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• Vampires Suck (2010) (12) Vampires Suck (2010) (12)
  Synopsis
  Comedy spoof of the 'Twilight' teen vampire films. Jenn Proske stars as sultry high school new girl Becca, who finds herself torn between two boys, Edward (Matt Lanter) and Jacob (Chris Riggi). As she struggles with her conflicting romantic entanglements as well as negotiating new friendships and rebuilding her relationship with her semi-estranged father, everything comes to a head at the school prom.
• Valentine's Day (2010) (12) Valentine's Day (2010) (12)
  Synopsis
  Premiere. Anthology of stories charting the romantic complications of various Los Angeles residents. A businessman and a soldier on leave share a flight home, a teacher is smitten with a doctor and an elderly couple comfort their lovesick grandson. Romantic comedy drama, with Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) (12) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) (12)
  Synopsis
  Two Americans on a break in Spain encounter a seductive painter, who invites them to spend time with him at his home in Oviedo. Though the more timid of the pair is initially reluctant, her free-spirited friend persuades her to come along, resulting in a series of romantic encounters and an explosive experience with the artist's ex-wife. Woody Allen's comedy, with Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem and an Oscar-winning Penelope Cruz
• Vampire Diary (2007) (18) Vampire Diary (2007) (18)
  Synopsis
  The London Goth scene is the backdrop for this tale about a documentary filmmaker who discovers a rising new star with a lust for blood. Fascinated by the fashion and theatricality of the Goth movement, filmmaker Holly (Morven Macbeth) realises she's met the prospective subject of her new film in the mysterious Vicki (Anna Walton), who also claims to be a real-life vampire. As the two begin to develop more than just a professional relationship, a string of grisly murders with vampire overtones occur…
• Vertigo (1958) (PG) Vertigo (1958) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Remastered print of the oft-imitated, never bettered thriller of doomed love.
• Valhalla Rising (2009) (15) Valhalla Rising (2009) (15)
  Synopsis
  Mute slave Harald aka One Eye has been under the yoke of Scottish master Barde for far too long. With the help of 10-year-old Are, Harald escapes the bonds of servitude and seeks shelter aboard a Viking ship destined to head out to sea and back to Scandinavia. When the boat emerges from a choking fog, Harald glimpses an oddly familiar land. Soon after, the Vikings come under attack from an unseen foe.
• Vincere (2009) (15) Vincere (2009) (15)
  Synopsis
  Marco Bellocchio directs this Italian drama based on the true story of Benito Mussolini's secret first wife and son, who were hidden away by the fascist Italian leader and both went on to die in insane asylums. Giovanna Mezzogiorno stars as Ida, a young beautician who falls in love with the charismatic rising political leader and newspaper publisher Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi). After marrying him and bearing him a son (also called Benito), she is later discarded like a minor pawn in Il Duce's…
• V For Vendetta (2005) (15) V For Vendetta (2005) (15)
  Synopsis
  Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background,…
• Vantage Point (2008) (12) Vantage Point (2008) (12)
  Synopsis
  Tense, political thriller that follows an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. While visiting Spain to attend a global summit on terrorism, the American president is shot, causing instant panic and confusion in the watching crowd. Amongst them, tourist Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) has videotaped what he believes to be the gunman, and brings it to the attention of the secret service agents present. The story then unfolds from the perspective of five witnesses, each following…
• Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise (2001) (15) Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise (2001) (15)
  Synopsis
  Danny Boyle directs this off-beat comedy, starring Timothy Spall as Tommy Rag, an eccentric vaccum-cleaner salesman who decides to take on the role of mentor to new recruit Pete (Michael Begley). Both men couldn't be more different in their personal salesman styles howver, and the scene is set for an hilarious confrontation.
