A movie in which a lovelorn supersize gorilla and lonely human belle make heavy eyes at each other, not Lord of the Rings here, but Beauty and the Beast! The film is in three chapters; a movie producer sets sail with cast and crew for the legendary Skull Island; where they are attacked by human sacrificing natives, ravenous dinosaurs, cockroaches as big as beer barrels and scorpions the size of cars, to name but a few; what's left of our less than heroic crew return to New York with the greates
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LUST CAUTION (2007)
Certification18 Our Rating
China in the turmoil of Japanese occupation is the evocative setting for this unusual and visually stunning tale. Recruited before she is truly aware of her purpose, a young woman is groomed to become an irresistible siren, an icon of contemporary eroticism to ensnare a collaborator who has wreaked havoc amongst her people. Ang Lee's stunning follow up to "Broke Back Mountain" is in essence a thriller but as with all his films it is the richness and depth of the characters that really drive the
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THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
CertificationPG Our Rating
One of the all-time classic film noirs. Sultry Lana Turner is hypnotic as the bored, beautiful wife whose dreary life takes a dramatic turn when enigmatic drifter Frank walks into the diner she runs. Only her good-natured husband stands in the way of the pair's deadly passion. Superb stuff.
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THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR (2000)
Certification15 Our Rating
A clever science-fiction thriller which is genuinely thought provoking rather than just visually mind-blowing. On the thirteenth floor of a tower block three men have created an amazing virtual world set in 1937 Los Angeles, but the brutal murder of the project's leader leaves one of the designers, Douglas Hall, as the main suspect. In order to vindicate himself and indeed find out whether or not he is the killer, Hall must immerse himself in the virtual world he has helped to create and attempt
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THIEVES LIKE US (1973)
Certification15 Our Rating
Altman's re-make of Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night, and the second adaptation of Edward Anderson's novel. A trio of half-baked criminals attempt to emulate the organised big-time villains glamorized by the media of 1930s America, but come a cropper after an all-too-short taste of freedom from their rightful place in the county jail. Keith Carradine is the youngest crim, whose love for the farmer's daughter who helps them escape provides the romance in this Depression-based melodrama.
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TRIPLE AGENT (2003)
CertificationU Our Rating
White Russian General Fyodor Voronin is living as an exile in Paris with his devoted wife Arsinoe, but even to her he is an enigma. In the turmoil of a pre-WWII Europe where do the man's loyalties lie? To old Russia, to the Communists, or perhaps even the Nazi's? Based on a real unsolved mystery the film concentrates not on the mechanics of espionage, but on the consequences, emotional and other, of a world where deceit, concealment and conspiracy are the norm. Who and what do you believe? Tripl
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)
Certification12 Our Rating
Set during the Great Depression, Jacob Janowski finds his promising career as a vetinary student shattered by family tragedy. Bereft and confused Jacob joins the Benzini Brothers circus as the vet for their animals and in particular the company’s elephant, Rosie. But it is the ringmaster’s wife that really holds the young Jacob’s attention, and it is this mutual attraction that forms the heart of the story. Based on Sara Gruen’s best selling novel, ‘Water for Elephants’ is a sumptuous but relati
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