Brilliantly directed story about a psychotic Hollywood scriptwriter, who is suspected of murder but given a false alibi by his gorgeous neighbour. Bogart's character never lets up and you're never sure if he's guilty or not, and nor is his lovestruck neighbour. As the police close in, it develops into a beautifully tense psychological thriller, did he do it and will the girl stand by her man? Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
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PINK PANTHER: A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The inimitable Sellers in the second of the Pink Panther farces. Although the overall standard is high, it would be worth watching just to see Clouseau impersonating a dentist with a wax nose, or to see him get the girl in the end without even taking his socks off.
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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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TELL NO ONE (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Dr Alex Beck is a man still tortured by his past, eight years ago his beloved wife was brutally murdered and, worryingly short on evidence, the police attempted, but failed, to place the responsibility for her death at his door. When Alex receives a mysterious e-mail attachment showing what looks to be his long dead wife standing outside a tube-station his life once again spirals out of control, only this time he's not prepared for his grief to prevent him from attempting to uncover the truth ho
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ZODIAC (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
A suspenseful documentation of the search for Zodiac killer, who made the headlines with his apparently random killings and his coded messages to the press as to his identity, whilst killing with impunity, largely in the San Francisco Bay area of Northern California, in the 1970s. The story follows that of puzzle solver and cartoonist Robert Graysmith and is reflected in the somewhat amateurish, if occasionally compulsive, efforts of various resource stretched California police units.
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