Michael Clayton is a 'fixer' working for one of New York's most prestigious corporate law firms, Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, where he takes care of the dirty laundry, handling anything from hit-and-runs, damaging stories in the press to shop-lifting wives and crooked politicians. Discontented and disillusioned with his career, a divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the job. So when a colleague suffers a psychological breakdown that threatens to s find out more...

After years struggling through law school part-time, New York cop Sean Casey (Andy Garcia) finally joins the district attorney's office. When he wins his first case in spectacular fashion, he's well on his way to becoming a big-shot prosecutor, but his illusions are shattered when he discovers the case was based on dodgy evidence. This superb drama see's him forced to examine his consience in the cold, grey light of the real world. find out more...

One of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory is a seminal anti-war movie. Set during the First World War, the French general staff give the order for Colonel Dax (Douglas) and his men to attack a particularly well fortified German position. The order is little more than authorised suicide and when the remanants of Dax's men return, the high command, looking for something to distact from their murderous incompetence, decide to court-martial three of the surviving soldiers. The outra find out more...

This hit series stars Gabriel Macht as one of Manhattan's top corporate lawyers who sets out to recruit a new hotshot associate but winds up hiring the only guy that impresses him--a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout (Patrick J. Adams). Though he isn't actually a lawyer, this legal prodigy has the book smarts of a Harvard law grad and the street smarts of a hustler. However, in order to serve justice and save their jobs, both these unconventional thinkers mus find out more...

David Fincher seemed an odd choice when it was announced a film was to be made charting the early years of Mark Zuckerberg's creation of Facebook. Who could have predicted that partnered with writing ace Aaron Sorkin they could create a modern masterpiece of drama? 'The Social Network' is just that; compelling, relevant, insightful and hugely entertaining. Eisenberg's performance is a marvel in itself, creating a repulsive sociopath who is simultaneously hugely sympathetic, while the Winklevoss find out more...

Newman is in Oscar winning form as a drinking, failing lawyer who insists on taking a no-hope malpractice case to trial rather than accepting a handsome out of court settlement. Castigated by those around him he seems on the road to failure, but, against all good sense, he keeps on trying and goes for broke. Convincing rather than realistic, emotive rather than analytical, this is a devastating judgement on the US judical system.

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