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Love, Honour and ObeyLove, Honour and Obey (2000)
Dir. Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Feat. Jonny Lee Miller, Ray Winstone, Jude Law
Jonny Lee Miller is appealing as a mischief–making wannabe–crim in this half–serious set of London gangster moves, that basically…
One Hundred Steps, TheOne Hundred Steps, The (I Cento Passi) (2000)
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Expansive, fact–based drama set around a young man's fight against local mafiosos in the small Sicilian village of Cinisi in the…
Essex BoysEssex Boys (1999)
Dir. Terry Winsor
Feat. Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean
One of the present wave of British crime–films, this tale of trainee cabbie Charlie Creed–Miles going to work for volatile hard–man…
HeavenHeaven (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards
Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…
If… Dog… Rabbit… (1999)
Dir. Matthew Modine
Feat. Matthew Modine, Bruce Dern, John Hurt
Directorial debut for actor Matthew Modine (who also stars), coming up with a by now rather familiar gangster caper, set among an eccentric bunch of…
Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1 (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nick Gomez, John Patterson, David Chase
Feat. James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco
Groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan as a parade of suburban neurosis, pop–culture…
Suicide KingsSuicide Kings (1999)
Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary
Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
Two HandsTwo Hands (1999) Recommended
Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand
Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper… Overcoming the…
Lock Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran
The independent hit of 1998 is a massively assured directing debut and an entertainment sensation. Cocked with sharp dialogue, intricate plotting,…
Donnie BrascoDonnie Brasco (1997) Recommended
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Riveting, true–life tale of an FBI agent's perilous infiltration of the New York Mafia in the 70s. A knife–edge dramatic tension is…

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