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Review Criterion / Harakiri [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Shima Iwashita
  • Masaki Kobayashi
  • Tetsuro Tamba
  • Akira Ishihama
  • Rentaro Mikuni
Release date: 2005-08-23
Run time: 133 min.
Price: £14.84

Review Harakiri [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review MGM / Witchfinder General [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Reeves
  • Robert Russell (II)
  • Rupert Davies
  • Ian Ogilvy
  • Hilary Heath
  • Vincent Price
Release date: 2007-09-11
Run time: 87 min.
Price: £5.13

Review Witchfinder General [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review IFC Films / This is England [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jack O'Connell
  • Harold Gould
  • Perry Benson
  • Frank Harper
  • Stephen Graham
Release date: 2007-11-13
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Ludovico Enaudi
Price: £7.74

Review This is England [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / IFC Films:


Review Acorn Media / Lady Chatterley [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Brian Blessed
  • Gary Crosby
  • Sean Bean
  • P.J. Davidson
  • Ben Aris
Release date: 2003-06-24
Run time: 205 min.
Creator: Jean-Claude Petit
Price: £10.99

Review Lady Chatterley [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Acorn Media:


Review Universal Studios / Carlito's Way: Rise to Power [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Kelly
  • Michael Bregman
  • Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs
  • Luis Guzmán
  • Jay Hernandez
  • Mario Van Peebles
Release date: 2007-10-23
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £6.63

Review Carlito's Way: Rise to Power [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import] / Universal Studios:


Review Image Entertainment / The Merchant of Venice [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Alexander Hanson
  • Trevor Nunn
  • Peter De Jersey
  • Mark Umbers
  • Chris Hunt
  • David Bamber
  • Jack James (III)
Release date: 2004-05-04
Run time: 141 min.
Price: £10.80

Review The Merchant of Venice [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Water [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari
  • Deepa Mehta
  • Raghubir Yadav
  • Eric Seema
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda
  • Seema Biswas
Release date: 2006-08-29
Run time: 117 min.
Creator: Mychael Danna
Price: £7.87

Review Water [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review MTI Home Video / Bloom [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Phelim Drew
  • Patrick Bergin
  • Alan Devlin
  • Sean Walsh
  • Dearbhla Molloy
  • Angeline Ball
Release date: 2004-08-24
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: David Kahne
Price: £3.14

Review Bloom [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MTI Home Video:


Review Time Life Video / Anna Karenina: The Complete Miniseries [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Porter
  • Neville Barber
  • Nicola Pagett
  • Victoria Allum
  • Nicholas Barnes
  • Basil Coleman
Release date: 2003-09-30
Run time: 550 min.
Price: £10.88

Review Anna Karenina: The Complete Miniseries [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Time Life Video:


Review Lions Gate / Christy: Return to Cutter Gap [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lauren Lee Smith
  • James Waterston
  • Andy Stahl
  • Bruce McKinnon
  • Chuck Bowman
  • Stewart Finlay-McLennan
Release date: 2001-08-28
Run time: 89 min.
Price: £3.15

Review Christy: Return to Cutter Gap [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Middlemarch [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Trevyn McDowell
  • Douglas Hodge
  • Juliet Aubrey
  • Patrick Malahide
  • Robert Hardy
  • Anthony Page
Release date: 1994-04-05
Run time: 357 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £7.95

Review Middlemarch [1994] / 2 Entertain Video:

This BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch is so remarkable that after viewing it disaffected English Literature students may find themselves revisiting the once-dreaded novel with pleasurable anticipation. Over the course of six hours, we are immersed in the lives of Dorothea Brooke, Mr Ladislaw, Dr Lydgate and, by the end, you'll be wanting even more. Set in the fictional town of Middlemarch in the early 19th century, the stories of the townsfolk are woven seamlessly together, with strands of political fervour and social commentary subtly incorporated. Dorothea (Juliet Aubrey) wants desperately to make something of her life; however, as a woman she is forbidden the study of Greek and Latin and no one takes her notions of societal improvement seriously. She chooses to marry the elderly Rev. Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a scholarly man whom she can aid in his work. Meanwhile, new to Middlemarch is the handsome Dr Lydgate (Douglas Hodge), who has grand notions for running a free hospital and finding a cure for cholera. His plans are sidetracked, however, when the beautiful but materialistic Rosie Vincy (Trevyn McDowell) sets her sights on him. Other sub-plots run throughout, including Rev. Casaubon's dashing but disapproved-of cousin Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), who has his eye on Dorothea; the scandals of banker Mr Bulstrode (Peter Jeffrey); and the prodigal son Fred Vincy (Jonathan Firth), who urgently wants the hand of Mary but can't find the money or an honest career to provide for her. [+]
Each of the actors fully embodies his or her role, and none of the performances are standout because they are all wonderful. The locations are dark and fitting to the mood, and the costumes and set decorations are period perfect. For anyone who enjoys the BBC's adaptations of great novels or for those just looking for a great story to sink their teeth into, Middlemarch will not disappoint. -Jenny Brown, Amazon. com.

