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Alexander
(2004) [MA]

Oliver Stone's Alexander is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) - a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 27. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000...  More

I Can Jump Puddles: (Disc 1 of 3)
(1981) [PG]

The autobiography of Alan Marshall who was struck down by Polio as a child and fought to overcome the crippling effects of the disease. It traces his life from childhood into early adulthood. Based upon his trilogy of autobiographical books I Can Jump Puddles, This Is The Grass and How Beautiful...  More

Helter Skelter
(2004) [MA]

How did it happen? How did young people who had so much right going for them turn out so wrong? How could they become willing participants in a murder spree that still shocks the nation? Based on the book co-written by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi (also the source for a 1976 film centered on the...  More

The Sea Inside
(2004) [M]

Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2005. Former ship's mechanic Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem) has been paralysed and bedridden for thirty years. Tenderly cared for by his family, Ramon remains upbeat; yet his sole wish has been to bring his life to...  More

Lords of Dogtown
(2004) [M]

When three young friends Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta and Jay Adams started trying out new skateboard tricks in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting neighbours they had no idea they were creating moves that would take the extreme sports world by storm and become the basis for the whole skate...  More

Cinderella Man
(2005) [M]

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the...  More

Bang-Rajan (2 disc set)
(2000) [MA]

Inspired by an amazing true story from the Siamese War, Bang Rajan is an epic cinematic masterpiece, which celebrates the legendary courage, sacrifice and ingenuity of a single group of village warriors who stood up to the imperial might of the invading Burmese army in 1765. Simultaneously heart...  More

Mangal Pandey (The Rising)
(2005) [M]

India, 1857. British Colonial rulers are plundering the country for all its worth, treating the locals unjustly and causing widespread resentment. Worst of all they are using the Indians as sepoys, the infantry of the army, to control and regulate the population. After a hundred years of...  More

Domino
(2005) [MA]

The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn (Jacqueline Bisset), Domino Harvey (Keira Knightly) was born into a life of wealth and privilege – a lifestyle that did not interest her. Even from her earliest years, Domino rebelled against...  More

The Killing of Angel Street
(1981) [MA]

Inspired by the controversial events surrounding the death of Greens activist Juanita Neilsen and her fight to save homes from destruction by property developers in Sydney’s Kings Cross in the early 1970s.Jessica Simmonds (Liz Alexander) returns home from London and is shocked to find the...  More