Battle Royale
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro Director:Kinji Fukasaku Certificate:
Japan at the start of the new millennium. The country is in a state of chaos, violence by rebellious teenagers in schools is completely out of control. The government hits back with a new law: every year a school class picked at random will be cast away on a desert island to fight it out among ..read more »
Great revenge film...the ability to see good and bad in all characters
Hard Candy
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson, Sandra Oh Director:David Slade Certificate: Watch now: £2.49
Claustrophobic and brightly coloured, this tightly wound psychological thriller is constantly pulling the rug out from under the viewer, mostly due to the tense, explosive performances of its two main characters. The tale opens with a coffee shop rendezvous between 14-year-old Haley (the fantastic ..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 »
Dogma
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino Director:Kevin Smith Certificate:
Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
Children Of Men
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine Director:Alfonso Cuaron Certificate:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of mankind.
Breakfast At Tiffany's
on DVD
(1961) Starring:Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Martin Balsam Director:Blake Edwards Certificate:
Blake Edwards's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly. The free-spirited gamine darts about New York, feted by wealthy men drawn to her megawatt charm and elegance, hoping that the party will never end. After "shopping" in ..read more »
Pillow Talk
on DVD
Starring:Doris Day, Rock Hudson Director:Michael Gordon Certificate:
The uninhibited story of a carefree bachelor and a carefree career girl and the hilarious things that happen when they tangle. Rock Hudson is Brad Allen a songwriter and notorious playboy. Doris Day is Jan Morrow, a "pert" interior decorator. Together they share a party line over which they develop ..read more »
The Others
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan Director:Alejandro Amenabar Certificate:
THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »
Severance
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny Director:Christopher Smith Certificate:
Working nine to five is a real killer, but when you work for Palisade Defence, team-building holidays can be even worse. Seven colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this ..read more »
Superbad
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Chelsey Dailey, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera Director:Greg Mottola Certificate:
Two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.