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Certification18 Our Rating

Beryl Reid plays Sister George, an ageing soap star, who loses her part in a long-running series, then loses her lover Alice. George's composure vanishes as her previously ordered life begins to crumble around her. A moving and powerful story given real weight by Reid's energetic performance. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

The brutal murder of Matthew Shepard divided America, broke hearts and changed the way that people view hate-crimes. Laramie, Wyoming was an unassuming town until it hit the front pages of newspapers across the country when a 21-year old student was found tied to a fence, beaten and left to die by two men…because they knew he was gay. After the attack, a theatre troupe headed to Laramie to work on a play based on the real-life reactions of the townspeople and those involved. The film is a re-e find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Dr David Gale is an impassioned campaigner for the abolishment of capital punishment, a man of peace and humanity. When Gale is tried and convicted to death for the rape and murder of a fellow campaigner one begins to understand his incentive. An investigative reporter, Bitsy Bloom is increasingly fascinated by the man and through a series of interviews begins to believe in his innocence, but can she prove it before he's helped off his mortal coil. The Life Of David Gale is a tense race against find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

An investigative journalist finds himself in a bizarre nightmare as he tries to find out if there is any pattern behind the series of deaths of witnesses to the assassination of a US Senator. The clues he follows lead to the Parallax Corporation, a business that our man (Beatty) believes is secretly recruiting sociopathic types and training them as assassins. He enrols in their therapy programme......... A very smart conspiracy thriller with numerous 'parallels' to the JFK assassination. Top no find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Quoyle is running away from a recent tragedy, and, along with his young daughter, finds refuge in the home of his childhood, a small fishing village in Newfoundland. It is in this place of reclusive beauty and seasonal hardship that Quoyle finds the opportunity to begin rebuilding his shattered emotions and perhaps another chance at happiness. The Shipping News is based on the novel by E Annie Proulx and directed by the man responsible for Chocolat and Cider House Rules, a quality drama with a s find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Brilliant black comedy satirising media madness in the US with a stunning performance by Kidman. Told in flashback after her arrest for the callous murder of devoted hubby Larry, it charts the rise and fall of dumb but determined Suzanne Stone from small-town housewife to TV weathergirl. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

It's two weeks until Election Day, the President of the U.S of A has been caught with his pants down (Heaven forbid), and drastic measures are called for. So edgy White House aide Anne Heche summons spin doctor Robert De Niro, who conjures up a cunning plan to deflect public and media interest. Suddenly, the citizens of America find themselves in the middle of a fictitious war with Albania, while its orchestrators get increasingly carried away, to the extent of penning a morale-boosting charity find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.

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Certification12 Our Rating

NSF Thurmont: The Bartlet-eers are trying to broker peace in the Middle East at Camp David and struggling every bit of the way. Leo and POTUS aren't agreeing though and tensions are high. Josh remains with Donna. The Birnam Wood: Still up at Camp David and Kate Harper's got some good ideas for the deal. Leo and POTUS can't work things out and the CoS's health is fading. Third-Day Story: Having solved world peace the boys are getting cocky back in the bullpen and everyone's worried about how they find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

The Hubbert Peak: Charlie's the graduate but Josh is the one getting in car wrecks. An enviro debate kicks off and the communications staff needs a new face. The Dover Test: The first casualty of Gaza affects the soldier's father and the nation. Charlie gets a new job while the new press secretary has a baptism of fire. A Change Is Gonna Come: A China summit is jeopardized by a Presidential vexillographic gaff (i.e. a flag mix-up). And Hoynes reappears at a candidate...and wants an old staffer b find out more...