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Certification15 Our Rating

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Certification15 Our Rating

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Certification15 Our Rating

The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible impact on Miami turning the once sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous and nefarious cities. In "Cocaine Cowboys" we hear from some of the dealers, killers et al about the effect Colombia's Medellin cartel's $20 billion business had on the city. In particular we hear about Griselda Blanco, the Godmother of the business, a vicious psychopath whose feats helped turn Miami into the murder capital of North America. find out more...
COLORS (1988)

Certification18 Our Rating

Two cops - one young, tough and ready for action, the other older and tired of endless violence - face downtown LA where rival gangs form the only "law and order". A violent and controversial film for the 1980s from the man who directed 'Easy Rider', the quintessential film of the 1960s. find out more...

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Irish Sicilian Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster and from running errands as a small boy, he graduates to becoming a trusted member of the "family". A stunning, violent and essential portrait of the Mafia's intimate details. An award winning film, superbly crafted by Scorsese. find out more...

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A generic, but nevertheless, reasonably good warts and all biopic of Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, aka The Notorious B.I.G., from a drug dealing chilhood in a Brooklyn ghetto, through arrest, prison, his relationship problems, basic criminality and on to his success as a rap artist before his 1997 murder. find out more...

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Based on the true story of mockney street tough Carlton Leach and spanning three decades of brutality from the football terraces (West Ham United) to the clubs of the early rave scene where Leach made a reputation for himself as one of the most feared and 'respected' villians in the UK and became entwined in the infamous gangland Rettendon Range Rover murders. find out more...

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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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Frankie shares a slum flat in a faceless London high rise with his abused mum and her hateful boyfriend. When the opportunity arises to make a no questions asked delivery to a playboy geezer living the high life on the Costa Del Crime, Frankie doesn't need to think it over. Taken under the wing of a loaded bank robber on the lamb, Frankie quickly settles into the life of the criminal loads a' money ex-pat, but then how many of us wouldn't? The Business is a nasty, tacky, tasty little piece of wo find out more...
THE FIRM (2009)

Certification18 Our Rating

Based on the gripping film of the same name which starred Gary Oldman, 'The Firm' is a brutal coming of age story set around the casual violence and pack mentality of English football hooliganism at its 1980s peak. find out more...