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- Blood Diamond 2006 (dir. Edward Zwick) Rated 15This film is set during the Sierra Leone Civil War which ravaged the country between 1991–2002, fuelled by the struggle between government loyalists and insurgent forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, such children being forced to become soldiers and the rebels' tactic of amputating the hands of villagers to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections.6 min
- Bonus Edition: The Departed 2006 (dir. Martin Scorsese) Rated 18An American crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone, Anthony Anderson.12 min
- AFF: The Beach 2000 (dir. Danny Boyle) Rated 15An adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle.16 min
- AFF: What's Eating Gilbert Grape? 1993 (dir. Lasse Hallström) Rated 12The story of 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother (Cates) and his mentally impaired younger brother (DiCaprio) in a sleepy Midwestern town.17 min
- Looper 2012 (dir. Rian Johnson) Rated 15Time travel is illegal in the future. However, there is a time machine in existence and those that are in possession of it make use of it illegally by sending back to their deaths anyone who challenges them.15 min
- Vintage|AFF: Audrey Rose 1977 (dir. Robert Wise) Rated 15Ivy Templeton (Susan Swift) is a ten-year-old girl, living with her parents, Janice and Bill Templeton (Marsha Mason and John Beck), in New York City. Her parents notice a stranger stalking them over the course of a few weeks, and discover, over lunch with him, that his name is Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins). Hoover is convinced that Ivy is a reincarnation of his daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before Ivy was born.10 min
- The Bling Ring 2013 (dir. Sofia Coppola) Rated 15A group of high-school students begins breaking into the homes of major celebrities to rob them of millions of dollars in clothes, shoes and jewellery.10 min
- Fallen 1998 (dir. Gregory Hoblit) Rated 15An American supernatural detective thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, produced by Charles Roven and Dawn Steel, from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. It stars Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini and Elias Koteas.5 min
- AFF: Lawless 2012 (dir. John Hillcoat) Rated 18In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Va., run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business, bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest (Tom Hardy) is the brain of the operation; older Howard (Jason Clarke) is the brawn, and younger Jack (Shia LaBeouf), the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman (Guy Pearce) from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.9 min
- AFF: An Education 2009 (dir. Lone Scherfig) Rated 12In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor is a 16-year-old schoolgirl preparing for Oxford University when she meets a charming older man driving a Bristol 405, David Goldman, who pursues her romantically. He takes her to concerts, clubs and fine restaurants, easily charming and manipulating her parents into approving of the relationship. Later, Jenny discovers that David is a con man who makes money through a variety of shady practices. She is initially shocked but silences her misgivings in the face of David's charm.8 min
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The SDRSPodcast is designed to help you discover the best films and TV shows to rent (or buy) regardless of your genre preference. Never again will you be disappointed by your rental choices. If a…
title is suggested by this podcast, it is safe to say that it stands head and shoulders above the rest. Those that are considered by mfr to be perfect in every way (script, cast, soundtrack etc.) are listed as being Masterpiece Editions. Those films that are sourced from literature are Adapted for Film (AFF) editions. Each podcast episode is clearly labelled as such along with our core theme definitions: TV show box sets (TV), Animation, Vintage and World Cinema (WC). (Twitter / Instagram: @MFRBooksandFilm)