5.5

Asterix in America

1994, Germany, France

• Actors: Harald Juhnke, Peer Augustinski, Ottfried Fischer, Ralf Wolter, Jochen Busse, Jürgen Scheller, Kristiane Backer, Tommi Piper, Michael Habeck, John Rye, Craig Charles, Howard Lew Lewis, Henry McGee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Christopher Biggins, Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Rupert Degas
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, History
• Director(s): Gerhard Hahn
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Caesar has had enough when another legion is hacked to pieces by the damned single indomitable village in Gaul because of the druid's magic potion, so he decides to tackle the problem at the root before conspiratorial senators exploit his humiliation: sycophant Lucullus is ordered to capture the druid (believed immortal) and push him over the edge of the earth (according to the story still believed to be flat as a pizza; actually Greeks and Romans knew better). By pure luck, Lucullus' first net traps both druid and Obelix's pet dog, so the giant and Asterix follow them by ship on the Atlantic, and crash after a storm on the North America coast in pursuit of the druid who was catapulted off the Roman galley before Lucullus triumphantly sets sails back for Europe. They find the druid and meet a tribe of Indians (believing to be in India), literally a whole New World for the equally primitive Celts. At the home front, Caesar sees his chance to overrun the village, but has to wait till the last magic potion has run out, hoping the heroes won't return. In America, the medicine man has a bad eye in the foreigners, especially when the druid proves a dangerous rival...

  7.5

"Porridge" A Storm in a Teacup

1977, UK

• Actors: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale, Peter Vaughan, Ronald Lacey, Sam Kelly, Tony Osoba, Christopher Biggins, John Moore, John Dair
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Sydney Lotterby
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Oily convict Harris has stolen some pills but he drops them and they land in Fletch's tea. There's big trouble from Grouty if the pills aren't replaced and,though Barraclough can provide some,they're the wrong size. Eventually replacements are found but in the mean time Fletch ends up swallowing the ones in his tea and learning that they are to cure the governor's dog's bad breath.

  7.1

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1974, UK, USA

• Actors: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf, Charles Gray, Jeremy Newson, Hilary Labow, Perry Bedden, Christopher Biggins, Gaye Brown, Ishaq Bux, Stephen Calcutt, Hugh Cecil, Imogen Claire, Tony Cowan, Sadie Corre, Fran Fullenwider, Lindsay Ingram, Peggy Ledger, Annabel Leventon, Anthony Milner, Pamela Obermeyer, Tony Then, Kimi Wong, Gina Barrie
• Genre: Comedy, Musical
• Director(s): Jim Sharman
• Available languages:
  • English English.

It's the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when they car halts in the rain. They both look for contact only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially when a large group of Transylvanians dance to the 'Time Warp', Dr. Frank-N-Furter builds his own man and a whole host of participation for the audience to enjoy.