Spivs
Jack, Steve and Goat are three East-End lads who do anything they can to make a quick buck. When they get involved with Villa, they achieve the financial rewards they’ve always dreamed of, but it comes at a price; for the lorry in which they smuggled their goods also contains a group of illegal immigrants……
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Apollo 13 (Wide Screen) (Special Edition)(2 Disc)
A vividly rendered dramatisation of Apollo 13’s true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerising film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalised odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who battled astronomical odds to make it back to Earth. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor–Ed Harris, and Best Supporting Actress–Kathleen Quinlan. Academy Awards…
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Clockers
Director Spike Lee examines the violent world of urban drug dealing through the eyes of Strike (Mekhi Phifer), a 19-year-old ‘clocker’, short for round-the-clock pusher. Strike agrees to kill a fellow employee of his boss Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), an influential, popular drug lord. But when the hit goes down, it is Strike’s moral, law-abiding brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) who confesses, shocking everyone. The detective assigned to the case, Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), doesn’t believe V…
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Out Of Africa (Special Edition)(2 Disc)
Adapted from Isak Dinesen’s novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) is a gallant British hunter, lonely, but unable to commit. As they two meet and begin a torrid affair, they set out on an epic adventure in the badlands of Africa–an adventure that real-life Karen Bl…
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Cotton Mary (Wide Screen)
Set in 1954 India, a British woman who has recently given birth to a sickly child, becomes overly dependent upon an Anglo-Indian hospital worker….
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Vanity Fair
Reese Witherspoon is surprisingly effective as Becky Sharp in Mira Nair’s lush adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel of Victorian England, VANITY FAIR. Nair, known for such films as SALAAM BOMBAY! MISSISSIPPI MASALA, and MONSOON WEDDING, tells the compelling story of a young orphan girl, Sharp, who attempts to rise above her station in very class-conscious British society. Sharp enters this very rich and rigid world as a governess who captures the heart of Rawdon Crawley (Jam…
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It’s A Wonderful Life
A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasn’t his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isn’t a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption i…
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Kramer vs Kramer / Lorenzo’s Oil / Born Free - A New Adventure (3 Disc)
Three features. ‘Kramer vs Kramer’ follows the breakup of a marriage and a custody battle over the son. ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ follows the parents of a sick child desperate to find a cure. Also ‘Born Free - A New Adventure’….
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Cat’s Meow
In November 1924, multimillionaire William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann) hosts a weekend of festivities aboard his 220-foot steamer in honor of filmmaker Thomas Ince’s (Cary Elwes) birthday. It seems that everyone on board wants something from Hearst. Ince and his partner, George Thomas (Victor Slezak), need his financial assistance for their faltering business; gossip columnist Louella Parsons (Jennifer Tilly), an East Coast Hearst employee, wants to transfer to Tinseltown; and comedian wom…
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The Coen Brothers Collection
Boxset of 4 feature films directed by the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan. Featuring THE BIG LEBOWSKI, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, BARTON FINK and BLOOD SIMPLE. The Coen Brothers debut feature, BLOOD SIMPLE, is an intricately plotted film noir. When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. THE BIG LEBOWSKI: Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-back, easygoing burnout who happens to h…
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Carla’s Song (Director’s Cut)
Paul Laverty drew on his experiences as a lawyer working with human rights groups in Nicaragua in writing the script for CARLA’S SONG, which stars Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as George, a Glasgow bus driver. Attracted to Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a beautiful but impoverished Nicaraguan woman who often rides his bus, he sometimes allows her to ride for free–and is fired as a result. But he keeps in touch with Carla, helping her find a place to live in a spare room of a friend’s apartment after…
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Sugarland Express (Special Edition)
A convict’s wife persuades him to escape. She and her husband are pursued across the country by the police and the media, leaving behind a trail of destruction….
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Spartacus
This television production stars Goran Visnjic (ER) as the titular gladiator in this television adaptation of the same 1951 Howard Fast novel that spawned Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 film classic. While living out his life as a slave the deserts of Egypt, Spartacus is bought by a trainer of gladiators and forced to fight for the amusement of the Roman masses. There, he spearheads a slave uprising which rocks the very foundations of Rome. Alan Bates co-stars as Lentulas Agrippa in his final screen rol…
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Imagining Argentina
Antonio Banderas and Academy Award winner Emma Thompson star in this gripping political thriller from Academy Award-winning director Christopher Hampton. Carlos Rueda (Banderas) is the director of a children’s theater in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the disappearance of thousands who have spoken up against the dictator in power. When his wife, Cecilia (Thompson), disappears after writing a controversial article, Carlos discovers he has the power to look into the faces of those seeki…
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Backbeat
This hard-driving, energetic drama centres on the promising painter and fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) and a love triangle between him, German photographer Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee) and John Lennon (Ian Hart). Driven by art rather than music, Sutcliffe must choose between his true passion and certain superstardom. A reconstruction of the legendary British rock group’s early days, before the advent of Beatlemania and world-wide fame. The story focuses on the turbulent and e…
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Duel
What begins as an ordinary business trip becomes a terrifying life and death battle for David Mann (Dennis Weaver) in Duel, this classic early film from Steven Spielberg. Initially, Mann refuses to believe he is being followed by a huge diesel truck, but soon the unbelievable horror of the situation sinks in. He realises that the driver of the truck, an unseen and menacing psychopath, is indeed out to kill him……
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Thirteen (Wide Screen)
THIRTEEN is Catherine Hardwicke’s explosive portrait of teenage girls at their very worst. Mean, manipulative, conniving, and utterly out of control, these skinny, sexy, drug-addicted, 13-year-old time bombs are nothing short of terrifying. Hardwicke’s movie is brilliant in its ability to portray this phenomenon, which comes off as very real. The skillful photography from cinematographer Elliot Davis communicates the most complicated themes of the film: insecurity, confusion, wanting to be liked…
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Scent Of A Woman
A blind ex-army man, Lt. Colonel Frank Slade meets up with a young student and they both head off to New York for a weekend that will change their lives……
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Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years - Vol. 1: Down And Out / Politics Are Foul
This miniseries is based on Sir Martin Gilbert’s acclaimed biography of Winston Churchill. Covering his wilderness years, the period between 1933 and 1939, the series begins as Churchill (Robert Hardy) resigns from his post as Chancellor of the Exchequer and heads into an uncertain political future. Absorbing and well acted, WINSTON CHURCHILL: THE WILDERNESS YEARS is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century’s greatest political figure during that century’s most troubled time. The collection fe…
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Stickmen
A high-stakes billiards tournament serves as the focal point of this comedy/thriller. The STICKMEN, Jack and Thomas, get their moniker from day-to-day activities which include drinking beer and playing pool at Dave’s bar. Eager to become debt-free, the two are approached by Dave, the bar owner, to take part in a very underground pool competition. Each year, the tournament plays host to enthusiasts from all walks of life. Bikers, waitresses, bankers, and even priests all take part in the big mone…
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