A multi-stranded tale of tragedy after tragedy unfolds against an icy Finnish backdrop. Following the sacking of a school teacher we follow a chain of misfortune from victim to victim; a loser car-thief, an ex-alcoholic vacuum salesman, who falls off the wagon in spectacular style, a depressed policewoman, a computer hacker and the policewoman's husband amongst others. A dark, uncompromising film which shows how fickle and cruel fate can be. There are some moments of humour but they are jet jet
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Certification18 Our Rating
The famous drugs thriller as Gene Hackman plays the cop determined to fix the Marseille based heroin runners once and for all. An action-packed movie full of murders, car chases and everything else a good thriller should have - making it one of the classics and a yardstick for others since. Won Best Picture at 1971 Academy Awards.
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THE WIRE SEASON 1 DISC 1 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
From the award winning creator of ‘The Corner' comes another gritty series about the vagaries of the law on the subject of right and wrong. "The Wire" involves a drug and murder investigation in the city of Baltimore viewed from the perspective of both perpetuators and cops and focusing on the increasingly blurred line between good and bad, crime and punishment.
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THE WIRE SEASON 1 DISC 2 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Episode 4: Old Cases; Bodie escapes from the lockup, Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by traveling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving info and Herc has a change of attitude after meeting Bodie's grandmother. Furious at being robbed during the "re-up," Barksdale tells Stinkum, Wee-Bey and Stringer to double the reward for anyone who eliminates Omar and his crew.
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THE WIRE SEASON 2 DISC 1 (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Episode 1, Ebb Tide; Jimmy McNully finds the body of a woman floating in the harbour and a shipping container destined for "the Greek" bakes on the waterfront.
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THE WIRE SEASON 3 DISC 1 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Episode 1, Time After Time; the Barksdale gang are in search of a new base, McNulty may have found a case against Stringer and Daniel's promotion hopes get side lined by his ex-wife's political ambitions.
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TRILOGY THREE: AFTER LIFE (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Trilogy consists of three stand alone stories, all set in Grenoble, and three different genres, thriller, comedy and melodrama, that taken as a whole become inextricably linked. A contemporary tour de force by Lucas Belvaux that calls to mind Kieslowski's ‘Three Colours' trilogy. In this emotive third film the only thing Pascal is sure of, in his increasingly complicated life, is his love for his wife, but with her descent into morphine addiction he can feel her slipping away from him. Pascal's
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