Valiant (
2005) | IMDb:
5.5
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
Directed by:
Gary Chapman
The Heart of Me (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Starring:
Helena Bonham Carter
,
Olivia Williams
,
Paul Bettany
,
Eleanor Bron
,
Tom Ward
,
Luke Newberry
Octane (
2003) | IMDb:
4.3
After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat, down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker, their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.
Starring:
Madeleine Stowe
,
Norman Reedus
,
Bijou Phillips
,
Mischa Barton
,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
,
Leo Gregory
Directed by:
Marcus Adams
Blurred (
2002) | IMDb:
4.8
Every year more than 70,000 Australian school leavers head to the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. With a wild mixture of sun, surf and sex, this quintessential Australian tradition is known affectionately as 'Schoolies Week'. So strap on the beer goggles and follow several groups of friends as they travel to the Gold Coast by train, clapped out Holden, Limo and on foot in search of the best time of their lives.
Starring:
Matthew Newton
,
Craig Horner
,
Kristian Schmid
,
Veronica Sywak
,
Mark Priestley
,
Travis Cotton
Directed by:
Evan Clarry
Saving Grace (
2000) | IMDb:
6.9
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
Starring:
Brenda Blethyn
,
Craig Ferguson
,
Martin Clunes
,
Tchéky Karyo
,
Jamie Foreman
,
Bill Bailey
Directed by:
Nigel Cole