The Maltese Falcon
Private investigator Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is chain-smoking his way through the afternoon when in walks a beautiful woman (Mary Astor) seeking his help to follow a man she claims […]
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Respect
Jennifer Hudson steps into the soul of Aretha Franklin and socks it to the critics in this biopic about the legendary diva’s early years. Respect is at its best when […]
Maisie
At 88 David Raven, AKA Maisie Trollette, is the oldest performing drag artiste in the UK. Maisie has strutted the sequinned stages of the London and Brighton scenes since RuPaul […]
As Tears Go By
A Hong Kong gangster (Andy Lau) goes to great lengths to protect his protégé “Mr Fish Balls” (Jacky Cheung) from Hong Kong loan shark Tony (Alex Man) – that’s right, […]
Da Kath and Kim Code
Look at me Kimmy. Lot at me. Look at moiiiii. Now I’ve got one word to say to you: feature length episode. Made in 2005, between the show’s third and […]
Cowspiracy
Documentarian Kip Andersen takes on not just animal agriculture but the environmental charities which are happy to give it a free pass in the debate over how we can reduce […]
Ghost Rider
Stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Matt Long) looks like a young Tom Cruise but following 20 years of brutal motorcycle accidents he ends up with the face of Nicolas Cage. After […]
Stowaway
After launching for a two-year mission to Mars, three astronauts (Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette) discover more is not always merrier when they realise there’s a fourth passenger […]
Thunder Force
With evil mutants wreaking havoc on Chicago, two estranged school friends (real life pals Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer) team up to defeat them, with the help of super-strength, invisibility […]
Shadow
An uneasy peace treaty has left a prized city in the hands of the Yang, humiliating their rivals, the Pei, whose weak and impulsive king (Zheng Kai) is reluctant to […]
