Nafas is an Afghan journalist living in Canada when she gets a message from her sister, still living in the place of their birth, pronouncing that come the next solar eclipse she will commit suicide. Nafas decides to make the perilous journey to her home land and find her sister, returning to the veil she had long left behind on her return to a country ravaged by civil war and still under the iron grip of the Taliban. Kandahar is a stunning piece of film making with some breathtaking images. Sho
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Balian's a blacksmith, his mum's dead, as is his young wife and until a knight on the way to the crusades comes clip clopping along he's had no idea who his dad is either. Invited to join the crusades, Balian, after a disagreement with the church, decides to join his new found father and so begins legend. Settled in the Holy Land, Balian swiftly proves himself a fierce warrior and a man of integrity, earning the respect of not only his men but his Moslem foes…and the love of a princess. Surroun
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LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Homer Smith, an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapel - for free! A wonderful feel-good movie about friendship, community and good, honest hard work with a performance from Poitier that earned him an historic Academy Award.
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SERAPHIM FALLS (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
The civil war may have ended, but for Gideon life is an unending struggle as he is relentlessly pursued by Colonel Carver for whom there is one final act of violence to commit, Gideon's killing. Through a freezing snow covered mountain pass, past small holders, bank robbers, a Christian settlers' convoy, Irish railway workers and across the desert, this epic and unforgiving chase goes on. "Seraphim Falls" is an intriguing and atmospheric pursuit western driven by two fine performances and an ari
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SIMON OF THE DESERT (1965)
Certification12 Our Rating
Simon Stylites, to be nearer to God, has perched on a pillar for years and provided an inspiration to the surrounding people and a resolute defiance to the temptations, including a very tempting Silvia Pinal, of the Devil. However the Devil gets the last laugh after transporting him to a modern-day New York night-club. Wonderfully blasphemous.
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SYRIANA (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
A career CIA operative begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to; an oil broker faces tragedy and finds redemption through an idealistic Gulf prince; a corporate lawyer faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the merger of two powerful US oil companies; while across the globe, a disenfranchised Pakistani teenager falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each character provides one of the many layers to this intelligent and thought provokin
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THE KITE RUNNER (2007)
Certification12 Our Rating
Two little boys in 1970s Afghanistan are the best of friends, but the circumstances of class, war and childhood betrayal will tear them apart. Years later, as an adult and in an act of redemption, ex-rich man's son Amir returns from his new American home to atone for his earlier behaviour and fulfill his loyalty dues. Adapted from the best selling novel of the same name. Classy.
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THE MESSAGE (1976)
CertificationPG Our Rating
In the traditions of the Hollywood religious epic without the DeMille vulgarity. An account of the birth of Islam beginning with Mohammad's first visions and his crusade to bring a just and monotheistic religion to his people. The historical parallels of the ascendancy of Islam with early Christianity are heavily stressed; a persecuted minority gradually emerging victorious with large-scale conversions, religious toleration, slave, female, and even camel liberation!
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THE NATIVITY STORY (2005)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A big budget dramatisation of the birth of Christ that focuses on the arduous journey of his pregnant mother and her husband to the Bethlehem innkeeper's legendary stables. Virgin birth!!! Pull the other one Mary. Admirably made - aimed at 'believers'.
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Much vaunted tale of mens' greed; sacrificing family, friends and principles to gain profit in the early years of the 20th Century. Danny Day Lewis is superb, as always, as the sinister Daniel Plainview.
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