A Fistful of Dollars The first of the ‘spaghetti westerns’ A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit & launched the film careers of Italian writer-director Sergio Leone & a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean cold eyed cobra-quick gunfighter Clint became the first of the ‘anti heroes’. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme – with unremitting violence gritty realism tongue-in-cheek humour & striking visuals. For a Few Dollars More A Fistful of Dollars had proven so successful that a sequel was inevitable. The superbly scripted For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio played by Gian Maria Volonte by an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood & Lee Van Cleef. Sergio Leone’s direction is both violent & operatic & Ennio Morricone’s atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from jail breaks & hold ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good The Bad & The Ugly In the third of Eastwood’s spaghetti trilogy director Sergio Leone substitutes the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns for a seedy cynical standpoint towards death & morality. The complex plot of bloodshed & betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War following a team of brutal bandits battling to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave & boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No.1 in the world’s pop charts. Hang ' Em High They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man... & they didn’t finish the job. In his first American-made western Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guy – cool-headed iron-willed & unrelenting in the pursuit of revenge. ...

A lovelorn group of Irish blokes
- some single some not
- place a personal ad in a Miami newspaper hoping to attract American

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As demonic possessions grow the devil grows stronger. The Apocalypse is coming. The Devil & his legions are ready for battle. They will wage a war that will see his armies walk the earth & the fire of eternal hell burn across the globe. Only a small group of men stand between him & the annihilation of the human race. They are members of a secret sect called The Cloth. With only seven days to stop the invasion of ultimate evil they will use every weapon at their disposable to halt the approaching darkness. ...

As demonic possessions grow the devil grows stronger. The Apocalypse is coming. The Devil & his legions are ready for battle. They will wage a war that will see his armies walk the earth & the fire of eternal hell burn across the globe. Only a small group of men stand between him & the annihilation of the human race. They are members of a secret sect called The Cloth. With only seven days to stop the invasion of ultimate evil they will use every weapon at their disposable to halt the approaching darkness. ...

Arguably Ghatak's finest work The Cloud-Capped Star is a dark melodrama set in the late fifties Calcutta about a refugee family & the struggle of Nita the oldest daughter to keep them a float & together. It is a bitter critique of the family as institution & also of the harsh social & economic condition arising from Partition
- the trauma that defined Ghatak as an artist. With it's sparse script audacious expressionist soundtrack & a startling cinematic elegance The Cloud-Capped Star is undoubtedly a modern masterpiece
- infinitely compassionate & humane while remaining resolutely unsentimental.

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A Serious Man Academy Award winning directors Joel & Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original & darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can;t believe his life; His wife is leaving for his best friend his unemployed brother won't move of the couch someone is threatening his career his kids are a mystery & his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all Larry consults three different rabbis & their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith family delinquent behavior & mortality in the film critics rave is seriously awesome (Michael Hogan Vanity Fair). Burn After Reading An all-star cast including George Clooney Brad Pitt Frances Mc Dormand Tilda Swinton & John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder blackmail sex addiction & physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined but dim-witted gym employees the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts events soon spiral out of everyone’s & anyone’s control resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters! From Joel & Ethan Coen the Academy Award-winning directors of No Country For Old Men & The Big Lebowski comes this brilliantly clever & endlessly entertaining movie that critics are calling smart funny & original. The Big Lebowski The Coen brothers' irreverent cult hit comes to DVD as a Special Edition with all-new bonus material. The hilariously twisted comedy-thriller stars Jeff Bridges John Goodman Steve Buscemi & Julianne Moore. Join the Dude & his bowling buddies on their journey that blends unforgettable characters kidnapping a case of mistaken identity & White Russians. Enter the visually unique & entertaining world from the creative minds of the Coen brothers & remember: the Dude abides. The Hudsucker Proxy When Waring Hudsucker head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries commits suicide his board of directors lead by Sidney Mussberger (Paul Newman) comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough Sidney & friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar take over the company & restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin but soon tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat & begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries. Barton Fink New York 1941. Socially conscious scriptwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) has made it big on Broadway. Now Tinsel Town is taking notice. Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom. L.A. has got the Barton Fink feeling. Barton Fink has got writer's block. Enlisting the help of able assistant Audrey (Judy Davis) & amiable neighbour Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) Fink finds the real-life inspiration he seeks comes from the most sinister of sources. From master movie makers the Coen Brothers (Blood Simple Millers Crossing) comes the unanimously acclaimed Barton Fink. The biting offbeat comedy story of Hollywood heartache faceless movie moguls & headless corpses. Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty from the highly acclaimed Coen brothers sees George Clooney as Miles Massey a divorce lawyer who always wins his case until he comes head to head with the scheming money-grabbing yet alluring Mrs Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Miles & Marilyn each embark on their own ruthless romantic missions to outdo one another & amass great wealth. ...

