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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Branagh stars as a wisecracking PI asked to help investigate for a woman with amnesia who is tormented by horrific nightmares. A visit to a psychic confirms that there is a past life connection to a woman murdered by a man remarkably like the detective. Enjoyable but ultimately flawed Hitchcock-style suspense thriller. find out more...

Skint black ex-GI Easy Rawlins is asked to track down a mysterious missing woman with an illicit taste for black men. But two murders later he realises he's way out of his depth and, even worse, he himself has become the hunted. Sultry, smokey thriller set in an authentically recreated 1940's LA. Everything - the performances, Tak Fujimoto's elegant camerawork, the jazz and blues soundtrack, the snappy script - slots neatly into Franklin's overall design. A superbly stylish movie. find out more...

Philip Marlowe has two cases on his books and they may not be as unconnected as they seem. Giant-sized Moose Malloy is straight out of jail and looking for Velma, his chorus-line girlfriend. Marlowe takes sympathy on him and agrees to track her down but all he finds is a dead-end. Meanwhile, smooth gigolo Lindsay Marriott is eager to buy back a rare jade necklace from thieves and hires Marlowe as protection during the transaction. The neon-drenched, smoke-filled LA of 1941 forms the background f find out more...

In the late 40s swindler Raymond Martinez Fernandez seduced lonely women for their valuables, but, when he meets and falls in love with the psychotic Martha Beck, the unhinged couple decide to up the anti by murdering and disposing of their victims; a gruesome trail that attracts the dogged attentions of two New York detectives. Based on true events 'Lonely Hearts' is an atmospheric dramatic thriller. 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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After two years in an asylum Stephen Neale is released into the insanity that is WWII England, where he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't know whom he can trust. An atmospheric, expressionistic, war time thriller, packed with unforgettable scenes, starring Ray Milland and directed by the wilfully left-field genius that is Fritz Lang. find out more...

The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 30-year old case. Holmes memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.

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Furtwängler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, was considered by many the most brilliant of the 20th Century, but he served as one of the Nazi's foremost cultural assets and flag-bearers. 'Taking Sides' recreates his suspenseful post-World War II interrogation by a tough talking American Major examining his role during the Third Reich in the most uncompromising of terms. The confrontation between the soft-spoken cultural icon of the old world and the rough, emotional hard-hitter from the new find out more...

A follow-up to the classic film noir "Chinatown". Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes, still working on routine matrimonial snoop jobs in Southern California, but once again he's about to be plunged into a twilight world of deceit, smouldering passions and murder. Atmospheric drama. find out more...