
Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton receives a very strange birthday gift from his brother Conrad. A gift certificate for CRS which creates a live-action game, this begins to consume Nicholas’ life.
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April 30, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1997, David Fincher, Deborah Kara Unger, Drama, James Rebhorn, Michael Douglas, Mystery, Netflix UK, Review, Sean Penn, The Game, Thriller | 2 Comments »

A young man Brian who just left the army returns home to New York City and when struggling to find a job in business ends up working as a bartender and finds out he’s pretty good at it! But he is not happy just working in a bar he wants to own one!
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April 26, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1988, Brian Brown, Cocktail, Drama, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Lynch, Lisa Banes, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Tom Cruise | Leave A Comment »

When Ronnie and her brother Jonah spend the summer with their father, she learns a lot about the direction her life was going and how she can change it around when she must grow up very quickly.
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April 26, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Bobby Coleman, Drama, Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, Netflix UK, Nicholas Sparks, Review, Romance, The Last Song | Leave A Comment »

Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than just the castle . . .
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April 25, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1960, Cary Grant, Comedy, Deborah Kerr, Drama, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson, Netflix UK, Review, Robert Mitchum, Romance, The Grass Is Greener | Leave A Comment »

A love story . . . Well a love story that went wrong and this makes an interesting story into why Clementine had Joel erased from her mind, prompting him to have the same procedure. Would you erase someone if you could?
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April 24, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2004, Drama, Elijah Wood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi, Tom Wilkinson | 8 Comments »

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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April 23, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1989, Biography, Born on the Fourth of July, Caroline Kava, Drama, Netflix UK, Raymond J. Barry, Review, Tom Cruise, War, Willem Dafoe | 4 Comments »

The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.
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April 21, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2005, Amy Rutherford, Biography, Christopher Plummer, Drama, Four Minutes, History, Jamie Maclachlan, Netflix UK, Review, Running, Sport | 1 Comment »

A coming of age teenage film with a story showing how technology is heavily involved in teenage life now!
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April 19, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2012, Ashley Greene, Bridget Brown, Comedy, Demi Moore, Douglas Booth, Drama, George Finn, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, LOL, Marlo Thomas, Miley Cyrus, Netflix UK, Review, Romance | 7 Comments »

Louanne Johnson is an ex-Marine who is hired as a teacher at a High School is a poor area, having recently separated from her husband she really throws herself into the job. After an initial awful reception from the class she uses unconventional methods to teach them, including karate and Bob Dylan lyrics for poetry.
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April 10, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1995, Biography, Courtney B. Vance, Crime, Dangerous Minds, Drama, George Dzundza, Michelle Pfeiffer, Netflix UK, Renoly Santiago, Review, Robin Bartlett, Wade Domingeuz | 2 Comments »

Just between friends is a story about two women Holly and Sandy who meet one night at an aerobics class and instantly become friends. They laugh and talk all night not knowing one major thing . . . they are both in love with the same man!
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April 9, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1986, Christine Lahti, Drama, Just Between Friends, Mary Tyler Moore, Netflix UK, Review, Sam Waterston, Susan Rinell, Ted Danson, Timothy Gibbs | 1 Comment »

This film follows five couples around the subject of having a baby and how this affects relationships and changes everything.
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April 8, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2012, Anna Kendrick, Ben Falcone, Cameron Diaz, Chace Crawford, Chris Rock, Comedy, Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez, Matthew Morrison, Netflix UK, Review, Rodrigo Santoro, What to Expect When You're Expecting | 2 Comments »

Recently divorced Emma heads to a new place for a new life with her teenage son. Everything is quickly turned upside down when she meets Murphy who owns the local drugstore and seems to have quite a say in the town.
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April 4, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1985, Brian Kerwin, Comedy, Corey Haim, Drama, James Garner, Murphy's Romance, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Sally Field | Leave A Comment »

A documentary made on the build up to the revival of A Chorus Line, featuring many hopefuls going through the audition process to star on Broadway on the new version of the show. It also looks into the history of the show and why every performer wants to be in it!
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April 4, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2008, A Chorus Line, Dancing, Documentary, Every Little Step, Michael Bennett, Musical, Netflix UK, Review, Singing | 1 Comment »

Two rather useless cops who are working in a park struggle to make their first arrest which leads to them being transferred to 21 Jump Street which is an undercover operation. So they must head back to high school and find out who is supplying the new drug which lead to a teenage death.
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March 31, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2012, 21 Jump Street, Brie Lawson, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Dave Franco, Dax Flame, Ice Cube, Jonah Hill, Netflix UK, Review, Rob Riggle | 1 Comment »

A comedy drama about 27-year-old Adam who find out he has cancer in his spine. With his best friend Kyle he must then face his fate, with a 50/50 chance of survival.
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March 6, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, 50/50, Anjelica Huston, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Comedy, Drama, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Netflix UK, Review, Seth Rogan | 3 Comments »

Jimmy Morris coaches a high school Baseball team and makes a deal with his players that if they make the play-offs he will try out for the minor league. This is after they found out how good a pitcher he was and still is!
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December 2, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2002, Angus T. Jones, Baseball, Brian Cox, Dennis Quaid, Drama, Jay Hernandez, Netflix UK, Rachel Griffiths, Review, The Rookie | Leave A Comment »

Laura Jesson is what appears to be a happily married woman with two children, but everything is not as it seems when we are shown a brief affair in flashback form with Dr Alec Harvey.
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May 15, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1945, Brief Encounter, Celia Johnson, Drama, Joyce Carey, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard | 1 Comment »

A young boy Roger who’s mother had died and he was not living with his father, prayed for a family if the Angels Baseball team won the pendant. Real angels then appear to help the boy and team!
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April 1, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1994, Adrien Brody, Angels in the Outfield, Baseball, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Glover, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew McConaughey, Milton Davis Jr., Neal McDonough, Netflix UK, Review, Sport, Taylor Negron | 1 Comment »

Paul Conroy (Reynolds) is working out in Iraq when he wakes up to find himself buried alive in a coffin. With a lighter, torch and mobile phone with him. Everyone’s worst nightmare being alive in a coffin . . .
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March 23, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Buried, Netflix UK, Review, Robert Paterson, Ryan Reynolds, Samantha Mathis | 2 Comments »

Walter Black has a few problems when splitting up from his wife, struggling to cope with depression he adopts The Beaver as his means of communication. With a different accent he communicates with everyone through the beaver.
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March 23, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Anton Yelchin, Drama, Jennifer Lawrence, Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Netflix UK, Review, Riley Thomas Stewart, The Beaver | 1 Comment »

An aging pitcher Billy Chapel who is on his way out of baseball when his team has been sold and he will be the first player to be traded. But before that happens he goes in search of the perfect game, against none other than the Yankees.
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March 23, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1999, Baseball, Brian Cox, Drama, For Love of the Game, Jena Malone, John C. Reilly, Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Sport | 1 Comment »

The story of Violin teacher Roberta Guaspari and her struggle to keep the program in Harlem for school children.
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March 11, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1999, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, Drama, Henry Dinhofer, Meryl Streep, Michael Angarano, Music, Music of the Heart, Netflix UK, Review | 2 Comments »

Wally and Kassie have been friends for years, after attempting to date each other. Once Kassie announces her decision to have a child, using a sperm donor everything changes. After the I am getting pregnant party Kassie leaves to have her son.
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March 6, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Comedy, Drama, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Aniston, Juliette Lewis, Netflix UK, Patrick Wilson, Review, Romance, The Switch, Thomas Robinson | Leave A Comment »

Joe and Jerry are musicians who witness a mob hit and then flee the state disguised as women with an all female band . . .
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March 5, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1959, Billy Wilder, Comedy, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis | 6 Comments »