A blind man overhears a crime and winds up in a web of murder blackmail and industrial espionage. Haunting and sinister music by Morricone, gruesome set pieces and starlets in short skirts assist the cult feel of the era and cinematic style of Point Blank. find out more...

Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation. find out more...

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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The second live-action spin-off from the "Death Note" Manga series starring ‘L', the enigmatic detective, picks up where the first one left off. find out more...

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands, the power of the ‘Death Note'. He decides to rid the world of evil, by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective L is on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds. A slick slice of hokum from the highly popular Manga anime TV series. find out more...

Light Yagami is an ace student who finds the Death Note, a book dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written within the pages dies, and Light decides to use its power to rid the world of evil. Soon however detective ‘L' is hot on his trail and as the two face off in a battle of wits and will the line becomes drawn as to which of them is ‘good' and which ‘evil'. find out more...

1. Luther, still plagued by the death of Zoe faces a serial killer wearing a Punch mask and tries to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of drugs and prostitution.
2. Luther must rescue Ripley before Cameron sets out his final murdering piece; schoolkids that are set to be dumped and gassed. Meanwhile, Jenny's ruthless and vengeful boss is demanding compensation for stealing her protege.

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DCI Red Metcalfe is a cerebral man troubled by his own dark past and obsessed with solving a string of murders across London. A serial killer has set out to kill twelve men with the same names as the Apostles, in the same way that the Apostles were killed, eg St Bartholomew being flayed alive and St Peter crucified head down. The killer does this because he believes himself a second Messiah. find out more...

When another set of horrific murders begin, linked by a killer's quest for redemption (each crime scene is linked by the words 'Save Me' found written in the victims' blood) Red and his team realise that they are out of their depth and will need help from someone outside the department who can understand the link between the murders. More of a descent into hell than a redemptive mission, the killer's crusade is poignantly selfish and damning. find out more...