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Starship Troopers
1997 129mins USA (18) Sci-Fi / Action
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starring Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer

In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost...

Robocop - Director's Cut
1987 103mins USA (18) Sci-Fi / Action
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy

Ready to serve and protect like never before, the future of law enforcement blasts his way back into cinemas from 20 May in a definitive 4K restoration – uncut and approved by Paul Verhoeven. This reissue of MGM's RoboCop (Director's Cut) will be supported by marketing materials including a poster (above), trailer (below), plus a publicity campaign.

An era-defining cult phenomenon, the visionary Dutch director's blistering sci-fi satire on the politics of corruption has never looked better and demands to be seen on the big screen. Cinemas... you have 20 seconds to comply!

This 4K restoration of the film is from the original camera negative by MGM, approved by director Paul Verhoeven.

Dune : Part Two
2024 166mins USA (12A) Science Fiction
Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet, Christopher Walken, Javier Bardem, Zendaya, Austin Butler

6 BAFTA Awards Nominations – Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Make Up & Hair, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Director

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

The Godfather
1972 175mins USA (15) Crime
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard Castellano

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.

The Godfather : Part II
1974 202mins USA (15) Film
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire

The compelling sequel to "The Godfather," contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. Traces the problems of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of a young immigrant Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) in 1917's Hell's Kitchen. Michael survives many misfortunes and Vito is introduced to a life of crime.

Blow-Up
1966 111mins UK (15) Thriller/Suspense
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Starring David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Venessa Redgrave, John Castle

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Blow Out
1981 107mins USA (18) Thriller/Suspense
Directed by Brian De Palma Starring John Travolta, John Lithgow, Nancy Allen

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terri (John Travolta) stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally (Nancy Allen) from the car, but the other passenger is already dead -- a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Fallen Angels
1995 99mins Hong Kong (15) Thriller / Romance
Directed by Wong Kar Wai Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Michele Reis, Karen Mok

An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.

Chungking Express
1994 101mins Hong Kong (12) Romance/Drama
Directed by Wong Kar Wai Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong, Valerie Chow, Tony Leung

Every day, Cop 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) buys a can of pineapple with an expiration date of May 1, symbolizing the day he'll get over his lost love. He's also got his eye on a mysterious woman in a blond wig (Brigitte Lin), oblivious of the fact she's a drug dealer. Cop 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is distraught with heartbreak over a breakup. But when his ex drops a spare set of his keys at a local cafe, a waitress (Faye Wong) lets herself into his apartment and spruces up his life.

The Thing
1982 108mins USA (18) Sci-Fi / Horror
Directed by John Carpenter Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David

In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

Prince of Darkness
1987 101mins USA (15) Horror
Directed by John Carpenter Starring Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker

Poking around in a church cellar, a priest (Donald Pleasence) finds an otherworldly vial filled with slime. Frightened, he brings his discovery to a circle of top scholars and scientists, who eventually learn that the strange liquid is the essence of Satan. The slime then begins to seep out, turning some of the academics into zombified killers. As the possessed battle the survivors, student Kelly (Susan Blanchard) is infected by a large quantity of the liquid and becomes Satan personified.

In the Mouth of Madness
1994 96mins USA (18) Horror / Fantasy
Directed by John Carpenter Starring Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Sam Neil

When horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) goes missing, insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) scrutinizes the claim made by his publisher, Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), and endeavors to retrieve a yet-to-be-released manuscript and ascertain the writer's whereabouts. Accompanied by the novelist's editor, Linda Styles (Julie Carmen), and disturbed by nightmares from reading Cane's other novels, Trent makes an eerie nighttime trek to a supernatural town in New Hampshire.

Apocalypse Now : Final Cut
1979 181mins USA (15) War
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall

In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 96mins USA (15) Documentary
Directed by George Hickenlooper|Fax Bahr|Eleanor Coppola Starring Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius, George Lucas, Orson Welles

Francis Ford Coppola began to film 'Apocalypse Now' in February 1976. After 238 days in the jungle, filming was complete and millions of dollars had been spent (Marlon Brando was on set for three weeks at a million dollars a week). Actors had been replaced (Harvey Keitel by Martin Sheen). They had all gone a bit insane (according to Coppola) and the whole thing was documented on film by his wife, Eleanor.