Bobby Sands was the IRA member who led the 1981 Long Kesh hunger strike as part of a campaign to achieve the status of political prisoners and not that of criminals. The first section of film deals with daily prison life, the 'dirty' protest and the violence, the second is a long discussion on the meaning of life with a sympathetic priest and the third depicts the last weeks and death of a man voluntarily dying of starvation.
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LIFE ON MARS SERIES 1 DISC 1 (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973 – a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets, flares, silly haircuts, glam rock and very hard coppers. In his altered state of reality Sam must prove himself to his 'new boss', the hot-headed DCI Gene Hunt, all the while unsure whether he is awake or dreaming. In Episode 1 he hunts a serial killer and in Episode 2 he attempts to
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LIFE ON MARS SERIES 1 DISC 2 (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Episode 3 is one of the weaker sketchs with a rather silly plot about a scab in a textiles factory getting killed. However Episode 4 is much stronger with corruption in the police force the core of the story. Which way will old-style police thug DCI Hunt swing, will he back up Simm or continue on the take? The series is now beginning to motor, the dialogue in this script is some of the smartest and the series is doing what it does at its best, parodying both 70s cop shows and the 70s themselves.
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MAN ON WIRE (2008)
Certification12 Our Rating
A pretty exhaustive documentary that looks back at what some have described as "the artistic crime of the century": tightrope walker Philippe Petit's death defying, utterly illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Centre's twin towers in 1974. A fascinating and gripping look at a meticulously planned and breathtaking act of defiance.
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MILK (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
An intelligent, thoughtful, highly engaging biopic of Harvey Milk, the San Francisco based idealist, who became the first openly gay activist to run for political office in the US. Before his assassination Milk was a leading cog in the battle for civil rights for the gay community, as in the 1978 fight against Proposition 6, which could have banned gay and lesbian individuals from teaching in schools. The story may have been a terriby tragedy, but the tone of the movie is upbeat and vibrant, Gus
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MISSING (1982)
Certification15 Our Rating
Brilliant story of a bourgeois American father searching for his son who disappeared in Chile in the 1970 coup. Due to his son's knowledge of the deep extent of American involvement in the coup and subsequent massacres, the trail gradually leads to the American embassy itself.
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MY LEFT FOOT (1988)
Certification15 Our Rating
Christy Brown was an Irish cerebal palsy victim who overcame his severe handicap to become a talented painter and author with just the use of his left foot. Daniel Day Lewis is totally and utterly convincing as Brown - using method acting he became Brown and his thoroughness makes the film a great one.
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OF TIME AND THE CITY (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Revered Brit film director Terence Davies paints a picture of Liverpool life from his childhood days to the modern in this poetic docu-essay memoir. Heavy on poetry and classical music, heavily against the Church and the monarchy, full of newsreel and documentary footage, this is an awesome tribute to a city that he loves.
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OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL: DR FEELGOOD (2009)
CertificationE Our Rating
`Oil City` is the 1970s pub-rock proto-punk Dr Feelgood`s name for their home town of Canvey Island in the flat industrialised Thames estuary. Temple`s extraordinary documentary consists of a mixture of talking heads, particularly the engaging lead singer Wilko Johnson, now in his sixties, but also from those who followed in the band`s wake, The Clash, Sex Pistols etc, and live footage from Dr Feelgood`s early days, then later in London and the US, where they were present at the New York birth o
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ONCE IN A LIFETIME (2006)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A great documentary about the legendary New York Cosmos. Financed by Warner billionaire Steve Ross a football team who played on a cabbage patch, they painted the pitch green for Pele's arrival and first game!!!, went on to sign an international class team and draw crowds of over 50,000 a game in the short lived North American Soccer League. It was a big expensive roller-coaster, girls, parties and booze, and Cosmos' eventual collapse brought down the whole league and set back US soccer about 20
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