Bodybuilder Daniel Lugo works at the Sun Gym in. With a host of wealthy clients all living their own version of the American Dream, Lugo becomes more and more dissatisfied with his own personal state of affairs. Believing that his client Victor Kershaw is a crook, Lugo enlists the help of fellow bodybuilders Adrian Doorbal and Paul Doyle in concocting a plan o find out more...

After a brief introduction, in the 60s, to three young criminals, Lebanese, Ice and Dandy, the film jumps forward to the 70s prison release of Lebanon. It's the birth of a smart and ruthless organization which soon crushes all its rivals assuming total control of the Roman drugs, and other criminal, business. Their progress, and changes in leadership, is viewed over twenty-five years and is inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy; terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at th find out more...

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A gripping, Oscar nominated, reconstruction of the rise of the Baader-Meinhof Group, a bunch of radical terrorists who rose in the mid-70s using military means, arson, bank raids, assassinations and kidnappings, to attempt the overthrow of the German state, many of whose personnel had their roots in the country's Nazi state. find out more...

After taking hostages in a Stockholm bank, ex-con Lars Nystrom demands the release of his old partner in crime from prison. As the situation escalates, Lars starts to let down his guard as he develops an uneasy bond with one of the female employees. The ever watchable Ethan Hawke is the best thing in this crime caper. It’s uneven and lacks the power of its premise but always manages to keep your attention hostage. (EMPIRE)

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As a movie this is a solid, dependable thriller with a really solid performance by Jon Hamm, as well as by a range of supporting players who turn in good, taunt performances. The one exception is Rosamund Pike whom is a great actor, but is ill-used. I suspect there were a number of scenes left on the editing floor. This movie will be controversial because of its depictions find out more...

A disturbing and emotionally cathartic account of the hijacking of the fourth of the 9/11 planes. Told with great verve we follow the stories of both the abductors and their captives and the chaos in the civilian and military air-control rooms. While the terrible truth dawns on the passengers, those on the ground watch helplessly as the terrible events of the day unfold. As for political comment, Brit director Paul Greengrass makes no overt judgement; we just observe an initial reaction amongst find out more...

Liz, Kirsty and Ben are having a great time bumming around the Australian outback, sightseeing, boozing and doing all the other things we only ever do when thousands of miles from home. After visiting a remote volcanic crater their car breaks down and they are forced into accepting the help of a local, with quite horrendous results. The gritty, no frills direction and cinematography as well as the naturalistic dialogue and performances lend this horror thriller a pathos woefully absent from many find out more...