Basic (2003)
A Special Forces training exercise in the Panama jungle ends in mystery and murder.
Battlefield Earth (1999)
Slave rebellion... with added turkey.
Be Cool (2005)
Sequel to Get Shorty moves into the music business.
Bolt (2008)
A TV superdog genuinely believes he has superpowers... until he finds himself caught up in an all-too-real life adventure.
Carrie (1976)
A bullied teenager, pushed to breaking point, discovers something unexpected about herself.
A Civil Action (1998)
Courtroom drama about poisoned water.
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
A divorced dad finds himself at loggerheads with his son's new stepfather.
Face/Off (1997)
A government agent chases a criminal mastermind.
From Paris With Love (2010)
A low-ranking official at the US embassy in Paris teams up with a special agent to foil a terrorist plot.
Get Shorty (1995)
A Miami loan shark discovers even more bizarre characters in Hollywood.
The General's Daughter (1998)
A warrant officer investigates the bizarre murder of a woman, whose body is left staked out on an army base.
Grease (1978)
Cult musical about the romance between a naive Aussie and school stud. Singalong version back in cinemas for Valentine's Day.
Hairspray (2007)
A big-budget remake of the John Waters classic, with a teenage hair hopper rebel becoming a star even without a dainty figure.
Killing Season (2013)
American and Serb soldiers who fought on opposite sides in the Bosnia War clash once again in a tense, action-packed game of cat and mouse set in the gorgeous yet inaccessible Appalachian Mountains.
Ladder 49 (2004)
In praise of the firefighter, post 9/11.
Mad City (1997)
A reporter sees a hostage crisis as a big break.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Killers and junkies interact and outeract in a merry-go-mayhem ensemble of violent eccentricity.
The Punisher (2004)
Comicbook revenge action picture that takes no prisoners.
Savages (2012)
A pair of pot growers clash with a drug cartel after their girlfriend is kidnapped.
Swordfish (2001)
Super-hacker Hugh Jackman is induced to work for an out-of-control government agent John Travolta.
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
A group of armed men hold a crowded New York City subway train to ransom in this remake of the 1974 thriller.
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Exploration of the Guadalcanal conflict during the Second World War.
Wild Hogs (2007)
A road trip for middle-aged, middle-class, middle-minded bikers.
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