A distraught mum gets a call from the daughter she thought was murdered five years ago and sets out to find her - but instead discovers indescribable evil.
The mystery's got some darker touches than might be expected, the process of updating Nancy from the Thirties to the new millennium is well handled, but there's little originality, little sparkle.
Upon moving to LA, a teenage girl uncovers clues to the mysterious disappearance of a Hollywood star.
It might be light fun, but its bland derivativeness and lack of any cohesive attempt to tackle its own core subject matter will make you want to forget it faster than a disposable diaper.
A young graduate gets a taste of what life is like for the rich after inadvertently becoming a nanny.
The uncompromising nature of Carnahan's approach, with its full-on confrontational style, is contained by an absolute conviction and a refusal to cheat for sensation's sake.
Jason Patric joins embittered detective Ray Liotta in tracking down the killer of a narcotics agent.
Frustratingly, the film isn’t really concerned with its setting, and the large bulk of the plot is a time travel caper that’s solvable within a few minutes of it being revealed.
A troubled cop tackles a case in a near-future world where all recreational drugs are legal.
It either, depending on how open you are to it, completely goes off the rails in the final 20 minutes and destroys its credibility, or instead delivers a provocative moral twist
A gay couple try to have a baby with the help of their best friend... but trouble lies ahead.
This is a film, not about marriage, or sex, although on the surface that's what it appears, but about lies and whether absolute truth in life and love is possible, or even preferable.
A suspicious wife hires a prostitute to seduce her unfaithful husband.
Its first two episodes suffer from a lethargic lack of quality drama and comedy, but from episode three onwards, it digs its heels in and occasionally stuns with cleverly observed satire.
TV sitcom that satirises celebrity media types and pretentious art.
What stops it from being just another generic Christmas movie is a brilliant script by John Hughes, packed full of hilarious set pieces and perfect comic timing from Chevy Chase.
The Griswolds try to stop their Christmas turning into a Turkey.
With an unchallenging plot, some interesting facts thrown in for history fans, and likable characters, this is an unpretentious, entertaining film which adults as well as kids can enjoy.
A treasure hunter pursues a series of clues in an attempt to clear the name of a famous ancestor.
Extensive talk about the importance of serendipity in the wine making process suggests that Nossiter is taking a similar approach to his film, hoping the diversity of ingredients will generate something interesting, but he's only partly successful.
A documentary about the artisan wine business in Italy.
If the smell of exhaust nauseates you and the sight of skinny grown boys going all the way with macho machines makes you want to take up cycling, stand well back
A street racer from upstate New York drives to California to compete against the man who sent him to jail.
As in the best Neorealist works, the transitions here are seamless, the editing superb, and everything has a lucid quality that allows documentary and fiction to intermingle effortlessly.
Despite its more heavy-handed aspects, Fluk shows potential behind the camera, with a good eye for framing and patience when it comes to giving the mood of a scene time to develop.
A man returns to Israel after an eight-year absence and embarks on a trip that makes him confront his memories.
Even though Newton is a stickler, there's an appealing purity to his views and he remains likeable almost despite himself.
A young bureaucrat named Newton is sent to the jungle to monitor an election there. But Maoist blockades, forced police protection and indifferent voters make defending democracy no easy task.
The film was put together at speed and it shows, falling far short of Fukasaku's best work, but Sugawara makes a charismatic lead and there are some strong individual scenes.
A failed assassin gets out of prison to find that his clan is at war with itself, putting him in untenable position.
