The Escapist

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Brian Cox, Frank O'Sullivan, Joseph Fiennes, Jack Walsh, Damian Lewis, Dominic Cooper, Liam Cunningham

Directors: Rupert Wyatt

Country: UK, Ireland

Year: 2008

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with unique skills required for their daring plan and united by desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, sewers and underground rivers of subterranean London.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Brian Cox, James Franco, John Lithgow, David Oyelowo, Ty Olsson, Tyler Labine, Freida Pinto

Directors: Rupert Wyatt

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.