De Niro and Hoffman - never underestimate the acting capabilities of either. What a blindingly funny and uplifting film this is...

Never beaten on their local pond, small town ice hockey team takes on a moneyed major. Bite off more than they can chew. Burt Reynolds is fantastic as the town coach. Such a likeable watch...

A bitter miser (Steve Martin) gets a second chance in life with someone else's abandoned daughter - until political bigwig Gabriel Byrne wants her back to give the girl the life and opportunities she deserves...

Sean Connery is a reclusive genius writer who reluctantly befriends a black kid in the neighborhood displaying the same raw talent...

Janeane Garofalo is sent by her dodgy Senator to the West of Ireland to find out about his Irish roots because it'll be good for his campaign strategy. She lands in the middle of a matchmaking festival and shenanigans ensue.

Robin Williams dropped the ball in a crucial football game years back and has paid for it ever since. Kurt Russell and him replay the game and win back their doubting ladies and the town's pride. A gem.

Like his Dad, slum landlord Joe Pesci doesn't care about his tenants and their rat-infested tenement block until a local judge orders him to live there and experience it for himself. Discovers life, love and the need for good plumbing...

In a time of carnage in Europe, two children claim to have fairies at the bottom of their garden - the whole country becomes enthralled including Arthur Conan Doyle. A really lovely movie...

Dr. Kellogg has a quack's health farm where people come to unblock and loosen up all sorts of things - body, mind, bloomers...

Disgraced footballer Vinnie Jones is forced to organise a soccer game between the inmates and the guards - will he play by their rules or finally do the right thing. Jason Stratham and Ireland's David Kelly also star. Very witty and warm.

Restaurant chef Penelope Cruz has the gifted touch in the kitchen - which also translates to everything she touches - including people and television. But a disrespected Goddess of the Sea may have other ideas as to how her boyfriend and his life will go...

Fabulous movie about Beatlemania in 1964. Great fun and wonderfully nostalgic. John, Paul, George and Ringo. Will we ever see their like again...

Peter McDonald is a teacher by day and angelic choir singer by night - meets the ballsy and truly intoxicating Flora Montgomery - who is a burglar all the time. Sparks fly. Written by Roddy Doyle of The Commitments. Great fun.

Piper Perabo is about to walk down the aisle with the handsome and lovely Matthew Goode - when she spots the even-more-lovely Lena Headey - the florist for her wedding - and Piper's life choices just got a little more interesting. A sweetheart of a movie - huge cult in the UK...

Region 2 only. A football game is played in a sleepy Scottish town over the survival of its beloved local pub. Pierce Brosnan's Irish Dreamtime made this and it's a lovely watch. Sort of The Full Monty meets Local Hero...

Tobey Maguire gets sucked into a Fifties TV show via a paranormal remote control - he then has to live their stuffy black & white life - but his ideas soon start to bring colour into their world. Technically and emotionally brilliant.

Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling play the young couple, while James Garner and Gena Rowlands are the older versions narrating their coming together from her notebook. A truly gorgeous watch and gushingly romantic. From the best selling novel by Nicholas Sparks.

French film in subtitles. An estranged son brings his girlfriend back from Paris to the French countryside to run his father's grocery van after a heartattack. Sweet unfolding love story with two great leads...

A beautiful film about a woman's hairdressing salon in Beirut which acts as emotion-central for all ages. Subtitled, but as sweet as its title suggests. See detailed review...

Danish film with subtitles. Incredibly watchable Mads Mikkelsen (he played Le Chiffre the bad guy in Bond's "Casino Royale") goes home to make a discovery that changes everything. Fabulous little film and uplifting too. See review...