robert-bucknor's - FAVOURITES List

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Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire country to freedom - he gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century is explored in this breathtaking, unforgettable motion picture.

After 20 years in the making, this masterful epic garnered nine 1982 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. In stirring detail, Gandhi's life, principles and power explode on the screen with vivid scenes such as the horrific massacre at Amritsar, where the British opened fire on 15,000 unarmed men, women and children, and the dramatic march to the sea where Gandhi led thousands of his fellow Indians to prove that sea salt belonged to all and was not just a British commodity.

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Adela (Judy Davis) arrives in India to marry her fiance Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), a provincial magistrate. Chafing under the suburban constraints of British society and anxious to see "the real India", she is delighted to be introduced to a young Indian doctor, Aziz (Victor Banerjee).

Although fascinated by Aziz, Adela fails to understand his motivation or her own feelings and their awkward relationship provokes the tragic enigma of the Marabar caves.

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Peter Sellers plays both Sir John Kennaway and the tragic-comic trade union leader Fred Kite. The result is laugh-out-loud comedy with a satiric edge, lampooning the then-burning issue of industrial relations.

Bertram Tracepurcel (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a missile contract, a scheme that involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in an escalating labour dispute, from which the socialist Mr. Kite (Irene Handl) is only too keen to make capital.

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Badly injured in a boating accident, John (Michael Craig) and Pat (Janet Munro) Harris's daughter Ruth (Lynn Taylor) is rushed to hospital.

They are told that an urgent blood transfusion is needed, but John refuses his consent on religious grounds - even though that would mean his daughter's certain death.

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The collected legendary cult TV series starring Patrick McGoohan. 'The Prisoner' centres on a British Intelligence agent (Patrick McGoohan) who is kidnapped from his London home and taken to a strange island village, where he's subjected to a brainwashing programme by an unseen foe.

His new identity as 'Number Six' is confusing at first, giving way to anger and frustration along with a great desire to get away. Various agents of the mysterious regime that run this island, invariably called 'Number Two' seem intent on finding out why he resigned his covert post in the intelligence service. Number Six gamely attempts to resist the brainwashing of the omnipresent yet unseen 'Number One' whose voice booms at him from every corner of the village and whose eye appears to see all. Number Six's futile attempts at escape only intensify the sensory barrage (including hypnosis, hallucinogenic drug experiences, identity theft, mind control and dream manipulation) of Number One. The series was filmed on location in the rather spooky grounds of Clough Williams-Ellis' Italianate Hotel Portmeirion in North Wales.

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The Cold War may be over but at the forefront of the new world is a group of covert mercenaries whose skills in surveillance, reconnaissance and attack are for sale to the highest bidder.

Five of these operatives, known as Ronin, are assembled in Paris by a mysterious client for a dangerous mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. What seems to be a straight-forward assignment soon becomes a deadly pursuit as other underworld organisations vie for the same prize. Betrayer becomes betrayed as the film reaches its shattering climax.

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After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honour to their people.

Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land, this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kai (Keanu Reeves) - a half-breed they once rejected - as they fight their way across a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors.

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Special liaison officer (Wesley Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation.

Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Sean Connery), the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.

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This is the single reason why every comic from Eddie Murphy through to Chris Rock calls Richard Pryor the Godfather of Comedy.

And you'd better goddam believe he's the funniest man alive, whether he's talking about the time he stepped into the ring with Ali, killed his wife's car with a 44 magnum or snorted cocaine in front of his grandmother - this is your chance to find out why Richard Pryor is the greatest comedian ever.

To secure money for his family that will support them for the rest of their lives, Miloš (Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic), a retired adult film star from Serbia, plunges once more into the depths of pornographic production only to find that his new mysterious and menacing employer has unthinkable terrors in store for him.

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Martin Ward (Colm Feore) and David Bouchard (Patrick Huard) could not be more different: one speaks English and is from Toronto; the other speaks French and is from Montreal. One obeys the law while the other makes his own.

When a dead body is found draped over the border sign dividing Ontario and Quebec, they are forced to work together on the investigation and engage in a violent cat and mouse game with a deranged serial killer who is determined to keep the body count mounting.

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Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living aboard his ship, Serenity.

He leads a small, eclectic crew, but when Mal takes on two new passengers - a young doctor and his telepathic sister - he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, and so Serenity finds itself caught between the unstoppable military force of the Alliance, the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers - and another danger lurking at the very heart of the spaceship...

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Directed by Jonathan Demme, Talking Heads concert film 'Stop Making Sense' film has been re-mixed and re-mastered allowing the brilliance of the music and visuals to take full advantage of state-of-the-art technology.

Tracklisting:
1. Psycho Killer
2. Heaven

3. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel
4. Found a Job
5. Slippery People
6. Burning Down the House
7. Life During Wartime
8. Making Flippy Floppy
9. Swamp
10. What a Day That Was
11. Nave Melody (This Must Be the Place)
12. Once In a Lifetime
13. Genius of Love
14. Girlfriend is Better
15. Take Me To the River
16. Cross-Eyed and Painless
Bonus Tracks:
17. Cities
18. Big Business / I Zimbra

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Max (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge) is a man desperately trying to find a heart for his ailing girlfriend, who will soon die without a transplant. With time running out, Max must find a solution, and fast.

He decides to get involved with the criminal past he thought he'd left for good, reconnecting with the dangerous world of illegal drag racing. His decision will change his life in ways he could never have imagined.

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"The Real Glory of War", Samuel Fuller said, "is surviving". A decorated combatant with the tamed U.S. First Infantry in World War II. Fuller survived. His 1980 film version of his war experiences did not... Until now. Working with 70.

000 feet of vault materials and Fuller's shooting script critic/filmmaker Richard Schickel heads a reconstruction that adds over 40 minutes and transforms a truncated but admired war film into an epic masterwork. Lee Marvin, in a richly layered performance now revealed as one of his finest stars as the sergeant of peach-fuzzed riflemen fighting from North Africa to Normandy and across Europe. The film is the squad's combat diary, war as it's fought and sweated and bled and, maybe, survived.