A Serious Man Academy Award winning directors Joel & Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original & darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can;t believe his life; His wife is leaving for his best friend his unemployed brother won't move of the couch someone is threatening his career his kids are a mystery & his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all Larry consults three different rabbis & their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith family delinquent behavior & mortality in the film critics rave is seriously awesome (Michael Hogan Vanity Fair). The Big Lebowski From the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers (Fargo True Grit) The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling a severed toe White Russians & a guy named… The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn’t want any drama in his life…heck he can’t even be bothered with a job. But he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Starring Jeff Bridges John Goodman Julianne Moore Steve Buscemi Philip Seymour Hoffman & John Turturro experience the cultural phenomenon of The Dude in the 1 cult film of all time! (The Boston Globe). Barton Fink New York 1941. Socially conscious scriptwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) has made it big on Broadway. Now Tinsel Town is taking notice. Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom. L.A. has got the Barton Fink feeling. Barton Fink has got writer's block. Enlisting the help of able assistant Audrey (Judy Davis) & amiable neighbour Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) Fink finds the real-life inspiration he seeks comes from the most sinister of sources. From master movie makers the Coen Brothers (Blood Simple Millers Crossing) comes the unanimously acclaimed Barton Fink. The biting offbeat comedy story of Hollywood heartache faceless movie moguls & headless corpses. Burn After Reading An all-star cast including George Clooney Brad Pitt Frances Mc Dormand Tilda Swinton & John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder blackmail sex addiction & physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined but dim-witted gym employees the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts events soon spiral out of everyone’s & anyone’s control resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters! From Joel & Ethan Coen the Academy Award-winning directors of No Country For Old Men & The Big Lebowski comes this brilliantly clever & endlessly entertaining movie that critics are calling smart funny & original. Intolerable Cruelty From Academy Award winners Joel & Ethan Coen comes this outrageously funny comedy about a man who wins in court & a woman who courts to win. Top divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) has got it all. Serial gold-digger Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones) wants it all. When Miles falls for the unobtainable Marilyn a hilarious battle of deceit & cunning ensues with each one trying to outsmart the other. Underhanded tactics deceptions & an undeniable attraction escalate as Marilyn & Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes. ...

When Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) arrives in Spain for a weeklong sailing vacation with his family the stressed young businessman is not in a holiday mood. His startup company is in trouble & his tense relationship with his disciplinarian father Martin (Bruce Willis) only makes matters worse. But when the family is kidnapped by what turns out to be intelligence agents hell-bent on recovering a mysterious briefcase Will suddenly finds himself on the run. ...

When Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) arrives in Spain for a weeklong sailing vacation with his family the stressed young businessman is not in a holiday mood. His startup company is in trouble & his tense relationship with his disciplinarian father Martin (Bruce Willis) only makes matters worse. But when the family is kidnapped by what turns out to be intelligence agents hell-bent on recovering a mysterious briefcase Will suddenly finds himself on the run. ...

Disc Listing: Spy Planes: As the U.S.S.R. & the U.S. engaged in the dangerous battle for hearts minds & power engineers pilots & military personnel were developing the most advanced planes ever seen. Yanks For Stalin reveals the extent to which American labour & expertise contributed to Stalins efforts to implement his five year plan & looks at how history has manipulated the facts. Duck & Cover: The Cold War explores life as part of the Boomer Generation the first people who lived with the real threat of mutually assured destruction. The Rise & Fall of the Wall Declassified information from both sides of the Iron Curtain sheds new light on the enduring icon of the Cold War. Bay Of Pigs Declassified: top secret documents declassified after 40 years offer a fascinating look inside one of the most infamous fiascoes of the Cold War. Heroes Under Fire: Shadow Warriors: From Delta Force Operators to CIA Field Officers SWAT teams to Navy SEALs these are the stories of those who distinguish themselves above all others in perilous situations of combat rescue missions covert assignments drug wars & hostile intelligence operations. ...