Bernard Black owns a bookshop, an invitingly musty nook crammed with as much literature as it is possible for the small place to hold without collapsing. Unfortunately for Bernard his love of books is equally matched by his contempt for anyone who wishes to buy them. Add to this curious scenario his eccentric friends, Manny, amiable and constantly abused, and Fran, scatty and self obsessed and you have the ingredients for one of the best sitcom's to grace the small screen in a good while. Thankg
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ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000)
Certification15 Our Rating
Erin Brockovich is an unemployed, single mum with little education or prospects only her gift for the gab and no bullshit attitude keep her above water. Having blagged her way into a law firm she stumbles across a cover up which has left a small community poisoned. The further Erin digs the more obsessed she becomes, and dragging her initially reluctant law firm in with her she prepares to do battle for one of the largest direct-action settlements in American legal history. Similar in style, and
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GATTACA (1997)
Certification15 Our Rating
Fascinating futuristic yarn set in a world that's finally cracked genetic engineering. Only the perfect are rewarded with social acceptance, with the un-improved branded as in-valids. But aspiring astronaut Ethan Hawke is not about to be held back by his "imperfections", so, borrowing the genes of the enhanced but wheelchair-bound Jude Law, he cons his way into a job at the gigantic Gattaca corporation. His ensuing affair with the immaculate Uma Thurman, however, triggers a desperate race to avo
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HERO (2002)
Certification12 Our Rating
A nameless warrior presents himself before the emperor with news that he has vanquished all who stood against him. Wary but curious the Emperor listens with increasing disbelief to the soldier's story, but as the epic battles are recounted in flashback it becomes increasingly clear that this was not merely a simple act of service by a servant to his lord. Hero is a stunning piece of moviemaking before you even take the electrifying fight scenes into account, a sumptuous feast for the eyes that o
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INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Miles Massey is the smoothest divorce lawyer a spouse about to parted from their hard earned cash could wish for, Marilyn is a matrimonial mercenary par excellence. When the two meet it's not surprisingly at opposite ends of the court, but Miles finds himself increasingly smitten with the beautiful, but super cool, Marilyn and so begins a battle of wits which Miles cannot hope to win� unless she loves him.
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SCHOOL OF ROCK (2004)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Dewey Finn is a delusional loser, obsessed by rock and roll, on the wrong side of thirty, and still kipping on his friend's floor, much to the disgust of said mate's girlfriend. When Dewey blags himself a position as substitute teacher at a prestigious private school, his expectations of the kids are considerably less than their expectations of him, but when Dewey hears the privileged little darlings in their music lesson life takes on coherent meaning. These gifted young things are Dewey's pass
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SERIAL MOM (1994)
Certification18 Our Rating
John Waters slips effortlessly into mainstream cinema, whilst sticking to his trademark irreverent black comedy. Kathleen Turner plays the perfect suburban mom, as American as apple pie and a stickler for family values and good manners. Secretly however, she's a vicious, foul-mouthed psycho killer! Ahead of its time and absolutely genius.
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THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
From the director of Rushmore comes the story of Royal Tenenbaum and his idiosyncratic family. Having separated from his wife ten years ago, Royal has been estranged from his strange children and wants to make up for some lost time. A little white lie gets Royal back into his family home but all will not go as he plans. Richie used to play tennis professionally until a breakdown on the court; Margot, a chain-smoking playwright has an unseemly marital past and an even dimmer present, while widowe
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