• Valkyrie (2008) (12) Valkyrie (2008) (12)
  Synopsis
  Fact-based thriller, re-creating the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler using a briefcase bomb. As the tide of the Second World War turns in favour of the Allies, a group of senior German officers recruits war hero Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to spearhead an attempt on the Fuehrer's life. Starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson
• Victim Of Rage (1994) (PG) Victim Of Rage (1994) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A woman marries a body-builder, despite his occasional violent outbursts, but slowly realises he has been taking steroids and has no control over his temper. Drama, starring Jaclyn Smith, Brad Johnson, David Lascher and Hilary Swank
• Viva Riva (2010) (15) Viva Riva (2010) (15)
  Synopsis
  The debut feature of Congolese film maker Djo Munga is an explosive drama set in the backstreets of Kinshasa. Riva (Patsha Bay Mukana) is a charismatic hustler trying to get his hands on a lucrative cache of petrol, which is in short supply in the city and fetching sky-high prices. His attempts to secure the fuel soon bring him up against some unlikely adversaries, including crime boss Azor (Diplome Amekindra) - and things heat up even more when Riva falls passionately in lust with Azor's girlfriend…
• Villa Amalia (2009) (15) Villa Amalia (2009) (15)
  Synopsis
  French drama starring Isabelle Huppert, adapted from a novel by Pascal Quignard. When Ann (Huppert), a successful concert pianist, briefly witnesses her long-term partner Thomas (Xavier Beauvois) passionately kissing a woman in the doorway of their Paris home, something snaps inside her and she makes a decision to leave her entire life behind and reinvent her existence. Enlisting the help of Georges (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a friend from her distant past, she erases all trace of her past, cuts off…
• Vanessa (1977) (18) Vanessa (1977) (18)
  Synopsis
  Cult softcore heavy-breather, chronicling the exploits of a convent girl who inherits a string of brothels in Hong Kong. Her clients discover there's nun so accommodating as the heavenly Vanessa, whose sexual charms prove habit forming.
• Vamp (1986) (18) Vamp (1986) (18)
  Synopsis
  1980s comedy horror starring singer Grace Jones. A bunch of college students go to a nightclub to search for a stripper for their fraternity party. However, it all goes disastrously wrong when the women turn out to be vampires.
• Van Helsing (2004) (12) Van Helsing (2004) (12)
  Synopsis
  A vampire slayer heads for Transylvania to help a gypsy princess destroy evil bloodsucker Count Dracula and bring his reign of terror to an end. But he must first do battle with a werewolf, Frankenstein's monster and the count's trio of sharp-toothed brides. Gothic action adventure, starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley and Will Kemp
• Venus (2006) (15) Venus (2006) (15)
  Synopsis
  Veteran actors Maurice and Ian are revelling in their retirement, enjoying heated conversations down the local café with their friend. The men's gentle routine is interrupted by the arrival of Ian's grand-niece Jessie, who drives poor Ian to despair. However, Maurice is quite taken with the bright, bolshy youngster and a tender friendship is forged as these two unlikely companions enjoy the sights of London on increasingly frequent day trips.
• Vixen! (1968) (18) Vixen! (1968) (18)
  Synopsis
  Russ Meyer indulges his interest in the curvaceous female form once more with the buxom Erica Gavin starring as the sex-hungry resident of a Canadian mountain resort. Whilst her husband is busy flying in the tourists, she concentrates on showing those already on terra ferma a good time, even extending her hospitality to her biker brother.
• Vienna Boys' Choir: Silk Road (2009) (E) Vienna Boys' Choir: Silk Road (2009) (E)
  Synopsis
  Feature-length documentary following members of The Vienna Boys' Choir as they embark on their ambitious 'Silk Road' project, a children's opera based on original songs from Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and China. After nearly a year of rehearsals the choir take to the actual Silk Road to perform the piece in diverse and exotic locations including an antique theatre in Turkey, on Samarkand's Registan and in the Taklamakan desert.
• Vanilla Sky (2001) (15) Vanilla Sky (2001) (15)
  Synopsis
  The laid-back lifestyle of an arrogant New York playboy is shattered when his unstable girlfriend drives off a bridge with him in the car. Although he survives, he struggles to put his life back together in the face of a series of strange events. Cameron Crowe's remake of Spanish thriller Open Your Eyes, starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee and Penelope Cruz, who also appeared in the original
• Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) (12) Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) (12)
  Synopsis
  A woman is understandably horrified to discover her apparently kind-hearted neighbour has somehow managed to install state-of-the-art surveillance equipment throughout her home, so he can spy on her and her family. Fact-based drama, starring Angie Harmon, Jamey Sheridan and Dale Midkiff
• Vertical Limit (2000) (12) Vertical Limit (2000) (12)
  Synopsis
  A wildlife photographer is forced to master his fears and the elements as he leads an expedition to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain, on a desperate mission to rescue his estranged sister and her fellow mountaineers, who have fallen into a crevasse. Action adventure, starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn and Robin Tunney
• Vera Drake (2004) (12) Vera Drake (2004) (12)
  Synopsis
  A kindly woman living in 1950s London carries out discreet illegal abortions for women in desperate straits, an activity she keeps secret from her family. However, the business is exposed when a young woman falls seriously ill after the operation, leaving her facing prosecution. Mike Leigh's drama, starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Eddie Marsan and Sally Hawkins
• Virtual Girl 2 - Naked Vegas (2000) (18) Virtual Girl 2 - Naked Vegas (2000) (18)
  Synopsis
  Erotic drama. Software expert Louis Burke has come up with the ultimate in virtual adult entertainment - ably assisted by his brilliant and seductive assistant, Sharon Tessier. Sharon takes the pair's new program to Las Vegas to see if it can make the grade in the entertainment capital of the world, and is soon entertaining and performing for millions.
