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Reasonable Doubt
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(2914 Peter Howitt) 50:-
After being involved in a fatal hit and run incident Assistant DA Mitch Brody (Dominic Cooper) must prosecute an innocent man (Samuel L. Jackson) for a crime he knows he didn't commit.
Due to some inconclusive evidence Brody manages to throw the case, however he quickly realizes that he may have been wrong and the man he thought to be innocent could just be the most dangerous man he has ever met. [SF]Region 2
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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(1938 Alan Dwan) 50:-
svensk titel: Miss America
While in the care of her gruff, overly protective aunt, an adorable tyke with singing and dancing abilities (Shirley Temple) catches the eye of a talent scout. Soon, the gifted youngster is sought after for the big-rime, but can she convince her aunt to let her star shine? [20th Century]Region 1
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Recruit, The
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(2003 Roger Donaldson)
svensk titel: Uppdraget
James Clayton (Colin Farrell), one of the smartest college graduates in the country, is just the person Walter Burke (Al Pacino) wants in the C.I.A. James quickly rises trough the ranks and falls for Layla (Bridget Moynahan), one of his fellow recruits. But just when he starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him to root out a mole. As the suspense builds in amaze of gripping twists and turns, there are only two things James can count on – he can't trust anyone and nothing is as it seems. [Touchstone]Region 1
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Red Dragon
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(2002 Brett Ratner)
Anthony Hopkins returns in his finest and most chilling performance yet, as the malevolent Dr Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer known as 'The Tooth Fairy'. To stop the brutal murders from continuing, Graham must first let Lecter inside his head. Prepare to be disturbed as Graham confronts the brilliantly sinister Lecter in this dark and heart-pounding thriller. [Universal]Region 1
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Red Planet
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(2000 Anthony Hoffman) 50:-
In the mid-21st century, the nations of a dying Earth look starward for a solution and set out to colonize Mars. But something no one could have expected awaits. Houston, we have big trouble.
Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore star in this taut adventure about humankind's first mission to the mysterious Red Planet. Also on the mission is the multifunctional robo-assistant AMEE. In one mode, she's as loyal as a puppy. But a malfunction has locked her into a far different mode. She's became a killing machine bent on destroying the crew. Yet that's not the end of the expedition's perils. Because Mars may be barren, but it's not uninhabited. [Warner]Region 2
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Reign of Fire
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(2002 Rob Bowman)
svensk titel: Drakarnas Rike
When a London tunneling project uncovers an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose.
Twelve-year-old Quinn (Christian Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief," he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air, burning the land, and feeding on the ash. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (Mathew McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership - until both men realise only one species is getting out of this alive. [Touchstone]Region 1
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Reindeer Games
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(2000 John Frankenheimer)
Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy (Ben Affleck) impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal, Ashley (Charlize Theron). But Rudy's ruse blows up when he realises that Ashley was double-crossing Nick...and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her dangerously evil brother (Gary Sinise). [Alliance]Region 1
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Rendition
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(2007 Gavin Hood)
svensk titel: Utlämnad
When a man mysteriously vanishes from an overseas flight, his disappearance sends shockwaves all the way to the nation’s capitol. Desperate for the truth, his wife begins a search for the missing man which leads a CIA unit head and a novice agent into an international web of deceit, conspiracies and top secret truths far more frightening than the lies that conceal them. [New Line]Region 1
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Repet
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(1948 Alfred Hitchcock)
originaltitel: Rope
James Stewart stars with Farley Granger and John Dall in a highly-charged thriller inspired by the real-life Leopold-Loeb murder case. Granger and Dall give riveting performances as two friends who strangle a classmate for intellectual thrills, then proceed to throw a party for the victim's family and friends - with the body stuffed inside the trunk they use for a buffet table. As the killers turn the conversation to committing the "perfect murder", their former teacher (Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious. Before the night is over, the professor will discover how brutally his students have turned his academic theories into chilling reality in Hitchcock's spellbinding excursion into the macabre. [Universal]Region 2
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Requiem for a Dream
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(2000 Darren Aronofsky) 50:-
Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut 'Pi' with this gritty, emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother (Ellen Burstyn), her son Harry (Jared Leto), his beautiful girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans). "Requiem for a Dream" is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Richard Pryor - Live in Concert
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This is the single reason why every comic from Eddie Murphy through to Chris Rock calls Richard Pryor the Godfather of Comedy. And you'd better goddam believe he's the funniest man alive, whether he's talking about the time he stepped into the ring with Ali, killed his wife's car with a 44 magnum or snorted cocaine in front of his grandmother - this is your chance to find out why Richard Pryor is the greatest comedian ever. [Revolver]Region 2
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Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
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This 96 minute live concert performance features comedic ge nius Richard Pryor.
The often caustic and always funny comedian is in top form in this film which is comprised of two sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Palladium. Pryor often draws from his own experiences which include the accident that almost cost him his life. [Columbia] Region 2
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
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This 96 minute live concert performance features comedic ge nius Richard Pryor.
The often caustic and always funny comedian is in top form in this film which is comprised of two sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Palladium. Pryor often draws from his own experiences which include the accident that almost cost him his life. [Columbia] Region 1
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Rid för Livet
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(1965 Monte Hellman)
originaltitel: Ride in the Whirlwind
Jack Nicholson and Cameron MitchelI star in this gritty western as two cowhands mistakenly identified as wanted killers. On their way to a new job in Waco, Texas, they find shelter at a cabin only to discover that their "hosts" are men who have robbed a stagecoach and murdered the driver. When an avenging posse attacks the cabin, Nicholson and Mitchell escape but find themselves branded as 'outlaws' by the posse, who relentlessly pursue them with only one thing in mind - a hanging. [Carat]Region 2
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Rififi
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(1955 Jules Dassin) 50:-
originaltitel: Du Rififi Chez les Hommes
Jean Servais is Tony le Stephanois, a master thief with a battered face and a tubercular cough, souvenirs of a recent stint in the pen. The ageing Tony is reluctant to return to a life of crime, but when he realizes his girlfriend has thrown him over for a rival gangster, he agrees to attempt one last job. Together with three collaborators – a young father, a boisterous Franco-Italian and a sentimental Milanese safecracker – Tony meticulously engineers his biggest heist yet: robbing the most heavily guarded jewelry store in Paris. [Arrow]Region 2
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Road to Zanzibar
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(1941 Victor Schertzinger) 80:-
svensk titel: Två Glada Sjömen i Afrika
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby once again hit the Road to comedy, and this time they're really in hot water - guests of honor at a cannibal feast in the darkest heart of Africa. Hope and Crosby play Fearless and Chuck, American side-show performers stranded in the jungle. After their human cannonball act starts a fire that burns down the circus, they become entangled with a larcenous pair of entertainers from Brooklyn (Dorothy Lamour and Una Merkel) anxious to separate them from their bankroll. Duped into accompanying the ladies on a safari, Chuck and Fearless soon find themselves in the clutches of savage tribesmen who pit Fearless against a gorilla in a wild wrestling match! [Universal]Region 1
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Robin Hood - Karlar i Trikåer
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(1993 Mel Brooks) 50:-
originaltitel: Robin Hood - Men in Tights
The legend that had it coming, 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' wipes away the mystery - and the dignity of England's most infamous stocking-filler as Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) and his merry men bring a dose of sheer mayhem to Sherwood Forest!
Throwing away their titles and their trousers, Robin and His nylon-clad crew battle to bring down evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and hideous side-kick the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees) to procure the key to Maid Marian's (Amy Yasbeck) heart... and her chastity belt! [Sony]Region 2
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars
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(1964 Byron Haskin) 175:-
svensk titel: Robinson Crusoe på Mars
A futuristic retelling of Daniel Defoe's classic story, "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" has gained a beloved cult reputation ever since its debut in the years leading up to the space race. As a mingling of speculative science-fiction with an extraordinary visual design, it proved to have a significant influence on fantasy filmmaking on both the big and small screen.
Paul Mantee plays American astronaut Kit Draper, stranded (with his pet monkey in tow) on the Red Planet after an emergency crash landing. Now he must find ways to adapt and survive, physically and emotionally, in the alien landscape - but he may not be as alone as he thought... [Criterion]Region 1
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Rocco and his Brothers
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(1960 Luchino Visconti) 150:-
originaltitel: Rocco e i suoi fratelli
A tight-knit family moves from Italy's rural south to metropolitan Milan. The shock of the new is violent and immediate. A mother meddles. A whore beguiles. Brother faces brother. Blood-ties come undone. We pity beatific Rocco (played by the immortal Alain Delon in a role specially written for him) and Nadia the harlot (Annie Girardot, capricious and scintillating) - the modern condition has shattered their lives. [Eureka!]Region 2
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Rock n Roll High School
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(1979 Allan Arkush) 50:-
Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard of education. The putative leader of the students is Riff Randell, who loves the music of the Ramones.
A new principal, the rock music hating Miss Evelyn Togar, is brought in and promises to put an end to the music craze. When Miss Togar and a group of parents attempt to burn a pile of rock records, the students take over the high school, joined by the Ramones, who are made honorary students. When the police are summoned and demand that the students evacuate the building, they do so, which leads to an explosive finale. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Room
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(2015 Lenny Abrahamson) 50:-
Ma has created a whole universe in 'Room' for five-year-old Jack, where they have both lived for Jack's whole life. But when Ma decides they have to escape, she risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery: the world. [Universal]Region 2
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Rooster Cogburn
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(1975 Stuart Millar) 50:-
svensk titel: Huka Dej, Rooster
Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow-up to "True Grit". The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion, eye-patched, whisky-guzzling Deputy Marshall. katharine hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight, a Bible-thumping missionary who teams up with the gun-fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty Reverend's daughter. [Universal]Region 2
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Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady)
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(1975 Stuart Millar) 50:-
Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow-up to "True Grit".
The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion, eye-patched, whisky-guzzling Rooster Cogburn, US Marshall. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight, a Bible-thumping missionary who teams up with the gun-fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty Reverend's daughter. [Universal]Region 1
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Rosa Pantern slår igen
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(1976 Blake Edwards) 50:-
originaltitel: The Pink Panther strikes again
When the famous Pink Panther diamond goes missing the bumbling Inspector Clouseau goes on the trail of notorious jewel thief The Phantom, but looks everywhere except in the right place! [MGM]Region 2
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Rounders
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(1998 John Dahl) 30:-
svensk titel: Rounders - Sista Spelet
Dealt a painful lesson when he blows his hard-earned savings in a high-stakes, underground card club, master poker player Mike (Matt Damon) thinks he's played his final hand when he gives up gambling for law school and a fresh start with his beautiful girlfriend (Gretchen Mol). But then, his best buddy (Edward Norton) gets out of prison and in over his head with a ruthless Russian card shark (John Malkovich).
From there, Mike's strong sense of loyalty and the irresistible lure of the game draw him back to the tables in a do-or-die bid to rescue his friend! [Scanbox]Region 2
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Roustabout
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(1964 John Rich) 50:-
svensk titel: Skoj på Hoj!
The year was 1964. The miniskirt is in. If you can't Watusi, you can't dance. Cassius Clay (soon to be Muhammad Ali) claims the heavyweight crown. And Elvis is a karate-chopping biker who's hired as a carnival Roustabout. At first he just provides the muscle and a diversion for the beautiful carny girls. Then he picks up a guitar and gets the midway rockin'. Looks like this talented tough guy may be what the good-hearted owner (Barbara Stanwyck) needs to save her travelling show from bankruptcy. [Paramount]Region 2
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Royal Tenenbaums, The
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(2001 Wes Anderson) 175:-
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Angelica Huston), had three children - Chas, Margot, and Richie - and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row.
Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. [Criterion]Region 1
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Rushmore
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(1998 Wes Anderson) 175:-
"Rushmore" is the story of a gifted, rebellious teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a 10th grader at elite Rushmore Academy.
Editor of the School Newspaper, Captain or President of innumerable clubs and societies, Max is also one of the worst students in school, and the threat of expulsion hangs permanently over his head. Max's world is rocked when he falls for elegant 1st grade teacher Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), and he plans to erect an aquarium in her honour - then finds himself competing for her affections with his friend, steel tycoon Mr. Blume (Bill Murray), the wealthy father of two of his classmates... [Criterion]Region 1
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Russian Ark
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(2002 Alexander Sokurov) 80:-
originaltitel: Русский ковчег
A groundbreaking feat of filmmaking, Alexander Sokurov's amazing journey through 300 years of Russian art and history is the first ever feature to be shot in a single, unedited take - the ultimate director's cut.
Magically transported to St Petersburg's Hermitage museum in the early 1700s, a contemporary filmmaker and a cynical 19th Century French diplomat become accomplices in an extraordinary voyage through Russia's turbulent past to the present day. As they explore the splendid corridors and salons of the Palace, the two men witness prominent historical figures enacting startling scenes from the Tsarist Empire. Digitally shot with a state-orf-the-art high definition steadicam and featuring a masterfully orchestrated cast of 2,000, 'Russian Ark' is destined to stand as a defining moment in cinema history. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Rätta Virket
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(1983 Philip Kaufman) 80:-
originaltitel: The Right Stuff
Based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling book, 'The Right Stuff' tells the heroic tale of America's early Journeys into space. It begins with Chuck Yeager - the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound - and continues with the Flying Fraternity and the Mercury Astronauts, the first Americans in space. The bravery and daring exploits of these men captured the imagination of mid-century Americans. In 'The Right Stuff', director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman brings these breathtaking events to life in emotionally riveting and suspenseful detail.
2-Disc Special Edition [Warner]Region 2
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