Martin McGartland was an unemployed Republican fence, a petty crime that led to the IRA kneecapping of his partner. Picked up by the police he soon found himself operating as both an informer for his Special Branch handler, Fergus, with whom he developed a close relationship, and at tremendous risk, infiltrating and moving up within the ranks of the Provos while routinely betraying their activities; the title coming from the 50 murders that it is believed Martin directly prevented. 'Fifty Dead M
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IMAGINING ARGENTINA (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Life in 1970s Argentina could be a dangerous place if you felt compelled to voice your ideals. When an Argentinean writer's wife is abducted by the military junta, he finds his psychic gift for locating missing loved ones is of no use when it comes to helping him in his own quest, though he refuses to give up his search. Based on a true story, Imagining Argentina is a finely shot and occasionally powerful drama.
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NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
The true story of Betty Mahmoody, an American married to an Iranian. Loving husband Moody persuades her to return to his homeland with their daughter to visit his family, but once there he re-embraces Islam and suddenly the man she loves is holding her captive in a brutal and hostile land. Disturbing.
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THE NEW WORLD (2005)
Certification12 Our Rating
Set at the beginning of the end for the native peoples of North America, we follow the first white settlers to the land of the new Eden, and in particular the relationship between Pocahontas, the beautiful headstrong daughter of an Indian chief and Captain John Smith, a new arrival to her rich homeland. This being a Terence Malick film the sheer visual beauty is almost overwhelming, the story itself never clear cut or finite, focusing as it does on the machinations of individuals and their causa
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