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Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans
Comedy, DVD Review, PeriodHorrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans - Atti is a Roman teenager more interested in smarts than brawn. But after a horse urine mixup he finds himself enlisted in the army and sent to Britain in order to quell the rebellious Celts, led…
The Wind Rises
Animated, Drama, DVD Review, Period, WarThe Wind Rises - Jiro Horikoshi dreams of airplanes. Very poor eyesight has barred him from ever being a pilot, and so he hones his attention on learning how to design and build aircraft. Inspired by a fishbone, his designs become integral to…
Pearl Harbor
Action, DVD Review, For Adults, Period, Romance, Teens, WarPearl Harbor - Two friends, Rafe and Danny, who have grown up together, enlist into the US air force during the early days of World War II. At Pearl Harbor, Rafe falls in love with nurse, Evelyn, but when he is shot down and presumed dead while…
Porco Rosso
Action / Adventure, Drama, DVD Review, Family FriendlyPorco Rosso - In the Adriatic sea between the World Wars sea plane pilots rules the skies. The stubborn but talented pilot Porco, cursed to look like a pig, is paid to defend his employer's shipments from pirate attack. But when the pirates…
The Book Thief
Drama, DVD Review, Period, WarThe Book Thief - In Nazi Germany, young Liesel Meminger is taken in by the kindly Hans and his stern wife, Rosa. Not fully understanding why her mother left her, she develops an obsession with reading and is thrown into life in the small town…
Captain America: The First Avenger
Action, DVD Review, Family Friendly, WarCaptain America: The First Avenger - During World War 2 Steve Rogers is desperate to fight for his country but he is small, weak, and sickly. He is picked to be the recipient of a super-serum that can transform him into the peak of human capability.…
Enemy Mine
DVD Review, For Adults, Science FictionEnemy Mine - As the war between humans and the Dracs rages on, human pilot, Willis E. Davidge, becomes stranded on a strange alien planet and discovers a Drac pilot called Jeriba in the same situation. Initially, their mutual hatred and prejudice…
Flash Gordon
Action / Adventure, Family Friendly, FantasyFlash Gordon - Flash Gordon is an American Football star, but when the plane that he and journalist Dale Arden are on is forced to crashland due to freak weather, they are kidnapped by disgraced scientist, Hans Zarkov, who launches them all…
Dunkirk
DVD Review, For Adults, WarDunkirk - 400,000 English and French troops are trapped by enemy forces and desperately wait for rescue but with the enemy raining down attacks from the air, their plight seems impossible to survive. Rescue may be on its way but will it be enough…
Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind
Animated, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyNausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind - In the distant future, the age of civilisation has crumbled due to the unstoppable spread of the poisonous 'toxic forest'. Living inside the deadly woodlands are huge mutated insects that will kill if enraged.…
Kong: Skull Island
Action, DVD Review, Science FictionKong: Skull Island – On a scientific mission of discovery, a small group of scientists and soldiers fly in to chart an unexplored island. But when they start dropping explosive 'measuring' equipment, they awaken the wrath of a monstrously…
Rogue One
Action, Action / Adventure, Comic Book, Disaster, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Science Fiction, WarRogue One - When gifted scientist Galen Erso is forcibly taken from his home to work for the evil Imperial Empire, his young daughter, Jyn, goes into hiding and is taken in by family ally and Rebel leader, Saw Gerrera. Years later, Jyn is…