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...

The true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker at the Kerr-McGee nuclear plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma, who becomes aware of cover-ups about the dangers to her and her fellow workers and gets immersed in fighting her bosses for safety rights. The film very effectively mixes her personal life, ex-hubby, boyfriend, lesbian mate, child custody, heart to hearts, and her political struggle. Eventually she discovers she has a highly radioactive fridge and they are out to get her. Meryl Streep is again brill find out more...

A group of ex-campus radicals from the sixties are reunited when one of their group commits suicide. Over an emotional weekend they renew old passions and look at the current state of their lives. A funny, provoking and emotional look at disillusion and the yuppie generation. Brilliant! find out more...

Five very different kids arrive at high school one Saturday morning to do a nine hour detention during which time they must write an essay titled "Who do I think I am?". At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems. An iconic 80s movie and the first of a trilogy preceding 'Sixteen Candles' and 'Pretty In Pink'. find out more...

A tightly made exercise in high tension as an innocent young driver is pursued across country by a homicidal and completely relentless maniac. Don't let it stop you giving lifts though, the Swindon exit of the M4 is a godforsaken place, enough to turn anyone crazy. The DVD is a two disk special edition with filmographies, a documentary and two shorts. find out more...

A talented young pool whizz-kid being groomed for the big time comes to grief when he falls in love. A downbeat drama with some brilliantly handled and atmospheric pool hall scenes and a low-life romance. Outstanding performances all round. find out more...

Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community, all trapped in the local supermarket, come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumours point to an army experiment gone awry at a nearby top-secret base, but as the locals break off into increasingly murderous factions the ravenous monsters are in danger of taking a back seat to the carnage. Mist is a superior adaptation of a Stephen King horror thanks in large part to find out more...

An isolated scientific research station in Antarctica is besieged from within (literally!) by an alien with the ability to take over any living organism. This inevitably leads to conflict and suspicion amongst the scientists. High suspense and excellent special effects make this a fine film. find out more...

Written by the always controversial Quentin Tarantino, this is romance with a big difference. Teenage hooker Alabama marries shy guy Clarence and pretty soon the happy couple are on the run from just about everyone. Fast, brutal in places, with a heavy dose of dark humour. Not to be missed. find out more...

Grady Tripp is an award winning novelist, the only problem is that this was seven years ago and he seems unable to relinquish the second book to his increasingly agitated publishers. To compound matters Grady's personal life is crumbling around him and the characters that frequent his world don't appear to be helping matters. All comes to a head one frantic, farcical and nerve shredding weekend, a series of mishaps that may consign him to the scrap heap forever or perhaps provide him with the op find out more...