m-balsara's - Rented List

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One of the most visually dazzling, strikingly original and stunningly realised films about war ever made, this landmark in animation is an extraordinary, ingenious work of devastating intensity.

Based on the true story of director Ari Folman, an Israeli 1982 Lebanon War in which he fought, the film charts his deep into the mystery, fragments of memory creep up in surreal images as the truth of what happened behind to unravel.

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Ruthless, cunning and sexy, The Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) is a class-A criminal for the 21st Century.

Along with his stunning partner Nat the Gypsy (Monica Bellucci), The Dobermann leads a crazy gang of bank robbers into one of the most awesomely high-tech weapons ever seen: Dobermann and his gang are thirsty for action. Hot on their trail is the sadistic renegade cop Christini (Tcheky Karyo) who will break every rule, legal and moral, to personally dispense with The Dobermann. Christini sets a merciless trap for his arch enemy which culminates into a relentlessly explosive confronation, finally bringing the two evils face to face.....

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'Lee Evans: Big - UK Tour 2008' is just that, his biggest comedy tour ever, taking in 59 dates in the UK's biggest arenas and playing to over 500,000 people.

Three years on since his record breaking XL tour Lee has pulled out all the stops to make this funniest, most spectacular, biggest performance to date. "Lee Evans: Big: Live at the O2" was recorded at London's O2 Arena where lee played 5 sell out nights in 2008 to over 80,000 people. Lee is at his peak with big stand up, big effects and a big performance in what has to be the biggest video of the year.

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Korean War vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski doesn't much like how his life or his neighbourhood has turned out. He especially doesn't like the people next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia.

But events force Walt to defend those neighbours against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear.

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Heartbeat Detector is an immersive corporate thriller in which Mathieu Amalric plays Simon Kessler, an in-house corporate psychologist, who is asked to investigate the erratic behaviour of the company CEO.

His investigations take him under the skin of his company, and its neutral corporate language, to dark, Cach-style transgressions. Hailed by critics as a remarkable, ambitious and visionary film it features an astonishing performance from Mathieu Amalric in the lead role, as a damaged yuppie and vulnerable gumshoe, who begins to unravel as company intrigues whittle away his self-belief.

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In the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of all flora and fauna, with what remains of the planet's former ecosystems preserved aboard a fleet of greenhouses orbiting in space.

When the crews are ordered to destroy the remaining specimens, one botanist, Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), rebels and flees towards Saturn in a desperate bid to preserve his own little piece of Earth that was, accompanied only by the ship's three service robots.

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Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy.

Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates the public and changes LA forever.

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Lifer Frank Perry is determined to break out of prison and assembles a crew to help carry out his plan – right hand man Brodie, hardman Lenny Drake and resident drug dealer Viv Baptista.

As they prepare the breakout, Frank’s focus is distracted by the arrival of a young con, Lacey, who reminds him of days long gone. As the new kid on the block, Lacey also attracts the sadistic attention of Tony, the drug-addict brother of wing-king Rizza, putting their plan under threat. Action, adventure, escape – this gripping thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to adrenaline pumping end.

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Back in the late '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.

Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life - trying to reconnect with his daughter, and striking up a romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy "The Ram" back in.

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From the slums of Paris to the Limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's (Marion Cotillard) life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love.

Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.

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Tom (Romain Duris) is an aspiring musician who plays seedy bars in the backstreets of Paris. The one thing tearing him away from his music is the example set by his father - a sleazy life of crime which Tom seems set to follow.

But when, by chance, he meets a friend of his concert pianist mother's, his musical ambitions are rekindled and he strives to make a better life for himself.

"Black Hawk Down" is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. When their mission takes an unexpected turn it results in the U.S. military's single biggest firefight since Vietnam.

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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy Award-winning mini-series The Corner, this unvarnished, highly realistic drama series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore - one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance.

Told from the points of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.

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Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost.

Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter

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"I own this town". But owning is getting expensive for old-school London gangster Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson). A wealthier foreign mob is moving in with a riverfront property swindle. A small-timer (Gerard Butler) and his crew think they can play both sides and become big time.

Now add a hard-as-ice accountant (Thandie Newton), a rocker playing dead to boost sales, wannabe music moguls (Jeremy Piven and Chris Bridges), a missing painting and a mad mosh of money and muscle, and youve got a real RocknRolla. From Guy Ritchie comes a fierce and funny caper, a smash-mouth cinematic smackdown of sex, thugs and rock 'n' roll.