Kenny's at it again, this time it's one of the Bard's comedy romances which gets the movie makeover, updated to the 1930's and turned into a semi-musical. King Navarre asks his three friends and fellow Oxford undergraduates to join with him in forgoing the joys of women for three years so that they can concentrate on their studies. A sensible idea it would seem and all heartily agree, but the arrival of the Princess of France and her entourage place the weak willed young bucks in a dilemma. The find out more...

Peter Brook's adaptation of the John Gay opera follows the story of roguish highwayman Captain MacHeath as he awaits his seemingly inevitable trip to the gallows. It is only the Captain's studious use of a file that provides him with the opportunity of escape, but as the highwayman prepares to flee, a beggar who has written an opera of the great man's exploits waylays him. "The Beggar's Opera" is a hugely enjoyable satire on 18th Century society and says much that still rings true today. find out more...

Roald Dahl's story about a poor boy who wins a trip round a magic chocolate factory and, like all Dahl stories, this is a moral tale with a distincly dark side to it. Gene Wilder is wonderfully cynical and sadistic as Mr Wonka and some of the sets are very psychedelic. This film is a lighter semi-musical version of the book - great for the kids. find out more...