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David Dunn is the sole survivor of one of the worst train crashes in US history. Walking away without a scratch on him, Dunn is unable to explain why he should have been spared; but then, when he meets the mysterious Elijah Price, he is encouraged to begin asking himself important questions. Why has he never fallen sick? Why has he never been injured? What purpose could there be to his special gifts?
Self-centred car exporter Charlie Babbitt attends his estranged father's funeral to collect his inheritance. To his surprise, he discovers the money is going to Raymond, the autistic brother he never knew he had. Charlie 'kidnaps' Raymond in an effort to claim some of his inheritance but, as he grows closer to his brother, he realises there may be more to life than money. Oscars were won for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hoffman) and Best Director (Barry Levinson).
Four city businessmen take a weekend canoeing trip through the remote Appalachian wilderness, before the area is flooded for a new dam. Their inexperience and pride make them easy targets for hostile, inbred hillbillies, and the men all react differently to their situation as it becomes more perilous. Directed by John Boorman, this three-time Oscar-nominated film serves as an allegory for America's experiences in Vietman.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this entertaining holiday special. What if this wasn't the modern day? What if it was the late Victorian period? What if the world's most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock coats? Welcome to Sherlock 1895!
Animated prequel featuring the voice of Steve Carell. Young Gru
(Carell) is a fan of supervillain supergroup the Vicious 6 and so he
hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Together with his
loyal Minions, he builds his first lair and experiments with weapons.
Evelyn (Kathy Bates) is a middle-aged housewife, dissatisfied with her life. One day she meets an elderly lady, Mrs Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) who tells her a story of two young women in the 1930's on a journey through life and love. The friendship of the two girls, Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary Louise Parker) inspires Evelyn to improve her life and luck. In the tradition of the old Southern storyteller, Fried Green Tomatoes' classic tale weaves together disparate lives and cherished times. A warm, touching and greatly amusing tale about the importance of love and friendship.
Andrew is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability - and his sanity. (2015 Oscar winner for: Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing. Also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Motion Picture)
The original buddy cop duo and one of the most iconic film series of all time explodes onto Blu-Ray in an action-packed line-up featuring all four films plus a muscle-bulging 5th disc offering an exciting collection of extra content.
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
Set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock the United States, American Hustle tells the story of con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Caught between the con-artists and Feds is Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator, but it's Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) who could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
Megan Fox tackles a thrilling new role as a battle-hardened mercenary in this explosive action saga. As team leader O'Hara, she leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captor in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels - and a ravenous, enraged lioness.
Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work, discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling -- where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong star in this adaptation of the bestselling novel by S. J. Watson. Christine Lucas (Kidman) suffers from anterograde amnesia, waking up every day without any knowledge of who she is. Christine regularly visits Dr. Nash (Strong) who, with the help of her understanding husband Ben (Firth), is assisting her with the recovery of her memories. When Dr. Nash takes her to the place where she was attacked to try to reconstruct the event in her mind, Christine realises that she may be better off not remembering...
While flying from New York to London US Federal Air Marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) receives text messages from an anonymous sender who is threatening to murder a passenger every 20 minutes until millions of dollars are deposited into an unnamed bank account. Marks faces a race against time to find and restrain the person responsible but when the bank account is found out to be in his name he is accused of being the hijacker. As victims are claimed, Marks discovers a bomb on board the aircraft which only exacerbates his predicament. Can he find the culprit in order to save the remaining passengers and prove his innocence?
Retired auto worker Walt Kowalski fills his days with home repair, beer and monthly trips to the barber. The people he once called his neighbors have all moved or passed away, replaced by Hmong immigrants, from Southeast Asia, he despises. Resentful of virtually everything he sees, Walt is just waiting out the rest of his life. Until the night someone tries to steal his `72 Gran Torino. The Gran Torino brings his shy teenaged neighbor Thao into his life when Hmong gangbangers pressure the boy into trying to steal it. But Walt stands in the way of both the heist and the gang, making him the reluctant hero of the neighborhood - especially to Thao's mother and older sister, Sue, who insist that Thao work for Walt as a way to make amends. Though he initially wants nothing to do with these people, Walt eventually gives in and puts the boy to work fixing up the neighborhood, setting into motion an unlikely friendship that will change both their lives.
Fifty Shades Of Grey: Unseen Edition includes extended version with alternate ending and a tease of Fifty Shades Darker. Fifty Shades Of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old handsome billionaire Christian Grey and innocent college student Anastasia Steele . Ana is an inexperienced college student tasked with interviewing enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey. But what starts as business quickly becomes an unconventional romance. Swept up in Christian's glamorous lifestyle, Ana soon finds another side to him as she discovers his secrets and explores her own dark desires. What results is a thrilling, all-consuming romance as Christian and Ana test the limits they will go to for their relationship.
Meet Wally and Dave. They're as opposite as two buddies can be. Wally is brash, loud-mouthed and blind. Dave is quiet, mild-mannered and deaf. Both of them are individual disaster zones. But together... they're even worse! When a murder takes place right under their noses, Wally and Dave are the only witnesses. The trouble is, Wally didn't see it and Dave didn't hear it, and all of a sudden they're both wanted for it! Suspected by the police and pursued by the real killers, Wally and Dave decide to take the law into their own hands. The results are hilarious! These guys are senseless, but they're certainly not stupid!
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
A special forces soldier is spending time in confinement for disobeying an order and killing a notorious drug lord. His extraordinary marksmanship earns himself recruitment into the elite Wolf Warrior squadron. But before long, the squadron is ambushed by a troop of deadly foreign mercenaries who have sworn to avenge their drug lord's death.
The winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is The Warmest Colour is the stunning portrait of a relationship, detailed in its portrayal yet exploring emotions and situations universal to us all, this is a towering achievement in cinema. 15-year-old Adèle (a spine-tingling performance from Adèle Exarchopoulos) feels like an average teenager, with school, friends, parents and boys taking up most of her time and thoughts. That is until a chance encounter with a beguiling blue-haired girl (a luminescent Léa Seydoux) turns her world upside down, forcing her to question her desires and assert herself as a woman and as an adult. Jaw-droppingly frank in its sexual content, mesmerisingly beautiful as an artistic accomplishment and utterly compelling from start to finish, this is gripping, engrossing cinema in its rawest, purest form and one of the most celebrated and talked-about films of the year.
Collection of 30 films from the British comedy series. The titles are:
A compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the film tells the story of a diverse team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers uniting to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific, as dangerous as it is beautiful. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden in which humanity does not belong.
Michael Douglas and Demi Moore star in this thriller based on the bestselling novel by Michael Crichton. Manager Tom Sanders misses out on promotion to a new face in his computer company - the power-dressing go-getter Meredith Johnson. Coincidentally an ex-lover of Tom, who is now happily married, Meredith attempts to revive old passions, but when her advances are spurned she promises to take revenge and the next morning Tom is accused of sexually harassing her. With pressure from his bosses to save the company from scandal, Tom decides to fight the allegations in court but Meredith refuses to be easily brushed aside and seems determined to ruin his life, starting with his career.
Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, easily influenced and keen to live the good life. When he joins up with the local Mob family, all his dreams seemingly come true. But living a life of crime, as Henry soon finds out, can be very dangerous. Especially when the guys in your crew, the Goodfellas, are psychotic and can't be trusted. Covering a 30-year stretch in the lives of three key Mafia figures, this bold, unpredictable classic was one of the most powerful films of the 90's.
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren, a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him. |
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