Sicko
November 7, 2008
America’s most incendiary filmmaker, Michael Moore, returned in 2007 with this health-care-industry expose. SICKO tackles material as controversial as the topics explored in Moore’s other films, yet does so in a way that places the focus on ordinary Americans affected by the nation’s health-care crisis. [Read more]
The French Connection
November 7, 2008
Appearing on the majority of films to see before you die or the greatest car chases of all time and numerous other film reports, this movie is based on a true story of detective “Popeye” Doyle. With many Oscars including Best Director, Best Picture and a little golden fella for Gene Hackman for best actor. [Read more]
The Last King of Scotland
November 7, 2008
It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970’s Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and appointed as his personal physician, Nicholas Garrigan is originally blinded by his larger than life and charming persona. [Read more]
Dead Set
November 6, 2008
Britain has a big problem. The dead are returning to life and attacking the living. The people they kill get up and kill - and it’s spreading like wildfire. Curiously, there are a few people left in Britain who aren’t worried about any of this - that’s because they’re the remaining contestants in Big Brother. Cocooned in the safety of the Big Brother house, they’re blissfully unaware of the horrific events unfolding outside. Until an eviction night when all hell breaks loose. [Read more]
Bearer Bond
November 6, 2008
KiDULTHOOD
November 6, 2008
A gritty look at modern English youth, this film looks at 2 days of an inner London school group with tragic outcomes. It crosses the world of drug taking, teenage pregnancy, and petty crime. For 15 year old Trife, a boy from west London, life is a day to day struggle. Trapped between the worlds of his school friends, the girl he loves and the draw of his powerful and dangerous uncle, Trife must choose between the path he knows is right and a life of guns, drugs and violence he has come to know all too well… [Read more]
The Dark Knight
November 5, 2008
Set just one year after he began (or begun?), Batman continues the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has emerged on the streets, The Joker. [Read more]
Hancock
November 4, 2008
There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there’s Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic and misunderstood, his well intentioned heroics might get the job done but Hancock always seems to leave jaw-dropping damage in his wake.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
November 4, 2008
So almost 20 years after carrying out his last crusade, Harrison Ford is back for the fourth installment of the whip-cracking Indiana Jones adventures.
Hitman
November 4, 2008
Agent 47 has been educated, from his genetically-engineered “birth”, to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the back of his head and his only name. He is hired by a group known as ‘The Agency’ to kill selected targets for cash…But the hunter soon becomes the hunted. [Read more]
Recent Comments