20th Century Flicks, Bristol

By now most of us probably think we've seen and heard enough about the events of the 11th September 2001, it has rarely been out of the news and many of us watched the tragedy unfold live on our television screens. That said, this documentary is unique in it's access to the attack on the World Trade Centres. That day, two brothers, Jules and Gedeon Naudet were filming a documentary about a rookie firefighter in a New York firestation located close to what we know now of as 'ground zero', they we find out more...

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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

CertificationU Our Rating

Jules Verne's classic underwater adventure is brought vividly to life in this 1950's Disney adaptation, thanks in large part to some great monster effects, and James Mason's scene stealing portrayal of Captain Nemo as mad genius. Huge fun.

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28 DAYS LATER (2002)

Certification18 Our Rating

You wake up one morning and there's nobody around, Yipee! But hold your horses there buddy, the world has been wiped out by a lethal virus and you are just one of a few struggling survivors doomed to save the remnants of a bleak post-apocalyptic world. 28 Days Later bares much similarity to 'Day of the Triffids' and Boyle's use of digital camera adds to the generally spooky and occassionally terrifying atmosphere. An originally directed, solidly acted and effective cushion-grabbing horror......n find out more...

28 WEEKS LATER (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

It's six months after the initial infection and the U.S. army have restored order and are slowly bringing British citizens back to a quarantined London, where a heavily guarded community is picking up the pieces and trying to return to normal life. Into this precarious situation come Andy and Tammy, a brother and sister who were lucky enough to be on a foreign school trip when the virus originally broke out. Reunited with their father, Don, they learn that their mother perished in the first few find out more...

3.10 TO YUMA (1957) (1957)

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The original and still the best. Glenn Ford plays the outlaw Ben Wade whose capture leads to a desperate and dangerous mission for the poor rancher, Dan Evans, who is charged with bringing the renegade to justice on the 3.10 train to Yuma. find out more...

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A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILURES (2008)

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'A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures' follows independent filmmaker Chris Waitt as he interviews his ex-girlfriends in an attempt to find out why they dumped him. It doesn't take long to grasp why Chris has succeeded only to fail so many times, but it's a gloriously tragicomic, if predictable, journey. find out more...

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964)

Certification15 Our Rating

Much imitated but never surpassed first film in Sergio Leone's iconic trilogy starring the 'man with no name' as a nomadic loner who rides into a small border town ripped apart by two feuding crime families. Brilliant, stylish, bloody and proof that Europeans make better Westerns than the Americans! find out more...

A GOOD WOMAN (2005)

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Set during the 1930's on the Amalfi coast, a chosen summer haunt for the rich and the beautiful, rarely is the air not thick with gossip, but on this occasion Robert Windemere and his beautiful young wife are the focus of discussion. Rumour has it Robert provides an allowance Mrs Erlynne, a woman with a reputation to be well avoided, while his wife is not as dismissive of other men's attentions as it is felt she ought. Adapted from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's fan, A Good Woman is a lushly vi find out more...

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005)

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In the small backwater town of Millbrook, Tom Stall lives an uneventful but contented life. A loving father, husband and the owner of a small but bustling cafe' he's a pillar of his little community. When two sadistic robbers threaten Tom his staff and his customers, one fateful night, he reacts without mercy. Hailed as a hero, Tom is uncomfortable with his new status and when strangers arrive from the city it becomes increasingly obvious why, it would seem Tom has a past and oh boy it ain't a p find out more...

A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (1971)

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The daughter of an English politician keeps having recurring "nightmares" in which she makes love to a bisexual nympho who lives downstairs and conducts all-night LSD orgies. When the dreams become more violent, the neighbour turns up dead, and Florinda is the main suspect. Did she actually commit the murder she dreamt about? Is she being framed by her philandering husband? The complex plot unfolds amidst red herrings, outlandishly druggy dream sequences and lesbian hanky panky, all taking place find out more...