A 19th century adventure, River Queen is the story of a young woman's search for identity and love; a woman torn between the two worlds of white colonial New Zealand and native Maori culture.
Reality mixes with fantasy in a short film about a young Asian male called Ali. Lonely and isolated, he struggles to integrate into a Western culture while holding down a security job at night. Ali imagines escaping from his mundane life through a fanatsy girlfriend.
The Libertine tells the true story of the Earl of Rochester (Johnny Depp), friend and confidant of King Charles II (John Malkovich), who delights in tweaking the noses of London’s royals with his merciless cynicism. His rebellious escapades and sexual liaisons inspire awe amongst men, until an affair with the beautiful young actress Lizzie (Samantha Morton) proves to be his undoing.
'The Magic Roundabout' lies in ruins; the evil ice sorcerer Zeebadee is on the loose and the fate of the enchanted land hangs in the balance. As a frosty mist sweeps the earth, four unlikely heroes Brian, Ermintrude, Dylan and Dougal step forward to challenge the chill. They must recover three magical diamonds to reverse the onset of winter and return Zeebadee to his prison beneath the ground. Easy, you may say - If you're not a snail, a cow, a rabbit or a dog.
Across the furnaces of a fiery volcano, through the hidden dangers of a jungle temple, over the snow-capped mountains of the icy wilderness, our sub-zero heroes must voyage and survive. The destiny of the world rests on their shoulders. Only through teamwork, friendship and exceptional bravery will they deliver the enchanted land from a frozen fate.
Alice Holbrock is happily married to Sam. It’s Valentine’s Eve and as part of a drunken bet with her sister, Alice sends Sam an anonymous Valentine’s card to see if he hides it. Unfortunately for Sam, he conceals it far too well, which infuriates Alice. Egged on by her cynical sister Felicity and with the unknowing help of Archie, Sam’s best friend, what starts off as a silly prank escalates to phone sex, a clandestine meeting and ultimately the revelation that her husband already has a mistress. Alice has to decide whether to fight for her marriage or leave him. She decides to fight – but where will it all end? How far would you go to test your man? How far would you go to keep him?
In the great tradition of child fantasy stories such as The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland , Terry Gilliam takes us on a wild adventure with his adaptation of Mitch Cullin's cult classic novel.
Welcome to the world of Jeliza-Rose, the young heroine and narrator of Tideland.
What has brought Jeliza-Rose from Los Angeles to a rural Texan farmhouse? And why is her former rockabilly guitarist father not talking to her anymore? And who is making all that noise in the attic?
Jeliza-Rose drifts from the harsh reality of her childhood and escapes into the fantasies of her own active imagination. This is a fantasy world to rival all others; here fireflies have names, bog-men awaken at dusk, monster sharks swim down railroad tracks, and disembodied Barbie heads share in her adventures.
Tideland is as optimistic as it is surreal, as humourous as it is suspenseful - a celebration of the power of a child's imagination.
The filmmaker returns to her hometown - Stowmarket - a sleepy backwater in rural Suffolk where nothing much ever happens. As she sits with her camera in the local taxi office, a variety of characters pass through - from restless children and old school friends to drunken squaddies. While they sit and wait for their taxis to arrive they share their dreams, desires and disappointments.
There’s nothing special about Pamela Plagely: her husband doesn’t understand her, her son is doing time for dealing skunk and her doctor wants to fill her up with chemicals.
But she’s not having any of it.
With a little cross-cultural communication Pamela discovers the remarkable medicinal properties of yam and begins to take an interest in promoting her own well-being.
But Pamlela’s alternative health choices attract unexpected attention. Events sweep her out of her predictable daily routine and into public view, where the media machine is waiting.
With Scotland in the World Cup in the summer of 1978 everything looks rosy but 13-year-old Stephen is more into Glam Rock than football. The clash between the world of his football-mad Dad and the lure of the high camp of Slade, Bowie and the Sweet is inevitable.
