Jackie Brown
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro Director:Quentin Tarantino Certificate:
Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard's crime story from Miami to Tarantino's city of choice, Los Angeles, JACKIE BROWN cruises along smoothly, much like the film's 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows ..read more »
Great British gangster movie with some brilliant dialogue
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Vinnie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran Director:Guy Ritchie Certificate:
A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely ..read more »
A feel good movie which shows life has it ups and its downs
About A Boy
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette Director:Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Certificate:
Will Freeman, a shallow thirty-something bachelor, lives a carefree life courtesy of his deceased father's fortune. Will is terrified of commitment and hence decides that single mothers will make the easiest romantic targets. His world is turned around when he meets Marcus, a twelve year old boy. ..read more »
Not mad on sci-fi, but these 3 films will remain classics for years to come.
Star Wars Trilogy
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Director:George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand Certificate:
The complete original STAR WARS trilogy in one set, in their 1997 remastered Special Edition versions, with an extra disc containing a documentary and other amazing extras. STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE, George Lucas's stunning sci-fi masterpiece, is arguably one of the most inventive and entertaining ..read more »
Snatch
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham Director:Guy Ritchie Certificate:
A wild and tangled crime adventure involving gangsters, Irish gypsies, and a dog that can't stop swallowing things, SNATCH is both hilarious and action-packed. Jewel thief Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is in London en route to New York, where he will deliver an 86-karat diamond to his boss,..read more »
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 »
Cocktail
on DVD
(1988) Starring:Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue Director:Roger Donaldson Certificate:
Two bartenders (Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown) at a busy Manhattan watering hole dream of someday owning their own bars. Their lives consist of elaborate drink-mixing performances and sleeping with many of the female customers, until a fight over a woman causes the younger bartender, Brian (Cruise), ..read more »
The Man With The Golden Gun
on DVD
(1974) Starring:Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland Director:Guy Hamilton Certificate:
Roger Moore is the ever-debonair 007 in this ninth film in the James Bond series. The super agent is assigned the task of recovering a valuable piece of technical equipment capable of harnessing the sun's energy. Standing in his way are a number of arch-villains. James Bond returns in: "The Spy Who ..read more »
The one that started it all. Love the books and the films.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Director:Chris Columbus Certificate:
American director Chris Columbus (HOME ALONE) brings the magic of British author J.K. Rowling's beloved best-selling fantasy novel to life in "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone". Eleven-year-old orphan Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) finds his world turned upside down when he discovers that, ..read more »
Feel good film, with great chemistry between Hanks and Ryan.
Sleepless In Seattle
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Bill Pullman Director:Nora Ephron Certificate:
Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect, but also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the phone and discloses the story of his magic-..read more »