• Van Wilder Freshman Year (2009) (18) Van Wilder Freshman Year (2009) (18)
  Synopsis
  National Lampoon sex comedy prequel. It's freshman year at Coolidge College, and Van Wilder (Jonathan Bennett) is ready to party. However, to his dismay, all the girls have taken a vow of chastity and an uptight Dean (Kurt Fuller) rules the school. Van embarks on a crusade to liberate his school from sexual oppression and get it on with the campus hottie, Kaitlin (Kristin Cavallari).
• Videocracy (2009) (E) Videocracy (2009) (E)
  Synopsis
  Documentary looking at culture and politics in modern Italy. The film examines the ways in which Silvio Berlusconi's political and media monopolies have shaped public opinion and the aspirations of young people in a country that has become increasingly fixated upon television, sex and celebrity.
• Valley Of The Dolls (1967) (15) Valley Of The Dolls (1967) (15)
  Synopsis
  A small-town girl hopes to make it big in Hollywood, but gets entangled in the decadent and destructive world of showbusiness, awash with drug-taking and unfulfilled dreams. Drama based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann, starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke and Sharon Tate
• Vacancy 2 - The First Cut (2009) (18) Vacancy 2 - The First Cut (2009) (18)
  Synopsis
  Prequel to the 2007 'torture porn' horror film 'Vacancy'. When three young people (Agnes Bruckner, Arjay Smith and Trevor Wright) check into the Meadow View Inn for the night, they have no idea that the motel is run by sick-minded snuff movie exponent Mr Smith (Scott G. Anderson) and his sadistic accomplices. Will the trio get out alive?
• Venus In Furs (1969) (18) Venus In Furs (1969) (18)
  Synopsis
  A musician in Istanbul witnesses a woman being assaulted and later finds her dead body in the sea. Fleeing to Rio to put these horrific events behind him, he meets a woman who looks identical to the murder victim and develops a disturbing infatuation. Horror, starring James Darren, Barbara McNair and Klaus Kinski
• Valentin (2002) (PG) Valentin (2002) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Alejandro Agresti's film is semi-biographical in that it centres on an eight-year-old boy growing up in Buenos Aires during the mid Sixties. Valentin lives with his eccentric grandmother (Carmen Maura) while his divorced father (played by Agresti) lives in the city and only visits occassionally. Valentin's male role models are men from the village he lives in but his grandmother is not really the ideal mother-figure. So he sets about finding a woman who would be a suitable mother and wife for his…
• Volunteers (1986) (15) Volunteers (1986) (15)
  Synopsis
  Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks) is a snide, rich, playboy, who runs up a series of gambling debts and has to make a quick exit. His only means of escape is through enlisting in the Peace Corps in Thailand. There, he meets a variety of American volunteers, whose gung-ho enthusiasm ensures a clash of personalities with the laid back aristocrat. Also starring John Candy and Rita Wilson.
• Von Ryan's Express (1965) (PG) Von Ryan's Express (1965) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A courageous American colonel with a never-say-die attitude is held in a PoW camp. He boldly sets out to lead a group of Allied prisoners in a daring mass escape bid by hijacking a freight train and fleeing through occupied Italy to Switzerland. Second World War action adventure, starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter and James Brolin
• Vanishing Point (1971) (18) Vanishing Point (1971) (18)
  Synopsis
  A former racing driver embarks on an epic drug-fuelled trip from Denver to San Francisco. Along the way, he plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the law, winning the admiration of a DJ who helps him stay one step ahead of his pursuers. Thriller, starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Victoria Medlin and Dean Jagger
• Vengeance (2009) (18) Vengeance (2009) (18)
  Synopsis
  Hong Kong action thriller directed by Johnnie To. French pop star Johnny Hallyday stars as Castello, a former hitman suffering from short-term memory loss on account of a bullet lodged in his brain. After a violent mafia attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong leaves her husband and two children dead, Castello enlists the help of three professional assassins - Kwai (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang), Chu (Ka Tung Lam) and Lok (Suet Lam) - to exact his revenge.
