mk5's - Rented List

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In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man (Giorgio Albertazzi) attempts to persuade a similarly unnamed married woman (Delphine Seyrig) that they have not only met before, but they were also romantically involved and had planned to escape together.

The woman recalls no such encounter and so begins a sensual and philosophical examination into the uncertainty of truth.

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Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) sees bis free-wheeling life overturned when he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

Determined to survive, Woodroof decides to take matters in his own hands by tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. After finding an unlikely ally in Rayon (Jared Leto), he establishes a hugely successful "buyers' club" and unites a band of outcasts in a struggle for dignity and acceptance that inspires in ways no one could have imagined.

The story of a North African dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen) who, on a visit to New York, is stripped of his power and forced to get a real job at a Brooklyn health food store.

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Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D.

Ripper (Sterling Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson (George C. Scott) - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future. The President (also Sellers) is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake (Sellers once again). Dr. Sstrangelove is truly a classic film.

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We all know fame is path to happiness, so when ze Austrian public get all jealous and boycott me, I realize it’s time for Bruno to take over ze world! I go to ze middle east to help, I join ze American army, go to swingers parties, do the talk shows, even go camping with grizzly boyfriends – plus

ze accessory you shouldn’t be seen wivout – ze little black baby. Vassever – so how famous you think Bruno become? Put it zis way – next year you all be like Adolf who??!

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Ten years in planning, Sergio Leone's epic 'Once Upon a Time in America' portrays 50 years of riveting underworld history and offers rich roles to a remarkable cast. Robert De Niro and James Woods play lifelong Lower East Side pals whose wary partnership unravels in death and mystery.

Strong support comes from 'Tuesday Weld', Joe Pesci, Jennifer Connelly, Elizabeth McGovern and the young actors playing the central characters as ghetto kids.

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Ali G's unique style of questioning on The 11 O'Clock Show brought him instant fame and notoriety. Now the 'official voice of youth' returns to video. With all the best bits from 20 of Ali G's interviews, he tackles interviewees with questions...

such as 'Is King Dong really a King?', 'Why did Van Gough cut his knob off?', 'Why don't they teach proper maths in schools, why teach in kilos and grams when you should deal in ounces, quarters and eighths?' Ali G takes us on a tour of his home town, including visits to all the Berkshire Massive hangouts. Boyakasha!

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Rowan Atkinson returns as the much-loved accidental secret agent in 'Johnny English Strikes Again'. When a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, the country's only hope is called out of retirement.

English's new mission is his most critical to date: Dive headfirst into action to find the mastermind hacker. A man with few skills and analogue methods, English must overcome the challenges of modern technology - or his newest mission will become the Secret Service's last.

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On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba (Anthony Quinn), a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love for life.

When Zorba agrees to work at Basil's abandoned mine, it is the beginning of a lesson for the young man as he gradually moves from an observer of the world to a participant.

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The story of Bob and Charlotte, two Americans in Tokyo. Bob (Bill Murray) is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is a young wife tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband.

Through their respective insomnias, the two cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar and strike up a surprisingly intimate friendship. As the unlikely pair venture through Tokyo together, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, they ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities.

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Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most-wanted list. A top that list is Czech Resistance leader VIctor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one...

especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important - his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance.

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Orson Welles makes his feature-length directorial debut with this classic drama which often tops critics' polls of the best films of all time. In 1940, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Welles) dies after uttering the word 'Rosebud'.

An anonymous reporter (William Alland) is assigned the task of uncovering the meaning of Kane's dying word, and in the course of his enquiries he receives varying accounts of his life from former colleagues Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) and Bernstein (Everett Sloan), and ex-wife Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore). The film, which Welles also produced and co-wrote, was not-so-loosely based on the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.

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On the eve of World War I, the quiet order of a small protestant village in Northern Germany is disturbed by a series of mysterious and inexplicable accidents.

To the mounting concern of the villagers, the events persist, becoming increasingly sinister and taking on the character of a perverse punishment ritual. But who is responsible.

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Who actually killed JFK? Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? Was it in fact the Mob who were behind the treachery, or even the CIA? On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F.

Kennedy, this collection of insightful films evaluates the many mysteries and conspiracy theories that still surround the infamous 1963 shooting.

The JFK Assassination (2006)
This documentary delves into the various conspiracy theories that surround this infamous assassination, and aims to find exactly which theory seems the most plausible.
Kennedy and Castro: The Secret History (2003)
The incredible story of the secret peace negotiations between two of history's most iconic leaders.
The Kennedy Detail (2010)
A fascinating account of all the events that occurred in the buildup to - and aftermath of - that fateful day in Dallas, as told by Kennedy's own Secret Service agents.
JFK: The Lost Tapes (2013)
History changed forever on the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Now, for the first time since his death, newly released government tapes shed new light on that momentous day.
Bonus Film: Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009)
After almost half a Century living in the shadows, an FBI informant has come forward to give an explosive, never-before-seen interview pointing the finger at the man who ordered the mafia 'hit' on JFK.

Intrigue and espionage abound when a young woman travelling aboard a transcontinental express train strikes up an acquaintance with a charming elderly English governess, who then disappears without a trace. Is the young woman hallucinating, or is something altogether more sinister afoot...?