Principal cast: Ian Hart, Clare Hackett, Anne Reid, Megan Burns, David Hart.
Dir: Stephen Frears

SYNOPSIS
The cover credits and reviews infer that this is the view of life in 1930s Liverpool through a child’s eyes. I do not agree necessarily. Sure, the child, Liam, is a principal in the plot, but what we see are the […]

‘The Trials of Life’ is one of the most impressive nature documentary series ever made. Originally broadcast in 1990, it has lost none of its original impact. The subject of the series is animal behavior, and the mechanisms and strategies that different species have evolved to ensure their continuance. The sheer diversity of form and […]

Documentary:The last truly untamed continent reveals many of its secrets in this superbly filmed and presented documentary series. The vast and formidable land mass of Antarctica, a world of extreme hostility, is, surprisingly, home to an abundance of life. Seals, penguins and gulls flock to the southern continent to mate and rear their young during […]

STARS: ARTHUR LOWE, JOHN LE MESURIER, CLIVE DUNN, JOHN LAURIE,
JAMES BECK, ARNOLD RIDLEY AND IAN LAVENDER
WRITTEN: JIMMY PERRY AND DAVID CROFT
DIRECTED: HAROLD SNOAD AND DAVID CROFT
Story
In the early and darkest days of World War II Britain was in dire straits HAVING lost a large proportion of her army in France and very aware that […]

Principal cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Sara Allgood.
Dir: Alexander Korda
SYNOPSIS
Essentially a romance movie, it still manages some elements of intrigue, sensuousness (not surprising given Vivien Leigh’s beauty) and “Boy’s Own” heroics.
A down-and-out Lady Hamilton (Leigh) is arrested in France, and while in jail recounts her extraordinary life as the lover of Lord Horatio Nelson […]

Meg Ryan features in yet another perfect romantic comedy: “Kate & Leopold”. Brought to us from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, this Miramax film is everything that you expect from Ryan.
Synopsis
Meg Ryan plays the feisty Kate of the title. A tough and uncompromising market research analyst, she has been hurt too many times and is […]

Meg Ryan features in yet another perfect romantic comedy: “Kate & Leopold”. Brought to us from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, this Miramax film is everything that you expect from Ryan.
Synopsis
Meg Ryan plays the feisty Kate of the title. A tough and uncompromising market research analyst, she has been hurt too many times and is […]

STARS: Ben Affleck, Eliza Dushku, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Ali Larter, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Chris Rock.
STORY
The ‘history’ of Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) goes back so far that I’m not sure where to start. I first met them in the edgy cult success Clerks. Maybe it’s that I’ve always had a […]

The tag line on the cover of this DVD is “For Every Girl Who Has Never Dreamed Of Becoming A Princess”. This family film from the Disney studios, is an honest old fashioned kind of family film, that no parent would worry about there children watching.
Anne Hathaway plays Mia Thermopolis, an average fifteen year old […]

STARS: Rickie Lee Jones, Sal Bernardi; John Leftwich, Mike O?Neill, Keith Fiddmont, Ed Mann, Frank Morracco.Anyone who knows how talented Rickie Lee Jones is might imagine my excitement at the opportunity to review this DVD. I’ve been a fan of her amazing, rollercoaster vocals and intimate, scatty style for years. Not forgetting her beautiful ballads, […]