The dark, brutal and apocalyptic spawn of the cheesy original 80's TV series is back for its third season, and shows little sign of flagging. There is no letting up on the beleaguered remnants of humanity as they struggle to survive the onslaught of the Cylons and find a way to earth, but they're frequently in as much danger from each other as they are from their robotic nemeses and, as the Cylons discover compassion, so the humans begin to lose it. Occupation;
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BLACK BOOK (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Netherlands towards the end of WWII and Jewess Rachel Stein must abandon her hiding place and make a break for freedom. After escaping the massacre of a boat load of refugees fleeing toward Allied lines, Rachel, alone, bereft and terrified, joins the Resistance and, using her feminine wiles and intelligence, infiltrates the lair of those responsible for her grief. Black Book is a cracking thriller; tense, gripping, and full of irony, Dutch resistance heroes aren't all models of virtue and we
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CONTROL ROOM (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
An Egyptian-American reporter 'embedded' with Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet, gives a fascinating insight into their coverage of the Iraq War and the personalties who made it, as well as face to face chats with American liasion officers and other members of the press corps. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials, eventually bombed for failing to follow the American line and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as foota
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HOTEL RWANDA (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
In 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda long simmering resentment between the 2 largest ethnic groups erupted into one of history's worst ever bloodbaths. In the midst of this emerged a hero, the manager of Rwanda's only four-star hotel, who, armed with little more than his wit and tremendous courage, succeeds in keeping the fascist killing hordes from slaughtering him, his family, and the over 1,000 refugees sheltering in his hotel. An awesome indictment of racism, mass murder and the poli
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