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CertificationPG Our Rating

Set during the 1930's on the Amalfi coast, a chosen summer haunt for the rich and the beautiful, rarely is the air not thick with gossip, but on this occasion Robert Windemere and his beautiful young wife are the focus of discussion. Rumour has it Robert provides an allowance Mrs Erlynne, a woman with a reputation to be well avoided, while his wife is not as dismissive of other men's attentions as it is felt she ought. Adapted from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's fan, A Good Woman is a lushly vi find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Set in 19th Century Japan, but shot here with a largely Brit cast, Kenneth Branagh's much criticised adaptation of The Bard's comedy of errors. 'All the world's a stage...' find out more...
CASANOVA (2005)

Certification15 Our Rating

Energetic, stylish and often witty BBC dramatisation that alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova, Henriette and her husband Grimani, and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario. Written by Russell T. Davies, creator of 'Queer As Folk' and the scribe behind the new 'Doctor Who'. find out more...

CertificationU Our Rating

This is a stunning cinematic interpretation of the classic story of the big-nosed bard and his unrequited love for Roxanne. A riveting and powerful performance from Gerard Depardieu with such superb rhyming subtitles, by Anthony Burgess, one almost forgets the movie was made in French. The action is enthralling, the cinematography fantastic, the movie entertaining; a must see film if you enjoy poetry, romance, humor, action, suspense, period pieces, aesthetically pleasing images, theatre, Fre find out more...


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A 17th Century poet and philosopher, aesthetically challenged by way of a gargantuan hooter, nobly puts his own feelings on hold to help his friend woo the woman that he himself is in love with. Wrongly believing that we ladies are fickle enough to be swayed by devastatingly good looks, Cyrano hides his nasum under a bushel and lets the intellectually and emotionally inferior mate take the credit for his silver tongue. Michael Gordon's adaptation of the classic French novel won Jose Ferrer an Os find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

When the young John Whittaker, heir to the English family estate, falls in love with, marries and brings home glamorous and brash American racing car driver Larita, his family's reaction is anything but friendly. As tensions rise, formalities, along with the strength of familial relations, become strained. Finally, a shocking secret is revealed that shakes the very foundations of the newlyweds' marital bliss. An enjoyable comedy about class and social standing in the 1920s, 'Easy Virtue' is yet find out more...
EMMA (1996)

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Lovely, lively adaptation of Jane Austen's light-hearted romantic romp. Hollywood darling Gwyneth Paltrow is utterly convincing as Emma, whose passion for matchmaking results in more bedlam than bliss. But it's her own love life that she's most in danger of bungling big-time. Lush costume comedy. find out more...
EMMA (1996)

Certification12 Our Rating

Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften...
Well received television adaptation.

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ENCORE (1951)

CertificationU Our Rating

Three short films

1. The Ant and the Grasshopper: tells the story of a workshy fop whose freeloading days are ended by his dictatorial brother.

2. Winter Cruise: A middle-aged spinster goes on a winter cruise to Jamaica.

3. Gigolo and Gigolette: Stella performs in a high-dive act in a variety bar on teh Riviera. 

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Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica and herself too, naturally.

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