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...

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When wealthy John du Pont invites Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz to move to his estate and help form a wrestling team for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Mark sees a way to step out of the shadow of his charismatic and revered find out more...

The harrowing true story of the life of Gia Carangi played by Angelina Jolie with the panache and power that can be expected from her. Starting life in Philadelphia Gia was a beautiful rebel, but thrust into the supermodel lifestyle in New York City she soon got swept up in the world of drugs that surrounded the industry. Falling hard for Linda, a photographer she met on a shoot, Gia soon had to choose between her heart and her habit and, as with all true junkies, the habit won. Gia was the firs find out more...

Winner of an Oscar for "Best Documentary", this film (beautifully shot in black and white) recaptures the life and music of the late, great jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. The founder of the Californian school of "Cool Jazz" this film is in itself remarkably cool and stylish. find out more...

The life story of Howard Marks is not one that hides its light under a bushel. Since the original publication of his candid autobiography, it has been toured around the country by the man himself for the past decade. While the book read like an enjoyable, stoner Bond-adventure, this effort to translate it to the big screen comes across a little smug, and somewhat tired. Rhys Ifans sleepwalks through the role, and the direction is unimaginative and unevocative, despite the apparent efforts at aut find out more...

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...

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...

When the police receive an emergency call placed from Wonderland Avenue Los Angeles, they were ill prepared for the carnage that awaited them, a brutal blood bath that had left four dead and no reliable witnesses. Wonderland is based on a true story that took place in July 1981, and provided as its chief suspect one of the most famous male stars in the porn business, John Holmes. Wonderland is a slick, brutal, dramatic thriller, acted with seedy perfection by Val Kilmer at its nihilistic heart. find out more...