Review Universal Studios / October Sky [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • William Lee Scott
  • Joe Johnston
  • Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Chris Owen
  • Laura Dern
  • Chris Cooper
Release date: 2005-01-25
Run time: 108 min.
Price: £2.82

Review October Sky [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

Based on the memoir Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr, October Sky emerged as one of the most delightful sleepers of 1999-a small miracle of good ole fashioned movie-making in the cynical, often numbingly trendy Hollywood of the late 20th century. Hickam's true story begins in 1957 with Russia's historic launch of the Sputnik satellite, and while Homer (played with smart idealism by Jake Gyllenhaal) sees Sputnik as his cue to pursue a fascination with rocketry, his father (Chris Cooper) epitomises the admirable yet sternly stubborn working-man's ethic of the West Virginia coal miner, casting fear and disdain on Homer's pursuit of science while urging his "errant" son to carry on the family business-a spirit-killing profession that Homer has no intention of joining. As directed by Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer), this wonderful movie is occasionally guilty of overstating its case and sacrificing subtlety for predictable melodrama. But more often the film's tone is just right, and the spirit of adventure and invention is infectiously conveyed through Gyllenhaal and his well-cast fellow rocketeers, whose many failures gradually lead to triumph on their makeshift backwoods launching pad. Capturing time and place with impeccable detail and superbly developed characters (including Laura Dern as an inspiring schoolteacher), October Sky is a family film for the ages, encouraging the highest potential of the human spirit while giving viewers a clear view of a bygone era when "the final frontier" beckoned to the explorer in all of us. -Jeff Shannon.

Review 20th Century Fox / Sweet Land [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Elizabeth Reaser
  • Patrick Heusinger
  • Lois Smith
  • Stephen Pelinski
  • Tim Guinee
  • Ali Selim
Release date: 2007-07-10
Run time: 111 min.
Price: £7.45

Review Sweet Land [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Columbia TriStar / Head in the Clouds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Stuart Townsend
  • John Duigan
  • Thomas Kretschmann
  • Steven Berkoff
  • Penélope Cruz
  • Charlize Theron
Release date: 2005-01-25
Run time: 121 min.
Price: £4.88

Review Head in the Clouds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Charles Dickens / Nicholas Nickleby [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2004-07-27
Run time: 75 min.
Price: £1.79

Review Nicholas Nickleby [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Charles Dickens:


Review 4 Front Video / Jude [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Rachel Griffiths
  • Christopher Eccleston
  • Liam Cunningham
  • Kate Winslet
  • Michael Winterbottom
  • June Whitfield
Release date: 1999-02-08
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.50

Review Jude [1996] / 4 Front Video:

This curiously dry adaptation of Thomas Hardy's last novel, Jude is a good example of Michael Winterbottom's inability to make a particularly good film until Welcome to Sarajevo. Christopher Eccleston plays Jude Fawley, a self-educated stonemason who holds the dream of attending university but identifies with the working class. Kate Winslet is enlisted to play his cousin Sue Bridehead, a young woman with suffragette leanings and a position as a teacher's assistant. When the two enter into an illicit union, they are condemned to the margins of society, ultimately resulting in a horrifying tragedy. Winterbottom takes an oddly lean approach to Hardy's deterministic story, which leaves a viewer feeling short on emotion just when one needs it for the from-bad-to-worse third act. Welcome to Sarajevo proved that Winterbottom needs a whole other level of personal involvement to make a film that inspires him. Jude isn't one of those lucky films. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Cinema Club / A Dance To The Music Of Time [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • James D'Arcy
  • Robin Bailey
  • Alvin Rakoff
  • Christopher Morahan
  • Jonathan Cake
  • Alan Bennett
  • Gillian Barge
Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 415 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £44.99

Review A Dance To The Music Of Time [1997] / Cinema Club:


Review Hallmark / The Lion in Winter [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Andrew Howard
  • Glenn Close
  • Antal Konrád
  • Patrick Stewart
  • John Light
Release date: 2004-07-20
Run time: 167 min.
Price: £4.36

Review The Lion in Winter [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Hallmark:


Review Cinema Club / Anna Karenina [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Strong (II)
  • David Blair (II)
  • Kevin McKidd
  • Douglas Henshall
  • Helen McCrory
  • Amanda Root
Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 240 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £44.90

Review Anna Karenina [2000] / Cinema Club:


Review MCA Home Video / Pride and Prejudice [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jena Malone
  • Joe Wright (IV)
  • Carey Mulligan
  • Keira Knightley
  • Rosamund Pike
  • Talulah Riley
Release date: 2006-02-28
Run time: 129 min.
Price: £4.51

Review Pride and Prejudice [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MCA Home Video:


Models & Brands:
Harakiri [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Witchfinder General [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC), This is England [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Lady Chatterley [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Carlito's Way: Rise to Power [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import], The Merchant of Venice [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Water [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bloom [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Anna Karenina: The Complete Miniseries [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Christy: Return to Cutter Gap [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Middlemarch [1994], October Sky [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sweet Land [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Head in the Clouds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Nicholas Nickleby [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Jude [1996], A Dance To The Music Of Time [1997], The Lion in Winter [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Anna Karenina [2000], Pride and Prejudice [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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