A wonderfully adapted film based round the exploits of Cicero, aka Elyesa Bazna, the Albanian born valet (Mason at his best) of the British ambassador to Turkey, who sold secrets to the Germans during 1944. The valet's gentlemanly pretensions are put to the test in this tale of espionage and romantic intrigue. Ace.

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On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance.

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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...

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...

It's 1942 and the Russians and Germans are deep into the bloody mire of the siege of Stalingrad. Vassili is a simple Russian soldier with a remarkable skill, he's an excellent sniper. Political officer, Danilov, expands on Vassili's accomplishments, creating a hero to boost the morale of his fellow comrades. But when both men fall in love with the same woman Danilov becomes dangerously jealous and to compound Vassili's problems the Germans send in the best sniper they have, Major Konig, to silen find out more...

It's the spring of 1943 and the Allies code-breaking headquarters are facing a crisis, the German U-boats have changed their codes and there is a vital convoy heading across the Atlantic. In desperation the authorities call in Jericho a genius with the abacus, but a disturbed man with a confused secret and issues with the pomposity of authority. Jericho has a mystery to solve himself, the disappearance of the woman he loves, who is also the prime suspect in the secret services search for a spy. find out more...

Donald Sutherland is superb as the ruthless German agent trapped on a remote Scottish island while trying to escape a closely pursuing British intelligence. Falling in love with the mistress of the island he is caught between conflicting loyalties. If you haven't seen this already...watch it. Brilliant stuff. find out more...

1944, occupied Copenhagen; two young hit men are killing Danish Nazis and Germans whom their resistance commander has told them to on 'orders from London'. But things in war are never clear and no-one's motives are pure, even the heroic Flame's ideological abhorrence of the Nazis is revealed as part of a more complicated picture. Who's feeding information to whom? Why are these people being assassinated? As if opening a series of Russian Dolls, betrayals and loyalties are revealed, people are tr find out more...

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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China in the turmoil of Japanese occupation is the evocative setting for this unusual and visually stunning tale. Recruited before she is truly aware of her purpose, a young woman is groomed to become an irresistible siren, an icon of contemporary eroticism to ensnare a collaborator who has wreaked havoc amongst her people. Ang Lee's stunning follow up to "Broke Back Mountain" is in essence a thriller but as with all his films it is the richness and depth of the characters that really drive the find out more...