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The setting is a working class neighbourhood of New York in the 1950's. Amongst the characters are prostitute Tralala (Jennifer Jason-Leigh), her brutal pimp Vinnie (Peter Dobson), an effeminate homosexual (Alexis Arquette) and a corrupt union official.

The director and cast successfully bring this disturbing book to the screen.

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Johnny (David Thewlis) is a frenetic and destructive outsider who tears through the lives of others like an emotional tornado.

On the run from Manchester, he seeks sanctuary with his ex-girlfriend Louise (Lesley Sharp) in London, where he immediately targets her vulnerable housemate Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) with his unique blend of predatory charm. From there he embarks on a nocturnal odyssey across the city, dragging other disaffected souls into his orbit as he spirals towards his own personal apocalypse.

Meantime centres on an East End family, the Pollacks - Mavis, Frank and their sons Mark and Colin — and their experience of unemployment, poverty and life in early 1980s Britain. When Colin (Tim Roth) comes under the influence of skinhead Coxy (Gary Oldman), family tensions erupt into conflict-

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An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) returns home and enlists his father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport.

Tommy's estranged brother Brendan (Joel Edgerton), a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public school teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision course with each other, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense winner-take-all battle of their lives.

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The most twisted, gruesome and successful horror franchise in the world comes to a close in 'Saw: The Final Chapter'.

A deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy as a group of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) survivors gather to seek the support of self-help guru, and fellow survivor, Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery). Soon though, the survivors really must help themselves as Dagen's dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror...'Saw: The Final Chapter' brings the horrifying games of Jigsaw to a mind-blowing end.

Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw ligacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

Special Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) is dead, and Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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Meet the sexy new neighbour, Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell). He's dangerously charming - and utterly lethal. That's because he just happens to be a vampire, and out for blood...buckets of it.

After high school senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) makes the connection between Jerry's suspicious activity and a steadily rising body count he vows to end the reign of terror next door. But he can't do it alone. His only hope is Las Vegas magician/vampire-slayer Peter Vincent (David Tennant). Together, this unlikely duo set out to end Jerry's evil rampage. But Jerry is a ruthless, relentless killer, and he's not going down without a fight.

When SWAT Commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent) is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend...or face the deadly consequences.

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Four backpackers set out for a week cruising the beautiful great barrier reef on their own Yacht. When their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on the overturned hull they must make a simple choice...

stay with a damaged ship, likely to sink at any moment or try to swim for dry land? Taking to the water the group starts to close in on land but when a giant fin breaks the surface they are hit with the realization that they are being stalked by a deadly fourteen-foot white pointer shark. Will any of them make the swim or will the sea just take what it wants?

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In this Extreme Edition of 'Saw III', prepare for a truly terrifying experience from the master of cruelty. With extended scenes which have been seen before, 'Saw III' - Extreme Edition features more gore, more shocks, more Saw. Suffering? You definitely haven't seen anything yet....

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlan (Bahar Soomekh) and Jeff Reinhart (Angus Macfadyen) are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

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Jigsaw is back. The brilliant, disturbed mastermind who wreaked havoc on his victims in last year's SAW is back for another round of horrifying life-or-death games.

When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Mathews (Donnie Wahlberg) begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his nefarious plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives - and now it's time for Mathews to join the game.

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A prostitute since she was 13, Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) is a drifter with no friends and no family. Alone in a Florida bar and on the brink of suicide, she meets a young woman, Selby Wall (Christina Ricci).

Misfits thrown together by chance, they're kindred spirits - Aileen, the victim of a tragic and abusive upbringing; Selby, rejected and abandoned by her parents. Aileen is desperate to sustain the relationship that soon develops between the two of them and earns money the only way she can - turning tricks. Then, one fateful night a John turns violent. In self-defence Wuornos shoots him dead and unleashes inside herself a rage that will compel her to kill...and kill again. 'Monster' is the true and often moving story of the woman who was doomed to become America's first female serial killer.

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They come from a time of legend. A time of merciless evil where darkness reigned, when ancient warriors were born unto the world from hell, their only impulse to kill and destroy. Savage, monstrous creatures with an insatiable thirst for apocalyptic death and living flesh.

They are the Orcs and they're about to make Lord Of The Rings look like a walk in the park. Having made mince-meat of Middle Earth, now it's our turn. Somewhere within Balancing Rock National Park, deep underneath a mountain, a gateway from another dimension has opened. Hordes of Orcs are now hacking and slashing their way through the national park intent on ripping apart anyone that happens to be standing in their way. Mankind's only hope is two demented park rangers and a foxy female environmentalist- It's enough to make any outdoor enthusiast choke on their granola, that's if they don't get their face chewed off first.

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April 1982. After Argentinean troops take control of the Falkland Islands, the British task force set sail with a heroes' send off. Robert Lawrence, an enthusiastic young officer in the Royal Scots Guards, watches jealously: as a professional soldier, he is itching to join the fray.

Four months later, Robert is recuperating from a near-fatal wound received in the vital battle for Tumbledown, a peak overlooking Port Stanley. A sniper shot has blown away a large part of his brain and left him paralysed down his left side. Back home, Robert - a physical and emotional wreck - soon discovers a nation honouring the heroes of the war with memorial services and victory parades, is less keen to face the living victims. The authorities want him hidden away, his girlfriend leaves him and even his best friend fails to understand him. Raging at his treatment, visiting his old barracks, and reliving his experiences on the battlefield, Robert desperately attempts to come to terms with both his disabilities and a perception of war that contradicts and ignores his own experience.