Armchair Thriller Vol. 3 - Dying Day
Mr. Skipling finds a discarded tape on a train that tells him that he is about to be murdered. But when he reports it to the police, the murder plot can no longer be heard……
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The Bank Job
In this heist film starring Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER), the mystery doesn’t revolve around the robbery itself. Instead, when the thieves steal the contents of safe deposit boxes at a London bank, they uncover evidence of deceit and crime that reach all the way to the crown….
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Angel
A tough, violent thriller set in Northern Ireland which tells of a dance band saxophone player who witnesses a brutal murder then embarks on a nightmare journey of vengeance….
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Death Proof
Master director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) indulges his inner fanboy by paying homage to his favourite B-movies in DEATH PROOF. Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his deadly vintage car, but when he picks a trio of tough girls (Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, and Zoe Bell), he learns they aren?t such easy prey. As with any Tarantino film, there are plenty of nods to pop culture. Most of the scenes are deliberately short on plot development, the dialogue comes thick and…
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The Yards
Director James Gray’s second film is a dark and atmospheric exploration of the corruption that lies underneath both the surface of a New York City railway manufacturing company and the family that runs it. Mark Wahlberg turns in an impressive and quietly intense performance as Leo, a 24-year-old who has just been released from prison and is in need of a job. Leo gets a job working for his uncle Frank (James Caan) in the railway business, where his best friend, Willie (Joaquin Phoenix), shows him…
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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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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