Simon Callow Movies To Rent

James And The Giant Peach (1996) Certified U

This is the story of James Henry Trotter, a lonely orphan sent to live with his horribly wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker (Joanna Lumley) and Sponge (Miriam Margoyles). When James meets a strange old man who promises that marvelous things will happen, indeed

Street Fighter Certified 15

Shadaloo, South-East Asia, 1995. As civil war enters its seventh month, warlord General M Bison virtually brings about global warfare when he takes 63 Allied Nations' relief workers hostage and threatens to execute them unless a ransom of $20 billion

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Shakespeare in Love (1998) Certified 15

Oscar® Winner, Best Picture, Best Actress, Gwyneth Paltrow,1998: A comedy about the greatest love story almost never told. Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including Best Picture - this witty, sexy smash features Oscar - winning Best Actress Gwyneth

Amadeus (1984) Certified PG

In a lavish 18th Century parlor in Austria, an elderly man is found, by his servant, with his throat slashed. The wound is self-inflicted, and the man is the little-known composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), contemporary and adversary of the now-famed,

The Scarlet Tunic (1998) Certified 12

Stuart St. Paul's adaptation of the classic Thomas Hardy short story 'The Melancholy Hussar'. Deserting German Hussar Matthaus Singer (Barr) falls madly in love with solicitor's daughter Frances Groves (Fielding) whereby she is torn by her duty

Postcards From The Edge (1990) Certified 15

An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's

Thunderpants Certified U

From the director of The Borrowers comes a breezy comedy about a 10-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a spaceman. There's only one problem: he can't stop breaking wind.

No Mans Land Certified 15

Between war and peace, humor and hate, capture and surrender, life and death… lies No Man's Land. Set in the unforgiving trenches of the Bosnian-Serb conflict, this "astonishing" (Chicago Tribune) film follows the story of three soldiers caught between

A Room With A View (1985) Certified PG

E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster

The Phantom Of The Opera Certified 12

'The Phantom of the Opera' tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely young soprano Christine, the Phantom

Four Weddings And A Funeral (1993) Certified 15

The champagne is flowing – and so is the fun – in this "delightful and sly" (Roger Ebert) romantic comedy about two people who belong together but just can’t seem to tie the knot. Ushering in two Academy Award nominations, and starring Hugh Grant (Notting