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Certification15 Our Rating

Branagh stars as a wisecracking PI asked to help investigate for a woman with amnesia who is tormented by horrific nightmares. A visit to a psychic confirms that there is a past life connection to a woman murdered by a man remarkably like the detective. Enjoyable but ultimately flawed Hitchcock-style suspense thriller. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Skint black ex-GI Easy Rawlins is asked to track down a mysterious missing woman with an illicit taste for black men. But two murders later he realises he's way out of his depth and, even worse, he himself has become the hunted. Sultry, smokey thriller set in an authentically recreated 1940's LA. Everything - the performances, Tak Fujimoto's elegant camerawork, the jazz and blues soundtrack, the snappy script - slots neatly into Franklin's overall design. A superbly stylish movie. find out more...

CertificationPG Our Rating

Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...


Certification15 Our Rating

Philip Marlowe has two cases on his books and they may not be as unconnected as they seem. Giant-sized Moose Malloy is straight out of jail and looking for Velma, his chorus-line girlfriend. Marlowe takes sympathy on him and agrees to track her down but all he finds is a dead-end. Meanwhile, smooth gigolo Lindsay Marriott is eager to buy back a rare jade necklace from thieves and hires Marlowe as protection during the transaction. The neon-drenched, smoke-filled LA of 1941 forms the background f find out more...
FURY (2014)

Certification15 Our Rating

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

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Certification18 Our Rating

In the late 40s swindler Raymond Martinez Fernandez seduced lonely women for their valuables, but, when he meets and falls in love with the psychotic Martha Beck, the unhinged couple decide to up the anti by murdering and disposing of their victims; a gruesome trail that attracts the dogged attentions of two New York detectives. Based on true events 'Lonely Hearts' is an atmospheric dramatic thriller. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

1. Luther, still plagued by the death of Zoe faces a serial killer wearing a Punch mask and tries to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of drugs and prostitution.
2. Luther must rescue Ripley before Cameron sets out his final murdering piece; schoolkids that are set to be dumped and gassed. Meanwhile, Jenny's ruthless and vengeful boss is demanding compensation for stealing her protege.

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After two years in an asylum Stephen Neale is released into the insanity that is WWII England, where he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't know whom he can trust. An atmospheric, expressionistic, war time thriller, packed with unforgettable scenes, starring Ray Milland and directed by the wilfully left-field genius that is Fritz Lang. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

A follow-up to the classic film noir "Chinatown". Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes, still working on routine matrimonial snoop jobs in Southern California, but once again he's about to be plunged into a twilight world of deceit, smouldering passions and murder. Atmospheric drama. find out more...