America does Bruce Lee, who is sent to investigate a private army on a desert island. This features the famous final fight sequence in the hall of mirrors. Legend has it that during one fight scene his flying kick was too fast to be captured at 24 frames per second, forcing the camera man to film in slow motion in order to make it look real! Ouch!
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KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
CertificationU Our Rating
After the subsequent murder of a scared running girl he picked up on the highway Mickey Spillane's anti-hero, dodgy private eye Mike Hammer, smells money and follows the threads on a seedy trip through the LA underworld.
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969)
Certification15 Our Rating
Leone's superb all-encompassing epic portraying the death of the mythical 'Wild West'. A superb cast, the collaborations of Bertolucci and Argento, and Morricone's brilliantly atmospheric score all add to the incredible style and weight of Leone's creation. A true cinematic masterpiece! A candidate for greatest movie ever made, if you haven't... then you must.
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PULP FICTION (1994)
Certification18 Our Rating
Tarantino's masterpiece, a sprawling montage of three interwoven tales. Rich dialogue and sassy humour.
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SUSPIRIA (1976)
Certification18 Our Rating
A young girl turns up at her new ballet school only to undergo a series of experiences not in the normal choreographer's manual. Extraordinarily grotesque murders pile up as Argento happily abandons plot mechanics to provide a superb display of his technical skill with an eye for the bizarre and for vulgar over-decoration. The most gothic movie ever made, stylish, tongue in cheek, over the top and it still manages to scare you! Watch it!
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THE HARDER THEY COME (1972)
Certification15 Our Rating
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff more than holds his own in this now cult-classic. Jamaican country boy Ivan travels to Kingston with dreams of becoming a big recording star, but his naive optimism is gradually destroyed by the web of corruption he finds there. Great story and a stonking soundtrack.
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THE ITALIAN JOB (1968) (1968)
CertificationPG Our Rating
You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! A classic sixties comedy/thriller with Michael Caine and a bunch of Brits blagging a big Italian bank. Lots of style action, laughs and a superbly choreographed car escape sequence.
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THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
Certification15 Our Rating
War hero Raymond Shaw returns from North Korea after being seized, brainwashed by the enemy and programmed to assassinate key establishment figures. He arouses the suspicions of former colleague Major Marco, but who really controls him? A brilliantly plotted conspiracy thriller with a sterling cast - an unmissable treat.
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THE MATRIX (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
An awesome action film that some people rate as the best movie ever made! It's not, but in terms of visual impact and sheer technical wizardry it's hard to beat. It's the near future and nerdy computer hacker Neo (Reeves) is about to discover an alternative reality via a meeting with mysterious rebel warrior Morpheus (Larry Fishburne). Neo learns that life on earth is merely an elaborate farce, a complex computer simulation called The Matrix, and mankind is simply lunch - a source of power for t
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THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (1979)
Certification15 Our Rating
Just off the coast of Washington, buried away from prying eyes, lies a military psychiatric hospital, all of whose residents are high ranking officers suffering from extreme mental breakdowns. The man responsible for bringing them back to some semblance of reality is Colonel Hudson, a brilliant but highly unorthodox psychiatrist. As the therapy progresses Hudson's methods seem to be working or is it merely that the madness is beginning to effect everything within the facility. The Ninth Configur
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