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The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)
(1998) [M]

All for one and one for all! For the honor of the crown and the destiny of a country, the world's most renowned Musketeers reunite for one last epic battle. It is a time of both splendor and despair. France's self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people die of...  More

Amistad
(1997) [M]

Steven Spielberg's debut film for DreamWorks Pictures, Amistad starred a distinguished cast led by Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou and Matthew McConaughey. Based on a true story, Amistad chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's...  More

The Bounty
(1984) [PG]

Robert Bolt's screen adaptation of Richard Hugh's book 'Captain Bligh and Mister Christian' (itself a widely acclaimed account of The Mutiny On The Bounty) is directed here by Roger Donald (No Way Out, Species, Dante's Peak). Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian, and particularly the emminently...  More

Kundun
(1997) [PG]

In 1937, in a remote area of Tibet close to the Chinese border, a a two year old child is identified as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the compassionate Buddha. Two years later, the child is brought to Lhasa where he is schooled as a monk and as head of state amidst the color and pageantry...  More

The Day Of The Roses (2 disc set)
(1998) [M]

On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the coronial inquiry into the crash with flash-backs...  More

Elizabeth
(1998) [MA]

England, 1554. Under the rule of Queen Mary I, a zealous Catholic, England has been reduced to a country racked by financial and religious instability. Now close to death, Mary (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of protestant repression. Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), her younger sister...  More

Life Is Beautiful
(1997) [M]

Guido - a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colourful imagination and an irresistible sense of humour - has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II... and Guido must rely on those very...  More

Simba
(1955) [PG]

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.  More

The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1936)
(1936) [PG]

Alfred Tennyson's epic poem of the heroic charge at Balaclava during the Crimea War (1853 - 1856), is brought to the screen in all its magnificence and glory. Errol Flynn and Olivia De Haviland head a a stellar cast in this fictionalised portrayal of the events leading to the still unanswered...  More

Pearl Harbour
(2001) [M]

Kate Beckinsale, looking beautiful and straight out of a 1940's glamour magazine, is Evelyn, the nurse who wins the hearts of both Rafe and Danny. Rafe meets her first during an examination to determine fitness for duty. He charms and clowns his way into a date, and the two fall quickly in love....  More