A film first watched before it became mainstream.. I've seen it about forty times now and I still love it!
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 »
Fantastic series based on the novel by Sarah Waters.. Great for people like 'us' but some others may like it too. Very heartwarming towards the end.
Tipping The Velvet
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, John Bowe Director:Geoffrey Sax Certificate:
TIPPING THE VELVET is a slightly raunchy drama from the BBC that more than anything is a passionate love story between two Victorian women. Set in the 1890s, it follows the rise of Kity Butler, a male impersonator in the musical halls and her devoted dresser Nan. When Kitty ends their affair, Nan ..read more »
Fingersmith
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Rupert Evans Director:Aisling Walsh Certificate:
A BBC adaptation of Sarah Water's best selling novel about love, treachery in old England. It tells the story of two young women, one passion, mutual betrayal and final retribution. Petty thief Sue Tinder (Sally Hawkins) is enlisted by conman Richard Rivers (Rupert Evans) in an elaborate scam to ..read more »
Didn't enjoy this at all, mainly because its in another language and I can't be a$$ed to read the subs
Show Me Love(1998) Starring:Alexandra Dahlstrom, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson Director:Lukas Moodysson Certificate:
This acclaimed film explores the relationship between two young girls, aged sixteen and fourteen. Agnes, the elder, has few friends, whereas Elin is a lively girl but who is bored with her own life...
Memoirs Of A Geisha
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh Director:Rob Marshall Certificate:
This epic motion picture from the director of Chicago is based on the international best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. Torn from her impoverished family before World War II and sent to work in a geisha house, a child will blossom into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, ..read more »
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood Director:Michel Gondry Certificate:
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
Secret Window
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton Director:David Koepp Certificate:
Based on a Stephen King novella, the psychological thriller SECRET WINDOW is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Eccentric author Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) finds his life spiralling out of control. With a drinking problem and a cigarette habit he can't shake, Mort can barely function when his ..read more »
Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of ...
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley Director:Gore Verbinski Certificate:
Loosely inspired by the a Disney theme-park ride, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a swashbuckling high-seas tale directed by Gore Verbinski. When camp Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), an eccentric rogue, arrives at Port Royal, he barely avoids going down with his ship. ..read more »
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham-Carter Director:Tim Burton Certificate:
Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) and father (NOAH TAYLOR) and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny, tumbledown, drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every night, ..read more »
Brokeback Mountain
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams Director:Ang Lee Certificate:
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a ..read more »