Dark City
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly Director:Alex Proyas Certificate:
Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
Memento
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano Director:Christopher Nolan Certificate:
MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator ..read more »
High Fidelity
on DVD
(2000) Starring:John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet Director:Stephen Frears Certificate:
Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel High Fidelity emerges unscathed from its Americanisation, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (co-written by Cusack). ..read more »
Ultraviolet
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba Director:Joe Ahearne Certificate:
ULTRAVIOLET is a six-hour miniseries that takes place in a world where vampires have lived with humans for centuries and have gone mostly undetected. However, this changes when detective Michael Colefield (Jack Davenport) investigates the strange disappearance of his partner and discovers a ..read more »
The Matrix
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Director:The Wachowski Brothers Certificate:
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" ..read more »
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 »
Bad Education
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho Director:Pedro Almodovar Certificate:
A young man, Enrique (played by Fele Martinez) is working as a film director. He is visited by a childhood friend Ignacio Rodriguez (played by Gael Garcia Bernal), who is looking for work. Before he leaves Ignacio gives Enrique a book that he has written called 'The Visit'. The story centres around ..read more »
Talk To Her
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Rosario Flores, Elena Anaya, Geraldine Chaplin Director:Pedro Almodovar Certificate:
Following the success of his 1999 film, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar presents TALK TO HER. Driven by similar themes of fate, destiny, magic, and chance happenings, TALK TO HER is the tale of two men whose lives intertwine unpredictably. Benigno (Javier Camara) is a ..read more »
All About My Mother
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Cecilia Roth Director:Pedro Almodovar Certificate:
A birthday treat for single mother Manuela turns to disaster when her teenage son is killed in a car crash. Consumed by grief she goes to Barcelona to tell his father about the son he never knew he had, but he is a transvestite dying from an AIDS related illness... Spanish dialogue with English ..read more »
Donnie Darko
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle Director:Richard Kelly Certificate:
Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »