Essentially an interacial love story betwixt two journalists set against the backdrop of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa. There's enough dirt about police murders and torture in the apartheid state to keep whites squirming uncomfortably and enough healing and forgiveness to leave you feeling that race problems dissipate with a bit of a hug. Nevertheless Boorman is a skilled film maker and he manages the finer aspects of this well scripted movie without teet
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NORTH FACE (2008)
Certification12 Our Rating
In 1936 the North Face of the Eiger was the holy grail for European climbers. This is an account of how two poorly equipped Bavarian pioneers, Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser, came to try the ascent up the terrible face itself, where they were joined by two Austrian climbers, and the girl they left behind. It is also a story that inspired thousands, including Joe Simpson, whose retracing of the tragic events can be found in the film 'The Beckoning Silence'. This is a thrilling story, with a
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)
Certification12 Our Rating
A young lad, Jamal, from the slums of Mumbai gets to play as a contestant on the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and, much to the increasing horror of the organisers, looks likely to win the grand prize, there's only one answer: arrest him and find out how he's cheating. It is while under interrogation that we discover how all the trials and tribulations of the young man's life have contributed to his knowledge and the real reason why he entered the game show. 'Slumdog Million
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STATE OF PLAY: SERIES 1, DISC 1 (BBC) (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
State of Play is a classic conspiracy thriller that promotes the belief that New Labour has betrayed the longing for a new ethical politics, replacing the sleaze scandals of the Major years with more of the same. The script, the dialogue and the acting are all top drawer in this gripping, pacey, multi-layered tale of ambitious and talented young men tragically failing.
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STATE OF PLAY: SERIES 1, DISC 2 (BBC) (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
The story continues in this gripping conspiracy thriller.
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006)
Certification12 Our Rating
Harold Crick is a lonely, anal and routine bound tax man, but gee, when it rains for Harold it sure does pour. First he becomes smitten with one of his reluctant clients and then he discovers that he's a fictional character, in reclusive author Karen Eiffel's new novel, and she's struggling to find a satisfactory way to kill him off. Harold's going to have to get seriously proactive, like getting a life, rescue it from tragedy, then find the author and plead his case pretty damn quick or else al
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THE QUIET AMERICAN (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Thomas Fowler is a British journalist reporting from 1950's Vietnam (just as the troubles there escalate from France's colonial desperation to America's genocidal idealism), and a man who has lost his passion for the world. Into this cynical and complacent western community arrives young Pyle, a naive and optimistic American medical worker, whose motives are more convoluted than they at first appear. These two men are drawn together by a shared passion for Thomas's mistress, Phoung, a beautiful
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