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Certification18 Our Rating

The greatest movie ever made? A soldier is sent into the Heart of Darkness to retrieve a commander gone AWOL in an insane reality of tin-pot power, paranoia and inglorious killing. The horror of war is stripped naked in a surreal twilight world. The crew nearly went mad making it, Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack and Coppola flew so far beyond budget that the word 'bankrupt' was nearly redefined. See "Heart of Darkness"... find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

The definitive 'Apocalypse Now' (as if the original wasn't pretty definitive) this has nearly an hour of extra footage fleshing out the surreal journey of our central protagonists and, though it brings the film to a whisker short of three and a half hours, much of it explains what happens to the eclectic characters we meet. The cut version of 'Apocalypse Now' stands as one of the most awesome films of modern cinema, anyone who has seen it will inevitably see it again, it's just that now you have find out more...

CertificationU Our Rating

Perhaps the most influential period in cinema history was the Italian neo-realism period of the late 40s and director Vittorio De Sica was one of the prime reasons for this important period of film-making. "The Bicycle Thieves" is a film about a poor man whose only means for a job is his bicycle, which gets stolen. The film follows him and his young boy throughout war-ravaged Rome in search of the stolen bike. The trip involves some of the most brilliant vignettes in film history; the church, th find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Eight-year-old Zachary has, so far, enjoyed life as his father's favourite son, as the possessor of a gift for healing and as younger sibling to a tearaway, a jock and a bookworm, but this relatively idyllic childhood in Québec is cast under the shadow of his dad's suspicions when he is discovered wearing a dress. Seven years on it's 1975 and Zac is in thrall to Ziggy Stardust and his cousin's boyfriend, a confusing situation for him, made more complicated by a history of trying to satisfy his d find out more...

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Nothing more can be said about this classic melodrama from the peak of the Hollywood studio-film era. Hardened cynic Bogart softens when he meets old flame Bergman who is now a refugee in neutral wartime Casablanca. Together they outwit the Germans... and of course there's that famous song. Watch this classic or some day you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

A father is haunted by the death of his young child. Omens point to disaster and hallucinations predict the future as this wonderful atmospheric film moves to its disturbing climax. Shot in the beautiful city of Venice and based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.

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Certification15 Our Rating

Alan (Boys From the Blackstuff) Bleasdale's utterly riveting epic TV series about politics, corruption, obsession and madness. When a headteacher refuses to join in the city-wide strike organised by the Council, the scene is set for a spectacular confrontation which will change their destinies. find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Alan Bleasdale's epic series continues; it is beginning to emerge that neither Jim Nelson nor his council adversary are entirely sane, and the confrontation that continues at the school gates is hardly helping matters. Meanwhile sinister forces are emerging. If you're not hooked yet, why not? find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Alan Bleasdale's story continues; Michael Murray's family has deserted him, but all he cares about is finding Eileen Critchley and he's beginning to lose control. Without a doubt he's being manipulated - but by whom and to what end? And will it all end in tears? Doesn't it just grow on you? find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

The plot thickens... Jim and Michael are both becoming increasingly insane, and also beginning to look more like friends than foes in the face of the sinister conspiracies. These concluding episodes continue to set the screen alight and Bleasdale's message is superbly hammered home. find out more...