A young lad, Jamal, from the slums of Mumbai gets to play as a contestant on the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and, much to the increasing horror of the organisers, looks likely to win the grand prize, there's only one answer: arrest him and find out how he's cheating. It is while under interrogation that we discover how all the trials and tribulations of the young man's life have contributed to his knowledge and the real reason why he entered the game show. 'Slumdog Million
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THE DEPARTED (2006)
Certification18 Our Rating
Billy Custigan is a rookie cop, but his background in the city's underbelly makes him the perfect man to infiltrate the mob and bring down kingpin Frank Costello. Police officer Colin Sullivan is as straight as an arrow to most who know him, but he's Costello's main man within the police department. Each knows of the existence of the other, but neither knows his identity. This is a world where every piece of information gleaned carries with it the possibility of discovery and death and the relen
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THE PIANIST (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Wladyslaw Szpilman is a brilliant Jewish pianist trapped in Poland after the Nazi invasion, managing to avoid deportation to the concentration camps Wladyslaw struggles to survive in the increasingly desperate Warsaw Ghetto, all the while dreaming of the way things used to be. The Pianist is a tour de force, deeply moving, horrific, tragic, thought provoking, the only hope provided by Wladyslaw's intense will to live. Polanski has created a beautiful cinematic masterpiece while Adrien Brody's p
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Certification18 Our Rating
Winner of a frightening number of Oscars (Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Adapted Screenplay); a vulnerable FBI rookie is sent to coax much needed information from the monstrous Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in order to stop a killer who skins his victims. Brilliant, terrifying and gripping.
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THE STING (1973)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The famous con man movie in which two Chicago shysters plot an elaborate revenge on the mobster who killed their friend. Brilliant attention to period detail, a superbly put together plot and an overall damn good movie. Won Best Picture at 1973 Academy Awards. Absolutely brilliant.
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UNFORGIVEN (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
Reformed hellraiser William Munny saddles up for one last killing, hoping the bounty will help him raise his children. But the steel has softened, and the killing doesn't come so easy any more. More real than any other Western, Clint's creation is bleak, black, desperate and brilliant.
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