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Raising Arizona
Monday, 9 Jun, 2008 – 3:17 | No Comment
Raising Arizona

Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a …

Near Dark
Saturday, 7 Jun, 2008 – 1:15 | No Comment
Near Dark

A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part …

Roxanne
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – 22:42 | No Comment
Roxanne

This is a remake of Cyrano de Bergerac, one of the most celebrated plays of the French theater, written by Edmond Rostand. Instead of being set in 17th century France, “Cyrano” has been changed to …

4.50 from Paddington
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – 1:39 | No Comment
4.50 from Paddington

Elspeth McGillicuddy, an old friend of Miss Marple’s, witnesses a strangulation murder in a passing train through the window of her coach compartment. When Police Inspector Slack can’t find a body along the tracks and …

Sleeping Murder
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2008 – 3:35 | No Comment
Sleeping Murder

BBC TV adaption of the Agatha Christie’s novel. A young recently married woman, Gwenda Reed, comes back to England after living most of her life in New Zealand. While her husband, Giles, is out of …

At Bertram’s Hotel
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2008 – 3:21 | No Comment
At Bertram’s Hotel

Miss Jane Marple is staying at an elegant hotel from her childhood compliments of her nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Lady Selena Hazy (Joan Greenwood in her next to last …

Monster Squad, The
Tuesday, 22 Apr, 2008 – 4:45 | No Comment
Monster Squad, The

Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. …

Over the Top
Tuesday, 15 Apr, 2008 – 4:16 | No Comment
Over the Top

Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who’s trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his ex-wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their …

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Friday, 28 Mar, 2008 – 3:09 | No Comment
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Nick Randall is a bounty hunter who’s built up quite a resume. One notable resume highlight, though, happened before his current career began—as a CIA agent. Malak Al Rahim, an evil international terrorist, shows up …

Dirty Dancing
Monday, 21 Jan, 2008 – 3:53 | No Comment
Dirty Dancing

Set in the 1960s, Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman, a sweet daddy’s girl, goes to a very respectable summer camp in the Catskills. Baby has grown up in privileged surrounds with her doctor father and all expect …

Lost Boys, The
Thursday, 3 Jan, 2008 – 7:14 | No Comment
Lost Boys, The

Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about …

Beverly Hills Cop II
Thursday, 3 Jan, 2008 – 5:35 | No Comment
Beverly Hills Cop II

A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back…

Masters of the Universe
Tuesday, 18 Dec, 2007 – 7:57 | No Comment
Masters of the Universe

The once-beautiful planet Eternia lies devastated, a victim of the demonic Skeletor and his vile minions. Momentarily vanquished, Eternian hero He-Man and his forces of good escape to a land of strange creatures and customs: …

Hazard of Hearts, A
Wednesday, 3 Oct, 2007 – 6:09 | No Comment
Hazard of Hearts, A

Compulsive gambler, Sir Giles Staverley is tricked into gambling away his home by his old adversary Lord Harry Wrotham. As Staverley is distraught and desperate, Wrotham gives him one last chance - he will gamble …

Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Wednesday, 3 Oct, 2007 – 5:00 | No Comment
Planes, Trains & Automobiles

All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, …

Steel Dawn
Tuesday, 21 Aug, 2007 – 2:15 | No Comment
Steel Dawn

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.