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K-9 (1989)
Hollywood, desperately looking for new variations on the mismatched-cops scenario, briefly lit upon the concep...
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Kamui: The Lone Ninja
A man turns his back on his ninja training after witnessing fellow warriors using their talents for self-servi...
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The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
Given that it's produced by Karen's surviving brother Richard, it's hardly surprising that this TV-movie biopi...
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Katalin Varga (2008)
An act of violence initiates a tragic cycle of destruction in this slow-burning, Transylvania-set revenge dram...
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Keeping the Faith (2000)
This good-natured romantic comedy has appealing actors, a few good laughs and some unpretentious insights into...
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Kes (1969)
Ken Loach seems to acquire a surer mastery of his art with each picture, yet this, one of his earliest feature...
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Khartoum (1966)
Charlton Heston stars in this big-budget epic about General Gordon's last stand, when Sudanese warriors, led b...
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Kick-Ass (2009)
Based on the graphic novel sensation by Mark Millar (Wanted), director Matthew Vaughn's cutting-edge adaptatio...
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The Kids Are Alright (1978)
The value of this "rockumentary" trip through the highs and lows of the Who's career was increased by the deat...
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Kill Bill Vol 2 (2003)
Long-winded, overly self-indulgent and talky, director Quentin Tarantino's bloated wrap-up of his bloody reven...
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Kill Switch (2008)
A serial killer has the people of Memphis city living in fear for their lives, until a renowned homicide detec...
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The Killer Elite (1975)
When the picture he wanted to make - The Insurance Company - was abruptly cancelled by the studio, Sam Peckinp...
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Killer Flood (2003)
An attention-grabbing title is the most dramatic aspect of this substandard small-screen disaster movie. After...
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The Killer Shrews (1959)
Surely one of the all-time movie howlers. For sheer nerve the makers ought to have grabbed an Oscar for attemp...
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Killer's Kiss (1955)
With films such as Dr Strangelove, 2001: a Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick became one of...
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The Killing Machine
A KGB assassin is based in America for years, but when the Cold War ends, he finds himself adrift in a foreign...
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
This undemanding picture proves that Arnold Schwarzenegger can do comedy, providing he doesn't try too hard. A...
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King Arthur (2004)
Less a "re-imagining" of the Arthurian legend and more a Dark Ages-set remake of The Magnificent Seven, this J...
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King Kong (2005)
Director Peter Jackson fulfilled his lifelong ambition with this second remake of the 1933 classic. He lovingl...
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Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Leon meets Romeo Must Die in this furiously kinetic action thriller that combines the amazing fighting talents...
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Kiss the Sky (1998)
Two businessmen visit the Philippines, where they forsake their families and delve back into their drunken, dr...
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The Kitchen Toto (1987)
The sadly missed Bob Peck gives one of his all too rare film performances as the British Chief of Police handl...
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Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
Learning chess gives new meaning to the lives of disadvantaged inner-city kids in this simplistic but upliftin...
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Knock Off (1998)
Appropriately, the counterfeit brands - or "knock-offs" - market forms the backdrop of this Jean-Claude Van Da...
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Knowing (2009)
Nicolas Cage stars in this thriller from director Alex Proyas (I, Robot) that serves up a heady mix of allegor...
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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
An offbeat, and often off-beam, documentary-cum-meditation about the decline of western civilisation, using th...
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The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
Having worked together on Anna Karenina and ivansxtc., Danny Huston and director Bernard Rose reteam for anoth...
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Kronk's New Groove (2005)
The muscle-bound sidekick of the evil Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove has seemingly turned over a new leaf ...
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La Bamba (1987)
Most pop biopics are tepid affairs, but the same cannot be said for director Luis Valdez's engrossing re-creat...
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La Danse: the Paris Opera Ballet (2009)
Having already profiled La Comédie-Française and the American Ballet Theatre in the mid-1990s, Frederick Wis...
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La Piscine
Couple Jean-Paul and Marianne take a holiday at a villa in St Tropez. Relations become strained when Marianne'...
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
DH Lawrence's notorious novel has been filmed several times, but French director Pascale Ferran is the first w...
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Lakeview Terrace (2008)
This powerful thriller from writer/director Neil LaBute provides Samuel L Jackson with a really decent leading...
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Land of the Lost (2009)
In a parallel universe where oddness is the norm, Will Ferrell should feel right at home. Instead, he's swampe...
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The Last Armoured Train
A Russian general takes command of a motley crew of soldiers and civilians, leading them away from German troo...
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The Last Castle (2001)
Robert Redford was paid a sizeable amount of money to star in this men-behind-bars drama. Unfortunately, neith...
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Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson lend some weight to this otherwise unchallenging romantic comedy about an awk...
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The Last Emperor (1987)
This majestic epic from director Bernardo Bertolucci was the first western production to be allowed to film in...
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The Last House on the Left (2008)
Two girls are subjected to a horrific ordeal by a bunch of lowlifes in this remake of Wes Craven's notorious 1...
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The Last Picture Show: the Director's Cut (2000)
Beautifully adapted by director Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry (from the latter's novel), this is a mast...
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Last Rites
Premiere. A meteor crashlands in Los Angeles, bringing with it alien spores that transform the infected into f...
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The Last Seven (2010)
In this low-budget British puzzler, a man wakes up in a spookily deserted London and joins a motley bunch of i...
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The Last Song (2010)
Summer at her father's beach house proves something of a learning experience for a restless teenage girl in th...
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The Last Station (2009)
This true-story drama about Leo Tolstoy's final days boasts a fascinating premise and a fine cast, but ends up...
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Latcho Drom (1993)
This is the second of Tony Gatlif's trilogy, which includes Les Princes (1982) and Gadjo Dilo (1997). Followi...
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Law and Disorder (1958)
This is a smashing little comedy from the Lavender Hill Mob pairing of director Charles Crichton and co-writer...
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Lawman (1971)
Michael Winner is a man who obviously loves the movies, and as a producer is capable of assembling major playe...
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