Batman Begins (2005)
The evolution of mixed up rich kid Bruce Wayne into the Dark Knight of Gotham City.
Blade Runner: The Director's Cut (1982)
Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner, an elite cop trained to hunt down and ‘retire’ rogue replicants, android beings designed to be ‘…more human than human’.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
The final cut is the deepest for Ridley Scott's remastered sci-fi epic.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
The original stake-wielding cheerleader.
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2002)
A game show host becomes a CIA hitman in his spare time.
Flesh & Blood (1985)
A band of mercenaries rape and pillage their way through 16th century Italy, with the Black Death at their heels.
Goal! 2: Living the Dream (2007)
Santi Munez goes to Real Madrid and struggles with his love life and fights for a place on the team.
The Hitcher (1986)
A thriller about a hitch-hiker with murderous intent.
Hobo With A Shotgun (2011)
A hobo hops from a train with dreams of a fresh life in a new city, but instead finds himself trapped in an urban hell.
The Iron Mask (2019)
An English traveller journeys from Russia to China in the 18th century, encountering dragons, black magic wizardry and a dragon king.
The Rite (2011)
A student visiting Italy to learn how to conduct an exorcism encounters something unexpected.
Simon Magus (1999)
A new railroad spells trouble for a small town.
Sin City (2005)
Stylised graphic novel adaptation shows three men on a mission.
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Two assassins set out into the wilderness on the trail of a man with a secret.
The Sonata (2018)
After the death of her estranged but famous composer father Richard Marlow, young virtuoso violinist Rose inherits his old French mansion. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious score marked with arcane symbols. He may be dead but his plans for her are still very much alive.
Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets (2017)
Two special operatives go on a mission to Alpha, where species from across the galaxy meet to share knowledge, and where an evil force is gathering its strength.
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