Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble travelling tax collector, arrives in a small town, but, the inns all being full, he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There he meets Taoist swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence find out more...

A truly remarkable adaptation of Woolf's novel. Tilda Swanton is enthralling as the androgenous and ageless Orlando seeking love in a 400 year odyssey; from the finery of Elizabeth the First's court, through the Civil War, the early colonial period, the literary salons of 1750, by which time Orlando is a woman, the Victorian era of property, and finally to the present day. Potter's direction adds a marvellous period feel. Superb, this is a magical story . find out more...

A classic European fairytale comes to vivid Technicolor life in this story of a prince a spoilt princess, a singing ringing tree, an evil dwarf and a bear; oh, and true love. A gloriously gaudy tale... and the bear... did I mention the bear? find out more...

Disney's superb cartoon version of Hans Christian Andersen's famous tale of a beautiful mermaid, who longs to become human after falling in love with a prince whom she saves from drowning. Great animation, especially the underwater scenes, some fun singalong songs, at long last Disney began to recognize the importance of pop in children's movies. All in all a lot better than some of Disney's immediately preceding kids' films. find out more...

When beautiful, but naïve, understudy Christine finds herself headlining the opera house she becomes an instant sensation, adored not just by the audiences but also by the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lurks in the darkest recesses of the theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of the classic tale gets its movie debut, and a big, glossy, shiny, singy thing it is too. find out more...

An orphaned 13-year-old girl is sent to live with her sullen uncle in a big, rambling country house, Moonacre Manor, taking with her only a mysterious book, a prized inheritance from her father, in which she reads of an age-old feud between two families. She soon realises that she is the last Moon Princess of the valley and it is her solemn duty to find some magic pearls and end this feud... and maybe, just maybe, she might find romance too. find out more...