Spare the Rod

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion who...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Cast

Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Woody Allen

Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to con...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Danny Boyle

Cast

Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Ma...

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

Cast

Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Richard Curtis

Cast

Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson