Qiao is cool headed, smart, responsible and resourceful; good qualities to have when your boyfriend is a gangster. When Bin, her man, gets into trouble, Qiao gets him out of it. She fades into the background when Bin needs to take the spotlight. Qiao even takes a fall for Bin when he needs her in a pinch. And that is when he forgets her. Qiao emerges from five years in prison to cold indifference. To Bin, it is as if she did not exist. "People should keep their emoti 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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Anya Taylor-Joy gives a wonderful performance in the title role of this Jane Austen adaptation as a well-meaning but proud young woman who enjoys playing match-maker without proper concern for the feelings of those involved. Bill Nighy plays Emma's father to perfection. Fans of the book will be pleased.

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It's the late 1950s in up-state New York. A group of teenage girls, abused by men, mocked by teachers and subjugated by society, decide to seize destiny in their own hands and form a gang. From small acts of rebellion and revenge the gang slowly moves on to more complex crimes, culminating in a shocking deed that will tear the lives of its membe find out more...

Gena Rowlands, winning an Oscar nomination, is typically superb as the tough talking New York moll - half-whore, half-mother - reluctantly lumbered with a child the Mafia want dead. Tired of running, Gloria decides to confront the gangsters head on... A superb noirish thriller. find out more...

Irish Sicilian Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster and from running errands as a small boy, he graduates to becoming a trusted member of the "family". A stunning, violent and essential portrait of the Mafia's intimate details. An award winning film, superbly crafted by Scorsese. find out more...

David O Russell brings Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper back together onscreen and it's a sensational success. Based on the real life story of Joy, a woman who took the cable sales channel by storm and whose mop is now sold all over the world in its thousands, this is a heart-breaking, heart-warming and totally heartfelt comedy-drama. If you want to spend a couple of hours feeling the bumpy ups and downs of life through the lens of a beautifully determined and en find out more...

On her 21st birthday, Treasure is transferred from a youth correctional facility to the state penitentiary. A gang member who's been in trouble with the law for most of her life, Treasure is prepared to tough out the brutal regime inside because it's her dearest wish to meet her mother, Brownie, a lifer on Unit A. Stranger Inside is a powerful, occasionally disturbing, but also powerful human drama. find out more...

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.

This gangster flick - set in the titular Hell's Kitchen burrow of New York circa the late seventies - has some serious balls. Whi find out more...