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Reluctant Fundamentalist, TheReluctant Fundamentalist, The (2012)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber
A Pakistani Princeton graduate's life in America is shattered in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in this searing adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's…
SiegeSiege (2012)
Feat. Mark Mitchinson, Joel Tobeck, Kirk Torrance
Napier's recent siege crisis in which small–time cannabis grower Jan Molenaar barricaded himself in his home after shooting a Senior Constable…
Zero Dark ThirtyZero Dark Thirty (2012) Recommended
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER) directs this formidable thriller based on the CIA's decade–long manhunt for Osama bin Laden.
Greetings to the DevilGreetings to the Devil (2011)
Dir. Juan Felipe Orozco
Feat. Édgar Ramírez, Ricardo Vélez, Carolina Gómez
Fast and aggressive Colombian thriller stars the charismatic Édgar Ramírez, fresh off CARLOS, as a former guerrilla forced to hunt down and kill…
Homeland - Season 1 (TV Series)Homeland - Season 1 (TV Series) (2011) Aro Favourite
Feat. Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin
Anchored by Claire Danes's riveting, high–tensile performance, this outstanding surveillance thriller centres on the return of an Iraq war hero…
Kidnap and Ransom (TV Series)Kidnap and Ransom (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Trevor Eve, John Hannah, Helen Baxendale
Muscular ITV hostage thriller, centred on an expert negotiator whose latest assignment comes unstuck in volatile South Africa. Carefully balances…
RebellionRebellion (2011)
Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi
A proficient, airtight geopolitical thriller from dir. Kassovitz, who also stars as the captain of a counterterrorist division sent to New Caledonia…
Straw DogsStraw Dogs (2011)
Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard
Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 film is bleached, but certainly not bettered in this nasty remake that goes for broke in the violence stakes,…
24 - Season 8 (TV Series)24 - Season 8 (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
Final season of the high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
CarlosCarlos (Carlos the Jackal) (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Édgar Ramírez, Nora von Waldstätten, Alexander Scheer
An explosive, globe–trotting biopic of Venezuelan terrorist and fugitive Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – aka Carlos the Jackal – whose exploits…

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