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Paparazzi
A movie star takes revenge on a vindictive photographer in a sadistic revenge fantasy from Mel Gibson's production company.
Paradise Is Somewhere Else(Behesht Ja-ye Digari Ast)
A young boy tries to escape Iran but runs into trouble with the law, in this tense and involving drama.
Party Monster
Macaulay Culkin trashes his cleancut image in this equally trashy story of hard partying and murder in 90s New York.
Pas Sur La Bouche!
Legendary French director Alain Resnais returns with a farcical musical throwback to the 1920s.
Passion Of The Christ, The
Mel Gibson's bloody depiction of Jesus' death is powerful but simplistic: more gore than gospel.
Passion Recut, The
Mel Gibson's Jesus story gets resurrected in a shorter, less controversial cut.
Paycheck
Ben Affleck gets all frowny in this enjoyable sci-fi hokum from Face/Off director John Woo.
Perfect Husband, The
An old-fashioned grandmother's customs are increasingly undermined by her daughter and granddaughter still being unmarried in this cheesy Bollywood fare.
Perfect Score, The
This story of disaffected students banding together to steal crucial exam papers is sadly lacking in IQ.
Performance
Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg co-direct this British classic featuring sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll star Mick Jagger.
Perfume de Violetas
Oscar-nominated true-life drama from writer-director Marysa Sistach.
Persona
Re-release for Ingmar Bergman's formally adventurous and powerfully intense chamber drama.
Personal Velocity
Writer-director Rebecca Miller gets slightly out of her depth in this tale of three women dealing with their individual life crises.
Peter Pan
The flying boy takes on Captain Hook in this excellent adaptation of JM Barrie's children's classic.
Petites Coupures
Daniel Auteuil and Kristin Scott Thomas star in this meandering comic tale of a French Communist's mid-life crisis.
Phantom of the Opera
Joel Schumacher + Andrew Lloyd-Webber = not good.
Phone
Brrring, Brrrring! It's for you-hoo! Asian horror gets mobile in this story about a ghostly phone caller.
Phone Booth
Golden boy Colin Farrell plays an arrogant gadabout whose life is - quite literally - on the line, in Joel Schumacher's watchable thriller.
Pianist, The
Adrien Brody gives his best performance yet in Roman Polanski's elegant and award-winning depiction of Jews in WWII Warsaw.
Piglet's Big Movie
Disney returns to the Hundred Acre Wood for yet another big-screen adventure based on AA Milne's much-loved characters.
Ping Pong
Ping Pong becomes a deadly battle of wills in this hilariously over-the-top Japanese drama.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Johnny Depp excels as an eccentric seafarer in this hilarious action blockbuster.
Platform (Zhan Tai)
A melancholy epic in which Westernised pop culture makes its impression on 80s China.
Pluto Na
This abysmally unfunny sci-fi comedy finds Eddie Murphy protecting his lunar nightclub and bluntly puts paid to any possible career resurgence.
Polar Express, The
Tom Hanks will scare the pants off small children with this inadvertently spooky Christmas tooner.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Pooh returns in Disney's latest foray into the Hundred Acre Wood, a playful vehicle for AA Milne's timeless children's characters.
Pot Luck
Patchy French comedy about the pleasurable muddle of student life.
Possession
AS Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel goes from page to screen but fails to sparkle, despite the presence of Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart.
Powerpuff Girls, The
The Powerpuff Girls - Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup - do battle with evil monkey Mojo Jojo in their first big-screen adventure.
Prince & Me, The
The Crown Prince of Denmark enrols as a student in America where he immediately falls for student Paige Morgan. However, she doesn't discover his true identity until the paparazzi come calling...
Princesa
Life as a transsexual on the streets of Milan brings plenty of complications in this understated drama.
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The
Married life beckons for the all-American princess in the kid-friendly sequel to Garry Marshall's 2001 regal fantasy.
Principles Of Lust, The
A novelist falls in with the wrong crowd in this boldly dark slice of British drama. Just don't call it Fight Club.
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The
Director Billy Wilder reveals the secret life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's pipe-smoking detective.
Public Enemy
An unconventional cop goes off the rails and after a murderer in this Korean thriller.
Puckoon
The boundary between Ulster and the Irish Free State divides the village of Puckoon, in this dramatisation of Spike Milligan's satirical novel.
Punch-Drunk Love
"Magnolia" man Paul Thomas Anderson directs Adam Sandler in a strange, stirring romantic comedy.
Punisher, The
A brainless, unpleasant comicbook adaptation starring Thomas "Mr Charisma" Jane.
Pure
An engaging but slight coming-of-age tale, bolstered by a terrific performance from ten-year-old Harry Eden.
Pure Product
Take a left-field look at American culture in this experimental series of shorts.
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