A hand-picked collection of fan favourites and critically acclaimed movies.
The Sons of Katie Elder
Four ne'er-do-well sons reunite in their Texas hometown to attend their mother's funeral. Led by older brothers John, a gunfighter, and Tom, a gambler, the four soon learn that their father gambled away the family ranch, which was the cause of his murder. The brothers decide to avenge their father's death and win back the ranch, a situation that quickly leads to trouble with the local sheriff and violent conflict with the rival Hastings clan.
Blue Chips
Corrupt recruiting practises cast a cloud over a college basketball coach's discovery of three amazing players.
Disturbia
A troubled high school student becomes convinced he is living next door to a wanted serial killer. Struggling to come to terms with the death of his father, the teen lands himself in hot water after a fight with a teacher and is put under house arrest. During his domestic confinement, he begins to spy on his mysterious neighbour, believing him to be a murderous psychopath on the run from the authorities.
Up in the Air
A businessman makes his living travelling around America and firing the employees of his corporate clients. However, when he meets a beautiful travelling businesswoman, the solitary bachelor finds his no-strings philosophy of life faltering.
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Lt Frank Drebin returns for more madcap high jinks in this police-procedural spoof. Powerful energy corporations are intent on putting a halt to the eco-friendly plans of Dr Albert S. Meinheimer, the new US energy czar. They scheme to replace Meinheimer with an imposter who will do their bidding. Unfortunately for them, Drebin gets tangled up with their plans while trying to steal back his ex from her slimy new beau.
Hamburger Hill
An emotional and harrowing re-creation of the battle to secure Hill 937 in the Ashau Valley during the Vietnam War. The film follows a platoon through eleven agonising assaults over a ten-day period, suffering rivers of mud, stifling heat and driving rain as they battle against a well-entrenched enemy. This searing account of one battle can be seen as a microcosm of the Vietnam War itself.
Virtuosity
Sid 6.7 is a virtual reality program used in police training: sadistic, intelligent and dangerous. Its memory contains the personalities of more than 180 killers, such as Charles Manson. When the program takes human form and goes on the rampage, a vengeful cop must hunt it down.
Winnie
The life of Winnie Mandela, from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Stephen King's Thinner
A fat lawyer who inadvertently discovers the ideal weight loss programme when he knocks down and kills a gypsy woman. A short time later he is accosted by an old gypsy master who touches the lawyer's cheek and says, `Thinner' From that moment on the weight literally falls off him which is great - at first - but will he be able to stop before he literally wastes away?
Never Saw It Coming
An opportunistic psychic must find a way out when she finds herself in the middle of a murder case in a small town.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Loosely based on the books by the Reverend W Awdry. A little girl, lost on the way to visit her grandpa, discovers a magical railway line where Thomas and his friendly engines run from the island to an enchanted town. Mr Conductor's supply of magic gold dust is running low. Without it, he cannot travel to Thomas's island, so they need the child's help to find more.
Spider
A mentally ill man who, having been institutionalised with acute schizophrenia for 20 years, is released into society to live in a London halfway house. Having never truly recovered, his increasingly fragile grip on reality and fixation on aspects of his childhood quickly become apparent as he struggles with his new life.
The Talented Mr Ripley
A young man who yearns to belong in society is mistaken for a college contemporary of a shipping magnate's wayward son. Playing along, the man agrees to go to Italy in an attempt to persuade the son to return to America.