Christie Malry's Own Double Entry is the revenge fantasy of a resentful, humiliated, somewhat simple office wage-slave who undergoes an epiphany in the unlikely surroundings of a lecture on accountancy. Malry, superbly depicted by Nick Moran as a sort of English Timothy McVeigh, decides to allocate a monetary value to every single act of, as he puts it, "casualness, indifference and mass carelessness" that besets him, and to exact appropriate recompense. As the debt grows, so do Malry's retributions, from disfiguring the paintwork of a Rolls-Royce to poisoning a substantial percentage of London. Based on the novel by B.S. Johnson, the film is funny and clever, making inventive use of flashbacks, and the echoes of broadly similar fables, like Taxi Driver and Falling Down, are never loud enough to be distracting. An overall atmosphere of tensing malevolence is abetted by a terrific soundtrack of original songs by Auteurs and Black Box Recorder songwriter Luke Haines. The only duff notes the film strikes are the initially engaging but eventually utterly baffling excursions to the Renaissance court of an Italian prince. Aside from this one over-ambitious conceit, this is a fine and mystifyingly under-rated film. On the DVD: Christie Malry's Own Double Entry includes only the original theatrical trailer as a special feature. It is all too easy to imagine that an advertisement for a product you've already paid for is exactly the kind of thing that Christie Malry would have entered in the "Debit" side of his ledger. --Andrew Muller
The Grey Man
In Rocky Road To Dublin filmed in the late sixties Ireland's Patriotic sportsmen priests censors and brain-washed children unwittingly convey the truth about a repressed suppressed censored Republic. Unsurprisingly after one screening in Dublin in 1968 it was suffocated for more than three decades; never released to Irish cinemas and never shown on Irish TV. Now restored the film is complemented by a 'Making Of' that revisits the themes and contexts of the ori
Leo Macias writes sentimental novels with great success but hidden under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. She is unhappy with her professional life and with her husband, a soldier working in Brussels and Bosnia that is never at home. She will try anything to change her life.
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland with her family, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village of Longwood. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to redeem the knight so as to bring lasting peace to Longwood, but first she must save the lives of seven precious white horses and thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman. Crumbling castles, mysterious riddles, frightening spirits, beautiful horses and a plucky, fearless heroine.
Dr Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) breaks the golden rule when he falls in love with his patient, the beautiful heiress Margot Lannington (Faith Domergue). After a whirlwind romance, he goes to confront her father who seems determined to separate them. Five minutes later he receives the biggest shock of his life - and Edward Lannington (Claude Rains) lies dead... Now Jeff and Margot are on the run for murder, with 500 miles of bad road between them and the Mexican border. It's a road with many sudden twists and chilling revelations - as Jeff begins to realise that Margot has more secrets she's keeping from him...
Reprising his role in R.C. Sherriff's West End stage hit, Ralph Richardson stars as a staid London bank clerk whose inexplicable amnesia leaves him without an alibi in the aftermath of a murder; Jack Hawkins co-stars as his doctor alongside Margaret Leighton his equally perplexed wife. Home at Seven saw Richardson taking on the mantle of director for the first and only time in his career the result is a taut, compellingly human drama with a gripping sense of mystery. It is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements and its original theatrical aspect ratio. When David Preston returns home at seven, his distraught wife tells him that he did not come home at seven or at any other time the previous evening. David recalls nothing between the time he left the bank on Monday and his arrival home that following evening and his doctor is inclined at first to treat it lightly. Then everything changes when it emerges that during his 'lost day', a murder and robbery took place... Special Feature: Image gallery
London-based short film director Tom Shkolnik's first feature depicts a London we have never quite seen before. Filmed in and around East London, The Comedian perceptively follows the dreams of a twenty-something year old trying to make it on the London Comedy circuit.
A mysterious loner tries to buy a new heart on the black market in this French drama.
Tinto Brass the 'King of Erotica' presents a superb collection of his greatest films:All Ladies Do ItPaprikaSnack Bar BudapestFrivolous LolaCheekyThe KeyBlack AngelPrivate
This inspirational Hip Hop dance drama follows Carmen, a young woman living in Chicago, who struggles to overcome her fears and follow her dream to be a dancer.
