Jonathan Lynn brings the sleuthing board game, Cluedo, to the big screen with a plethora of stars taking on the familiar characters of Prof Plum, Col Mustard et al. The gags are plentiful although they will probably seem somewhat dated and uninspired to modern audiences. The alternate endings of the original American release are included – which kinda takes the fun out of guessing ‘whodunnit?'

Still... Mole likes it so it must have some magic about it.

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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...

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...

Against a backdrop of snow and racism in the immediate post-war USA, a young ethnic Japanese is charged with murdering a fellow fisherman off the Pacific coast. By clever use of flashback a tale of love won and lost is revealed. Superb cinematography makes this enigmatic tragedy from the director of "Shine" truly memorable. find out more...

James Ellroy's fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity is set around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert, are called to investigate the grizzly murder of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short aka "The Black Dahlia", but the men's private lives keep colliding with their professional world and the more they investigate th find out more...

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt, his former lover, whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover a myriad of secrets, and not just those of the uneasy allies but Lena herself. It would seem only Tully, an apparently lowly car pool driver with some impressive black market connections, is in a position to provide an escape from the immin find out more...

A typically surreal and star studded tale from Wes Anderson about M. Gustave, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel and his role as confidante and facilitater to the good, the bad, the great and the ugly; keenly assisted by his young protégé. A beautifully, quirkily visualised joy.

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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...

A remarkable film which combines animation in the best American tradition with real live actors - all bound together in an archetypal Private Dick plot. Bob Hoskins is marvellous as the detective who has to cope with the peculiarities of the Toons. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a cartoon will love this. find out more...