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Cyber City: Odeo 808
(1990) [MA]

File 1: Japanese animation set in the year 2808. Criminals are recruited into the police force to combat escalating crime. In 'Virtual Death' a mass murderer is sent to rescue 50,000 people who have become trapped inside a skyscraper. File 2: Japanese three-part animated work which follows the...  More

Rumble Fish
(1983) [M]

Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. He is drawn into one more gang...  More

The First Of The Few (Spitfire)
(1942) [G]

This classic 1942 war movie tells the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Jeffrey Quill - developed the aeroplane whose technological superiority helped Britain to win the vital battle of the skies. It features...  More

Bad Day At Black Rock
(1955) [PG]

The tense story of a one-armed stranger who alights from a train at a sleepy desert town and is greeted by the hostile locals with something to hide. Based on a true story by Howard Breslin.

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Dunkirk
(1958) [PG]

The evacuation of the British forces from the French port of Dunkirk was a turning point in the war against the Nazis. Sir John Mills and Richard Attenborough star in this epic reconstruction of the heroic wartime episode when hundreds of little ships sailed from all over Britain to rescue the...  More

Violent Cop
(1989) [R]

Violent Cop is the explosive and critically acclaimed directorial debut from Japanese master film maker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Azuma- a vicious detective who deals out harsh justice with an iron fist- Dirty Harry style. Investigating a drug dealer's murder, Azuma and rookie detective...  More

Jurassic Park
(1993) [PG]

On a remote island, a wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to experience...  More

Hell In The Pacific
(1968) [PG]

During World War II, an American marine pilot (Lee Marvin) is shot down and finds his way to a small, unpopulated island in the Pacific where he hopes to find provisions. He soon discovers that he is not alone when he is stalked by a Japanese navy officer (Toshiro Mifune) who is also marooned on...  More

The 49th Parallel
(1941) [PG]

49th Parallel is a powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked to make a flag waver by the Ministry of Information, the brilliantly gifted film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric...  More

The Man From Snowy River
(1982) [PG]

Sweeping in scale, magnificent in execution and faithful in capturing the spirit of Banjo Paterson's epic poem, this is the film that put Australian cinema on the world map. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast including Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson and in career defining roles, Sigrid Thornton...  More