10 Rillington Place
on DVD
(1970) Starring:Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson Director:Richard Fleischer Certificate:
London, 1944. John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) is digging in his backyard when he comes across a woman's leg. Without being bothered at all, he covers up the leg and continues to bury the woman he just strangled in his kitchen. Three years later, Timothy Evans (John Hurt), along with ..read more »
Twelve Angry Men
on DVD
(1957) Starring:Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley Director:Sidney Lumet Certificate:
In the definitive version of Reginald Rose's timeless script, an all-white jury decides the fate of a youth accused of murder. This tightly constructed searing exposé of prejudice in the American legal system stars Henry Fonda and a pantheon of great character actors.
300
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Andrew Pleavin Director:Zack Snyder Certificate:
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, 300 takes over the screen like an invading horde. With all the gushing blood of a horror movie and the scope of a classic epic, the second film from Zack Snyder (who helmed the 2004 remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD) is an impressive visual ..read more »
2001 - A Space Odyssey
on DVD
(1968) Starring:Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester Director:Stanley Kubrick Certificate:
A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
A Better Tomorrow
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Chow Yun Fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung Director:John Woo Certificate:
John Woo's forays into Hollywood cinema have revealed just how childish a lot of his material can feel when it is delivered without the clouding medium of subtitles. In his earlier Hong Kong movies it is possible to allow that the melodramatic, risible and at times confusing dialogue--a disgruntled ..read more »
A History of Violence
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt Director:David Cronenberg Certificate:
Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action ..read more »
Airplane!
on DVD
(1980) Starring:Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges Director:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Certificate:
The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of ..read more »
Akira Collection
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1988) Starring:Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama Director:Katsuhiro Otomo Certificate:
In 1988, the landmark Anime film Akira, by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world. By today's standards, Akira remains a landmark achievement in cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of ..read more »
Alien Quadrilogy
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring:Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt Director:Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher Certificate:
A box set featuring 'Alien' which is the sci-fi story of seven astronauts who become the victims of a galactic horror when they stumble upon an alien life-form never seen before. The nightmare begins... 'Aliens' In this sequel to 'Alien', Ellen Ripley returns as the sole survivor of the spaceship ..read more »