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AMADEUS (1984)

CertificationPG Our Rating

An award winning film full of baroque splendour. The talented composer Antonio Salieri found himself in competition with Mozart, a genius, and he couldn't understand why God favored such a vulgar creature to be his instrument. Salieri turned into a hate-filled monster, whose aim in life became to ruin his colleague, but he emerges as a tragic and sympathetic character. He alone could appreciate the perfection of Mozart's music and, perhaps, he speaks up for all of us whose talents fall short of find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

When concert pianist Lissa Campbell learns that she has a serious heart problem. she vows to enjoy what time she has left. On taking her first holiday, she meets Kit Firth, a pilot on leave, because his future vision may disappear due to a bomb explosion while he was in active service. Kit Firth is searching for a rare mineral Britian needs in the war effort. When there is an explosion at the local tin mine, Kit and several others are trapped, but due to his knowledge of the mine workings, he find out more...


Certification12 Our Rating

Adam Elliot's follow-up to his short opus 'Harvie Krumpet' is a tour-de-force of jaw-dropping animation, heart-wrenching beauty and exquisite sadness. Ostensibly, it's a tale of friendship between two pen pals; Mary, a lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year-old obese man living in New York and suffering from Asperger's syndrome. The depth of pathos in their quasi-romantic exchanges becomes unbearable at times, but the expertly nuanced narrati find out more...


CertificationU Our Rating

No-nonsense Macy's executive Doris Walker is in desperate need of a new store Santa, luckily Kris Kringle is on-hand to help out. There's only one problem with this jolly old man, he thinks he actually is Santa Claus. Is Kris who he say's he is, or is he a certifiable nut case? Doris's six-year-old daughter seems convinced, but can Kris persuade a grand jury? A wonderful, magical film - this is what Christmas is all about!!! find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Tessa is seventeen and passionate about life. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, she determines to use every moment, compiling a catalogue of what a normal teenager would experience, including losing her virginity and taking drugs. With the help of her friend Zoey, she sets the list in motion. While her family deals with fear and grief, each in their own way, find out more...


Certification15 Our Rating

Good Ole Southern Boy Tom goes to New York after his twin sister's suicide attempt and finds himself getting involved with her shrink both as lover and analyst. As the opposing characters learn mutual respect, Tom's traumatic childhood slowly emerges. Oscar-worthy acting from Nolte, superb drama. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

The film opens with a heart rending scene when Julia loses her three-year-old daughter in New York's Central Park. Cut to the present day and a psychologically damaged Julia, having resisted all attempts to break through her isolation, comes across Louise, a troubled young woman with a chequered past. All Julia's psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does her irrational hope that Louise may be the daughter she lost so long ago. 'Girl in the Park' is an intelligent and powerfully performed psyc find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Allie and Noah are teenagers in love, and that's real love not the first crush of youth puppy love stuff, but they live in a society ruled by class and are from different sides of the railway track. Reunited several years later it quickly becomes obvious that the fire is still very much alive and Allie finds herself forced to choose between the man she loved, fought and spent a summer of love with as a teenager or a handsome upper class fiancee, a rich and decent man, whom she likes a lot, and w find out more...