Malik is the anti-hero of this somewhat mystical mini-epic of a movie. Just turned adult, illiterate, lacking a clear-cut ethnic identity, he finds himself doing 6 years in a prison run on the inside by a violent Corsican gang with the connivance of corrupt staff. With the guidance of the ghost of a now dead inmate Malik learns not just to read and write but to deal with the power politics of gangsterhood and it is his success at the latter that allows him to emerge from prison... There is a s find out more...

Intense thriller with Fishburne as the undercover cop trying to bring down the big boys and Goldblum excellent as Fishburne's lawyer-turned-dealer partner. As Fishburne realises what a political pawn he has become, he has to re-examine his past to establish his motives. Utterly absorbing filmmaking with a hip hop soundtrack to match.

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Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

A screwed-up runaway teenage girl accepts a lift from a Mr Nice Guy, but soon realises he's a notorious serial killer. Having left him for dead she is soon arrested and facing a lifetime in prison, escapes, only to meet the killer again. A high quality, brutally comic, thriller with attitude. Very dark and very good.

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Nikita director Besson delivers another superbly stylish thriller. Twelve year old Matilda is hell-bent on revenge against the bent cops who killed her family, hitman-with-a-heart Leon is the man to teach her everything she needs to know. Pacy, tightly scripted, unsentimental and just brilliant. find out more...

A writer takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100 percent of his mind. On an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him. As Bradley Cooper's former slacker rises to the top of the financial world, he draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as a tool to make billions. But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent... Surprisingly fresh Hollywood thrill find out more...

Crockett and Tubbs are two super-cool, super-tough undercover Miami cops, but their latest gig takes them so deep into the world of major drug-trafficking that it becomes increasingly difficult to find a way out in anything other than a coffin. Michael Mann returns to his iconic TV series and makes a smooth, pacey, big screen retread, where two dimensional characters and a barely present storyline mercifully take a back seat to the slick action. find out more...

Tarantino's masterpiece, a sprawling montage of three interwoven tales. Rich dialogue and sassy humour. find out more...

Once upon a time Danny was a happily married Jazz musician, but after his wife's brutal murder he now finds himself adrift in the seedy and dangerous world of addiction and dealing, where his only focus is the life he has lost and revenge upon those responsible. Salton Sea is a dark intelligent thriller, harsh, low key and with a tasty little twist. find out more...