soderbergh Certificate:
Based on Elmore Leonard's famous crime novel, OUT OF SIGHT finds director Steven Soderbergh back in Hollywood after a brief return to the independent world with SCHIZOPOLIS and GRAY'S ANATOMY. A funny, hip, and vibrant action-drama, OUT OF SIGHT tells the story of the unlikely relationship that ..read more »