Edward Scissorhands
on DVD
(1991) Starring:Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest Director:Tim Burton Certificate:
In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
Pan's Labyrinth
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu Director:Guillermo del Toro Certificate:
Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
Batman
on DVD
(1989) Starring:Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger Director:Tim Burton Certificate:
Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe Jack Nicholson).Gotham City is a sunless, ominous haven for ..read more »
Batman Returns(1992) Starring:Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer Director:Tim Burton Certificate:
In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »
Just amazing. Its long and in black and white but my eyes were stuck to the screen.
Schindler's List
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall Director:Steven Spielberg Certificate:
Based on a true story, SCHINDLER'S LIST is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II Holocaust survivors and the man who unexpectedly came to be their saviour. Unrepentant womaniser and war profiteer Oskar Schindler uses Polish Jews as cheap labour to produce cookware for the Third Reich. But ..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 »
Kevin Spacey at his best. Left me feeling sad though.
American Beauty
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening Director:Sam Mendes Certificate:
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
The Usual Suspects
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro Director:Bryan Singer Certificate:
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
on DVD
(1975) Starring:Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield Director:Milos Forman Certificate:
In one of the most memorable indictments of mental institutions, and a subtle examination of male anger, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (based on the novel by Ken Kesey) presents a biting, and ultimately tragic, satire. R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson, in a role it would seem he was born to play), a ..read more »
Withnail And I
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths Director:Bruce Robinson Certificate:
WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard ..read more »