Sales Gallery: Recent Releases
1 May–1 Apr 0001
Joy Luck Club, The (1993)
- From Amy Tan's novel, this story of four Chinese–American women and their daughters will touch a chord with mums and daughters of all races,…
- 1 May 0001
Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
- 1 May 0001
Constance (1983)
- Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…
- 1 May 0001
Shane (1953)
- Former gunfighter Alan Ladd comes to the defence of homesteaders menaced by Jack Palance (satanically clad all in black). Classic Western is splendid…
- 1 May 0001
American Film Theatre - In Celebration (1975)
- A tightly framed screen adaptation of David Storey's autobiographical play set around the reunion of a Nottinghamshire mining family, in which cast…
- 1 May 0001
Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928)
- An epic of silent Russian cinema to rival Eisenstein, this is set around a young Mongol fur–trapper who is swindled by traders and develops a…
- 1 May 0001
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) (2004-2009)
- Following on from the 2003 miniseries, this has been hailed as Sci–Fi’s greatest TV series to date...
SEASON ONE: 13 episodes over 4 DVDs…
- 1 May 0001
Good Night, and Good Luck (2004)
- An astutely–judged freezeframe of an important symbolic moment in 20th century American history, when CBS television presenter Edward Murrow…
- 1 May 0001
Pulse (Kairo) (2001)
- A clandestine by–product of the post–RING phenomenon, this refined and wholly disconcerting tale of a supernatural internet pandemic…
- 1 May 0001
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- Stark and compelling warning about the imminent effects of climate change – largely being stoked by carbon emissions from human activities…
- 1 May 0001
Boston Legal - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005-2006)
- Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
- 1 May 0001
Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) (2007)
- A genuine inductee to the 'Incredibly Strange' hall of fame, this gonzo monster mash bounds between deadpan mock–u–mentary following the…
- 1 May 0001
Home By Christmas (2010)
- The director of WAR STORIES returns to the subject for this deeply personal yet affecting docu–drama focusing this time on a single story…
- 1 May 0001
Coriolanus (2011)
- Ralph Fiennes directs this fierce adaptation of Shakespeare's second–longest play, transposing the Bard's text to modern day Rome, where…
- 1 May 0001
Shield of Straw (2013)
- The prolific Takashi Miike returns with a tale of a team of cops who must protect an accused killer with a billion–yen bounty on his head.
- 1 May 0001
Narcos (TV Series) (2015)
- Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
- 1 May 0001
heART of the matter, The (2016)
- A valuable historical documentary tracing the remarkable shifts in educational philosophy in New Zealand during the post WWII years, in which…
- 1 May 0001
Police Story (1985)
- The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…
- 1 Apr 0001
True Lies (1994)
- Action set pieces just don't come any bigger or better than under monster–budget maestro, James Cameron. Reteaming with Schwarzenegger, it's…
- 1 Apr 0001
Robin Williams - An Evening With (1982)
- The unique lunacy of Robin Williams is captured live in concert on his home turf – The Great American Music Hall in San…
- 11 Nov 2010
Peeping Tom (1960)
- While Hitchcock's PSYCHO received raves reviews and general acceptance, Michael Powell's equally contentious but brilliant film was condemned as…
- 1 Apr 0001
Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982)
- A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
- 1 Apr 0001
Catch 22 (1970)
- An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…
- 1 Apr 0001
Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981)
- Famous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel chronicles one Charles Ryder and his relationship with the Marchmain family in England between the wars.…
- 1 Apr 0001
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
- Alec Guinness returns as John Le Carre's retired agent George Smiley, this time lured back to trace an infiltrator at his old stomping ground.
- 1 Apr 0001
Footrot Flats - A Dog's Tale (1987)
- Murray Ball brings his indigenous comic strip to animated life – Dog, Wal, Jess, Horse and the villainous Murphys provide corka entertainment…
- 1 Apr 0001
Ladykillers, The (1955)
- Priceless Ealing black comedy in which bungling robbers Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers et al conspire to snuff out their rich old landlady, an…
- 1 Apr 0001
Roman Holiday (1953)
- Audrey Hepburn's Oscar–winning and breakthrough performance is her princess who abandons regal responsibilities while abroad to run off with…
- 1 Apr 0001
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Faded screen vamp Gloria Swanson and screenwriter William Holden exploit each other mercilessly in this searing dissection of Hollywood decadence,…
- 1 Apr 0001
Top Hat (1935)
- Magically irrepressible musical with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers enacting some brilliant toe–tapping routines to the tunes of Irving Berlin…
- 1 Apr 0001