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Certification18
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Himir lives at 101 Reykjavik and though fast approaching thirty he has yet to leave the comfort of his mothers home or indeed the ease of social security, but the arrival of his mother's lesbian lover and impending fatherhood are about to put a sizable spanner in his hopes for eternal slackerdom. 101 Reykjavik is a quirky and hipply hedonistic black comedy, driven along by some pretty twisted premises and a central character who is an irredeemable and apathetic git pretty much to the end.
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Certification15
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Monty Brogan was a dealer of some repute, but his time is up and in only 24 hours he will be incarcerated at the nation's pleasure for seven long years. With the small amount of time left to him Monty decides to attempt some kind of redemption, a journey that will take in his estranged father, his alienated friends and a little unfinished business. No more entertaining than many of Spike Lee's films (and I like his stuff) this is perhaps one of his most mature pictures, devoid of much of the pr
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Certification15
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Powerhouse courtroom drama with Cruise as the slick young navy lawyer whose bravado founders on the case of a young soldier who dies at the hands of fellow Marines. Nicholson excels as the steely colonel, decorous to the last, and director Reiner keeps the mood tense and razor-edged. Superb!
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CertificationPG
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Sir Robert Chiltern is a happily married Government minister, but all of this looks set to change when the scheming Mrs Chieveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Whilst Chiltern wrestles with his conscience, his wife Gertrude and closest friend, the urbane Lord Goring, the pivotal figure in the play and never short of a witty retort, conspire to thwart Mrs Chieveley's plans. One reason why the material has stood the test of time so well is because the issues of moralit
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Certification15
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In a New York hospital Dr Malcolm Sayers finds a group of "forgotten" coma patients, seemingly oblivious to the world and beyond help. Through sheer dedication he discovers a spark of life in his charges and a long suppressed capacity for love in himself. A beautiful and uplifting true story.
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Certification18
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In probably his best movie Roeg explores the disastrous relationship between a creepy intellectual and a vivacious but vulnerable young girl. The state of play is revealed by flashback as Harvey Keitel tries to pin the blame for her nearly successful suicide on the loathsome Art. Brilliant film.
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Certification15
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Part 1- Currahee: Young lads in Georgia begin training for America's newest military faction - paratroopers and soon become an elite and known as Easy Company. A rivalry breaks out between Lt Sobel and Lt Winters. Part 2 - Day of Days: D-Day arrives, and the paratroopers come under heavy fire. They get lost, lose their weapons and their supplies and hook up with Winters to find their units. Winters loses his first man after a German attack.
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Certification15
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Part 3 - Carentan: Easy Company is sent to take Carentan but Blithe and some others have trouble adjusting to combat. After 36 days in Normandy Easy heads back to England only to be told they will ship out again. Part 4 - Replacements: Some green paratroopers come to help out Easy Co as they prepare to drop on Holland. Originally met with little resistance, the group is crippled by a well-prepared German force. The Allies plan to end the war by Christmas.
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