Showtime 2007-05-13--2007-05-14

Adventure, CAN. Based on Jack London's classic novel, this film tells the tale of Buck, a dog who is stolen and sent to the Yukon, where he is forced to serve as a sled dog. Director: Peter Svatek (91). With Rutger Hauer, Bronwen Booth, Richard Dreyfuss.

Horror, USA. David and Jack are two Americans on vacation in England. One night they are attacked and David wakes up in the hospital with a nasty bite wound to his shoulder. A bite that means strange things will happen when the moon is full. Director: John Landis (97). With David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne.

Thriller, USA. A scientist is developing an experimental drug that will increase aggression in humans and animals. He tests it on a big snake that escapes from the laboratory after an explosion. Two years later the snake reappears in a small town. Director: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand (93). With Pat Morita, Scott Brandon, Kasey Fallo.

Drama, USA. This television miniseries tells the story of Spartacus. A man who was enslaved by the Romans and later led fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire. Director: Robert Dornhelm (90). With Goran Visnjik, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen.

Thriller, JAP. This animated film is set in Japan ten years after World War II. In Tokyo, special units of an elite police force are engaged in a bitter struggle with anti-government guerrillas. Director: Okiura Hiroyuki (98). With Michael Dobson, Mike Kopsa, Paul Dobson.

Action, USA. Clarence is a comic shop clerk who falls in love with a prostitute called Alabama. Alabama wants out of the business and Clarence offers to talk with her pimp. What he doesn't tell her is that he also plans to kill the pimp and when the deed is done he grabs a suitcase that he thinks contains Alabama's clothes. Instead it holds $5 million worth of cocaine. Scripted by Quentin Tarantino. Director: Tony Scott ( 120). With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper.

Action, USA. After killing pre-historic worm creatures both home and abroad, Burt Grummer returns to his hometown where the worms once again attack, and this time they morph into their third stage. Director: Brent Maddock (104). With Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Charlotte Stewart.

Action, USA. In a nightmarish future, overcrowded cities are terrorized by criminals and policed by "Judges", law officers who act as judge, jury and executioner. Judge Dredd is one of them, targeted by a villain who wants to take over the city. Director: Danny Cannon (96). With Sylvester Stallone, Diane, Armand Assante.

Horror, USA. Karen White is a reporter plagued by a series of nightmares after confronting a psychopath. Going to a recovery resort she learns that the psychopaths body has disappeared, and during the night she are kept awake by eerie howling in the woods. Director: Joe Dante (91). With Dee Wallace-Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.

Thriller, AUS. John is an insurance investigator who's drifting towards the wrong side of the law. Together with at novice con man and a female lawyer he hatches a scheme to rob his firm. But since the three don't trust each other they eventually start to fall apart. Director: Alan White (93). With Bryan Brown, Tom Long, Claudia Karvan.

Action, SWE. Based on a true story, this film recreates the incident in 1981 when a Soviet submarine ran aground on the coast of Sweden. A laser search device carried by the sub vanishes and a CIA agent is assigned to track it down. Director: Tom Clegg (95). With Dennis Hopper, Gösta Ekman, Hardy Krüger.

Thriller, AUS. Jim Doyle has developed a sophisticated computer program that can anticipate the ups and downs of the world's money markets. A major bank is very interested in the program but when Jim is drawn into the bank's business he discover the ruthlessness behind the organisation. Director: Robert Connolly (106). With David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd.