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In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam.

But when the US president (Donald Pleasence) crash-lands inside, only one man can bring him back: notorious outlaw and former special forces war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), but time is short. In 24 hours, an explosive device implanted in his neck will end Snake's mission - and his life - unless he succeeds.

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Fourteen-year-old Tyler (Conrad Khan) attends a pupil referral unit, where he is isolated and bullied. At home he must look after his younger sister Aliyah (Tabitha Milne-Price) while his mother, Toni (Ashley Madekwe), works nights.

When the preoccupied and exhausted Toni loses her job, she thrusts the family into a desperate financial situation, leaving Tyler vulnerable to a 'recruiter' who targets children to promote a drug-dealing enterprise out of the city. This powerful drama about a mother and her son who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drugs network - a 'county line' - is inspired by Henry Blake's first-hand experience as a youth worker on the frontline of child exploitation and drug trafficking in the UK.

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Loach was awarded the 1981 Young Cinema Award at Cannes for this naturalistic study of one young man's struggle to find his way in the world set against a backdrop of Thatcherism and the Irish troubles.

Based on Barry Hines' acclaimed novel, and made at a time when British unemployment was already reaching record levels, 'Looks and Smiles' follows Mick, a teenager looking for work in recession-hit Sheffield. Featuring a cast of unknown leads, with hauntingly lyrical black and white cinematography of bleak industrial scenes, this gritty portrait is as important a film to watch today as it was on first release.

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Packing years of experience and a .45, LAPD Detective Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) figures he's got all the help he needs. He's also got all the help he doesn't need: a by-the-book newcomer partner (Charlie Sheen). Each one reluctantly relies on the other to stop a killer-elite auto theft gang.

Co-stars include Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Lara Flynn Boyle and Tom Skerritt. A ™ freeway becomes an 80-mph bumper car game. A barrio bar busts open like a giant pinata. The two drive through a wall to escape an exploding building...five stories up. Fasten your seatbelt.

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A simple tale of a year in the life of a Gamekeeper. From the troubles involved in rearing the pheasants and dealing with predators (poachers and foxes). The gamekeeper shows us all the good things about living so close to nature. The end of his year comes with the organised shoot.

He has the sudden pressure of dealing with a lot of people, (beaters, the guns and 'the master') and ensuring that everyone has a good day and stays safe.

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The world's most renowned fictional lawyer is back on the case in this exciting HBO series that tells the origin story of master criminal defence attorney Perry Mason.

Set in 1931 Los Angeles, this edgy, noirish update puts a new spin on the iconic character created by Erle Stanley Gardner and made famous by the classic TV show that ran from 1957 to 1966. Through eight twisty cliff-hanger episodes, Mason (Matthew Rhys) is determined to do what's right - even when it's not necessarily legal - as he digs into a controversial and politically loaded case, exposing a fractured city and a possible police cover-up.

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Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz.

In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and 'Birdman' Robert Stroud, was only broken once - by three men never heard of again.Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed escape; Patrick McGoohan is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic re-enactment of the true story has all the power one expects from an Eastwood/Siegel movie.

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Unrelenting in his pursuit of justice, Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) is fast closing in on his latest adversary - a psychopath dubbed "The Code Killer". McCaleb suffers a massive heart attack, leaving the crimes open as he is forced into early retirement.

Two years later, a beautiful stranger (Wanda De Jesus) walks into his life and reveals that McCaleb's life was actually saved by the death of her murdered sister. Against everyone's advice, and with the help of his neighbour (Jeff Daniels), McCaleb feels compelled to track down the murderer of this unsolved case. He is a heartbeat away from catching the killer.

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Decorated veteran and PTSD sufferer, Jason Hill (Sean Patrick Flanery) is meeting his wife, Jennifer (Gina Holden), for lunch at the Veteran's Affairs hospital where she works.

After Jennifer is called away for an emergency consultation with a US military General, Jason leaves the VA with a strong feeling that something isn't quite right. He doubles back to take a second look, just as the hospital and everyone in it is taken hostage by heavily armed terrorists. With all communications in and out of the hospital cut off, Jason becomes the last line of defense and must battle the terrorists and his own PTSD induced demons to save his wife, the General and the rest of the hospital staff.

Clint Eastwood is walking a Tightrope of suspense. By day, Wes Block is a conscientious cop raising his two daughters alone. But by night, he indulges his bizarre sexual tastes in the sleazy New Orleans twilight world.

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Stevie (Robert Carlyle), a young Glaswegian just out of Barlinnie prison, comes down to London and gets a job on a building site - a melting pot of itinerant labourers from all over the country.

Here he has to contend with Mick the bossy ganger trying - but usually failing to control his workers, Shem, Mo (George Moss) and Larry (Ricky Tomlinson) and the other lads as they duck and dive the rules and regulations of the building trade. Stevie has other problems to contend: the wages are low, the site teems with rats, he has nowhere to sleep and life in London isn't that easy. One day, on his way to work, Stevie finds a handbag in a skip. He takes it back to it owner and meets Susan. As Stevie and Susan learn to live with the ups and downs of life in London, Riff-Raff builds a portrait - sometimes gritty, often funny of life as it is lived in the margins.

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Baghdad, Iraq 2003. Mission: unclear. Enemy: unidentified. Duration of tour: unknown.

It was impossible for the Marines of the First Recon Battalion to anticipate what would occur during those first 40 days of the Iraq War as they found themselves struggling with shoddy supplies, frustrated by the chain of command and questioning the mission at every turn. Fused with camaraderie, faith and fury, Generation Kill brings you the gritty, raw and brutally honest insider's look at what has become of our comtemporary American war. Based on Evan Wright's best-selling book, and produced by David Simon and Ed Burns, two of the men who brought you the critically heralded HBO series The Wire, Generation Kill is now an equally acclaimed seven-part miniseries event from HBO Films.

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Executive produced by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis, 'Project Blue Book' is inspired by the real-life experiences of Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen), a brilliant college professor recruited by the U.S.

Air Force to spearhead a clandestine operation to investigate UFO sightings and alleged extra-terrestrial encounters. Drawing from actual case files, 'Project Blue Book' blends UFO theories with authentic historical events, exposing an incredible mystery that persists to this day.

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British filmmaking showed much of its potential in this marvellous production chronicling the boyhood experiences of Billy (David Bradley), whose expectations lead no further than following his father into the pits when he reaches manhood.

Everything changes when he finds Kes, an injured Kestrel, whom he nurses and cherishes back to health. Their relationship becomes symbolic of a doomed attempt to escape the drudgery of the industrial North.

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A laid-back jazz DJ (Clint Eastwood), with a taste for good-looking cars and women, enjoys what he thinks is a one night stand with an attractive brunette (Jessica Walter) who admits she's one of his biggest fans.

But the one night becomes a recurring nightmare as she pursues him relentlessly, turning his carefree existence into a living hell that threatens to destroy everything that matters to him.