8.3

The King's Speech

2010, UK, Australia

• Actors: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Robert Portal, Richard Dixon, Paul Trussell, Adrian Scarborough, Andrew Havill, Charles Armstrong, Roger Hammond, Geoffrey Rush, Calum Gittins, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic Applewhite, Ben Wimsett, Freya Wilson, Ramona Marquez, David Bamber, Jake Hathaway, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Patrick Ryecart, Teresa Gallagher, Simon Chandler, Claire Bloom, Orlando Wells, Tim Downie, Dick Ward, Eve Best, John Albasiny
• Genre: Drama, History
• Director(s): Tom Hooper
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.

  4.3

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

2005, USA

• Actors: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Steven Rathman, Holly Davidson, Tom Davey, William de Coverly, Beth Steel, Amy Steel, Jonathan Cecil, Roger Hammond, Kulvinder Ghir, Shobu Kapoor, Rupert Frazer, Cornelia Pavlovici, Christopher Robbie, Trevor Baxter, Ashly Margaret Rae, Adam Sinclair, Olivia Scott, Elena Tecuta, Bart Sidles, Gabriela Modorcea, Elvin Dandel, Mirela Gafei, Christopher Recupito Rossi, Anthony Singleton
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Mort Nathan
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Hvaing graduated in the US as Van Wilder disciple, now self-confident Taj Mahal. arrives as 'don' (teaching assistant) history at England's super-prestigious Cambridge. He falls victim to the haughty, aristocratic leading fraternity's aristocratic president Pip's usual prank for 'commoners', landing in the derelict 'barn' with other 'social outcasts'. But Taj decides to band the rejects into a new fraternity, Cocks & Bulls, which under his leadership challenges Pip's in the annual all-round excellence championship.

  6.8

Keeping Mum

2004, UK

• Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Tamsin Egerton, Toby Parkes, Liz Smith, Emilia Fox, James Booth, Patrick Monckton, Rowley Irlam, Vivienne Moore, Murray McArthur, Morgan Gower, Rupert Simonian, Alex Macqueen, Paul Viragh, Tony Denham, Roger Hammond, Andy Jones, Jack Ryan, Nazim Kourgli, Jack Zimmermann, Terry Alderton, David Schaal, Chrissie Cotterill, Rory Dorling, James Galloway, Max Murley, Kelly
• Genre: Comedy, Crime
• Director(s): Niall Johnson
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of inappropriate relationships with unsuitable boyfriends and his son Petey fears going to school due to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, the American golf pro that is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins.

  5.6

Around the World in 80 Days

2003, USA, Germany, Ireland, UK

• Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Tom Strauss, Kit West, Ewen Bremner, Patrick Paroux, Cécile De France, Perry Blake, Michaël Youn, Eva Ebner, Richard Branson, Guillaume Siron, Macy Gray, Ben Posener, Michael Hoenher, George Inci, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Weeratham 'Norman' Wichairaksakui, Shivesh Ramchandani, Sirinthorn Ramchandani
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Western
• Director(s): Frank Coraci
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Set in 1872, the story focuses on Passepartout, a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg, who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemen's club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA...

  6.3

Possession

2002, USA, UK

• Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey, Holly Aird, Toby Stephens, Trevor Eve, Tom Hickey, Georgia Mackenzie, Tom Hollander, Graham Crowden, Anna Massey, Craig Crosbie, Christopher Good, Elodie Frenck, Victoria Bensted, Shelley Conn, Jonty Stephens, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Hugh Simon, Richard Heffer, Felicity Brangan, Holly Earl, Kate O'Toole, Meg Wynn Owen, Roger Hammond, Jeanne Marine, Henry Ian Cusick, Ray Donn
• Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery
• Director(s): Neil LaBute
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Roland Michell is an Americian trying to make it in the difficult world of British Academics. He has yet to break out from under his mentor's shadow until he finds a pair of love letters in the textbook that once belonged to one of his idols, a famous long dead Victorian poet. Michell, after some sleuthing around, narrows down the suspects to a woman not his wife, another well known Victorian poet. Roland enlists the aid of a Dr. Maud Bailey, an expert on the life of the woman in question. Together they piece together the story of a forbidden love affair, and discover one of their own. They also find themselves in a battle to hold on to their discovery before it falls into the hands of their rival, Fergus Wolfe.

  7.5

Persuasion

1995, UK, USA, France

• Actors: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West, Sophie Thompson, Judy Cornwell, Simon Russell Beale, Felicity Dean, Roger Hammond, Emma Roberts, Victoria Hamilton, Robert Glenister, Richard McCabe, Helen Schlesinger, Jane Wood, David Collings, Darlene Johnson, Cinnamon Faye, Isaac Maxwell-Hunt, Roger Llewellyn, Sally George, David Acton, Justin Avoth, Lonnie James, Roger Watkins, David Plummer
• Genre: Romance, Drama
• Director(s): Roger Michell
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is thrown into company with Frederick, because his sister is Mrs. Croft. Frederick is now a rich and successful Captain, and a highly eligible bachelor. Whom will he marry? One of Anne's sister's husband's sisters? Or will he and Anne rekindle the old flame?