Lucy Fife Donaldson says: "The film of the TV show that made Johnny Depp’s name and he spent the rest of his career getting away from. ChanningTatum and Jonah Hill star as former high school opposites and new recruits inthe police force tasked with going back to high school as undercover narcoticsagents. Hill and Tatum (proving he can be buff AND funny) make a good pairingin what turns out to be a well-judged and frequently funny film that has itstongue firmly in its cheek. It also find out more...

Set in Orange County, California, in an age where America has lost its ‘war on drugs', a reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, the consequence of which is a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode and even your own motives become unclear. Scanner Darkly is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick and born of his own experiences. Like a graphic novel come to life, the film uses live action pho find out more...

1970s; Harlem hood Frank Lucas has hijacked the New York heroin business by dealing directly with the Chinese growers in SE Asia and importing large amounts of the drug inside the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. However his nemesis, flamboyant, tenacious and unbribable narcotics cop Richie Roberts, is on his tail and is determined to bring him down. find out more...

Take two black cops, one a clean-living family man and the other a silver-tongued playboy. Add a nervous murder witness who'll talk only to one of them, a liberal dose of sharp one liners, and an unfeasable role reversal. Mix well to enjoy this streetwise, jive-talking, buddy-buddy action comedy. find out more...

You've seen the trailer, and then you probably saw it again and then a year went by and you saw it again, but where was the film? At last the most trailered film in history, and wonderfully nasty it is too. Keitel is cop, junkie, thief gambler and hustler not looking for, but finding God. Great. find out more...

Terence is a cop addicted to pain-killers prescribed to him after a work-related back injury during the Katrina flood. A chance for redemption occurs as he investigates the murder of an immigrant family.
Not to be confused with Abel Ferrara's 1994 film this is an exotic blend of European and American cinematic styles; free-spirited American junk and experimental, police procedure and fantasy. Critically acclaimed but a box-office loser - never again will the manic German be allowed loo find out more...

From the creator of True Blood, this exciting new Cinemax action drama charts the twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-convict who improbably becomes sheriff of a rural, Amish-area town while searching for a woman he last saw 15 years ago, when he gave himself up to police to let her escape after a jewel heist. Living in Banshee under an assumed name, Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic) is now married to the local DA, has two children (one of whom may be Lucas’s), find out more...

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Spike Lee injects a hefty dose of his inimitable style into this hard-hitting ghetto drug-fest. Strike is the hottest dealer on the block and the main suspect when a rival is shot dead but there are two cops on the case, and they're both looking for very different answers. Powerful and intelligent. find out more...