Cinema16: British Short Films is a DVD featuring British short films directed by the likes of Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, and Mike Leigh, as well as less well known names. It is the first in a series of DVDs released by Cinema16.
, 3minutes Directed byChristopher Nolan OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Fantasy, Horror ActorsJeremy Theobald Rating69% The story consists of a grungy man, in a filthy apartment. He is anxious and paranoid, trying to kill a small bug-like creature that is scurrying on his floor. It is revealed that the bug resembles a miniature version of himself. He squashes the bug with his shoe. However, every movement the "doodlebug" makes is later matched by the man himself, and he is later squashed by a larger version of himself.
, 1h31 Directed byChristopher Nolan, Anthony Bell OriginInde GenresComedy, Adventure, Animation ActorsRob Schneider, Ken Jeong, Zachary Gordon, Loretta Devine, Heather Graham, Bill Nighy Rating34% L'Arctique étant menacé par Monsieur Greene (un ambitieux promoteur qui veut y vendre des maisons de luxe préfabriquées) Normand, un ours polaire ayant la particularité de pouvoir communiquer avec les humains, se rend à New York en compagnie de trois lemmings pour tenter d'alerter l'opinion publique sur les dangers de coloniser l'Arctique. Sur place, l'ours et les lemmings trouvent une alliée en la personne d'Olympia, une fillette passionnée par les questions écologiques, dont la mère travaille comme agent immobilier pour le vil Monsieur Greene. Leur plan : Faire en sorte que Normand devienne le porte-parole du promoteur immobilier pour ensuite profiter de son capital sympathie et retourner le grand public à sa cause.
, 2h44 Directed byChristopher Nolan OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Crime ThemesFilms about children, Films about terrorism, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Arme nucléaire ActorsChristian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Rating78% Eight years after Harvey Dent's (Aaron Eckhart) death, the Dent Act grants the Gotham City Police Department powers which nearly eradicate organized crime. Feeling guilty for covering up Dent's crimes, Police Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) writes a resignation speech confessing the truth but decides not to use it. Batman has disappeared, and Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has become a recluse. Cat burglar Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) obtains Bruce's fingerprints from his home, kidnaps a congressman, then disappears. Selina hands Bruce's fingerprints to Phillip Stryver (Burn Gorman), an assistant to Bruce's business rival John Daggett (Ben Mendelsohn), in hope of having her criminal record erased. Stryver double-crosses Selina, but she uses the congressman's stolen phone to alert the police to their location. Gordon and the police arrive to find the congressman, and then pursue Stryver's men into the sewers while Selina flees. A masked militant named Bane (Tom Hardy) captures Gordon. Gordon escapes and is found by John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a once-orphaned patrol officer who has deduced Batman's true identity from their similar backgrounds. Gordon promotes Blake to detective, with Blake reporting directly to him.