Life Is Sweet 1991  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, David Neilson, Harriet Thorpe, Paul Trussel, Jack Thorpe-Baker
Set in the lower-middle-class home of a London family, this film provides an insightful character study of four different family members and how they interact with one another. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their teenage daughters–tomboy Natalie (Claire Skinner) and anorexic Nicola (Jane Horrocks). The girls deal differently with their optimistic mother and good natured father who runs a business from a mobile snack bar. When problems rise to the fore, Wendy strives to keep the family together.
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The Neverending Story III 1994  G, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black, Carole Finn, Ryan Bollman, Freddie Jones, Julie Cox, Moya Brady, Tracey Ellis, Tony Robinson, Thomas Petruo, Kevin McNulty, Nicole Parker, Adrien Dorval, Kaefan Shaw
Once again we enter the world of young Bastian Bux (Jason James Richter) who escapes to the library to avoid school bullies, The Nasties, led by Slip (Jack Black). Bastian enters the world of Fantasia when he reads "Neverending Story," but the bullies find the book, enter Fantasia, and create chaos. The Childlike Empress (Julie Cox) asks Bastian to reenter the real world and retrieve the book from Slip and his gang. With help from his sister Nicole (Melody Kay), Bastian sets off on his mission to save Fantasia.
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| 1. Life Is Sweet (1991)
2. The Neverending Story III (1994)
aka: The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia
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