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Certification12 Our Rating

A Generation X movie about a group of friends who have just left college and come face to face with the growing horror that society expects them to be wage-earning, responsibile adults. Does Winona get the right guy? Judge for yourself and dig the hip soundtrack in this great film. find out more...

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The true story of one of America's young rising journalistic stars. In 1998 New Republic star reporter was exposed as a liar and fraud, at least 27 of his 41 published articles were fully or partially made up. Awesomely good. NB The DVD extras include good real life interviews with 3 of the protagonists in a TV piece. find out more...

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Stranded together on a desert island by a storm, engaged townie journalist Heche and grizzly old pilot Ford fall to the inevitable bitching and bickering you'd expect, swiftly followed, naturally enough, by the indignant realisation that they've actually Got The Hots for each other. Some very witty dialogue and slapstick moments played with great timing from Heche and Ford. Predictable, easy watching with some great laughs. find out more...
SOAPDISH (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

U.S soap opera "The Sun Also Sets" has all the necessary ingredients to top the ratings - bronzed beach bums, power crazed women, sex scandals, dodgy business deals and murder. But the ludicrous plot lines have got nothing on the behind the scenes antics of the cast and crew! Farcical fun. find out more...

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The extraordinary life of Jean Dominique, an educated Haitian who ran Radio Haiti, which, by broadcasting the truth, provided the focus of opposition to various venomous and corrupt regimes, Papa Doc, Baby Doc, the US run military et al, across a period of over 30 years. Jean is a charismatic protagonist, his personal history colourful not only for his long, evidently satisfying career, his family and his similarly courageous and committed wife Michèle Montas, but for how it intersects with and find out more...

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Andy Sachs has landed a job that most of those interested in such things would kill for, she's the assistant to legendary (and legendarily tyrannical) New York fashion editor Miranda Priestly; but as Andy struggles to keep pace with the outrageous demands of her boss she's in danger of losing sight of what's really important to her. "The Devil Wears Prada" is a comedy very much in the same vein as the Bridget Jones franchise so anyone expecting satire will be sorely disappointed, though it is pe find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

Beryl Reid plays Sister George, an ageing soap star, who loses her part in a long-running series, then loses her lover Alice. George's composure vanishes as her previously ordered life begins to crumble around her. A moving and powerful story given real weight by Reid's energetic performance. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

The brutal murder of Matthew Shepard divided America, broke hearts and changed the way that people view hate-crimes. Laramie, Wyoming was an unassuming town until it hit the front pages of newspapers across the country when a 21-year old student was found tied to a fence, beaten and left to die by two men…because they knew he was gay. After the attack, a theatre troupe headed to Laramie to work on a play based on the real-life reactions of the townspeople and those involved. The film is a re-e find out more...

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Dr David Gale is an impassioned campaigner for the abolishment of capital punishment, a man of peace and humanity. When Gale is tried and convicted to death for the rape and murder of a fellow campaigner one begins to understand his incentive. An investigative reporter, Bitsy Bloom is increasingly fascinated by the man and through a series of interviews begins to believe in his innocence, but can she prove it before he's helped off his mortal coil. The Life Of David Gale is a tense race against find out more...

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An investigative journalist finds himself in a bizarre nightmare as he tries to find out if there is any pattern behind the series of deaths of witnesses to the assassination of a US Senator. The clues he follows lead to the Parallax Corporation, a business that our man (Beatty) believes is secretly recruiting sociopathic types and training them as assassins. He enrols in their therapy programme......... A very smart conspiracy thriller with numerous 'parallels' to the JFK assassination. Top no find out more...