• Virgin Hunters (1993) (18) Virgin Hunters (1993) (18)
  Synopsis
  In the distant future the highly moral government has banned sex - and even thinking about sex. Two randy male students decide that a change is needed, so they steal a time machine and travel back to an era before the draconian rules were made. However, they land in the middle of a girls' dormitory and become somewhat side-tracked, unaware that they have been followed from the future by a cyborg bounty hunter - The Sperminator.
• Violence in a Woman's Prison (1982) (18) Violence in a Woman's Prison (1982) (18)
  Synopsis
  Laura Gemser plays Emanuelle, an undercover reporter, who goes into a women's prison to expose the corruption and violence that the sadistic warden Lorraine De Selle imposes on the inmates. She is discovered, however, and is locked in a cell filled with dirty rats as punishment. She eventually manages to escape but not before witnessing the torture and violent sex the prisoners must endure. Also known as 'Emanuelle in Prison'.
• Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1969) (15) Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1969) (15)
  Synopsis
  Valerie, a young village girl on the cusp of adolescence, indulges in Gothic daydreams and fantasies. Vampires, witches and religious and mystic images are intricately woven into a dreamlike fairytale.
• Vaanam (2011) (TBC) Vaanam (2011) (TBC)
  Synopsis
  Tamil-language drama remade by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi from his own 2010 Telugu-language film. The film follows the intersecting stories of a group of 20-somethings in Chennai who are brought together by a terrorist attack on the city's hospital.
• Vampire Hunter D (1985) (15) Vampire Hunter D (1985) (15)
  Synopsis
  12,090 A.D. The earth is plagued with vampires and Count Magnus Lee is in charge of the motley crew. 'D' is the name of the mysterious vampire, and represents the only hope for good over evil.
• Veer (2010) (12) Veer (2010) (12)
  Synopsis
  Anil Sharma directs this big-budget Bollywood historical action drama set in the 1880s. The film is co-written by actor Salman Khan, who also stars as a fearless Pindari warrior in love with a Rajput Princess played by Zarine Khan.
• Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010) (PG) Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Raised in a Jewish orphanage in London, Vidal Sassoon was at the forefront of British and then global fashion in the 1960s, revolutionising hair for an entire generation of women with his distinctive geometric cuts. This documentary celebrates the enduring popularity of the fashion icon, intercutting archive footage of Sassoon throughout his giddy rise to fame with a present-day interview with the maestro, reflecting on his incredible career.
• Very Bad Things (1998) (18) Very Bad Things (1998) (18)
  Synopsis
  Laura (Cameron Diaz) and Kyle (Jon Favreau) are a happy couple, about to celebrate the wedding of their dreams. To help set them off in style, Kyle's buddies organise a stag night that turns out to be unforgettable - for all the wrong reasons. During the debauched festivities, a young stripper is killed and rather than going to the police, Kyle is convinced that he should dispose of the body in the desert. This sets off a chain of events which spirals out of Kyle's control. Hardly the best preparation…
• Villa Rides (1968) (15) Villa Rides (1968) (15)
  Synopsis
  An American pilot acts as a gunrunner for Mexican rebels during the 1912 uprising, but when he meets the famous revolutionary Pancho Villa, he is coerced into joining the fighting. He makes an enemy of Villa's right-hand man, while the rebel leader faces treachery from his political allies. Action adventure, starring Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson and Herbert Lom
• Vice Versa (1988) (PG) Vice Versa (1988) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A department store executive returns from a trip to Thailand in possession of a mysterious artefact that causes him to change places with his 11-year-old son. While the horrified father struggles to cope with a world of teachers and school bullies, the youngster is revelling in the perks of being a grown-up. Fantasy comedy, starring Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz and Corinne Bohrer
• Vanishing Act (1986) (PG) Vanishing Act (1986) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A week into their marriage, a couple have a row and the wife walks out. The husband reports her missing but a week later a woman appears but he claims it's not his wife.
• Vampire Bats (2005) (18) Vampire Bats (2005) (18)
  Synopsis
  An insect specialist moves to Louisiana with her family to embark on a quiet life as a college professor. However, when a student's body is found completely drained of blood, she uncovers terrifying evidence of the existence of mutated vampire bats on a killing rampage. Horror, starring Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal and Liam Waite
• Vows Of Deception (1996) (PG) Vows Of Deception (1996) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A rich man marries a beautiful woman who turns out to be a scheming seductress with one eye on his bank balance and the other on her handsome new stepson. Thriller, starring Cheryl Ladd, Nick Mancuso and Mike Farrell
• Virus (1999) (18) Virus (1999) (18)
  Synopsis
  The crew of a salvage tug boards a deserted ship at sea in an attempt to find out what happened to its missing personnel - but falls prey to out-of-control machinery infected by an alien virus. Sci-fi thriller, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin