Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 884 Films to Rent
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon…
- Christopher Nolan's grand biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the American Physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic…
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- Tom Cruise is back in a thrilling revamp that outdoes the iconic 80's film with spectacular ariel sequences and grounded characters.
- A Quiet Place Part II (A Quiet Place 2) (2021)
- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds…
- Highly anticipated sequel to the inventive horror movie A QUIET PLACE, about parents (played by director John Krasinksi and real–life spouse…
- Annette (2021)
- Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg…
- A magnificent musical–drama which marks the English language debut of French director Leos Carax (HOLY MOTORS).
Adam Driver gives another…
- Black Widow (2021)
- Dir. Cate Shortland
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour…
- Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow gets deserved time in the spotlight in this belated, but very much welcomed, Marvel movie.
Set before the events…
- Free Guy (2021)
- Dir. Shawn Levy
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery…
- Unabashedly sweet sci–fi comedy with Ryan Reynolds playing a clueless bank teller who discovers he is a non–player character in an open…
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux…
- Another bombastic Bond film marking Daniel Craig's fifth and last outing as the British Secret Service agent, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (TRUE…
- Nobody (2021)
- Dir. Ilya Naishuller
Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen…
- Another enjoyably badass actioner from the director of HARDCORE HENRY (and Derek Kolstad, screenwriter of the JOHN WICK series) about a bystander who…
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
- Dir. Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada
- A sophisticated Disney animated feature set in a re–imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization known as Kumandra, where a feisty…
- Respect (2021)
- Dir. Liesl Tommy
Feat. Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans…
- Musical biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as singer Aretha Franklin in the first two decades of her life, culminating with the recording of her…
- Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal…
- Time–traveling rock 'n' roll nerds Bill and Ted are back for another adventure, now as middle–aged dads. From the director of GALAXY…
- Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)) (2020)
- Dir. Cathy Yan
Feat. Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez…
- Margot Robbie returns as the edgy anti–hero Harley Quinn in this follow–up to the DC Comics adaptation SUICIDE SQUAD. Full of wickedly…
- Invisible Man, The (2020)
- Dir. Leigh Whannell
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid…
- Strikingly original science fiction horror which revitalises the classic tale about a predatory man by H. G. Wells into a feminist exploration of…
- King of Staten Island, The (2020)
- Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr…
- An understated and surprisingly mature comedy charmer from director Judd Apatow about a young slacker in a state of arrested development and…
- Military Wives (2020)
- Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng…
- Shamelessly cheesy British comedy following four women who form a military wives choir after their husbands leave to serve in Afghanistan, then find…
- Minari (2020)
- Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
Feat. Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim…
- Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance, this delicately drawn, sweeping story follows a Korean–American family in search of…
- Mulan (2020)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma…
- Spectacular Disney live action re–make of the classic 90's animation, based on the Chinese folktales about a maiden who disguises herself as a…
- Nomadland (2020)
- Dir. Chloé Zhao
Feat. Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
- Frances McDormand offers arguably her greatest performance yet (ahead of a cast of nomadic non–actors) as a woman who leaves her…
- Onward (2020)
- Dir. Dan Scanlon
- Slick animated fantasy adventure following two elf brothers who go on a quest to find a magic magic gem that will bring their deceased father. A…
- Savage (2020)
- Dir. Sam Kelly
Feat. Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston-Crayford
- Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
- Secret Garden, The (2020)
- Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dixie Egerickx…
- Update of Francis Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic about the spirited orphan girl who discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict Aunt and…
- Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)
- Dir. Jeff Fowler
Feat. James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter…
- Action–packed video game spin off following the supersonic hedgehog as he teams up with a small–town cop to defeat an evil genius who…
- Soul (2020)
- Dir. Pete Docter
- Cosmic adventure from Pixar Animation Studios, directed by Pete Docter (INSIDE OUT).
Jamie Foxx voices a middle–school music teacher whose…
- Tenet (2020)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki…
- Beguiling, bamboozling film from sci–fi visionary hitmaker Christopher Nolan, following a secret agent who manipulates time to prevent…
- Unhinged (2020)
- Dir. Derrick Borte
Feat. Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman…
- Darkly funny, high voltage psycho thriller with Russell Crowe perfect as an volatile emasculated man going berserk at an intersection one day,…
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
- Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig…
- Israeli actress Gal Gadot is as charismatic as ever in this sequel to the 2017 DC Comics hit WONDER WOMAN, with Patty Jenkins (MONSTER) returning as…
- 1917 (2019)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
- Immersive epic war film from director Sam Mendes (JARHEAD) which evokes the impression of a continuous take to follow two British soldiers on a…
- Ad Astra (2019)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga…
- After his father's doomed space expedition threatens the universe, an astronaut embarks on a mission to the outer edges of the solar system to try to…
- Aladdin (2019)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott
- Spirited, if a tad unnecessary, live action update of he classic 1992 animation of the same name, where a magic lamp is fought over by the…
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly…
- Cyberpunk action movie based on the 1990's manga, with director Rodriguez (SIN CITY) in his element, crafting a bleak and violent futurist world. A…
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
- A love letter to fans of this humongous mythology, this 22nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an ambitious, three–hour sprawl…
- Bait (2019)
- Dir. Mark Jenkin
Feat. Edward Rowe, Simon Shepherd, Giles King…
- A fisherman in a picturesque Cornish village finds his traditional way of life threatened by gentrification in this experimental but dramatically…
- Blinded By the Light (2019)
- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra
- Set in 1987 during Thatcher–era Britain, a Pakistani Muslim navigates his teenage years and finds his voice through a love of Bruce Springsteen…
- Bombshell (2019)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie…
- Charlize Theron leads an all–star cast in this scathing biographical drama based on real life events in which a group of female Fox network…
- Booksmart (2019)
- Dir. Olivia Wilde
Feat. Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein
- Sensational directorial debut for actor Olivia Wilde, who transforms the High School coming–of–age comedy into a riotous celebration of…
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Dir. Anna Campion, Ryan Fleck
Feat. Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Thoroughly enjoyable entry into the bloated Marvel Franchise, notable for being the first one to be female–led and female co–directed.…
- Cats (2019)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. James Corden, Judi Dench, Idris Elba…
- Vilified remake of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a group of cats competing at an elaborate ceremony to decide who will be reincarnated. A…
- Color Out of Space (Colour Out of Space) (2019)
- Dir. Richard Stanley
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Q'orianka Kilcher…
- Cult director Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) brings some nutty humour to this adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, with…
- Crawl (2019)
- Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper
- When a category 5 hurricane hits South Florida, a young woman attempts to save her father and finds herself fighting to survive in a flooded house…
- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh…
- Australian war film set in a Vietnamese rubber plantation in 1966, where 108 inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting against…
- Dead Don't Die, The (2019)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton…
- Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…
- Deerskin (Le Daim) (2019)
- Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy
- Quentin Dupieux, director of the cult hit RUBBER, returns with this buckwild surrealist comedy, following a man's all–consuming devotion for a…
- Detective Pikachu (Pokémon Detective Pikachu) (2019)
- Dir. Rob Letterman
- Thrilling Pokemon adventure set in Ryme City, a sprawling metropolis where humans and Pokemon live side by side. When a detective goes missing, his…
- Dumbo (2019)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito…
- Tim Burton's colourful live–action reboot of the beloved Disney classic set in a travelling circus where a family discovers that a baby…
- Emma (2019)
- Dir. Autumn de Wilde
Feat. Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner…
- Adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel, from a screenplay by New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton. Lead actress Anna Taylor–Joy is wickedly…
- Escape Room (2019)
- Dir. Adam Robitel
Feat. Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll…
- Psychological horror following a group of people who agree to navigate a series of rooms by solving puzzles in order to win a large cash prize.…
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Hobbs and Shaw) (2019)
- Dir. David Leitch
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba…
- Ever more over–the–top (ergo, ludicrous) spinoff of THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (aka FF8), focusing on Dwayne Johnson's US Diplomatic…
- Fighting With My Family (2019)
- Dir. Stephen Merchant
Feat. Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost
- Big–hearted wrestling biopic centered around real–life WWE wrestler Paige (Florence Pugh), whose dad is also a former wrestler.
- Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66) (2019)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal…
- Handsomely–mounted standard issue Hollywood biopic of how the Ford motor company entered the motor–racing game to try to topple Ferrari's…
- Frozen 2 (2019)
- Dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
- Sequel to the beloved 2013 Disney hit FROZEN, continuing the adventures of Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven as they leave Arendelle to seek out…
- Gentlemen, The (2019)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell…
- A star–studded "mockney" action–comedy from Guy Ritchie led by Matthew McConaughey as an American marijuana magnate in London whose…
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (How to Train Your Dragon 3) (2019)
- Dir. Dean Deblois
- The beloved Dreamworks series comes to a fitting close with this third delightful fantasy film following the adventures of Hiccup, who has…
- It: Chapter 2 (2019)
- Dir. Andrés Muschietti
Feat. Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader…
- A solid but overly–protracted direct sequel to the 2017 film that takes place 27 years later when the cast are all grown up and drawn back to…
- Jo-Jo Rabbit (JoJo Rabbit) (2019)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Taika Waititi…
- Wildly satirical WWII comedy following Jojo, a lonely German boy who discovers his mother, who is secretly anti–Nazi, is hiding a young Jewish…
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (John Wick 3) (2019)
- Dir. Chad Stahelski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne…
- Third film in the neo–noir action thriller series with Keanu Reeves returning as the stoic super–assassin, who is now on the run with a…
- Joker (2019)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz…
- Brilliantly dark psychological thriller introducing Batman's arch nemesis as a traumatised loner who finds his voice in acts of violence. An achingly…
- Judy (2019)
- Dir. Rupert Goold
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock
- Renee Zellweger's thoroughly committed and well–researched portrayal of Judy Garland elevates this biopic set in 1968 during the last year of…
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan …
- The cast of the successful, enjoyable reboot return for more jungle fantasy adventure, this time to rescue one of their own through braving parts…
- Knives Out (2019)
- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas…
- A wildly funny and supremely clever contemporary murder–mystery from writer–director Rian Johnson, where a family patriarch's death…
- Late Night (2019)
- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella…
- Emma Thompson plays a once successful late–night talk show host who fears her popularity is slipping and hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to…
- Lego Movie 2, The (2019)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell, Trisha Gum
- Endearing and inventive follow–up to the beloved 2014 movie, with Duplo invaders from outer space causing havoc to the lives of the Lego…
- Lion King, The (2019)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
- Lavish big–budget remake of the 90's favourite, a coming–of–age tale of a young lion prince following the murder of his father.…
- Little Women (2019)
- Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh…
- The director of LADY BIRD turns her attention to a classic text in the coming–of–age genre, the oft–filmed story based on the novel…
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
- Dir. Joachim Roenning
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson…
- Sequel to the 2014 Disney fantasy, with Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) returning to new adventures, this time…
- Men in Black: International (Men in Black 4) (2019)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Rebecca Ferguson…
- Reboot of the sci–fi comedy about the top–secret organization which protects the earth from alien activity. Tessa Thompson and Chris…
- Missing Link (2019)
- Dir. Chris Butler
- Stop–motion animation from Laika studio (CORALINE) set in the 19th century, about a charismatic English expert in myths and monsters who…
- Official Secrets (2019)
- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode…
- Engrossing drama based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), the GCHQ emplyee who leaked a secret memo about an illegal NSA…
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) (2019)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie…
- Sprawling love–letter to the final years of Hollywood's golden age, following a faded television actor and his stunt double as they face the…
- Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz…
- A more restrained, but no less pretty and witty outing for septuagenarian director Pedro Almodóvar, which narrates evocative vignettes from the life…
- Parasite (2019)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Cho…
- An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…
- Poms (2019)
- Dir. Zara Hayes
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jackie Weaver, Pam Grier…
- Delightful and energetic ensemble comedy set in a picture–perfect retirement community near Phoenix, Arizona, where residents form the Sun City…
- Ready or Not (2019)
- Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Feat. Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny…
- Outrageously violent horror comedy following the fate of a bride who discovers that her wealthy and eccentric in–laws have a terrifying and…
- Rocketman (2019)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden…
- Musical biopic with Taron Egerton playing Elton John, capturing the flamboyant and troubled extremes of his life. Set in his early years when he was…
- Shazam! (2019)
- Dir. David F. Sandberg
Feat. Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong
- Playful DC comics movie about a teenage boy who can transform into an adult superhero by shouting one word: SHAZAM! Naturally he goes about…
- Sound of Metal (2019)
- Dir. Darius Marder
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci…
- Highly acclaimed, thought–provoking drama featuring a sensational performance by Riz Ahmed as a heavy–metal drummer whose life is thrown…
- Souvenir, The (2019)
- Dir. Joanna Hogg
Feat. Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton
- Brilliantly observed and fiercely unconventional drama from writer–director Joanna Hogg (EXHIBITION) introspectively exploring the life of a…
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
- Dir. Jon Watts
Feat. Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- Marvel–lous sequel to the hugely successful reboot 'Spider–Man: Homecoming', this follows the events of 'Avengers: Endgame', with Peter…
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Dir. Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
- Entertaining animated adventure with Will Smith voicing a secret agent who is accidentally turned into a pigeon, leaving his nerdy tech officer (Tom…
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver…
- The conflict between the Jedi and the Sith escalates in this dazzling conclusion to the Skywalker saga from director J.J. Abrams, backed by…
- Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019)
- Dir. Mike Flanagan
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran
- A nothing–if–not–bold sequel to one of the greatest horror movies of all time, THE SHINING. Set 40 years after the events of the…
- Synchronic (2019)
- Dir. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Feat. Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan
- An otherworldly sci–fi thriller from talented film making duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (THE ENDLESS).
Follows a pair of New Orleans…
- Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
- Dir. Tim Miller
Feat. Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis…
- Tim Miller (DEADPOOL) directs this sixth installment in the TERMINATOR franchise, with Sarah Connor returning 25 years after the events of TERMINATOR…
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Dir. Josh Cooley
- A belated fourth, and customarily excellent, installment in the Pixar flagship franchise that follows on from the last with Sheriff Woody, Buzz…
- True Story of the Kelly Gang, The (2019)
- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult…
- Justin Kurzel (SNOWTOWN) directs this adventurous retelling of the Australian story of bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly, based on Peter Carey's 2001…
- Us (Jordan Peele's Us) (2019)
- Dir. Jordan Peele
Feat. Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss…
- Writer–director Jordan Peele follows up his zeitgeist sensation GET OUT with this expanded expression of the African–American experience…
- Varda By Agnes (2019)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Agnes Varda
- Belgian–born film–maker/photographer/artist Agnès Varda takes a seat on a theatre stage to present photos and film excerpts that provide…
- Vivarium (2019)
- Dir. Lorcan Finnegan
Feat. Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg
- A young couple shopping for their first home find themselves in a housing development where every house looks exactly the same, and with no idea how…
- Wonder Park (2019)
- A bright, imaginative young girl discovers an abandoned amusement park hidden in the woods, and sets about bringing it back to life, only to discover…
- Yesterday (2019)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon…
- Another smash hit from writer Richard Curtis which, like ABOUT TIME, works a fantasy element into his patented brand of well–scrubbed English…
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds…
- A smart and creative horror movie made by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside his real–life spouse Emily Blunt as parents fighting for…
- A Simple Favour (2018)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding…
- Featuring a knowing cocktail of far–fetched twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, this stylish post–modern film noir stars Anna…
- A Star is Born (2018)
- Feat. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott…
- Bradley Cooper debuts impressively as director while sparking the right chemistry in front of the camera with real–life pop…
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
- Dir. Ava DuVernay
Feat. Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid…
- High–pitched Disney fantasy that follows a young woman and friends through space in search of her missing father who is held in the clutches of…
- American Animals (2018)
- Dir. Bart Layton
Feat. Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner…
- A crime movie following the true story of a group of ordinary friends who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious heists in American history…
- Annihilation (2018)
- Dir. Alex Garland
Feat. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez…
- Distinctive sci–fi set around a mysterious environmental disaster zone within which the laws of nature do not apply. A biologist (Natalie…
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena…
- In the aftermath of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, the lovable Marvel character Ant–Man (Paul Rudd) is fighting with The Wasp to uncover secrets…
- Aquaman (2018)
- Dir. James Wan
Feat. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe…
- Bombastic superhero movie based on the DC comics character Aquaman, the half–human, half–Atlantean heir to the underwater city of…
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo…
- Bombastic Marvel Universe blockbuster teaming The Avengers with the Guardians of the Galaxy (and many more!) against the villain Thanos, who wants to…
- Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
- Dir. Drew Goddard
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson…
- Deliciously suspenseful ensemble thriller from the director of CABIN IN THE WOODS, set circa 1969, following a group of strangers who converge by…
- Black Panther (2018)
- Dir. Ryan Coogler
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o…
- Another massive hit, and considered one of the best of the eighteen films in the Marvel Comic Universe, and the first to feature a predominantly…
- BlacKkKlansman (Black Klansman) (2018)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier…
- Celebrated as the best Spike Lee "joint" in years, this astute period satire tells the story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer in 1970's…
- Blockers (2018)
- Dir. Kay Cannon
Feat. Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena
- A surprisingly tender sex–comedy about a trio of parents who attempt to stop their teenage daughters from having sex on prom night. Features…
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy…
- A stonking, irrepressibly popular chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen's ascension to popular music royalty through the years leading up…
- Book Club (2018)
- Dir. Bill Holderman
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen…
- Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen play four life–long friends who read Fifty Shades of Grey as part of their…
- Breaker Upperers, The (2018)
- Dir. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek
Feat. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek, James Rolleston…
- Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van Beek write, direct and star in this frisky and flat–out hilarious Kiwi comedy as heart–burned pals who form…
- Bumblebee (2018)
- Dir. Travis Knight
Feat. Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.…
- This sixth installment in the live–action Transformers film series gets a fresh, family–friendly "reboot" with a 1980s period setting…
- Christopher Robin (2018)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings…
- Gorgeously rendered live–action/animation hybrid, an adaptation of the Disney franchise inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's book…
- Cold Pursuit (2018)
- Dir. Hans Petter Moland
Feat. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum…
- Stateside remake of the 2014 Norwegian film IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE in the hands of the original director, Hans Petter Moland.
The blackly comic…
- Colette (2018)
- Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson
- A playful and spirited biopic about the extraordinary, uncompromising life of French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley). Set in Paris at the end of…
- Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Dir. Jon Chu
Feat. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
- Highly effective hi–gloss American rom–com featuring an all Asian cast that follows a young native New Yorker and her longtime boyfriend…
- Deadpool 2 (2018)
- Dir. David Leitch
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison…
- Ryan Reynolds returns for the sequel to the 2016 X–men blockbuster, delivering another round of bleakly comic jokes and…
- Donbass (2018)
- Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Feat. Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk
- A 13–part exploration of the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian–supported Donetsk People's Republic throughout the…
- Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
- Dir. S. Craig Zahler
Feat. Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles…
- A simmering, witty and entirely unpredictable heist epic from the writer/director of BONE TOMAHAWK that stars an ageing Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughan…
- Early Man (2018)
- Dir. Nick Park
- Stop motion animation from Aardman Studios, set in the prehistoric era and telling the story of Dug and his sidekick Hognobas, who defend their land…
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler…
- Second installment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, following Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they go up against the dark wizard Gellert…
- Favourite, The (2018)
- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone
- A viciously witty tragi–comedy from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, set in early 18th century England where a frail Queen Anne allows her close…
- First Man (2018)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke…
- Damien Chazelle (LA LA LAND) directs this remarkable biographical drama following the life of Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) leading up to the 1969…
- Game Night (2018)
- Dir. Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen…
- Clever crime comedy with likeable leads Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams as a couple whose weekly table top gaming get–together turns into a…
- Girl in the Spider's Web, The (2018)
- Dir. Fede Alvarez
Feat. Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks…
- Hacker Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) returns in this sequel to David Fincher's American remake of GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. A less complex by…
- Glass (2018)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy…
- An ambitious, unconventional superhero thriller that provides an intersection between the director M. Night Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable…
- Green Book (2018)
- Dir. Pete Farrelly
Feat. Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini
- Enjoyable road movie based on a true story about the unlikely friendship between an African–American concert pianist and a roughneck…
- Grinch, The (2018)
- Dir. Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
- A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville. A fun holiday animation with simple messages about the value of kindness, with…
- Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The (2018)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glenn Powell
- Warm and picturesque romantic comedy from the director of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Set in 1946, the charismatic and free–spirited writer…
- Hereditary (2018)
- Dir. Ari Aster
Feat. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro…
- One of the most terrifying movies of recent years, with Toni Colette in a career defining performance, playing an artist whose mother passes away,…
- Hotel Mumbai (2018)
- Dir. Anthony Maras
Feat. Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi…
- Gripping dramatisation of the 2008 siege of Mumbai's Taj Hotel, following the staff and guests as they fight to survive the merciless attack by a…
- Ideal Home (2018)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Alison Pill…
- Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a bickering couple leading an extravagant lifestyle in a chic Santa Fe Mansion, whose lives are turned upside down…
- In Fabric (2018)
- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Hayley Squires…
- Utterly beguiling and sumptuous ghost story from singular British director Peter Strickland (DUKE OF BURGUNDY), following a possessed red dress as it…
- Incredibles 2 (2018)
- Dir. Brad Bird
- Belated sequel to the 2004 Pixar animated original that follows the Parr family as they try to restore public's trust in superheroes while balancing…
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
- Beautiful stop–motion animation set in Japan in a dystopian near–future, where an outbreak of canine flu has lead to all dogs being…
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall…
- Sequel to JURASSIC WORLD (2015) and part of a planned trilogy, this creature feature blockbuster keeps the franchise alive with a fun, if…
- Ladies in Black (2018)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Julia Ormond
- Set in Sydney in 1959, this charming adaptation of the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John follows the lives of a group of young employees at the…
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner
- A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
- Maiden (2018)
- Dir. Alex Holmes
- Documentary about the all–female crew of the Maiden, who won the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race against all odds,…
- Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (Mamma Mia 2) (2018)
- Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Christine Baranski…
- Everything you adored (or despised) about the first movie is here in spades in this sequel to the impossibly rowdy all–singing,…
- Mandy (2018)
- Dir. Panos Cosmatos
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache…
- Psychedelic horror director Panos Cosmatos follows up his beguiling and underrated BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW with this no–holds–barred…
- Mary Magdalene (2018)
- Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- The director of LION delivers this sombre biopic of the Saint and disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, who caused conflict with Jesus's other disciples in…
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw…
- Emily Blunt couldn't be more perfectly cast as the delightful Mary Poppins in this sequel that proves it's worth. Set in 1930's London, 25 years…
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Dir. Josie Rourke
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden…
- Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are well matched in this period thriller presenting a revisionist, but not overly contentious, account of the fiery…
- Meg, The (2018)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson…
- Shamelessly cheesy sub–JAWS aquatic entertainment, with Stratham as a deep–sea rescue diver who is going to save a group of scientists…
- Mercy, The (2018)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis…
- James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE) directs this biographical drama telling the almost unbelievable story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who attempted to…
- Mid 90s (2018)
- Dir. Jonah Hill
Feat. Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges…
- Evocative coming–of–age drama from actor–director Jonah Hill, following a 13–year old boy in 90's Los Angeles who falls in…
- Mirai (2018)
- Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
- Gorgeous anime from director Mamoru Hosoda (SUMMER WARS, WOLF CHILDREN) where a 4–year–old boy discovers he can travel through time to…
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Mission Impossible 6) (2018)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames…
- Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in this highly regarded sixth installment of the film franchise. The stakes are higher than ever with…
- Mortal Engines (2018)
- Dir. Christian Rivers
Feat. Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Robert Sheehan
- Peter Jackson produced fantasy epic set in a post–apocalyptic future, where cities survive by moving around on giant wheels and devouring…
- Mule, The (2018)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne…
- Clint Eastwood directs and acts in this compelling crime drama about an 80–year old WWII vet who, facing financial pressures, takes a job as a…
- Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The (2018)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Feat. Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez…
- Lavish but hollow Disney retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's "The Nutcracker" about a…
- Ocean's 8 (Ocean's Eight) (2018)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway…
- A star–studded ensemble cast deliver a slick heist caper in the vein of previous installments. A team of crooks go for a 150 million dollar…
- Overlord (2018)
- Dir. Julius Avery
Feat. Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier
- A small group of American soldiers discover secret Nazi experiments after they are dropped behind enemy lines the day before D–day. A gleefully…
- Penguin Highway (2018)
- Dir. Hiroyasu Ishida
- Delightful anime about a fourth–grader trying to unravel the mystery of penguins suddenly appearing in his village, which may be connected to a…
- Peter Rabbit (2018)
- Dir. Will Gluck
- Based on the beloved books by Beatrix Potter, about the mischievous Peter Rabbit and his three sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton Tail. A mix of…
- Peterloo (2018)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley
- Elaborate historical drama directed by Mike Leigh (MR TURNER), portraying the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where British army forces attacked a…
- Prospect (2018)
- Dir. Zeek Earl, Chris Caldwell
Feat. Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, Jay Duplass
- Uniquely atmospheric sci–fi thriller set on a remote alien moon, where a teenage girl and her father fight to survive while attempting to mine…
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Dir. Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
- Set 6 years after the events of WRECK–IT–RALPH, where Ralph and Vanellope, now firm friends, discover a Wi–Fi router at Litwack’s…
- Rampage (2018)
- Dir. Brad Peyton
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman…
- A fun, big–budget monster movie featuring an extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who mutates into a raging creature of enormous size…
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Director Spielberg plays to his strengths in this adrenaline–filled love letter to 80's pop culture and video games. Set in the year 2045, most…
- Red Sparrow (2018)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts…
- Ultra–stylish spy thriller with Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian ballerina whose attempts to support her ailing mother lead her to train as a…
- Roma (2018)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira
- Another masterclass in storytelling from Mexican maestro Alfonso Cuarón, about a year in the life of a middle–class family's maid in Mexico…
- Searching (2018)
- Dir. Aneesh Chaganty
Feat. John Cho, Debra Messing
- A smart and entertaining thriller about a father searching for his missing daughter, which explores the role of digital technology in our lives by…
- Shadow (Ying) (2018)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chao Deng
- Masterful wuxia epic from director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), set in a kingdom where a cunning military commander plots to…
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
- Dir. John Stevenson
- Sequel to GNOMEO & JULIET in which the animated loved–up couple recruit renowned detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious…
- Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (Sicario 2) (2018)
- Dir. Stefano Sollima
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner
- Blistering follow–up to the acclaimed 2015 film SICARIO, with Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro returning as a federal agent and a black op…
- Skyscraper (2018)
- Dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han…
- Ludicrous action thriller where Dwayne Johnson plays a US war vet who provides security assessment for skyscrapers, but goes on the run after being…
- Smallfoot (2018)
- Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick
- An intelligent animated musical movie about a bright young yeti who discovers that a human exists beyond his snowy village, with each species…
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany…
- Han Solo gets his own movie in this stand–alone Star Wars anthology film, taking place a decade prior to the events of A New Hope, where Han…
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Dir. Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti
Feat. Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin…
- The first animated film in the Spider–Man franchise set in the Marvel "Spider–Verse", where struggling teen Miles Morales trains with the…
- Spy Who Dumped Me, The (2018)
- Dir. Susanna Fogel
Feat. Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux…
- Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon play two best friends who go on the run across Europe to evade assassins after one of their ex–boyfriends turns…
- Suspiria (2018)
- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth…
- A jaw–droppingly audacious remake of the classic Argento horror, which finds director Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) at his most bold…
- They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
- Ground–breaking documentary that employs state–of–the–art technology to transform audio and moving image archive footage to…
- Three Identical Strangers (2018)
- Dir. Tim Wardle
- Fascinating and moving documentary telling the incredible story of triplets who never knew they existed until they were 19, but after a joyous…
- Tomb Raider (2018)
- Dir. Roar Uthaug
Feat. Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins…
- A prequel in the Tomb Raider franchise featuring a stand–out performance from Alicia Vikander as the totally bad ass Lara Croft. After refusing…
- Unsane (2018)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Juno Temple
- A gripping psychological horror focused on a woman who is committed to a mental institution after being pursued by a stalker. Shot entirely on an…
- Upgrade (2018)
- Dir. Leigh Whannell
Feat. Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson
- Futuristic body horror about a man who "upgrades" his body using an AI implant called STEM after his wife is murdered – the kicker of the…
- Venom (2018)
- Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed…
- The Marvel comics character Venom, an alien symbiote usually associated with Spider–Man, is the subject of this superhero movie with Tom Hardy…
- Vice (2018)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell…
- Christian Bale provides another stunningly transformative performance, playing the insidious and power hungry Dick Cheney, Vice President to George…
- Widows (2018)
- Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki…
- A contemporary heist thriller from director Steve McQueen following four windowed women who attempt to pay back the crime boss that their husbands…
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
- Dir. Mark Cousins
- Mark Cousin's follows up his ground–breaking THE STORY OF FILM series with this equally–lauded celebration of women in film, with…
- 6 Days (Six Days) (2017)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish…
- Kiwi filmmaker Toa Fraser helms this hostage thriller that faithfully recreates the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London, 1980.
- A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) (2017)
- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
- Another supremely elegant, substantive and compassionate character study from the director of GLORIA that this time focuses on a transgender woman in…
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup…
- The alien resurrection continues with director Ridley Scott returning once again to the sci–fi blockbuster franchise for another…
- All the Money in the World (2017)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg…
- Solid kidnapping thriller with a terrific performance by Michelle Williams as a mother who attempts to convince her aging oil tycoon…
- American Made (2017)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright…
- Tom Cruise stars in this energized biopic about an American pilot who became a drug–runner for the CIA in the 1980s that would come to be…
- Atomic Blonde (2017)
- Dir. David Leitch
Feat. Charlize Theron, James McAvoy
- Pulpy, neon–lit thriller from the makers of JOHN WICK with a remarkable performance from Charlize Theron, giving real emotional depth to a…
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx…
- Entertainingly preposterous heist–comedy from British upstart Edgar Wright, centred around a precociously talented getaway driver whose every…
- Battle of the Sexes, The (2017)
- Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman…
- Entertainingly playful telling of the story behind the milestone 1973 tennis match in which the 29–year–old women's champ Billie Jean…
- Beguiled, The (2017)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst…
- This exquisitely designed Southern pot–boiler set during the Civil War within a claustrophobic girls' seminary in Virginia marks a return to…
- Big Sick, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael Showalter
Feat. Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter…
- Pakistan–born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (SILICON VALLEY) and Zoe Kazan find the right chemistry in this winning culture clash rom–com that…
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas…
- The visionary director of ARRIVAL helms this faithfully thoughtful and spectacular sequel to the 1982 sci–fi classic, with Ryan Gosling…
- Boss Baby, The (2017)
- Dir. Tom McGrath
- A hit–and–miss Dreamworks animated lark about a suit–wearing, briefcase–carrying baby (voiced by Alec Baldwin) who pairs up…
- Call Me By Your Name (2017)
- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg…
- Completing the "Desire" trilogy with I AM LOVE and A BIGGER SPLASH, this coming–of–age drama is set in Northern Italy in 1983, where a 17…
- Cars 3 (2017)
- Dir. Brian Fee
Feat. Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper…
- Hailed as a return to form for the vehicular franchise, with Lightning McQueen back as the celebrated stock car racer, now past his prime and facing…
- Chappaquiddick (2017)
- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms…
- Sombre drama exploring the incident known as the Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car into a lake in 1969, killing his…
- Churchill (2017)
- Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Feat. Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery
- Brian Cox delivers an impressive performance as iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the days before the D–Day landings in June 1944.
- Coco (2017)
- Dir. Lee Unkrich
Feat. Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt…
- A charming Pixar film based on the Mexican holiday The Day of the Dead, that proves to be more than just a bunch of Halloween cliches. The story…
- Colossal (2017)
- Dir. Nacho Vigalondo
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens…
- Ambitious high–concept sci–fi drama–comedy hybrid starring a plucky Anne Hathaway as an unemployed, down–at–heel city…
- Dark Tower, The (2017)
- Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
Feat. Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor…
- Stephen King adaptation which simplifies the author's acclaimed fantasy series into a watchable battle of good vs evil – represented by Idris…
- Darkest Hour (2017)
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Gary Oldman embodies Winston Churchill to Oscar–winning effect in this rousing and roundly effective historical drama set during the early days…
- Detroit (2017)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith…
- Harrowing account of the tragic five day race riot in Detroit, 1967, which lead to The Algiers Motel Incident, in which black civilians were beaten,…
- Disaster Artist, The (2017)
- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen…
- A satirical yet empathetic adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiographical book of the same name depicting his friendship with one Tommy Wiseau, the…
- Downsizing (2017)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau…
- Dir. Alexander Payne (NEBRASKA, SIDEWAYS) pulls another one from outside the box with a satiric fantasy in which a man joins the ranks of a…
- Dunkirk (2017)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan…
- Christopher Nolan's grandiose staging of the famous evacuation of the French port of Dunkirk in May 1940 is a departure from the fantasy pictures the…
- Fate of the Furious, The (Fast and the Furious 8) (2017)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson…
- The loud and proud car–porn phenomenon continues unabated with a devilish plot twist that sees Dom (Vin Diesel) betray his FF crew after being…
- Ferdinand (Ferdinand the Bull) (2017)
- Dir. Carlos Saldanha
- A gentle–hearted bull eschews the machismo of the bull–fighting ring in favour of cultivating friendships with a gorgeous array of farm…
- Fireworks (Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or The Bottom?) (2017)
- Dir. Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Beautifully romantic Japanese anime set during a school summer vacation, based on Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV series, “Fireworks”. Refreshingly…
- Florida Project, The (2017)
- Dir. Sean Baker
Feat. Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe
- An impoverished mother and her 6–year–old daughter are the focus of this vibrant offering from acclaimed indie director Sean Baker…
- Free Fire (2017)
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor…
- Gleeful and hilariously nihilistic parody of the insanity of gun violence by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (HIGH RISE). Set in 1970's Boston, an…
- Get Out (2017)
- Dir. Jordan Peele
Feat. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener…
- A deliciously fresh and contemporary paranoid thriller that puts an ingenious and spirited African–American spin on the conspiracy template set…
- Ghost in the Shell (2017)
- Dir. Rupert Sanders
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano…
- Shot in New Zealand, this Westernised live action adaptation of the iconic Japanese franchise has Scarlet Johansson as the prototype…
- Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly MacDonald
- A heartwarming story of the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, set in a picturesque England in…
- Greatest Showman, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael Gracey
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams…
- Unashamedly cheesy and infectious musical with Hugh Jackman leading an all–star cast. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Jackman), the…
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) (2017)
- Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista…
- Second installment of the widely appealing comic–cosmic Marvel hit set to another batch of AM radio classics, though this time feels all…
- Hitman's Bodyguard, The (2017)
- Dir. Patrick Hughes
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman…
- Smart–ass action shennanigans with Ryan Reynolds hired as a bodyguard to protect hitman Samuel L. Jackson who has to testify at the…
- I, Tonya (2017)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan…
- Darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history.
Harding was the first…
- It (It: Chapter One) (2017)
- Dir. Andrés Muschietti
Feat. Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard…
- A group of youngsters dread, and dare to tread, toward solving the mystery of why children are disappearing in their small town in Maine, leading to…
- It Comes at Night (2017)
- Dir. Trey Edward Schults
Feat. Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo…
- Following his impressive debut feature KRISHA, director Trey Edward Shults steps up a notch in scale and ambition to craft an exquisitely…
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (John Wick 2) (2017)
- Dir. Chad Stahelski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane…
- Legendary ex–hitman John Wick is forced to go on the run after a bounty is placed on his head, in this excellently choreographed neo–noir…
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart…
- Reboot of the beloved 90's adventure, with four high school kids discovering an old video game console that transforms them into the avatars they…
- Justice League (2017)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot…
- DC Comics' answer to Marvel's Avengers combines the forces of their superhero properties; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The…
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Allwyn, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey…
- Charlie Hunman plays the Arthur of legend, unaware of his royal lineage until drawing the sword Excalibur from the stone. Director Guy Ritchie brings…
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton…
- Sequel to the outrageous blockbuster spy spoof about an elite secret organisation called Kingsman, who this time must team up with their American…
- Kodachrome (2017)
- Dir. Mark Raso
Feat. Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen
- Heartfelt father–son road trip drama shot entirely on Kodak motion picture film. Jason Sudeikis plays a son who takes his father and his…
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson…
- When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster…
- Lady Bird (Ladybird) (2017)
- Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts…
- Sublime coming–of–age drama which marks the writing and directing debut of formidable indie talent Greta Gerwig, who draws upon her own…
- Lego Batman Movie, The (2017)
- Dir. Chris McKay
- Spawned from the success of the "block"–buster satire, THE LEGO MOVIE, the po–faced LEGO Batman returns with his own hilariously…
- Life (2017)
- Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson…
- Claustrophobic white knuckle horror where a team of scientists on an international space station discover that the biological sample they took from…
- Logan (2017)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart…
- Passionate, mature X–Men spin–off featuring the surly Wolverine.
Withdrawn and noticeably older (but still ass–kicking), Logan…
- Logan Lucky (2017)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig…
- Heist–comedy populated by an impressive ensemble cast, following the down–on–their–luck Logan family as they try to strike it…
- Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
- Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Beautiful Japanese animation telling the coming–of–age story of a boisterous girl whose summer holiday with her great aunt leads her to…
- Molly's Game (2017)
- Dir. Aaron Sorkin
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner…
- The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic–class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high–stakes poker game and became an FBI target.…
- Mother! (mother!) (2017)
- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris…
- A polarising yet brilliant psychological horror bursting with allegorical detail, from visionary auteur/provocateur Darren Aronofsky.
A couple's…
- Mountain (2017)
- Dir. Jennifer Peedom
Feat. Willem Dafoe
- A reflective but adrenaline–fueled documentary exploring our timeless enchantment with mountains, in the unique form of a collaboration between…
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe…
- Adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie, in the capable hands of director Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as Hercule Poirot, the renowned…
- My Cousin Rachel (2017)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen…
- A troubled orphan in 1830's Cornwall finds himself falling for the women he believes killed his guardian, in this dark romance featuring a strong…
- Other Side of Hope, The (2017)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Ville Virtanen…
- This Finnish take on the European migrant crisis – proclaimed to be last directed by auteur Aki Kaurismäki – is a poignant yet typically…
- Paddington 2 (2017)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville…
- The beloved bear Paddington returns in this more than worthy sequel to the 2015 movie. Full of pure, big hearted happiness, this delightful and witty…
- Phantom Thread (2017)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville
- Deliciously gothic period drama by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in 1950's London, a charismatic and obsessive couturier meets a…
- Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
- Dir. Trish Sie
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld…
- Adds nothing new to the formula, but it's a winning one – The Bellas reunite after finishing college and return to their a capella roots after…
- Pork Pie (2017)
- Dir. Matt Murphy
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings…
- Geoff Murphy's beloved and iconic New Zealand road movie is given a souped–up and delightfully witty make–over by his son, Matt Murphy,…
- Post, The (2017)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson…
- The story of The Washington Post's attempt to publish The Pentagon Papers is given the Spielberg treatment. A riveting political thriller with…
- Shape of Water, The (2017)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins…
- At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in…
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Dir. Jon Watts
Feat. Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau…
- Excellent (and third) big–screen reboot of the Marvel Comics franchise that picks up after the events of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR.
Spidey…
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill…
- Refreshing and self–assured entry into the franchise, which pays respectful homage to both the franchise and the expectations of…
- T2 Trainspotting (2017)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller…
- The characters of Irvine Welsh's TRAINSPOTTING are alive, if not entirely well, twenty years later in this sequel that serves up some good laughs and…
- Their Finest (2017)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy…
- Charming, rousing WWII romance starring Gemma Arterton as a greenhorn screenwriter who joins a makeshift cast and crew to make a film to lift British…
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett…
- New Zealand's most successful film–maker on home turf (and former Aro Valleyite) Taika Waititi makes his equally successful Hollywood debut…
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…
- Frances McDormand gives an Oscar–winning turn as a grieving mother who personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's…
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke…
- Expensive and extravagant space opera set in the 28th Century, where a team of special operatives investigate a dark force that threatens peace in…
- Viceroy's House (2017)
- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon…
- Another handsome chronicle of Britain's imperial history, this one depicting events of 1947, when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, was charged…
- Victoria and Abdul (Victoria & Abdul) (2017)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard…
- The legendary Judi Dench returns to the role of Queen Victoria in this sumptuous story of the unlikely bond between the the aging queen and a young…
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn
- The third and final installment in the excellent Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy, with director Matt Reeves returning to complete the story that…
- Wind River (2017)
- Dir. Taylor Sheridan
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham…
- A rookie FBI agent and a local wildlife tracker team up to investigate the death of a young Native American woman on a snowy Indian reservation in…
- Wonder (2017)
- Dir. Stephen Chbosky
Feat. Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay…
- The inspiring and heartwarming story based on the bestseller by R.J. Palacio about a boy born with facial differences that have prevented him from…
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright…
- Israeli actress Gal Gadot dazzles as the charismatic warrior princess who must leave her mythical island paradise and sail into WWI–embattled…
- You Were Never Really Here (2017)
- Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette
- Another impressionistic masterpiece from director Lynne Ramsay, with a brilliantly volatile performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a deeply traumatised…
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
- Dir. Dan Trachtenberg
Feat. John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher, Jr.
- Set in the CLOVERFIELD universe, but not an official sequel, Mary Elizabeth Winstead wakes up to find herself trapped in an underground bunker with…
- A Cure for Wellness (2016)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth
- An ambitious Manhattan stockbroker is blackmailed to retrieve a company boardmember from a wellness spa in the Swiss Alps
in this visually stunning…
- A Monster Calls (2016)
- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones…
- A splendid and skillfully–told fantasy drama in which a 12–year–old boy faces his mother's terminal illness, his strict…
- A Quiet Passion (2016)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine
- The reclusive 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson is the worthy subject of this quietly mesmerising biopic, a stand–out in the career of director…
- Accountant, The (2016)
- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons…
- Though prone to contrivance, this is high–octane thriller is built around Ben Affleck's unusual character – a math savant, who works…
- Allied (2016)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan…
- Old–fashioned wartime romance between an intelligence officer and a French resistance fighter in 1942, which develops into a satisfying…
- Arrival (2016)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker…
- Amy Adams plays a linguistics expert who is recruited by the military to determine the intentions of seemingly–benign alien visitors who have…
- Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams…
- Dour superhero spectacle sees DC comic's finest face off after Batman becomes concerned with Superman's unchecked powers.
- BFG, The (2016)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement…
- Steven Spielberg directs this adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's classic about a young girl named Sophie who encounters the Big Friendly Giant,…
- Blood Father (2016)
- Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Mel Gibson, William H. Macy, Erin Moriarty…
- Mel Gibson attempts career rehabilitation in this stolid actioner, playing an ex–con who reunites with his estranged wayward…
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
- Dir. Sharon Maguire
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey…
- A belated and rather witty third screen outing for Helen Fielding's comic heroine, with Renee Zellweger returning as the beleaguered Bridget, now 43,…
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr., Scarlett Johansson…
- Action spectacular as superheroes turn on each other after political interference causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.
- Deadpool (2016)
- Dir. Tim Miller
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller
- Super–smug but irresistible super–(anti)hero riff based on the Marvel comic about a wise–cracking former Special Forces operative…
- Deepwater Horizon (2016)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O‘Brien…
- Action–packed survival tale dramatizing the BP oil rig accident that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, 2010, one of the world's…
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams…
- The fourteenth film from the Marvel superhero franchise stars Cumberbatch as the title hero, a neurosurgeon disabled in a car crash who turns to a…
- Don't Breathe (2016)
- Dir. Fede Alvarez
Feat. Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette…
- Relentless, sometimes inventive horror about a trio of thieves attempting to rob the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems. From the…
- Eagle Huntress, The (2016)
- A 13–year–old nomadic Mongolian girl breaks a 2,000 year–old gender barrier to follow her father and train hunting eagles in this…
- Eddie the Eagle (2016)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken…
- Feelgood biopic about the infamous British ski–jumper Eddie Edwards whose lack of athletic prowess and unlikely character charmed the world at…
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler…
- This 1920's period fantasy adventure is the first in the HARRY POTTER universe to be adapted for the screen by J. K. Rowling herself. Eddie Redmayne…
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon…
- Proving they're not always a "bridesmaid", Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig headline this riotous girl–powered reboot of the eighties comedy…
- Girl on the Train, The (2016)
- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson…
- Adapted of the best–selling novel by Paula Hawkins (and transposed from its British setting to America), the mystery unravels for Emily Blunt…
- Girl With All the Gifts, The (2016)
- Dir. Colm McCarthy
Feat. Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine…
- Aimed especially at young adults, this British take on the zombie thriller features the unique presence of an exceptional young girl who is…
- Great Wall, The (2016)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian…
- Inventive mash–up of historical epic and action fantasy places Matt Damon in China during the Song dynasty, as a European mercenary in the…
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn…
- The true World War II story of a conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and regard for his…
- Hail Caesar! (2016)
- Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Feat. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich…
- Light yet dazzlingly bright comic outing from the Coen Bros follows real life Hollywood 'fixer' Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) as he frantically tries to…
- Handmaiden, The (2016)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha…
- Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, Chris Pine…
- An exceptional ten–gallon thriller in which a divorced father and his ex–con older brother resort to a desperate but righteous scheme in…
- Hidden Figures (2016)
- Dir. Theodore Melfi
Feat. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe…
- Inspirational story of a team of African–American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the US space…
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata…
- A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
- Independence Day 2: Resurgence (2016)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie Usher…
- Routine effects–heavy sequel is set decades after the first Independence Day invasion, and finds Earth once again faced with an alien threat.
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Patrick Heusinger…
- Formulaic action–thriller sequel with Tom Cruise returning as the eponymous tough guy from Lee Child's series of popular novels, this time on…
- Jackie (2016)
- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig…
- A portrait of Jackie Kennedy following the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy. Natalie Portman provides an intimate and sensitive portrayal…
- Jason Bourne (2016)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander…
- Breathless fifth entry in the Bourne franchise has Matt Damon returning as the former operative uncovering more secrets from his past.
- Jasper Jones (2016)
- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Levi Miller, Aaron L. McGrath, Angourie Rice…
- A nostalgic portrait of Australian childhood in the summer of '69 that tells the story of a bookish boy who finds himself caught up in a local murder…
- Kubo & The Two Strings (2016)
- Dir. Travis Knight
Feat. Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes…
- Another gorgeously animated tale from Laika studios (BOXTROLLS, etc) about a young boy named Kubo who must locate a magical suit of armour worn by…
- La La Land (2016)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt…
- The wunderkind director of WHIPLASH fashions another bold, contemporary love letter to the Jazz age, this time as a widescreen, technicolor romantic…
- Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Alexander Skarsgard swings into the role of Tarzan who having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to…
- Light Between Oceans, The (2016)
- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz…
- An elegant sweeping melodrama set in post–WWI Western Australia about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who raise a baby they rescue from an…
- Lion (2016)
- Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar…
- Riveting true story of a boy who becomes separated from his Indian family at the age of 5, and is adopted by Australian parents. As an adult, he…
- Lo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Acclaimed Documentarian Werner Herzog approaches the internet as a curious outsider on an exotic vacation. Meeting the digital natives, getting…
- Lost City of Z, The (2016)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller…
- James Gray (THE IMMIGRANT) directs this Amazonian adventure based on a true story and adapted from the novel by David Grann.
The early 20th…
- Love Witch, The (2016)
- Dir. Anna Biller
Feat. Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys…
- Writer–director Anna Biller who also produced, edited, costumed, set designed and scored this feminist sexploitation pastiche shot in 35mm as…
- Manchester By the Sea (2016)
- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler…
- Casey Affleck won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a man with a haunted past who is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after his brother…
- Midnight Special (2016)
- Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst…
- Soulful sci–fi thriller from director Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER, MUD) follows a father and son as they go on the run, pursued by the…
- Minute Bodies (The Intimate World of F. Percy) (2016)
- Dir. Stuart A. Staples, David Reeve
- A meditative, immersive film from David Reeve and 'Tindersticks' frontman Stuart A. Staples that tributes the astonishing work of naturalist,…
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Tim Burton's spectacular adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel about a teenager who discovers a portal to a different time in coastal Wales…
- Moana (2016)
- Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements
Feat. Aulii Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Jemaine Clement…
- An epic CGI Disney adventure about a Polynesian girl who sets sail on a daring ocean voyage to find a home for her people.
Features Kiwi voice…
- Neon Demon, The (2016)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone…
- An aspiring model moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty–obsessed women and exploitative…
- Nice Guys, The (2016)
- Dir. Shane Black
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice…
- Genuinely hilarious buddy comedy from the director of KISS KISS BANG BANG (and writer of the LETHAL WEAPON movies back in the day) about a mismatched…
- Nocturnal Animals (2016)
- Dir. Tom Ford
Feat. Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon…
- Renowned fashion designer Tom Ford follows his film debut A SINGLE MAN with this highly intriguing neo–noir tale about a wealthy art gallery…
- Passengers (2016)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Laurence Fishburne…
- Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt play passengers on board a spacecraft destined for a distant planet, who are awakened from their sleeping pods 90…
- Paterson (2016)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani
- A profound ode to small–town life and the beauty found within everyday simplicity, director Jim Jarmusch here creates a masterful, carefully…
- Patriots Day (2016)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon…
- Director Peter Berg and star Mark Wahlberg follow DEEPWATER HORIZON with another gutsy dramatisation of a tragic American event, this time the 2013…
- Pete's Dragon (2016)
- Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley…
- Inspired Disney remake vastly improves upon its own forgotten 70's adventure that tells the tale of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend…
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
- Dir. Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Feat. Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer…
- Pop mockumentary providing a willfully ridiculous send–up of the music biz, produced by Judd Apatow and loaded with fun cameos by musicians and…
- Raw (Grave) (2016)
- Dir. Julia Ducournau
Feat. Garance Marillier , Ella Rumpf
- A bright young veterinary student and ardent vegetarian is unexpectedly subjected to a series of cruel hazing rituals in her first week at college,…
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Dir. Gareth Edwards
Feat. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk…
- The phenomenal mythology of Star Wars expands again with this first of the "standalone" films, a suitably epic adventure that inaugurates a fresh…
- Secret Life of Pets, The (2016)
- Dir. Yarrow Cheney, Chris Renaud
Feat. Louis C.K, Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart…
- An all–star lineup of comedic talent livens up this otherwise undemanding tale of animals running wild. Louis C.K. voices a spoiled terrier…
- Shallows, The (2016)
- Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Feat. Blake Lively
- Nail–biting but certainly shallow thriller with Blake Lively as a lone surfer being stalked by a great white shark off the Mexican coast.…
- Sing (2016)
- Dir. Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane…
- Zany animated musical about a struggling impresario who enters a singing competition in a last ditch attempt to save his beloved decaying theatre…
- Split (2016)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley…
- Twist–meister M. Night Shyamalan returns (to form) with this innovative thriller starring James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities…
- Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban…
- Thrilling third installment has Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter…
- Street Cat Named Bob, A (2016)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt
- A sweet and poignant comedy–drama based on the life (and best–selling autobiography) of James Bowen, a young homeless London busker and…
- Suicide Squad (2016)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto…
- Warped action from the DC Comics stable has a team of incarcerated super–villains recruited by a secret government agency to prevent the…
- Sully (2016)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney…
- Thrilling true story with Tom Hanks bringing his every man charm to the role of Chesley Sullenberger the heroic pilot who made a scarcely believable…
- Swiss Army Man (2016)
- Dir. Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Feat. Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Off–the–wall buddy flick in which a man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to…
- Train to Busan (2016)
- Dir. Sang-ho Yeon
Feat. Gong Yoo, Kim Soo-Ah, Jung Yu-mi
- Breakout Korean zombie–thriller sensation in which a group of terrified passengers fight their way through a viral outbreak while trapped on a…
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence…
- The franchise roles on with the X–Men confronting a resurrected mutant determined to re–make the world.
- Zoolander 2 (2016)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz…
- Amiable but only occasionally inspired sequel has Derek and Hansel return to the fashion world to help investigate who is behind the mysterious…
- Zootopia (2016)
- Dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard
Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba…
- This Pixar animation smash is a smart, hugely entertaining romp set in a city of anthropomorphic animals in which a rookie bunny cop and a cynical…
- '71 (2015)
- Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jack O'Connell, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris
- A visceral thriller in which a young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the…
- 5 Flights Up (Five Flights Up) (2015)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon…
- Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton headline this amiable drama as a long–married couple endure a hectic weekend as they ponder the sale of the…
- American Ultra (2015)
- Dir. Nima Nourizadeh
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton…
- Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart reunite in this paranoid action–comedy , with Eisenberg dumbing down to play a hapless stoner who discovers…
- Amy (2015)
- Dir. Asif Kapadia
- The compelling but undeniably downbeat story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks. From the…
- Anomalisa (2015)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
- Charlie Kaufman directs this affecting stop–motion animation that explores a loners failure to connect with other people and his struggles to…
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll…
- The Marvel film universe continues to expand with this fitfully amusing entry in which Paul Rudd acquires a crime–conquering super–suit…
- Assassin, The (2015)
- Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Shu Qi, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki
- Acclaimed director Hou Hsiao–Hsien returns with a breathtaking martial–arts epic in which an assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill…
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
- More Marvel mayhem has the team forced to reassemble after Tony Stark and Bruce Banner awaken a long dormant peacekeeping program.
- Big Short, The (2015)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling…
- A nimble and pointed comedy with a serious agenda about four denizens in the world of high–finance who predict the credit and housing bubble…
- Bigger Splash, A (2015)
- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes…
- A sensuous, if overly–mannered comedy of manners from the director of I AM LOVE has the Sicilian vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker…
- Black Mass (2015)
- Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson…
- True crime yarn with Johnny Depp disappearing into the role of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, who became an FBI informant in order to take down a…
- Bridge of Spies (2015)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda…
- Elegant, nostalgic Cold–War drama from Steven Spielberg based on a true story. Tom Hanks plays the American attorney thanklessly tasked with…
- Brooklyn (2015)
- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson…
- Powerful saga of an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York who falls for a tough Italian plumber, but faces temptation from another man when she returns…
- Burnt (2015)
- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, Omar Sy…
- Culinary drama with Bradley Cooper as a temperamental chef pushing his staff to the limits as he strives for a third Michelin star.
- Carol (2015)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson…
- Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this spellbinding adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking romantic novel. Set in 1950's New York it…
- Crimson Peak (2015)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston…
- Guillermo del Toro directs this sumptuous Gothic feast in which a new bride investigates ghostly visions at a remote mansion that holds dark secrets.
- Danish Girl, The (2015)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard…
- Prestige romantic drama loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegene, and traces the evolution of their relationship…
- Dressmaker, The (2015)
- Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth…
- Kate Winslet cuts a dashing figure (and a true–blue Aussie accent) as a talented dressmaker who returns home from Paris to the tiny isolated…
- End of the Tour, The (2015)
- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky…
- Surprisingly engrossing account of the five–day interview between the late David Foster Wallace and reporter David Lipsky taking place shortly…
- Everest (2015)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- This lavishly mounted account of the ill–fated climbing expedition that claimed the life of New Zealand mountaineer Rob Hall is especially…
- Ex Machina (2015)
- Dir. Alex Garland
Feat. Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
- A supremely elegant and thought–provoking sci–fi from the novelist Alex Garland concerns a young programmer selected to participate in a…
- Eye in the Sky (2015)
- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi…
- Provocative drama that examines the perils of drone warfare with Helen Mirren as a military officer in command of a mission to capture terrorists in…
- Goosebumps (2015)
- Dir. Rob Letterman
Feat. Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush…
- Fantastical spin on the popular kidult horror series with Jack Black perfectly cast as horror maestro R.L. Stine whose imaginary demons come to life.
- Green Room (2015)
- Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
Feat. Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat…
- Another inventive, claustrophobic backwoods thriller from the director of BLUE RUIN, this time focused on a touring punk band who must fight for…
- Hateful Eight, The (2015)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An extremely bloody western from Tarantino that features a typically stellar cast as a group of miscreants and misanthropes holed up in a cabin in a…
- High-Rise (High Rise) (2015)
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller…
- A blackly comic, super–stylish slice of dystopia set in a retro–futurist 1975 in which life for the residents of a tower block begins to…
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Satisfying conclusion to the dystopian series has Katniss reunite with her friends as the war of Panem escalates.
- Inside Out (2015)
- Dir. Peter Docter, Ronaldo del Carmen
Feat. Kaitlyn Dias, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader…
- Pixar's beautifully realised and inventive fantasy follows a young girl who is uprooted from her mid–western life and moved to San Francisco,…
- Jupiter Ascending (2015)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne…
- A defiantly outlandish sci–fi epic from the Wachowski siblings (THE MATRIX, CLOUD ATLAS) that tells the tale of a young woman who discovers her…
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins…
- The monstrous popcorn franchise reboots on the premise of silly humans building a theme park on the original site of Jurassic Park, only to have its…
- Legend (2015)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton…
- Tom Hardy flexes his acting muscle as the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray in this otherwise unremarkable drama that charts the rise…
- Lobster, The (2015)
- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux…
- The director of DOGTOOTH returns with another decidedly offbeat satire. Set in the dystopian near future, single people, are obliged to find a…
- Lure, The (2015)
- Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska
Feat. Marta Mazurek
- Utterly beguiling musical horror set in Poland in the 1980's, following the fate of a pair of mermaid sisters as they struggle to integrate into a…
- Macbeth (2015)
- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine…
- Michael Fassbender is the fatally ambitious Scottish general in this visceral rendition of Shakespeare's tragedy from the Australian director of…
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult…
- Thrillingly turbo–charged fourth installment (and effective reboot) of the "salvage punk" action series set in post–apocalyptic Australia…
- Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (The Man From Uncle) (2015)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander…
- Guy Ritchie's remake of the cult TV series is a stylish tale of Cold War espionage with a CIA agent and a KGB operative participating in a joint…
- Martian, The (2015)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig…
- Ridley Scott adapts the acclaimed novel by Andy Weir as an unabashed crowd–pleaser about an astronaut who is left behind after a manned mission…
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
- Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Feat. Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke…
- Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, this imaginative, eclectic dramedy follows an awkward high–school filmmaker and a gravely ill…
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Mission Impossible 5) (2015)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner…
- Tom Cruise and team return to take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – a rogue organization as highly skilled as…
- Mississippi Grind (2015)
- Dir. Anna Boden
, Ryan Fleck
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller…
- Atmospheric road movie about a gambler facing financial ruin and his unlikely friendship with a charismatic young poker player.
- Pixels (2015)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan…
- Adam Sandler and pals must use their old–school gaming skills to save the world after aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games…
- Revenant, The (2015)
- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson…
- A masterfully intense dramatization of the gruelling experience of frontiersman Hugh Glass and his fight for survival after being mauled by a bear,…
- Room (2015)
- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers…
- Riveting and heart–rending drama centred around a mother and her five–year–old son who make plans to escape their forced captivity.…
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
- Dir. Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
- Without a scrap of dialogue, this Aardman animation production cleverly sustains the frequently funny story of Shaun, Bitzer and the flock who…
- Sicario (2015)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro…
- Nerve–jangling thriller follows an idealistic FBI agent drawn into the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and…
- Slow West (2015)
- Dir. John Maclean
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn…
- New Zealand – specifically Twizel – stands in for Colorado in this tense Western that follows a young Scot, whose travels across America…
- Southpaw (2015)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker…
- Jake Gyllenhaal gets in the ring in this downbeat boxing drama as a former champ struggling to get his life back on track after losing his wife in a…
- Spectre (2015)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux…
- Daniel Craig's fourth Bond outing has 007 receiving a cryptic message from his past sending him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization.
- Spotlight (2015)
- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams…
- The engrossing true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover–up within the local Catholic…
- Spy (2015)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law…
- Melissa McCarthy's third outing for the dir. of BRIDESMAIDS comes up roses in this frequently side–splitting James Bond spoof that doubles as a…
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac…
- A triumphant return to a a galaxy far, far away – and one that seemed further away after the prequels – is thrillingly directed by reboot…
- Steve Jobs (2015)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen…
- Another dynamic biopic of a digital revolutionary from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (THE SOCIAL NETWORK), this time portraying the late founder of Apple…
- Suffragette (2015)
- Dir. Sarah Gavron
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Rousing account of the suffragette movement in Edwardian Britain seen through the eyes of a working mother who's galvanized into political action by…
- Tale of Tales (2015)
- Dir. Matteo Garrone
Feat. Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones…
- Wonderfully imaginative, cohesive portmanteau film comprised of three unusual, somewhat grotesque fairy tales featuring sea monsters, lustful kings…
- Terminator: Genisys (2015)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke…
- Arnie is back as the T–800, and back in 1984 with the twist that this time out he's Sarah Connor's guardian, but a fractured timeline cause…
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie…
- Disney live–action adventure that allies a scientifically–curious teenage girl and a former boy–genius inventor (Clooney) who…
- Trainwreck (2015)
- Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson…
- Amy Schumer writes and stars in this ribald comedy about a commitment–phobic career woman who has to face her fears of monogamy when she…
- Turbo Kid (2015)
- Dir. Francois Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell, Anouk Whissell
Feat. Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside…
- Recommended for teens with strong constitutions, this gory post–apocalyptic romp set in a desolate "alternate 1997" follows a comic book fan…
- Walk, The (2015)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon…
- The daredevil exploits of French high–wire artist Philippe Petit featured in MAN ON WIRE are re–told by Robert Zemeckis, who duly amps up…
- Wild (2015)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann…
- Vivid adaptation of the memoir by Cheryl Strayed, which chronicled her 1100–mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent…
- Witch, The (2015)
- Dir. Robert Eggers
Feat. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
- A rigorous arthouse horror–drama that follows a puritan family in 1630s New England as they are torn apart by the apparent forces of black…
- Z For Zachariah (2015)
- Dir. Craig Zobel
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie
- Compelling sci–fi drama in which New Zealand stands in for the pastoral American South, set in the wake of a nuclear war that wipes out most of…
- 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
- Dir. Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Feat. Nick Cave, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue
- A 24–hour portrait of writer and musician Nick Cave, blending fiction and reality, as it examines the artistic process and the power of the…
- 99 Homes (2014)
- Dir. Ramin Bahrani
Feat. Michael Shannon, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern…
- Andrew Garfield turns in a muscular performance as a recently unemployed single father who struggles to regain his family home by working for the…
- A Most Wanted Man (2014)
- Dir. Anton Corbijn
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe…
- Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a German spy in this taut John le Carré thriller about a mysterious Chechen immigrant with possible terrorist ties.
- American Sniper (2014)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner…
- Clint Eastwood helms this controversial biopic of the most decorated sniper in U.S. military history and his struggle to adjust to civilian life.
- Babadook, The (2014)
- Dir. Jennifer Kent
Feat. Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
- A single mother and her disobedient son are stalked by a malevolent spirit summoned by a children's book in this expertly directed psychological…
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Dir. Chris Williams, Don Hall
Feat. Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter
- Oscar–winning animation about the special bond that develops between a plus–sized inflatable robot and a young robotics wiz who team up…
- Birdman (Birdman: or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton…
- A nimble, bravura Oscar–winning black comedy that cannily casts Michael Keaton as a washed–up actor who, having once played an iconic…
- Boyhood (2014)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane
- Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, this entirely unique project bares witness to an 8–year–old boy literally matures on screen…
- Calvary (2014)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly…
- A small–town priest has a crisis of faith when a death threat is passed onto him during confessional.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson…
- The Marvel juggernaut rolls on with this colossal sequel to the Captain America storyline, in which Steve Rogers must clear his name after being…
- Chef (2014)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale…
- An acclaimed chef whose reputation is ruined by a restaurant critic reclaims his creative instinct and love of life by opening a humble food truck.
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell…
- This exciting sequel to the prequel in the PLANET OF THE APES franchise concerns the conflict between a growing nation of genetically evolved apes…
- Dead Lands, The (2014)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka…
- After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, a Maori chieftain's son, must avenge his father's murder in order to bring peace and…
- Divergent (2014)
- Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd…
- Shailene Woodley plays a 'divergent', a personality type marked for elimination in this dystopian thriller based on Veronica Roth's bestselling young…
- Drop, The (2014)
- Dir. Michael R. Roskam
Feat. Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace…
- Englishman Tom Hardy displays his extraordinary acting range as lonely New York bartender who finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and…
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson…
- Tom Cruise plays a reluctant futuristic solider who gets caught in a time loop and is forced to repeat his death on the battlefield until victory…
- Foxcatcher (2014)
- Dir. Bennett Miller
Feat. Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo…
- A serious, fact–based drama that examines the tragedy that struck wrestling team Foxcatcher led by eccentric multimillionaire sponsor John E.…
- Fury (2014)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman…
- An Allied tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines finds itself outnumbered and outgunned in this heavy duty WWII vehicle for Brad Pitt, more…
- Get On Up (2014)
- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd…
- Chadwick Boseman is mesmerizing in this formatted yet dynamic chronicle of pioneering music frontman James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to his…
- Godzilla (2014)
- Dir. Gareth Edwards
Feat. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen…
- The mighty Godzilla returns to the big screen in this thrilling new treatment from MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards.
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris…
- David Fincher's film version of the bestseller by Gillian Flynn in which a man reports that his wife has gone missing. Under pressure from the police…
- Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2014)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric…
- Dir. Wes Anderson at last marries his quirky, meticulous aesthetic to a marvellously exotic setting and characters to create arguably his finest film…
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista…
- Marvel's latest extravaganza is an irresistible pop–culture–inflected comic romp that centres on a group of space criminals who must work…
- Hobbit, The - Battle of Five Armies (2014)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Spectacular concluding chapter of the trilogy has Bilbo and company forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely…
- Homesman, The (2014)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer…
- Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
- Housebound (2014)
- Dir. Gerard Johnstone
Feat. Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru…
- A home detainee is forced to move back into her old family house where she grapples with her neurotic mother and supernatural disturbances.
A…
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
- Dir. Dean Deblois
Feat. Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler…
- Splendid sequel to the medieval animated hit about the ongoing mission of a pair of vikings to maintain the peace between dragons and men.
- Hundred-Foot Journey, The (The 100 Foot Journey) (2014)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Charlotte Le Bon
- A humble Indian family encounter fierce competition when they set up restaurant opposite an acclaimed haute cuisine establishment in this 'good…
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Third in the series finds Katniss in District 13 fighting to save Peeta who is now a brainwashed captive of President Snow.
- Imitation Game, The (2014)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode…
- Entertaining, though hardly accurate, biopic of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who here claims full credit for his work leading a team of…
- Inherent Vice (2014)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson…
- Dir. PT Anderson brings Thomas Pynchon faithfully to the big screen in this dope–addled, shaggy–dog comedy in which Joaquin Phoenix stars…
- Interstellar (2014)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain…
- Christopher Nolan's space epic has a team of explorers travel through a wormhole in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.
- Into the Woods (2014)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine…
- Stephen Sondheim's exuberant musical gets the gleaming big screen treatment from dir. Rob Marshall (CHICAGO, NINE), with Meryl Streep as the witch…
- It Follows (2014)
- Dir. David Robert Mitchell
Feat. Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi
- Much–lauded, 70s–inspired horror in which a young woman is followed by a contagious supernatural force after getting involved in a sexual…
- Jersey Boys (2014)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza…
- Clint Eastwood brings the hit stage musical of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to stardom to the big screen.
- John Wick (2014)
- Dir. Chad Stahelski, David Leitch
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen…
- A superbly choreographed "kick–ass" thriller that appropriately resurrects Keanu Reeves as an ex–hitman who comes out of retirement to…
- Judge, The (2014)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga…
- Big city lawyer Robert Downey Jnr. returns to his childhood home where his father (Robert Duvall), the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets…
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Good–natured, violent spoof in which gentleman spy Colin Firth recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the ultra–competitive…
- Lego Movie, The (2014)
- Dir. Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Feat. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks…
- This quick–witted, pop–culture laden adventure set in the Lego universe centres on an ordinary minifigure destined to save his fellow…
- Love & Mercy (Love and Mercy) (2014)
- Dir. Bill Pohlad
Feat. John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks…
- Finely attuned portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys, and his struggles with his emerging psychosis…
- Lucy (2014)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
- A woman's full mental capacity is unlocked when she inadvertently digests a powerful synthetic drug in this outrageous action film from dir. Luc…
- Maleficent (2014)
- Dir. Robert Stromberg
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley…
- Angelina Jolie plays Sleeping Beauty's iconic villain in this visually striking update of the Disney animated classic.
- Maze Runner, The (2014)
- Dir. Wes Ball
Feat. Dylan O‘Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter…
- Post–apocalyptic thriller with teenage boys battling for survival in an enclosed maze.
- Monuments Men, The (2014)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray…
- George Clooney directs and stars in this stirring WWII adventure based on the deeds of a team of Allied art historians who go behind enemy lines to…
- Most Violent Year, A (2014)
- Dir. J.C. Chandor
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo…
- The dir. of MARGIN CALL returns to the subject of business ethics for this tough–minded, slow–burn drama set in early 80's New…
- Mr. Turner (2014)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson…
- Mike Leigh directs Timothy Spall in this acclaimed exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W.…
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Dir. Dan Gilroy
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton…
- A nervy and quite brilliant satire with Jake Gyllenhaal unforgettable as a petty thief who muscles into the world of crime journalism, shooting…
- Non-Stop (2014)
- Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Feat. Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy…
- Irish badness Liam Neeson must identify a hidden terrorist on–board a long haul flight who is threatening to kill a passenger every 20 minutes…
- Paddington (2014)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters…
- Britain's beloved bear gets the big screen treatment as he travels to London in search of a home, and where he catches the eye of a museum…
- Pride (2014)
- Dir. Matthew Warchus
Feat. Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West…
- An inspired and inspirational dramatization of true events that took place when a group of Gay Rights activists in London offered generous support to…
- Rio 2 (2014)
- Dir. Carlos Saldanha
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement…
- Rio's colourful family of Macaws relocate to the wilds of the Amazon in this peppy sequel to the animated musical hit.
- Robocop (2014)
- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton…
- Paul Verhoeven's electric blockbuster about a tormented robotic supercop is rebooted for the 21st century.
- Selma (2014)
- Dir. Ava DuVernay
Feat. David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth…
- Stirring chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
- Dir. Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin…
- A return to the hard boiled caricatures of Frank Miller's graphic "Sin City". Tales of vengeance, torture and infidelity are woven together into an…
- Starry Eyes (2014)
- Dir. Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kölsch
Feat. Alexandra Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan
- An aspiring actress undergoes a terrifying transformation in her efforts to seek fame, in this darkly comic horror movie offering a parable for the…
- Suite Française (Suite Francaise) (2014)
- Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts…
- Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Irène Némirovsky, this well–acted drama tells the tale of a lonely Frenchwoman who begins a tentative…
- Theory of Everything, The (2014)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis…
- Acclaimed look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife as he struggles with the onset of motor neuron disease.…
- Transcendence (2014)
- Dir. Wally Pfister
Feat. Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany…
- Johnny Depp plays an innovator in the field of artificial intelligence whose consciousness is absorbed into a computer mainframe. The directorial…
- Trip to Italy, The (2014)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- More of the same is not a bad thing when concerning another gastronomic trip with British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Here, the prickly…
- While We're Young (2014)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver…
- Ben Stiller plays a documentarian whose career and marriage are overturned when a much younger couple enters their social circle in this…
- Whiplash (2014)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser…
- A promising young jazz drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at…
- Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) (2014)
- Dir. Damian Szifron
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti
- Exhilarating anthology film combining six tales of revenge provides an ambitious smorgasbord of thrills, spills and blackly humorous gags that are…
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender…
- This latest installment in the X–Men saga sees Wolverine travel back in time to prevent a world changing event.
- 12 Years a Slave (2013)
- Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti…
- Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) directs this powerful historical drama of a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.
- About Time (2013)
- Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy…
- Writer–director Richard Curtis infuses time travel into his romantic comedy formula in which a lovelorn man's ability to relive the past…
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
- Dir. Declan Lowney
Feat. Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee
- Steve Coogan's bumbling DJ from his popular 90's TV show gets a big screen outing with this belly–aching farce situated around a corporate…
- All is Lost (2013)
- Dir. J.C. Chandor
Feat. Robert Redford
- Elegant maritime thriller in which Robert Redford is the sole actor, faced with the challenges of survival aboard his shipwrecked yacht. Helmed by…
- American Hustle (2013)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams…
- David O. Russell directs a full–house of acting talent in this wild crime drama about a FBI agent and con man collaborating to sting corrupt…
- August: Osage County (2013)
- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper…
- Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and other heavy hitters come out swinging in this fierce, sometimes hysterical, screen adaptation of Tracy Letts'…
- Beyond the Edge (2013)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa
- Thrilling, definitive docu–drama on Sir Edmund Hillary's historic 1953 scaling of Everest with sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
- Captain Phillips (2013)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener
- Paul Greengrass directs with exhilarating dramatic realism this gripping true account of the hijacking of a U.S. container ship by Somali pirates.
- Counselor, The (2013)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz…
- Michael Fassbender plays a successful Texan laywer whose greed prompts him to finally accept the offer of some ill–gotten gains from one of his…
- Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto…
- Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both won Oscars for their performances in this dramatization of the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS–afflicted…
- Devil's Knot (2013)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola…
- Solid dramatisation of the long–running West Memphis Three case covered in depth by several documentaries, with dir. Egoyan weaving a typically…
- Don Jon (2013)
- Dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore…
- Joseph Gordon–Levitt wrote, directs and stars in this distinctly masculine rom–com as a New Jersey 'player' who must confront his nagging…
- Double, The (2013)
- Dir. Richard Ayoade
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn…
- Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) directs this stylish Kafka–esque thriller about a government worker who is joined by his doppelganger.
- Elysium (2013)
- Dir. Neill Blomkamp
Feat. Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley…
- DISTRICT 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp helms this arresting sci–fi blockbuster about a dystopian earth whose underprivileged survivors dream of gaining…
- Ender's Game (2013)
- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld…
- In the not–too–distant future, a young prodigy is charged with leading Earth's battle defense against a marauding fleet of alien…
- Enemy (2013)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon…
- The dir. of PRISONERS and INCENDIES explores the dilemma of a man who seeks out his doppelganger after glimpsing him in a movie. An unsettling…
- Enough Said (2013)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener…
- Writer/director Nicole Holofcener moves into the first division with her fifth feature film, a savvy divorcee rom–com in perfect accord with…
- Frozen (2013)
- Dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Feat. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff…
- Phenomenally successful Disney animated fairytale musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen', about the quest to free a kingdom from…
- Gravity (2013)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
- Is GRAVITY the first really new film of the 21st Century? I hazard it may be. It is certainly the first to harness the bleeding edge of the current…
- Great Beauty, The (2013)
- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli…
- This Academy–Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film has dir. Paolo Sorrentino's regular frontman Toni Servillo as an aging Roman…
- Great Gatsby, The (2013)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan…
- Noisy, impetuous, boisterous, the film suffers from Luhrman’s usual ADHD direction. It’s as if he can’t bring himself to just let the camera…
- Hard To Be A God (2013)
- Dir. Aleksey German
Feat. Leonid Yarmolnik
- A group of scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to give aid to the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, in…
- Her (2013)
- Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara…
- Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely divorcee who finds himself falling in love with 'Samantha', the artificial intelligence behind a new computer…
- History of WWE, The (50 Years of Sports Entertainment) (2013)
- Feat. Hulk Hogan, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, John Cena
- The history of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation) that started in 1963 as a regional promotion to…
- Hobbit, The - The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Chapter two of Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of The Hobbit, which sees the party's quest to reclaim their homeland from Smaug continue. Bilbo…
- Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson…
- The victors of the Hunger Games must rally at the threat of an uprising in this blockbuster sequel to Suzanne Collins's best–selling young…
- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
- Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake…
- The Coen brothers direct Oscar Isaac as a forlorn folk singer in this effective and evocative ode to the Greenwich Village music scene shot in black…
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Dir. Shane Black, Jeff Habberstad
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle…
- Robert Downey Jr. returns for a third outing as the power–suited superhero in this latest installment to the Marvel canon.
- Locke (2013)
- Dir. Steven Knight
Feat. Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson…
- Tom Hardy plays a family man plunged into crisis and armed only with his mobile telephone in this brilliant, one–man chamber piece set entirely…
- Lone Ranger, The (2013)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner…
- Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer bring TV western heroes Tonto and the Lone Ranger to the big screen in this splashy, rumble–and–rumble…
- Man of Steel (2013)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon…
- Zack Snyder stylishly reboots the dormant Superman franchise with this moody re–imagining of the origins of Clark Kent.
- Monsters University (2013)
- Dir. Dan Scanlon
Feat. Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi…
- Mike and Sulley's halcyon days as monsters in training are chronicled in this splendid prequel to MONSTERS, INC.
- Mood Indigo (2013)
- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh…
- Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris star in this wild interpretation of Boris Vian’s cult novel 'Froth on the Daydream' from dir. Michel Gondry.
- Nebraska (2013)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb…
- Alexander Payne's latest road movie finds an aging Bruce Dern making the trip to central Nebraska with his estranged son to collect on an elusive…
- Night Moves (2013)
- Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard…
- Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam, in this thriller told in the…
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson…
- A team of magicians who use their illusionist act to pull off daring heists attempt to outwit the authorities in this dazzling crime caper.
- Oblivion (2013)
- Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Feat. Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko…
- Tom Cruise's isolated existence as a drone repairman patrolling a decimated earth is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious woman via a crash…
- One Chance (2013)
- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters…
- The Paul Potts story is brought to a crescendo, beginning with his hard–life as a bullied shop assistant to his breakout performance as a…
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin…
- Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new…
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi…
- Guillermo Del Toro injects some bravado and visual panache into this otherwise knuckleheaded live–action cartoon about a team of robot pilots…
- Philomena (2013)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham
- Poignant drama stars Judi Dench as a elderly Irish woman searching for the child she was forced to give up while working at a convent as a teenager.
- Prisoners (2013)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis…
- The dir. of INCENDIES crafts another tense, eye–opening thriller in this tale of a family man who turns vigilante after his daughter is…
- Rush (2013)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde…
- Ron Howard brings to life the merciless rivalry between 1970s Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda in this high spec racing drama.
- Side Effects (2013)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law…
- Steven Soderbergh's airtight thriller concerns the psychological dilemma of a young woman whose violent mental state is linked to an experimental…
- Snowpiercer (2013)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt…
- Korean maestro Bong Joon–ho's English language debut is a breakneck sci–fi thriller set on a perpetual motion train carrying the last…
- Star Trek - Into Darkness (Star Trek XII) (2013)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch…
- More of the same is a good thing in the case of J.J. Abrams' hit Star Trek reboot, with this fast–moving sequel centred on a formidable foe…
- Stoker (2013)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode…
- Korean director Park Chan–wook (OLD BOY) makes a head–turning English–language debut with this uber–stylish and sensitized…
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston…
- In this predictably bombastic sequel, the action relocates from Earth to the Nine Realms, where the Norse God must team up with nemesis Loki…
- Trance (2013)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson
- The story rattles along like an express train, bouncing between genres and time periods until the whole thing is a confusing mess. Which is actually…
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Scarlett Johansson
- Jonathan Glazer (SEXY BEAST, BIRTH) directs screen siren Scarlett Johansson in this startlingly original sci–fi thriller about an alien…
- Wind Rises, The (2013)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Hideaki Anno
- Hayao Miyazaki's glorious swansong is the poignant story of aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi and his dreams of designing the perfect flying machine…
- Wolf of Wall Street, The (2013)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie…
- Martin Scorsese directs this dazzling biopic of the deplorable life and times of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, a notorious Wall Street upstart who…
- World War Z (2013)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz…
- Brad Pitt plays a UN worker fights to stop a zombie virus infecting the entire human race in this apocalyptic blockbuster.
- World's End, The (2013)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman…
- The stars and director of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ reteam for this third installment of their "Cornetto Trilogy", this time centering around a…
- Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The (2013)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis…
- The director of AMELIE's first American–set feature is another fairy–dusted vision brimming with child–like wonder and as a road…
- Argo (2012)
- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin…
- Oscar–winning thriller based on the fact–based story of a CIA agent's unconventional plans to rescue six American diplomats during the…
- Avengers, The (Marvel's Avengers) (2012)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson…
- Barnstorming blockbuster with Marvel's premier superheroes joining forces to combat Thor's evil brother Loki and his alien army.
Skilfully helmed…
- Bait (2012)
- Dir. Kimble Rendall
Feat. Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Julian McMahon…
- Ludicrous popcorn flick in which a freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building – along with a…
- Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy…
- Christopher Nolan directs with bombast and brilliance this long–awaited finale to the "Dark Knight" trilogy, in which Christian Bale's aging…
- Battleship (2012)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna …
- The might of the US Navy take on marauding alien invaders in this belly–flop of a Hollywood blockbuster, apparently based on the popular Hasbro…
- Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Tonia Sotiropoulou…
- A masterpiece of implied horror, this is a homage to Italian 'giallo' and horror cinema of 1970's that remarkably measures up to the best films of…
- Blancanieves (2012)
- Dir. Pablo Berger
Feat. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Angela Molina, Maribel Verdu…
- The legend of Snow White is transposed to the bullfighting, flamenco dancing netherworld of the Spanish provinces in this beautiful and beguiling…
- Bourne Legacy, The (2012)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz…
- Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…
- Chronicle (2012)
- Dir. Josh Trank
Feat. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan…
- Amping up the 'found–footage' concept to even dizzier heights than CLOVERFIELD, this fantasy has three teens running amok after acquiring…
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent…
- An awe–inspiring cinematic epic that adapts David Mitchell's ambitious and 'unfilmable' novel as an 'auteur blockbuster' and genuine…
- Contraband (2012)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale…
- A solid, down–and–dirty outing for burly Mark Wahlberg, here playing a former smuggler who heads to Panama to score millions of dollars…
- Dictator, The (2012)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas…
- Sacha Baron Cohen returns with this sweet 'n' vulgar satire as a ruthless Middle Eastern tyrant who's diplomatic visit to New York doesn't go…
- Django Unchained (2012)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio…
- A cracking blaxploitation western from Quentin Tarantino, about a liberated slave who, with the help of a German bounty hunter, sets out to rescue…
- Dredd (2012)
- Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey…
- This ultra–violent reboot of the 2000 AD comic book hero plays ups its B–movie stature to deliver a lean, mean policier less concerned…
- Hobbit, The - An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth with this epic first chapter in The Hobbit saga, which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf…
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky
Feat. Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez…
- Dracula, owner of a lavish "five–stake" resort, invites Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf to the 118th birthday of his…
- Hunger Games, The (2012)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- A 16–year–old girl must compete in a televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post–apocalyptic society fight to the death…
- Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)
- Dir. Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Feat. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo…
- The continental break–up is the basis for yet more malarkey with Manny, Sid and Diego as they're set adrift to encounter pirates and various…
- Impossible, The (2012)
- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland…
- A searing drama of human resilience, this up–close–and–personal disaster pic tells the true story of a vacationing family in…
- In the Fog (2012)
- Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Feat. Vladislav Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin
- Intense, slow burning Russian drama exploring the moralities of war through the story of a man wrongly accused of collaboration with the German…
- Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
- Dir. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz
Feat. Katy Perry
- A suitably bubbly and inspirational fly–on–the–wall doco that intimately follows the candy–coloured pop chantreuse, Katy…
- Les Miserables (2012)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway…
- Victor Hugo's classic novel set during the French revolution receives its latest big screen musical adaptation courtesy of dir. Tom Hooper (THE…
- Lesson of Evil (Lesson of the Evil) (2012)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Yamada Takayuki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hideaki Ito
- Another manga adaption from director cult Takashi Miike based on the seinen manga on the same name.
A successful English teacher who is secretly a…
- Life of Pi (2012)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu …
- An Indian storyteller recalls the events of his extraordinary life, beginning as a boy shipwrecked along with animals from his family's zoo, in this…
- Looper (2012)
- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt…
- A top–drawer time–traveling actioner, following a hired gun whose job to assassinate targets transported from the future is complicated…
- Lorax, The (2012)
- Dir. Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Feat. Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny De Vito…
- Dr. Seuss's beloved environmental fable of a grumpy, otherworldly creature who fights to protect his world is revisited in this big screen 3D…
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- Dir. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon
Feat. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer…
- The Madagascan gang are a long way from their beloved Central Park zoo in this rambunctious European outing.
As good, if not better than the…
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Mission Impossible 4) (2012)
- Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg…
- Back–to–basics third sequel sees an evergreen Tom Cruise go rogue to clear IMF's name while in pursuit of a fugitive terrorist with…
- Mr. Pip (2012)
- Dir. Andrew Adamson
Feat. Hugh Laurie, Florence Korokoro, Eka Darville…
- In a remote Bougainville village, isolated by a rebellion over self–determination and mineral rights, the only remaining white man (Hugh…
- Mud (2012)
- Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland…
- Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER) directs this thrilling backwoods adventure, about two boys who befriend a charismatic criminal in hiding on the…
- Pitch Perfect (2012)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow…
- New girl on campus Anna Kendrick joins an all–female a cappella group determined to win the male–dominated national competition in this…
- Place Beyond the Pines, The (2012)
- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper…
- Ryan Gosling re–teams with the dir. of BLUE VALENTINE for this equally arresting crime saga that unfolds after a motorcycling drifter's…
- Prometheus (2012)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender…
- Ridley Scott's return to the ALIEN franchise results in his most visually enthralling film since BLADE RUNNER, with outstanding art direction and…
- Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson…
- Winningly oddball 'true' tale set in Seattle that follows a writer and two colleagues on a flakey assignment to interview a man who placed a…
- Savages (2012)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively…
- Oliver Stone directs this pulsating thriller with two pot dealers facing off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
- Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro…
- An institutionalized man attempts to readjust to life and love in this full–bodied comedy–drama that pairs two of the hottest stars of…
- Skyfall (2012)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench…
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
- Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- Dir. Rupert Sanders
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron…
- Dark re–imagining of the classic fairy tale with the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed becoming her protector and…
- Ted (2012)
- Dir. Seth MacFarlane
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis…
- The man–child comedy reaches its apotheosis with Seth MacFarlane's unsurprisingly vulgar film debut. Mark Wahlberg plays opposite his teddy…
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler…
- Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER) directs this formidable thriller based on the CIA's decade–long manhunt for Osama bin Laden.
- Another Earth (2011)
- Dir. Mike Cahill
Feat. Brit Marling, William Mapother
- The appearance of a parallel Earth hidden behind the Sun poses deep personal and philosophical questions for a troubled student in this superlative…
- Attack the Block (2011)
- Dir. Joe Cornish
Feat. Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail…
- A gang of teenage delinquents rally to defend their tower block from alien invaders in this quick–witted urban sci–fi comedy that…
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones…
- Marvel's iconic superhero is reborn in this big, brash blockbuster, about a feeble military reject who is transformed into an ultimate solider by a…
- Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
- Dir. Alex Stapleton
- A passionate portrait of prolific B–movie director and producer Roger Corman, exploring his extraordinary career in which he successfully…
- Descendants, The (2011)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller…
- George Clooney plays a land heir attempting to reconnect with his family after a serious accident befalls his wife in this seriocomic mid–life…
- Drive (2011)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston…
- Ryan Gosling smoulders as a moonlighting getaway driver in–over–his–head in this crisply stylised, romance–inflected crime…
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka
- The ever–versatile Takashi Miike changes tack from his rollicking samurai adventure, 13 ASSASSINS, to deliver a restrained and resonant tale of…
- Headhunters (2011)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau…
- Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
- Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
- Dir. Jason Eisener
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Brian Downey
- Spawned from the leftovers of the Tarantino–Rodriguez 'Grindhouse' double–bill, this ropey pastiche of revenge movies and B–grade…
- Hugo (2011)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley…
- A state–of–the–art fantasy and homage to the origins of film and one of its earlier innovators, George Méliès (Kingsley), whose…
- Ides of March, The (2011)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Ryan Gosling plays an idealistic campaign worker forced to play dirty in a battle between opposing sides in a Democratic primary campaign in this…
- In Time (2011)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy…
- More high–concept futurism from ex–pat Kiwi Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, S1M0NE) finds Justin Timberlake on the lam in a world where units of…
- Jane Eyre (2011)
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell…
- A delicate and atmospheric adaptation of the much–filmed Charlotte Bronte melodrama tragedy about a young governess who seals her tragic fate…
- Johnny English Reborn (2011)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West…
- The blundering Bond returns in this agreeably silly sequel. This time round a series of international assassins are hunting the Chinese premier, and…
- Lincoln Lawyer, The (2011)
- Dir. Brad Furman
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei…
- Matthew McConaughey plays a low–rent lawyer to low–life clients whose latest case – the defense of a rich playboy (Phillippe) accused…
- Madagascar (TV Series) (2011)
- Sir David Attenborough's long–time love affair with Madagascar informs this exhaustive BBC series devoted to the landscape and wildlife of the…
- Melancholia (2011)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Alexander…
- A wedding party celebrating the marriage of a young couple is overshadowed by the threat of a planet on a collision course with Earth in this…
- Pina (2011)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
- A dazzling celebration of the late German dance pioneer Pina Bausch, whose challenging and subversive choreography is performed by those who danced…
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Feat. James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow…
- A thought–provoking prequel to the PLANET OF THE APES legacy, set during the present day where a genetically–enhanced chimpanzee uses its…
- Samsara (2011)
- Dir. Ron Fricke
- The director of BARAKA expands our minds with another impressive, visually astonishing meditation on global spirituality and the human experience,…
- Source Code (2011)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga…
- The dir. of MOON helms this smart sci–fi thriller, about a soldier (Gyllenhaal) thrust ‘neurologically’ into the shoes of a dead eyewitness…
- Super 8 (2011)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths…
- A young group of film–loving friends witness a train crash and suspect it was not an accident and their suspicions are fueled by a series of…
- Thor (2011)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman…
- Engaging superhero escapism with The God of Thunder banished to earth where his skills with a hammer soon come in handy.
Flitting between godly…
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, John Hurt…
- An enthralling, impeccably cast screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s quintessential cold war spy novel, centred on a retired George Smiley (Oldman)…
- Tree of Life, The (2011)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
- Terrence Malick’s astonishing Cannes–winning epic, centred ostensibly on the life of a Midwestern family in the 50s (presided over by a gruff…
- Arrietty (The Secret World of Arrietty) (2010)
- Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Feat. Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Studio Ghibli's latest animated triumph respectfully borrows from the classic English children's tale of 'The Borrowers', about a family of tiny…
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
- Dir. James Nguyen
Feat. Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore
- Shoe–string trash homage to Hitchcock's THE BIRDS that follows a romantic couple whose small town that is attacked by birds.…
- Black Panther (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Reginald Hudlin
Feat. Djimon Hounsou, Jill Scott
- Motion comic TV series based on the popular Marvel superhero. The original Black Panther is assassinated and his son T'challa assumes the name, along…
- Black Swan (2010)
- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel…
- Natalie Portman plays a ballerina losing her grip on reality, not to mention the lead role in a prestigious production of Swan Lake, in this…
- Blue Valentine (2010)
- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
- An intense indie drama that brings gratifying detail to its portrait of a tainted relationship over several time frames, with superb performances…
- Boy (2010)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu…
- Taika Waititi continues his dream run as director with this fictionalised coming–of–age tale that draws on his own experience growing up…
- Buried (2010)
- Dir. Rodrigo Cortes
Feat. Ryan Reynolds
- A literal puzzle box thriller delivered with confidence and aplomb, this stars a lone Ryan Reynolds as a kidnapped truck driver who is held for…
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes…
- Beefy, special effects–saturated blockbuster reworks the 1981 fantasy film (and Ray Harryhausen’s beloved stop motion animations), based on…
- Debt, The (2010)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds…
- Gripping spy thriller, with Helen Mirren as a retired Mossad agent whose exploits in capturing a Nazi war criminal come back to haunt her three…
- Four Lions (2010)
- Dir. Chris Morris
Feat. Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay…
- Explosive comedy of folly and idiocy that follows four would–be Jihadists as they bicker and blunder towards their intended target.
Perhaps…
- Guard, The (2010)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham…
- A straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) and a raucous Irish cop (Gleeson) buddy up to take down an international drug smuggling ring in this riotous…
- Inception (2010)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
- Hitmaker Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT) conjures up yet another thrilling, immaculately shot blockbuster, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the…
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson…
- Spiffy, if routine blockbuster sequel finds Robert Downey Jr. reveling in his new–found celebrity as Iron Man while attracting the unwanted…
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage…
- Adapted from the kick–ass graphic novel, this gleeful bone–cruncher portrays a world in which wannabe superheroes don costumes and fight…
- King's Speech, The (2010)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Justly acclaimed tale of King George VI, his nervy, impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become…
- Last Exorcism, The (2010)
- Dir. Daniel Stamm
Feat. Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell
- Surprisingly effective horror with a documentary crew follow a disillusioned preacher as he sets out to perform one more sham exorcism. A sly script…
- Never Let Me Go (2010)
- Dir. Mark Romanek
Feat. Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield…
- Faithful adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro's 'unfilmable' novel that follows the relationship of three childhood friends who are raised as 'donors' in…
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow…
- Reuniting GLADIATOR director Ridley Scott with star Russell Crowe, this brawnier, grittier update of the Sherwood forest legend surveys the origins…
- Robinson in Ruins (2010)
- Dir. Patrick Keiller
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave
- Patrick Keiller's cine–essay follow–up to LONDON and ROBINSON IN SPACE is an intelligent and poetic tour around England, narrated by…
- Runaways, The (2010)
- Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon…
- A high–strung, hell–for–leather rock movie based on the short–lived exploits of pioneering girl band The Runaways and their…
- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick…
- Wearing its super–coolness on its sleeve, this precocious action–comedy stars archetypal geek Michael Cera as a gawky bass–player…
- Super (2010)
- Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler…
- Violent comedy with Rainn Wilson as a schlubb turned violent avenger after his wife runs off with a drug dealer. Uneven, perhaps intentionally, with…
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Dir. Lee Unkrich
Feat. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack…
- Pixar Studios live up to – and arguably exceed – expectations for this, the third and probably final entry in their beloved flagship…
- Tron: Legacy (2010)
- Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde…
- Eye–popping sequel to Disney's digital effects landmark of the eighties, with Jeff Bridges reemerging as the arcade whiz trapped in an…
- Wolfman, The (2010)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt…
- Disjointed remake of the Lon Chaney classic stars Benicio Del Toro as the broody beast, helplessly chowing down on Victorian London.
Although the…
- 2012 (2009)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton…
- Oh the humanity! Doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich renders the disaster movie redundant with this senseless, all–or–nothing…
- An Education (2009)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…
- An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
- Avatar (2009)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver…
- James Cameron’s record–shattering 3D epic is a woozy mix of allegory and special effects (developed at Wellington's Weta studios), set on a…
- District 9 (2009)
- Dir. Neill Blomkamp
Feat. Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James
- Superb sci–fi blockbuster from first–time writer/director Blomkamp, set in an alternate–reality Johannesburg where an…
- Fast and Furious (Fast and The Furious 4, The) (2009)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster…
- Fourth in the petrol–headed series sees FBI agent Brian O'Conner (Walker) team up once more with ex–con Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) to…
- Hole, The (2009)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble…
- Spooky fun with two brothers who stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement of their new home. Joe Dante brings his sly touch to a horror…
- Inglourious Basterds (Inglorious Bastards) (2009)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth…
- A cocky, revisionist war epic channeling spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Dozen, Quentin Tarantino’s long–time pet project is perhaps his…
- Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan…
- Enthralling true–life story traces the life of acclaimed ballet dancer Li Cunxin from his impoverished upbringing in communist China to the…
- Moon (2009)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott…
- Smartly handled science fiction from the offspring of David Bowie (aka Zowie Bowie), with Sam Rockwell playing the lone occupant of an energy…
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams…
- Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
- Star Trek (Star Trek XI (Reboot)) (2009)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg…
- Enterprising and entirely effective "reboot" of the Sci–Fi franchise, charting the early days of Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS…
- Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart…
- Christopher Nolan’s follow–up to BATMAN BEGINS pitches Christian Bale’s Batman against Heath Ledger’s lunatic Joker, propelling this…
- CJ7 (Cheung Gong 7 hou) (2008)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow turns his directing talents to the family–friendly fantasy, playing a dirt–poor father who surprises his…
- Hurt Locker, The (2008)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty…
- Nerve–jangling Iraq War set drama follows a gung–ho bomb disposal expert with a seeming addiction to adrenaline.
The most…
- Iron Man (2008)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges…
- Technically stunning live–action realisation of the story of Marvel comic superhero Iron Man – otherwise known as Tony Stark – a genius…
- Quantum Of Solace (2008)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko…
- Number 22 in the enduring Bond series is an action–heavy adventure with Daniel Craig returning as the man with the gun on a revenge mission to…
- RocknRolla (2008)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton…
- Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
- Wall-E (2008)
- Dir. Andrew Stanton
- Another stroke of Pixar genius, this time one for our conservationist times, this is the delightful eco–tale of the last surviving "waste…
- Beowulf (2007)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins…
- Originally earmarked for 3D IMAX cinemas, this groundbreaking animation brings to screen the Old English epic of hero Beowulf (Winstone) and his…
- Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez…
- Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman…
- A tour de force of comedy from the creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and TV's "Spaced", this fills every corner of its big widescreen with better jokes,…
- Ratatouille (2007)
- Dir. Brad Bird
- Another Pixar masterpiece from the genius creator of THE INCREDIBLES, this follows Remy, a French country rat, who pursues his dream of culinary…
- Transformers (2007)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight…
- Industrial–strength live–action adaptation of the cult 80s cartoon, about two waring robot factions with the ability to 'transform' into…
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, David Krumholtz…
- Uber–comedy scribe Judd Apatow sends up the recent spate of musical biopics, with John C. Reilly posing as the film's titular, hard livin' rock…
- Zodiac (2007)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards…
- Intense, painstaking thriller from the dir. of SEVEN magnifies San Francisco's unsolved ‘Zodiac’ killings with obsessive compulsion and…
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou…
- Robust action film with a political conscience, Leonardo DiCaprio gamely sustains a South African accent and an amoral toughness as a…
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green…
- The James Bond franchise finds a new face, goes back to the very beginning, and rediscovers its mojo, with new Bond Daniel Craig and Kiwi dir. Martin…
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy…
- Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
- Fall, The (2006)
- Dir. Tarsem Singh
Feat. Lee Pace, Cantinca Untaru, Justine Waddell
- Long delayed in this part of the world, this visually audacious labour of love from dir. Singh has Lee Pace as a wounded stuntman narrating a…
- Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell…
- Propulsive and hyper–violent third outing for Tom Cruise as US superagent Ethan Hunt, here on a globe–jetting mission to foil a vile…
- Monster House (2006)
- Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Lee
- Rollercoaster haunted–house ride for kids expertly CGI–animated around the story of three suburban teens who decide to challenge a…
- Prestige, The (2006)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson…
- Another astounding feat of storytelling from the dir. of MEMENTO that spins a constantly intriguing yarn of two rival magicians who engage in a…
- Constantine (2005)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton…
- A stylish, but rather misfiring adaptation of the DC comicbook 'Hellblazer', with Keanu Reeves playing a wry, hard–boiled detective with…
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)
- Dir. Garth Jennings
Feat. Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell…
- Maintaining the comic wonderstuff and special British eccentricity of Douglas Adams' original novel (and radio and TV spin–offs), this…
- King Kong (2005)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black…
- Peter Jackson's colossal remake lavishes one of the cinema's greatest legends in 21st century technology and ratchets up the emotional stakes to…
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green…
- Arch–epic of the 12th century crusades, this follows an honourable French blacksmith (Bloom) into the maelstrom of Jerusalem,…
- Serenity (2005)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
- Thoroughly enjoyable sci–fi romp based upon the cult TV series FIREFLY, in which the ship 'Serenity' cruises a future solar federation of human…
- Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Brian Cox…
- Creditable sequel to the sleeper hit THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which tracked the anxieties of an amnesiac former CIA–assassin on the run across…
- Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah…
- The second half of Quentin Tarantino’s revenge saga is an uneven but redeeming affair that brings closure to his magnum opus with more character…
- Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
- Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber…
- Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…
- Old Boy (Oldboy) (2004)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yoo
- Wowing audiences wherever it's played (including being nominated for the Palm D'Or at Cannes), this achingly intense thriller from Korea raises the…
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield…
- The zombie movie genre collides with distinctively British "lad humour" in this playful and wildly entertaining parody.
Centred around the…
- Spider-Man 2 (Spiderman 2) (2004)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina…
- The webbed superhero swings back with a vengeance in this excellent sequel, dir. Raimi winding up the vertiginous action to exhilarating…
- Troy (2004)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom…
- Homer's epic is cranked up to full fury in this Hollywood CGI–ed adaptation, depicting the seige of Troy by the vengeful Greek army and the…
- Joni Mitchell - Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)
- Feat. Joni Mitchell
- Definitive documentary on the folk singer telling the story of her childhood to present day through photos, extensive concert footage and interviews…
- Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox…
- A blunt revenge picture souped up as an over–the–top homage to 70s ‘grindhouse’ flicks, this “fourth film by Quentin Tarantino”…
- Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…
- Peter Jackson's adaptation of J R R Tolkien's fantasy trilogy of 'Middle Earth' reaches its spectacular climax, drawing the story–threads…
- Love Actually (2003)
- Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson…
- Golden–boy comedy writer Richard Curtis assumes directing duties for the first time but mislays the Midas touch he gained from penning “Four…
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush…
- A terrific, tongue–in–cheek action romp set in the pirate days of the Caribbean, with Johnny Depp leading the charge as a madcap, slyly…
- School of Rock (2003)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
- A must for rock fans of all ages, this hilarious, tongue–in–cheek tribute to rock music is charged by the head–banging enthusiasm…
- Underworld (2003)
- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen…
- A sleek action workout in which cat–suited vampire Beckinsale fights an ongoing war with the other creatures of night, werewolves, but also…
- Bourne Identity, The (2002)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper…
- A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
- Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…
- Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
- Spider-Man (Spiderman) (2002)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe…
- New–improved re–spinning of the Marvel comic book superhero that finds a perfect match of material and director, and the crucially…
- X-Men 2 (2002)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart…
- A new war between humans and mutants looks to boil over in this sure–footed sci–fi sequel, again steered by dir. Singer.
Centred…
- Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler…
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Dir. Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Feat. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Tilly…
- Discovering that children’s screams can be converted into an energy source (‘Scream Heat’), monsters lurk in their closets to feed the…
- Moulin Rouge (2001)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Richard Roxburgh…
- Arch–romantic whizz–kid Baz Luhrmann celebrates truth, beauty, freedom, and Love, set in the infamous, decadent Paris nightclub, circa…
- Sexy Beast (2001)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane…
- Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi…
- A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
- Dish, The (2000)
- Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington…
- Another endearing tale from the creators of much–adored THE CASTLE, based on real events that involved small–town Aussies in the…
- Final Destination (2000)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith…
- A young man's premonition that his Paris–bound plane of classmates will explode after take–off causes a fall–out of unpredictable…
- Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton…
- Submerging all traces of the original series, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, whose mission it is to keep a deadly synthetic virus out of the hands…
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson…
- The Coen Brothers' return to their best form with what they neatly describe as the Rolls–Royce of 'hayseed' movies (by which they mean a…
- Straight Story, The (2000)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth
- Far from wild at heart, this soft–peddle road movie from the infamous David Lynch is a serene, supremely dignified fable (though based on a…
- Traffic (2000)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones…
- A masterful, suitably complex address of the ‘drug problem’ and how it enslaves consumers, dealers, policy–makers and law–enforcers…
- X-Men (2000)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman…
- Star Trek's Patrick Stewart gathers together an argumentative bunch of superheros with a variety of mutant powers, in a society where prejudice…
- Fight Club (1999)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
- Those grim forebodings of the pre–millennial zeitgeist form a backdrop to this flawed but thoroughly unique thriller–satire.
Office…
- Matrix, The (1999)
- Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving…
- Computer hacker Keanu Reeves is singled out by a high–tech guerilla network and trained as an operative to seize power from the evil guardians…
- Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Dashing, murderous fun from the makers of THE ENGLISH PATIENT, fashioning another esteemable literary piece, derived here from Patricia Highsmith's…
- American History X (1998)
- Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach…
- Potent dissertation on generational anger among the skinhead community of Los Angeles' Venice Beach, that though flawed by brushes with cliche, is a…
- Armageddon (1998)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton…
- After the tragedy of DEEP IMPACT, we get to witness the end of the world again, this time Jerry Bruckheimer–style (CON AIR, THE ROCK). That…
- Big Lebowski, The (1998)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore…
- Rolling another warped vision down the gutter, the inscrutable minds of the Coen Brothers (FARGO, RAISING ARIZONA) endow this bowling comedy with…
- Cube (1998)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett…
- More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada.
Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
- Dark City (1998)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly…
- Advancing on earlier efforts like THE CROW, director Alex Proyas, fabricates a shadowy urban jungle, replete with echoes of earlier sci–fi…
- Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu
- Modern swashbuckler conducts the sequel to THE THREE MUSKETEERS (also from Alexander Dumas) in measured tones that defeat one's expectations.…
- Payback (1998)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Mel Gibson, Deborah Kara Unger
- Mel Gibson gets to behave badly as an indestructible armed robber who gets carried away on a sadistic get–even mission against a crime…
- Replacement Killers, The (1998)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino
- Debut US big–screen for the golden–boy of Hong Kong action – Chow Yun–Fat – he whose placid composure will always mask…
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
- Sigourney is back from the dead in part four of the continuing Alien saga, this time in the hands of the French DELICATESSEN helmer who sneaks in as…
- Contact (1997)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jodie Foster, Jena Malone, Matthew McConaughey…
- The E.T.s phone Earth in this lavish adaptation of Carl Sagan's novel, with scientists retrieving alien radio signals from Somewhere Out There. …
- Fifth Element, The (1997)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich…
- Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…
- Gattaca (1997)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman
- The big league writer/directing debut of ex–pat Wellingtonian and former London adman Niccol, is a highly intriguing thriller about the scary…
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey…
- Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
- Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin
- Poking around among the NYPD's rotten apples, this unsettling thriller gouges up about as much police corruption and moral dry–rot as you can…
- Titanic (1997)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet cross class lines to consummate their passion just before the iceberg severs the stern from the bow in…
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening…
- Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage.
This gleefully (though…
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Cruise
- Hollywood refit of the '60s cult TV show with classic stylings and theme–tune thankfully intact. Precisely executed action sequences redeem a…
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon…
- An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
- Dead Man (1995)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Lance Henriksen
- A unique meditation on the mystique of the Wild West, branded with the distinctive marks of dir. Jarmusch's dilatory tempo and playful eccentricity.…
- Heat (1995)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
- Epic bank–heist drama matches heavyweight detective Al Pacino against master–thief Robert De Niro. While this dream pairing generates the…
- Maborosi (Mabaroshi) (1995)
- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Makikio Esumi, Tadanobu Asano
- A young woman's fear that she brings death to those around her forms the basis for this contemplative, serene drama, the dir.'s debut. Suggestively…
- Toy Story (1995)
- Dir. John Lasseter
- The cinema's first computer–animated feature matches its technical trail–blazing with beautiful storytelling. Concerning the rivalry…
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Mykeltin Williamson
- Oscar–winning box–office monster has suffered heavily from over–exposure, but one cannot dispute its effectiveness as a nutshell of…
- Leon The Professional, The (Professional, The) (1994)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
- The director of NIKITA revamps his French hit with American money and the English language. An Italian hitman in New York reluctantly adopts a…
- Once Were Warriors (1994)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Julian Arahanga…
- As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…
- With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon.
He miraculously surpasses…
- Tom and Viv (1994)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson
- A moving exploration of the intense yet painful relationship between Nobel prize–winning poet T.S. Eliot (Willem Dafoe) and his lovably…
- Baraka (1993)
- Dir. Ron Fricke
- The cinematographer of KOYAANISQATSI montages gloriously filmed images from around the globe with modern world music and creates more than just an…
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
- Spielberg deservedly swept the '94 Oscars with this compassionate, consummately–crafted tale of a prominent Nazi's precarious mission to save…
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Pete Postlethwaite…
- Third entry suffers from its plagued production history, but still emerges as an enjoyable piece of hokum and Sigourney is as terrific as always.
- Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3) (1992)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz
- Raimi's third 'Evil Dead' movie is an out–and–out Pythonesque comic–fantasy in which the hero, Ash, confronts simpleton locals and…
- Body Parts (1992)
- Dir. Eric Red
Feat. Jeff Fahey
- Criminal psychologist Jeff Fahey loses his arm in a car accident and becomes the recipient of an homicidal donor arm! Unsettling thriller soon takes…
- Dragon Inn (New Dragon Gate Inn) (1992)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung (Kar-fai)…
- Gory Ming Dynasty–set epic in which forces of good and evil clash swords over the fate of feudal China. An extravagant climax, featuring…
- Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi…
- Update of James Fenimore Cooper's oft–filmed novel with Daniel Day–Lewis sporting the hero's loin–cloth. Authentically recreates…
- Orlando (1992)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Tilda Swinton
- Majestic interpretation of Virginia Woolf's 'unfilmable' novel salutes the work of Greenaway and gives Tilda Swinton the role of a lifetime, not to…
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi…
- Partners–in–crime Keitel, Roth, Buscemi, Madsen and others reel from a botched jewel heist in an abandoned warehouse. Tarantino's…
- Point Break (1991)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty…
- 100% pure adrenalin? You bet! FBI rookie Keanu Reeves goes undercover to lynch an elite gang of surfing bankrobbers. Wild and incredulous, but…
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
- The ultimate Sci–fi action picture, it shamelessly flaunts its $100 million budget with Big Arnie playing second fiddle to a plethora of…
- Back to the Future 3 (1990)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen…
- Fun conclusion to the trilogy sends Marty McFly back to the wild west to resolve the havoc he created in part 2.
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro…
- The double–edged allure of life in the Mafia is richly detailed in Martin Scorsese's riveting saga that follows a young mobster through three…
- King of New York (1990)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes…
- A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades…
- No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
- Reflecting Skin, The (1990)
- Dir. Philip Ridley
Feat. Viggo Mortensen
- An eerie and perverse tale of a young boy's unsettling experiences growing up in the prairie farmlands of Idaho, where the adults are weird and the…
- Tremors (1990)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross
- Exciting tongue–in–cheek horror flick in the tradition of 50s 'Creature Features' has Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward among the desert yokels…
- When Harry Met Sally (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal
- Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
- Back to the Future 2 (1989)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson…
- Second part of the trilogy has Marty McFly catapulted into 2020 and back again into a dark alternate reality. With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd,…
- Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon
- Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1989)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy…
- A staggering blend of live–action and brillaint animation conjures up a believable world where people and cartoons…
- Big Blue, The (1988)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno
- Visually, aurally (and literally) breathtaking tale of two rival free–fall divers, an American journalist, and the glorious Mediterranean.…
- Child's Play (1988)
- Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent…
- 'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
- Die Hard (1988)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman…
- Star–making role for Bruce Willis as an ordinary cop who runs into international terrorism at the top of a skyscraper on Christmas Eve. …
- Legend of the Holy Drinker, The (1988)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas…
- Rutger Hauer plays a drunken homeless man in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he…
- Moonwalker (1988)
- Dir. Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer
Feat. Michael Jackson
- Feature–length fantasy from the imagination of pop–prince Michael Jackson that combines sci–fi, adventure and plenty of…
- Scrooged (1988)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard…
- Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…
- Belly of an Architect, The (1987)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Sergio Fantoni
- Brian Dennehy excels as an American architect who faces a mid–life crisis while setting up his exhibition in Rome. Oblique yet trenchant and of…
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio…
- Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
- Innerspace (1987)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan…
- The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…
- Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole
- Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Steve Martin, John Candy
- Well–matched comic coupling Steve Martin and John Candy go astray in the Midwest transport system. Reliably funny "mature" comedy is a pleasant…
- Predator (1987)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
- Big Arnie leads a SWAT team into the South American jungle only to be confronted by a faceless, hostile alien life–form. Solid sci–fi…
- Robocop (1987)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox…
- Loaded with sweat–breaking violence and suspense, dir. Paul Verhoeven never surpassed this stunning dystopian satire about a prototype cyborg…
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy…
- A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
- Untouchables, The (1987)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
- Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
- Absolute Beginners (1986)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. David Bowie, Sade Adu, Patsy Kensit…
- Glitzy musical pastiche that takes its inspiration from British jazz, mod, and beatnik culture to tell its barely coherent tale of teen angst.
- Aliens (1986)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn…
- Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern…
- David Lynch's ground–breaking, brilliantly controlled work tells the story of a pure teenager (Kyle Maclachlan) whose curiosity embroils him in…
- Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young…
- An ordinary boy is thrown behind the wheel of a fantastic flying machine, accompanied by an assortment of bizarre aliens. A fun–filled odyssey…
- Fly, The (1986)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
- Cronenberg's most accessible work is an ingenious re–working of the 1958 film that works as well for its contemporary audience as the original…
- FX (F/X) (1986)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy
- Some ingenious set pieces and explosive effects highlight this superior action–suspenser. An FX expert is employed to fake the death of a VIP,…
- Top Gun (1986)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer…
- Star–making film for Cruise, who goes through all the right motions to get millions of bums on seats. The routine plot is overcome by the…
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson…
- A bona fide 80s classic, this original sci–fi comedy/adventure has a perfectly cast Michael J. Fox sent back to the '50s to have his mother…
- Breakfast Club, The (1985)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall…
- Five teenagers do detention together in this John Hughes classic.
- Year of the Dragon (1985)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Mickey Rourke, John Lone
- Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
- Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
- Dune (1984)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif…
- Ambitious but muddled adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult novel recouped less than half its $25 million cost. Still of interest to spotters of…
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…
- Blockbuster supernatural comedy follows the lives of three flaky paranormal investigators who find themselves in countless gooey situations. The…
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney
- Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…
- Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984)
- Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Leonard Nimoy himself directed this continuation of 'The Wrath of Khan', in which the crew set out to rescue Spock from Kurge (Christopher Lloyd).…
- Terminator, The (1984)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
- Breakthrough film for Schwarzenegger and its director, it's a high–powered action fantasy that set a precedent for the genre. And 'I'll be…
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
- Brilliant parody of a burnt–out British Heavy–Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. A…
- Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
- Dir. Godfrey Reggio
- This unique visual and aural masterpiece looks at our earth and 20th Century 'progress' through the eye of time–lapse camera. The…
- Scarface (1983)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Al Pacino
- Sweat–breakingly violent portrait of a contemporary mobster with Pacino in top gear as the ruthless megalomaniac. Stunning, if you can hack…
- Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- Final installment in George Lucas' space–trilogy sees the conclusion of the galactic war between the Empire and the 'Rebel forces'.
Mark…
- Utu - Redux (1983-2013)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa…
- With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah…
- This sci–fi neo–noir classic is an exercise in style over substance, but what style! A work of towering imagination and extraordinary…
- Dark Crystal, The (1982)
- Dir. Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Feat. Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw…
- Wonderful fantasy from the Muppet main–man about a cute Gelfling who is must return light to a dark world by restoring the Crystal. With an…
- E.T. (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) (1982)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote…
- Steven Spielberg cemented his genius with this, possibly the best live–action family film ever made. It's the moving tale of a benign alien who…
- Gandhi (1982)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox…
- Epic retelling of the life of the inspirational Indian leader with Ben Kingsley as 'The Mahatma'. Won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
- Losing Ground (1982)
- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
- Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
- Next of Kin (1982)
- Dir. Tony Williams
Feat. Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
- Moody Australian haunted house flick about a young woman who inherits a retirement home possibly contaminated with a malevolent spirit. Not a classic…
- Q: the Winged Serpent (1982)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
- A tongue–in–cheek monster movie about a prehistoric giant bird nesting at the top of New York's Chrysler building. Surprisingly well…
- Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- The Enterprise crew are back to do battle with Kirk's old enemy Khan, as he takes control of a Federation Starship. Nice touches of humour and…
- Thing, The (1982)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart…
- Kurt Russell headlines this remake of the 1951 film about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism. Dir. John Carpenter cranks up the…
- Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow
- Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine…
- 1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
- Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
- Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
- Smash Palace (1981)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson
- One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, Nancy Allen
- A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Dir. Michael Hodges
Feat. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol…
- Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…
- Shining, The (1980)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
- Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- The remaining rebel forces play a game of cat and mouse with the emperors immense galactic armada.
Tight action sequences, deft plot twists and a…
- Alien (1979)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt…
- One of the best films of modern cinema, this classic combines nail–shredding suspense with H.R. Giger's awesome production design. This film…
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
- A harrowing account of a soldier's hazardous river journey, his mission to assasinate a renegade colonel who has gone mad in the depths of the…
- Legend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)
- Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang
- A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
- Moonraker (1979)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles…
- Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series.
Memorable scenes…
- Quadrophenia (1979)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone…
- Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
- Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
- Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, The (1979)
- Dir. Frank De Felitta
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray…
- An enchanting made–for–television drama starring Lindsay Wagner as Jennie Logan, a woman finds an antique dress in her attic that…
- Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
- Fedora (1978)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer…
- Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…
- Halloween (1978)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis
- Landmark horror film is distinguished by direction that gives a constant sense of impending doom, yet provides constant surprises – unlike the…
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy…
- Accomplished and intelligent remake has a weird clinical atmosphere and provides a few more creepy twists to the pod invasion theme.
- Midnight Express (1978)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
- Brad Davis stars in this riveting fact–based story as a young American facing a 30–year sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for a minor…
- A Special Day (1977)
- Dir. Ettore Scola
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon
- Quietly subversive drama set entirely in a working–class apartment building in Rome, on the fateful day in 1938 that Mussolini welcomed Hitler…
- Black Sunday (1977)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller…
- A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Special Edition (1977)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut
- Richard Dreyfuss embodies a working class lineman who is chosen by a higher power for some great purpose. With a head full of ambiguous images and…
- Damnation Alley (1977)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda…
- Post–apocalyptic thriller that follows a group of WWIII survivors at a military installation who drive across the desolate wasteland to find…
- Grease (1977)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing…
- Musical sensation set in a 1950s high–school was a box–office phenomenon, now an enduring classic. John Travolta, Olivia…
- Sleeping Dogs (1977)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
- Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
- Sorcerer (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
- Second film adaptation of the French novel WAGES OF FEAR, following the fates of four outcasts who take on a job transporting a cargo of unstable…
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
- Suspiria (1977)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett
- This is the quintessential Dario Argento feature – a hysterical gothic nightmare about a girl trapped in a sinister ballet academy.
Visually…
- Bad News Bears (1976)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
- Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
- Deep Red (1976)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi
- David Hemmings plays a touring pianist in Rome who witnesses the slaying of a psychiatrist. Cat–and–mouse murder mystery is one of the…
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks…
- Robert De Niro stalks the decaying streets of the Big Apple to Bernard Herrmann's haunting score before flipping his lid and enacting brutal revenge…
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Al Pacino
- Al Pacino is stunning as a deluded no–hoper who robs a New York bank to finance his lover's sex change operation. Riveting drama based on a…
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif…
- Jack Nicholson gives a star–making performance in this courageous tragi–comedy about a misfit's influence on a group of oppressed asylum…
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder
- Classic Mel Brooks spoof–Western that almost killed the genre off!
- Chinatown (1974)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston…
- Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
- Gambler, The (1974)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton…
- A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
- Godfather Part 2, The (1974)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton…
- The Corleone saga continues with the same passion and exacting standards, it both broadens the scope and bolsters the stature of the original. Hailed…
- Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
- Moore's second film as Bond finds him in Southeast Asia battling for possession of a deadly weapon. There's a price on his head and the world's…
- Friends of Eddie Coyle, The (1973)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan…
- A superlative, cold–hearted, downright unforgiving crime classic of the 70s, with Robert Mitchum (never better) as an aging Boston gunrunner…
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto
- Roger Moore succeeds Sean Connery in the role of 007, with exotic elements "borrowed" from the blaxploitation craze of the time.
The superagent…
- Westworld (1973)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
- A theme–park where one experiences violent fantasies in perfect safety gradually goes haywire. Inspired idea would strike the big time for…
- Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1972)
- Dir. Brian Clemens
Feat. Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, John Carson
- British cult TV writer Brian Clemens (THE AVENGERS) assumes directing duties on this spirited historical vampire romp he wrote for Hammer Studios,…
- Deliverance (1972)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty
- Four businessmen encounter the dark side of both human and mother nature on their weekend canoe trip in the deep South. Aided by that unmistakable…
- Possession of Joel Delaney, The (1972)
- Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Perry King, David Elliott
- Horror based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Ramona Stewart, about an upper–class Manhattan divorcee who starts to suspect her younger…
- A Reflection of Fear (1971)
- Dir. William A. Fraker
Feat. Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Sally Kellerman…
- A giallo inspired psychological thriller set in a seaside mansion in Eastern Canada.
A young girl's mental health declines rapidly when her…
- Brotherhood of Satan, The (1971)
- Dir. Bernard McEveety
Feat. Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman…
- Low budget horror set in the American Southwest, where a couple on a road trip discover a coven of elderly Satanists who are holding a town's…
- Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates…
- From Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick flexes his genius with this electrifying satire about an ultra–violent gang of 'droogs' whose…
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
- A slightly jaded Sean Connery returns as Agent 007, on the trail of a powerful diamond smuggling syndicate. Bond is joined by Tiffany Case as he…
- Little Murders (1971)
- Dir. Alan Arkin
Feat. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd
- Actor Alan Arkin directs this black comedy about a girl who brings her boyfriend home to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of…
- Ballad of Tam-Lin, The (The Devil's Widow) (1970)
- Dir. Roddy McDowall
Feat. Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Cyril Cusack…
- The only film that prolific acting great Roddy McDowall ever directed is this British folk horror based on the Celtic legend Tam Lin.
Legendary…
- Deep End (1970)
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Diana Dors
- Remarkable, darkly comic story of 15–year–old Mike who takes a job at the local swimming baths and becomes obsessed with a beautiful…
- Woodstock (1970)
- Dir. Michael Wadleigh
- Historical gathering of the world's best rock performers and half a million Americans for an unabashed weekend of sex, drugs, rock and roll and…
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
- The definitive rebel movie sees Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper motorcycle across the southwest in search of the 'Real America'. Jack Nicholson's…
- Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Tobacco baron Belmondo sends for a mail–order bride, gets the ravishing Deneuve. Too bad she's a con–artist with an inescapable past.…
- Model Shop (1969)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay
- A mesmerizing, shamefully neglected stateside film from French New Wave director Jacques Demy that follows an aimless, unemployed architect who ends…
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Dir. Peter R. Hunt
Feat. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
- Unique among Bonds not only for the one–off casting of George Lazenby but also the greater sensitivity given to his character (007 falls in…
- Pit Stop (1969)
- Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Richard Davalos, Sid Haig
- Stock car racing movie tracking the rise and fall of a rookie Figure Eight driver who breaks into the racing circuit with the help of a ruthlessly…
- 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
- Stanley Kubrick's milestone sci–fi film is a magnificent visual wonder.
Based on the short story 'The Sentinal' by Arthur C. Clarke, this…
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Dir. Ken Hughes
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries…
- Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor and who gives a run–down race car a magical new lease of life.
This musical comedy masterpiece…
- Devil Rides Out, The (1968)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Devilishly straight–faced Hammer with Christopher Lee orchestrating a scheme to save the life (and soul) of his long–time confidant from…
- Kuroneko (1968)
- Dir. Kaneto Shindo
Feat. Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi
- Visually exquisite black and white horror film from Japanese director Kaneto Shindo (ONIBABA). An adaptation of a supernatural folktale set during…
- No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal…
- Macabre cat–and–mouse thriller from the pen of suspense–master William Goldman (MARATHON MAN), about a psychotic master of disguise…
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards Jr.…
- A 13–minute credit sequence opens this riveting frontier saga, arguably the finest film of the genre. Charles Bronson steps in to Clint…
- Up Tight (1968)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera…
- In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their…
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman…
- One of the seminal films of the late 1960s, an artful depiction of the exploits of Depression–era bank–robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde…
- Graduate, The (1967)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross
- An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
- Mummy's Shroud, The (1967)
- Dir. John Gilling
Feat. Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck…
- An archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharoah and ignoring warnings of a deadly curse they unleash a vengeful spirit…
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba
- The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
- Rage (1966)
- Dir. Gilberto Gazcón
Feat. Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso
- Sweaty Mexican American thriller with Glenn Ford playing a self–pitying alcoholic doctor who lives alone in a border town, and finds himself…
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
- High powered melodrama with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in peak form as a married couple whose dinner party turns into a violent debacle.…
- Baby The Rain Must Fall (1965)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Steve McQueen, Lee Remick, Don Murray…
- Lyrical Southern gothic drama from the production team that made TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, about a working class mother (Lee Remick) who reunites with…
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee returns from the grave to intimidate a group of tourists in this belated sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA. Misses Peter Cushing, and the…
- Party's Over, The (1965)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Oliver Reed
- Stark yet salubrious cautionary tale of wayward youth set in the Chelsea beatnik scene, where "wild and drunken partying" and a brooding Oliver Reed…
- Rapture (1965)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell…
- Drama based on the 1954 novel "Rapture in My Rags" about a lonely teenage girl living with her widower father, who develops an attraction to an…
- Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendall, Madhur Jaffrey
- The first major film from the Merchant–Ivory collaboration, this elegaic drama follows the progress of an English theatre troupe through India…
- Thunderball (1965)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
- Connery's Bond goes below the call of duty to the shark–infested depths of the ocean to battle crime organisation Spectre headed by a…
- Carpetbaggers, The (1964)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker…
- Drama based on the best–selling 1961 novel by Harold Robbins about a cheerfully vulgar business tycoon (perhaps modelled off Howard Hughes),…
- Chalk Garden, The (1964)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills…
- British melodrama based on the eccentric stage play by Enid Bagnold, with Hayley Mills playing a rebellious teenager who meets her match in governess…
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
- The third Bond film, and the first to really fire the public's imagination.
Connery develops his charismatic appeal as he fights the evil genius…
- Kitten with a Whip (1964)
- Dir. Douglas Heyes
Feat. Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown…
- Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
- Ever–popular, though rather long musical version of George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion', starring Audrey Hepburn as riffraff transformed into…
- Train, The (1964)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau…
- Burt Lancaster leads the French Resistance in stopping (or at least diverting) a train used by the Nazis to steal precious French art treasures in…
- Dr. Strangelove (or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (1963)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott
- A brilliant black comedy in which the U.S. president and his henchmen await imminent nuclear retaliation from the Russians. A landmark satire with…
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya…
- Connery deals to the Russians in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine. Featuring one of the longest chase scenes of the series, as well…
- Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città) (1963)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
- An astute and ever–pertinent story of political corruption in post–World War II Italy starring Rod Steiger as a ruthless developer and…
- Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale…
- An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
- Dr. No (1962)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress…
- First James Bond film has a wet behind the ears but dashing Sean Connery investigating strange occurrences in Jamaica, where he encounters…
- Follow That Dream (1962)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm
- An under–rated and upbeat Elvis Presley vehicle has the King as part of a family of vagabonds who set up a makeshift home on a Florida beach…
- Harakiri (Seppuku) (1962)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama…
- Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) set at the beginning of the Edo period, following a masterless samurai (ronin) who wishes to commit suicide…
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn…
- Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono…
- Joan Crawford and Bette Davis scheme and brood in this memorable gothic melodrama about an aged child star and her embittered and jealous sister who…
- Accattone (1961)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Franco Citti
- The debut feature of Italian filmmaker–novelist–poet–provocateur Pasolini, which depicts the underbelly of Roman street life in a…
- Hustler, The (1961)
- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott…
- Classic Paul Newman, playing a pool–shark with potential who gets into a match with the legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). George C…
- Spartacus (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton…
- First–rate epic details the revolt of the ancient Roman slaves as led by Kirk Douglas in the title role. Production spares little expense but…
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson…
- John Wayne plays a sheriff who has captured a high profile bandit. With the state Marshall many days away and a gang of thugs planning a raid from…
- I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
- Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott
- An exceptional, well–directed 1950's B–movie in which a race of monster–like aliens try to conquer Earth by taking over a…
- Room at the Top (1958)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret
- Matters sexual are treated with rare maturity in this stunning, landmark British drama about an ambitious, working–class cad who falls in love…
- Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
- Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…
- China Gate (1957)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson
- In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy…
- Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore
- Tearjerking, CinemaScope biopic of the beloved but short–lived pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
- Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
- Desiree (1954)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
- Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)
- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
- Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
- Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Ebullient, multi–styled musical with Gene Kelly dancing his socks off. Terrific George Gershwin score.
- Five (1951)
- Dir. Arch Oboler
Feat. William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson…
- Apocalyptic 50's sci–fi set in the aftermath of an atomic bomb disaster where five survivors (a pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a…
- Quo Vadis? (1951)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov…
- Lavish Roman epic, set during the decadent reign of Nero, has legionnaire Robert Taylor falling for lion–bait Christian Deborah Kerr, amid…
- All About Eve (1950)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders…
- Bette Davis is in her element as ageing Broadway star Margot Channing, under threat of the hidden menace of an ambitious young actress. A scathing…
- Outrage (1950)
- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke
- One of the earliest post–Code Hollywood films to deal with the subject of rape, this black–and–white B–movie follows a young…
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim…
- Faded screen vamp Gloria Swanson and screenwriter William Holden exploit each other mercilessly in this searing dissection of Hollywood decadence,…
- Red Shoes, The (1948)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring…
- Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
- Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson…
- Adventure film based on 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights' about a boy prince who takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father…
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
- The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
- Henry V (1944)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks
- Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
- Casablanca (1942)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
- The role that immortalised Bogart is that of Rick, the laconic cafe–owner who assists old flame Ingrid Bergman to escape the Nazis with her…
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead
- Orson Welles ground–breaking work chronicles a publishing tycoon's rise to power, told through a reporter's efforts to discover the meaning of…
- Face Behind the Mask, The (1941)
- Dir. Robert Florey
Feat. Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes
- Film noir following the descent of a kind watch maker whose face is disfigured in a fire shortly after immigrating to America, and despite being a…
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Dir. Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Feat. Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland…
- One of the greatest examples of story–telling on film, this maintains one's firm interest for nearly four hours with its romantic story, strong…
- Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty
- A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
- Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
- Dir. Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Feat. Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr…
- The world's best loved film down through and across the generations, and a key cultural icon.
MGM pulled out all the stops to realise L. Frank…
- Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
- Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
- One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
- Variety (1925)
- Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
- A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
- Great White Silence, The (90 Degrees South) (1924-1933)
- Dir. Herbert G Ponting
- Awe–inspiring footage from Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous expedition to the South Pole in 1910, covering the ship–voyage and…