Irish-American Terry (Sean Penn) returns to his old neighbourhood, after a mysterious absence. He is reunited with his childhood friend Jackie (Gary Oldman), now working in arson & extortion rackets, but a possible alliance with an Italian mob brings trouble for Terry's friends, & Terry himself might not be all he says he is. Based on a real-life New York gang, The Westies, who ruled ' Hell's Kitchen' during the 1970s. ...

Jack & Cindy meet at a friend's party, are instantly drawn to one another, & over the next seven years they come to realise the truth about themselves & their feelings for each other. They think their love has been tested to the limit, but when Cindy falls seriously ill, they face their greatest challenge. ...

Investigates California's vital contributions to Conceptual art
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Political thriller based on the acclaimed 2003 BBC mini-series. With the action transposed from Westminster to Washington, the film follows the investigations of journalist Cal Mc Affrey (Russell Crowe) as he probes into the suspicious death of the mistress & former research assistant of ambitious up-&-coming Congressman & potential presidential candidate Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). As he works alongside the police on the case, Mc Affrey becomes romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife, Anne (Robin Wright Penn). ...

Triple bill of films starring Russell Crowe. ' State of Play' (2009) is a political thriller based on the acclaimed 2003 BBC mini-series. With the action transposed from Westminster to Washington, the film follows the investigations of journalist Cal Mc Affrey (Crowe) as he probes into the suspicious death of the mistress & former research assistant of ambitious up-&-coming Congressman & potential presidential candidate Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). As he works alongside the police on the case, Mc Affrey becomes romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife, Anne (Robin Wright Penn). Ridley Scott's Roman epic ' Gladiator' (2000) draws its inspiration from Anthony Mann's ' The Fall of the Roman Empire' (1964) & Stanley Kubrick's ' Spartacus' (1960). After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) betrays the Emperor's beloved General Maximus (Crowe) & takes the throne for himself. Maximus is sold as a slave & then trained as a gladiator, keeping himself strong with thoughts of revenge. Eventually he is taken to the Colosseum, where he prepares to fight in a contest presided over by the corrupt Commodus. Will he suffer the ultimate humiliation & die for the entertainment of his enemy or will he survive the rigors of the arena & find a way of exacting his revenge? Ridley Scott also directs ' American Gangster' (2007), a biopic of 1970s Harlem drug baron Frank Lucas. When his boss dies, underworld driver Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seizes his chance & begins to build his own criminal empire. Utilising the bodies of dead US soldiers, Lucas begins importing heroin direct from South-East Asia, increasing purity on the street, & undercutting his rivals in one swoop. Before long he's amassed a fortune, bringing him to the attention of maverick policeman Ritchie Roberts (Crowe), an honest cop in an otherwise corrupt force, who makes it his business to shut Lucas down. ...

Complete first series of the BBC's controversial television drama about corporate & government conspiracy, starring Bill Nighy & John Simm. When a teenage drug-dealer is shot dead & a high-profile MP's lover is killed falling under a Tube train, investigative journalist Cal Mc Caffrey (Simm) is asked by his editor to find out if there was any connection between the two deaths. Cal's discovery of a missing briefcase that may contain information sensitive to the government puts his life in danger, & with a hitman on his tail he needs police protection. At the same time, Cal's growing involvement with the MP's wife begins to compromise his objectivity, & when he discovers a link between the dead girl, the government & the sinister U-Ex Oil company, his position at the newspaper is abruptly terminated. Trying to stay one step ahead of the people after him, Cal is able to expose the person responsible for ordering the killings, unleashing a controversy that could bring down the government. ...

Based on the true story of Alwyn Peter, a Queensland Aboriginal charged with murder in 1979; his case created legal precedent when he was released on parole after his lawyers argued that men, like Peter, were shaped & destroyed by their artificially created environments on Queensland reserves (2 acts, 3 men, 2 women). ...