Watch Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's musical version of Sweeney Todd, or kick back with something lighter like Bee Movie. We also have The Backwoods and The Living And The Dead. Go mad and watch all four in one sitting or spread them out over a week... it's up to you. And don't forget when you rent three or more films at the same time between Monday and Thursday you'll get a free bag of popcorn thrown in for free. Yes FREE, no charge, it's on us!
Based on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th Century, this musical tells the tale of Benjamin Barker (Depp), a barber who returns to London after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commit. He soon discovers from pie-maker Mrs Lovett (Bonham Carter) that, in his absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). Seeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, Barker sets up a barber's shop above Mrs Lovett's premises. Now calling himself Sweeney Todd, Barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty new filling for Mrs Lovett's meat pies. What was once the worst pie shop in London quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but Barker won't be satisfied until he can lure Judge Turpin into the barber's chair...
3 copies in store 15th May 2008!
Big-budget, Jerry Seinfeld voiced, children's animation about a honey-bee who decides to sue the humans when he discovers they're eating the fruits of his labour. Barry (Seinfeld), fresh out of bee college, wants more than the daily chore of working in the hive; he wants to get out there, exploring the big wide world, spreading his wings. When he finally gets the chance to be a 'pollen jock', he has a near-fatal accident but is saved by the intervention of kindly New York florist Vanessa (voice of Renee Zellweger), and a friendship quickly blossoms. But when he discovers the sad truth that the humans are taking the honey and selling it for their own profit, Barry becomes so incensed that he decides to hit them where it hurts - right in the pocket, and takes them to court.
3 copies in store 15th May 2008!
Thriller set in the 1970s starring Gary Oldman. Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen) and Norman (Paddy Considine) are a young married couple who visit a friend (Oldman) in the Basque region of Spain. Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. They try to help her by taking her away from the home in which she is locked, but the local villagers, who have to protect the girl, start a pursuit in the forest they know much better than the visitors.
1 copy in store 15th May 2008!
Award-winning horror from director Simon Rumley. Lord Donald (Roger Lloyd-Pack) and Lady Nancy (Kate Fahy) Brocklebank reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James (Leo Bill), their handicapped son. Donald is preparing to sell the house when Nancy becomes very ill. Donald arranges for the family nurse, Mary (Sarah Ball), to take care of Nancy while he attempts to raise enough money to pay for an operation. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Nurse Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so does his own condition.
1 copy in store 15th May 2008!