From the Oscar Winning Director of 'Moonstruck' comes a star studded irresistibly romantic comedy about a once-in-a-lifetime date with destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) is looking for her soul mate but he's not the man she's about to marry! She's known his name - Damon Bradley - since childhood but that's all the Ouija board ever told her. Now following a slim lead and with her best friend Kate (Bonnie Hunt) in tow Faith takes off to Italy in a last-ditch attempt to find her destiny. Here she stumbles into Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who doesn't need a Ouija Board to tell him that Faith is his soul mate. The only trouble is his name doesn't fit the bill - and Faith is determined that her romantic quest must continue. From the stunning Adriatic to the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast Faith chases her destiny and Peter chases Faith ever hopeful that her Mr Wrong can eventually become Mr Right.
The difficulty of being young and Muslim in the western world is brilliantly captured in a new film described as the Catcher in the Rye for American Muslims.
Financed by Marcel Pagnol's production company Jean Renoir's Toni is a landmark in French filmmaking. Based on a police dossier concerning a provincial crime of passion it was lensed by Claude Renoir on location (unusually for the time) in the small town of Les Martigues where the actual events occurred. The use of directly-recorded sound authentic patois lack of make-up a large ensemble cast of local citizens in supporting roles and Renoir's steadfast desire to avoid m
Starring Ashton Kutcher (The Butterfly Effect, What Happens in Vegas) and directed by celebrated filmmaker David Mackenzie (Young Adam, California Sunshine, Hallam Foe), Spread is a steamy, explicit, romantic comedy with a sharp, modern edge.
In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Joji Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Tamara Drewe) infuse a contemporary immediacy into Charlotte Bront's timeless, classic story. Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) star in the iconic lead roles of the romantic drama, the heroine of which continues to inspire new generations of devoted readers and viewers.In the 19th Century-set story, Jane Eyre (played by Mia Wasikowska) suddenly flees Thornfield Hall, the vast and isolated estate where she works as a governess for Adle Varens, a child under the custody of Thornfield's brooding master, Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). The imposing residence - and Rochester's own imposing nature - have sorely tested her resilience. With nowhere else to go, she is extended a helping hand by clergyman St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell) and his family. As she recuperates in the Rivers' Moor House and looks back upon the tumultuous events that led to her escape, Jane wonders if the past is ever truly past...
Shot in 1938 Too Much Johnson was Welles’ first feature the film that helped him hone his craft and led him to create to the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane. The footage was presumed destroyed in a fire in Welles’ home in 1971 but was recently rediscovered in Italy and the restored 66 mins version makes its UK DVD debut. Too Much Johnson is an elaborate 1890s farce of mistaken identity. Cuckolded husband Dathis (Edgar Barrier) is on the tale of a man named Billings (Joseph Cotten) who has been having an affair with Dathis’s wife (Arlene Francis). Billings flees by ship to Cuba where now also hiding from his own wife (Ruth Ford) and mother-in-law (Mary) he adopts the identity of a plantation owner named Johnson who is expecting a mail-order bride. Orson Welles plays a Keystone Kop.
When Sang-woo's mother is forced to send him to live with his deaf-mute grandmother the seven year old boy is shocked at what he finds in the rural village: a place without electricity indoor plumbing or access to fast-food restaurants. Angry and confused Sang-woo rejects his elderly grandmother's attempts to please him. But as time passes the old woman's kindness begins to touch the young boy's heart awakening curiosity understanding and finally love. Winner of best fi
This special edition pack contains both a copy of the book, as well as the movie on Blu-ray Oakland As general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when he is forced to rebuild his small-market team, on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane - with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill) - develops a roster of misfits and changes the way the game is played forever.
Injured whilst fighting in Vietnam Andy Crocker is repatriated and hopes to pick up where he left off in Dallas. He returns to find his girlfriend has married someone else his business is in ruins and his friends all but deserted him.
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