P
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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