Criss Cross
Criss Cross
Following the death of a woman, agent Nick Slaughter must untangle the web a sexy suspect has created….
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Third Man Out
Third Man Out
Gay private detective Donald Strachey (Chad Allen) finds himself in over his head when he takes on a complicated case involving the ‘outing’ of politicians in this terrific, fast-paced adaptation of the popular mystery by Richard Stevenson. Sean Carey and Jack Wetherall co-star as Strachey’s lover and client, and porn star Matthew Rush has a memorable cameo….
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Dead Or Alive
Dead Or Alive
After a rapid-fire montage of two groups of gangsters, one Japanese, the other ethnic Chinese, killing each other and everybody else on screen, DEAD OR ALIVE’s story begins when a police officer announces, Round up everybody who looks (suspicious), even if they aren’t Chinese. The Chinese have been living in Japan for centuries, but have never been accepted or integrated into Japanese society. This larger conflict underlies the blood and gore of the two gangs vying to make a big drug purchase fr…
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The Sixth Of May
The Sixth Of May
THE SIXTH OF MAY is a fictionalised account of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. The film takes the point of view of a photojournalist who was in the vicinity of the murder and happened to witness some suspicious goings-on. As he delves further into the case, he begins to suspect that the government had a hand in Fortuyn’s murder ? a revelation that could cost him and his young daughter their lives. Ironically, director Theo van Gogh suffered the same fate as the subject of his…
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Regarde La Mer And Other Short Films
Regarde La Mer And Other Short Films
This collection of seven short films by Francois Ozon epitomises the French director’s penchant for dealing with subversive subject matter. In REGARDE LA MER, a female backpacker descends on a woman and her family, demanding to be allowed to pitch her tent near their peaceful beach community. As the two women grow closer, they share a series of potentially dangerous encounters that culminate in disaster. Also included here are the short films ACTION VERITE, LA PETITE MORT, UNE ROBE D’ETE, SCENES…
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Butterfly On A Wheel
Butterfly On A Wheel
Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello star in this tense thriller about a couple whose daughter goes missing. Bello plays the grieving mother alongside Gerard Butler. Brosnan appears as a mysterious gunman who tortures his victims through a series of sadistic mind games….
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The Backwoods
The Backwoods
In a last-ditch attempt at saving their troubled relationship, Norman (Paddy Considine) and Lucy (Virginia Ledoyen) decide to spend the summer at their friend’s home in Spain. It seems like the perfect setting for them to relax and reconnect in nature’s surroundings. But their romantic getaway soon turns to nightmare when they discover a girl tied up in a cabin in the nearby woods. As they try to help her, they are drawn into a horrifying ordeal by a group of demented locals……
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No Country For Old Men
No Country For Old Men
With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy’s praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border town in 1980. Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Broli…
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Memento (Special Edition)(3 Disc)
Memento (Special Edition)(3 Disc)
MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious, Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition–he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of h…
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Memory
Memory
Dr Taylor Briggs (Billy Zane) is an expert on memory diseases. When he is called upon to help a patient in the Amazon, he accidentally comes into contact with an unknown toxic substance that causes vivid hallucinations. Realising that these strange visions actually belong to a depraved serial killer, Briggs is forced to confront his own demons in order to catch the killer….
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Anna M
Anna M
A young woman who appears to be the picture of serenity harbours some rather unhealthy and completely unrealistic ideas about a doctor she is attracted to; for Anna has convinced herself that the object of her adoration feels the same way. What began as an innocent crush soon becomes something a lot more sinister when the doctor rejects Anna’s advances……
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Armchair Thriller Vol. 2 - A Dog’s Ransom
Armchair Thriller Vol. 2 - A Dog’s Ransom
A couple who live in Chelsea have their dog kidnapped. When they pay the ransom but do not have the dog returned, a policeman attempts to solve the dogknapping single-handedly….
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Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
A family on a camping holiday in France find themselves being stalked by a strange couple whose initial over-friendliness quickly turns to dangerous obsession. Taut psychological thriller from the director of GINGER SNAPS and THE DARK….
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Gangster No.1
Gangster No.1
When a young gangster (Paul Bettany) starts working for gang leader Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), known as the Butcher of Mayfair, he dreams of being everything that Freddie is: smooth, sophisticated, impeccably dressed, always with the right women, and driving the fanciest cars. Freddie takes the young gangster (unnamed in the film but listed as Gangster 55 in the credits) under his wing as a potential war with a rival gang starts to heat up. After Freddie falls for Karen (Saffron Burrows), who…
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Played
Played
An ex-con named Ray plans on meting out his own brand of justice after being released from prison in this London-based thriller. The gang members Ray worked with all escaped jail time, and now he’s out to punish them for failing to join him in prison….
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Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Kevin Costner stars as Earl Brooks, a man whose seemingly perfect family and status in the community hide an ugly secret. Brooks constantly says the plea of an addict–the Serenity Prayer–but he’s not in the grip of drugs or alcohol. Instead, his neat little bow tie belies a man with an urge to kill. Though he’s staved off that desire for two years, it has returned thanks to the efforts of his evil inner voice (William Hurt, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE). He is caught in the act by a man who calls him…
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Armchair Thriller Vol. 1 - Rachel In Danger
Armchair Thriller Vol. 1 - Rachel In Danger
Ten-year-old Rachel finds herself in the hands of an assassin who has stolen her estranged father’s identity….
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Shop At Sly Corner
Shop At Sly Corner
Ever since his incarceration and torture on Devil’s Island, Desius Heiss has had a major grudge against society. As revenge against the authorities, he allows his antique shop to become a front for criminal activity. Worried that his daughter might find out about his shady dealings, Heiss decides to silence his shop assistant, who’s been trying to blackmail him……
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