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Young Sherlock Holmes
DVD Review, Family Friendly, Period, Teens, Thriller
Young Sherlock Holmes: A series of strange deaths, where the victims suddenly act out of character moments before their apparent suicides, pique the interest of a teenage Sherlock Holmes. With the help of new friend John Watson, the duo discover…
Last Christmas
Christmas, DVD Review, For Adults, RomanceLast Christmas - Kate is coasting through life, making one bad decision after another. She avoids her family, sleeps with strangers and isn't exactly a model employee as an elf in an over-the-top Christmas shop. However, when she meets the strange…
Fisherman’s Friends
Comedy, Drama, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Musical, RomanceFisherman's Friends - While visiting the Cornish coastal village of Port Isaac for a stag weekend, a London record company exec is half-seriously persuaded by his friends to try to sign a recording deal with a group of local fishermen who sing…
Paper Towns
Drama, DVD Review, Featured Film, Romance, TeensPaper Towns - Three friends are brought together when an attention seeking teen girl runs away from home for a fifth time, leaving ambiguous clues as to where she may have gone. Despite being ignored by her for many years, Quentin is enraptured…
La La Land
Drama, DVD Review, Featured Film, For Adults, Musical, RomanceLa La Land - A jazz pianist and an aspiring actress are trying to make their dreams come true in the land of dreams: Hollywood. After bumping into each other a few time with less than great results, they come to fall in love thanks due sharing…
Mamma Mia
Comedy, DVD Review, Family Friendly, MusicalMamma Mia - Sophie is about to get married and, after finding her mother's diary, discovers that the father she has never met could have been one of three men - so she decides to invite all of them to her wedding. When Sophie's mother, Donna,…
Romeo + Juliet
Drama, DVD Review, Featured Film, For Adults, Romance, TeensRomeo + Juliet - In fair Verona, Romeo Montague falls in love with Juliet Capulet. Their only problem? Their feuding families hate each other to a murderous degree. The pair try to power through with secrets and some sympathetic allies but a…
About Time
Comedy, DVD Review, For Adults, Netflix (UK), RomanceAbout Time - At the age of 21, unlucky-in-love Tim is told by his father that the men in his family can travel backwards in time to any event that they have been to before. When he moves to London to become a lawyer, he meets Mary, the woman…
The Best Of Me
Drama, DVD Review, For Adults, RomanceThe Best Of Me - The death of an old friend reunites two former lovers after over twenty years. Amanda is now a wife and mother and Dawson is still single. With their feelings for each other still bubbling under the surface and Amanda’s marriage…
Creed
Drama, DVD Review, For Adults, Sport, TeensCreed - After a shaky start in life, Adonis Creed, son of the legendary boxer, Apollo Creed, has a good stable job and a wealthy lifestyle but he gives it all up for the chance to realise his dreams of becoming a champion boxer. After being…
The Invention of Lying
Comedy, DVD Review, For Adults, RomanceThe Invention of Lying - In a world that has no concept of telling anything but the complete and brutally honest truth, Mark Bellison is a writer who has very little going for him. He has very average looks, is about to be fired from his job…
Ella Enchanted
Comedy, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Fantasy, For Kids, Netflix (UK)Ella Enchanted - Young maiden, Ella, has been given the ‘gift’ of obedience by her misguided godmother, Lucinda. Having to do as she is told causes problems with Ella’s family, friends and her new acquaintance, the handsome Prince Char.…