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The Others
(2001) [M]

A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They...  More

The Golden Bowl
(2000) [M]

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie, an innocent abroad. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, an alabaster beauty with brains, no money, and a practical and romantic nature, is his lover. She and Amerigo...  More

Victoria And Albert
(2001) [PG]

Lavish two-part dramatisation of the passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where...  More

One Night The Moon
(2001) [M]

The Australian Outback, 1932. Entranced by the moon, a young girl steps out of her bedroom window. When her parents check on her, she is gone. The police suggest Aboriginal tracker Albert Yang lead the search, but the father revolts - insisting there's to be 'No blacks on my land". Instead, he...  More

Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India
(2001) [PG]

One of the most expensive films ever to come out of Bollywood, Lagaan tells the tale of the Indian village Champaner, beset by drought and British colonialism in the year 1893. Without a drop of rain in months, the worried villagers of Champaner decide to ask the local authorities for a temporary...  More

Fist Of Legend
(1994) [R]

Over twenty years since the first telling of the story, Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection returns to the screen. The story is a classic one that has its roots in an actual event in Chinese history -- the defeat of Master Huo at the hands of the Japanese. This time around, popular actor and martial...  More

Gosford Park
(2001) [M]

Robert Altman directs this elegant period drama and Agatha Christie-style murder mystery that features the cream of British acting talent. Gathered at aristocrat Michael Gambon's big house are fellow toffs Charles Dance, James Wilby and Jeremy Northam (as British matinee idol Ivor Novello) among...  More

Charlotte Gray
(2001) [M]

Nazi-occupied France in 1942. Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman recruited as a secret agent, joins the French resistance. Her real aim: to rescue her Royal Air Force lover. She soon discovers that, in a world where secrecy is all around her, she can only trust herself. Based...  More

Tipping The Velvet
(2002) [MA]

Set in England in the 1890's, Tipping The Velvet is a colourful and passionate and entertaining love story, which follows our heroine's growth into womanhood. Episode 1 The glamorous world of the 19th century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty butler, a...  More

The Four Feathers (1977)
(1977) [G]

Four Feathers is a classic tale of romance and courage in a time of war. It's 1880 and Harry Feversham (Beau Bridges) is forced, by his family's history, into a lifelong career in the military. However, falling in love makes him realise his long and painful fear of war, and on the eve of his...  More