Director Alex de la Iglesia's look back to Spanish filmmaking of old centres on Carlos, a young boy on a mission to find the grandfather denied him by his mother. The grandfather, Julian (Sancho Gracia), who was once a stuntman on spaghetti westerns, is now reduced to doing stunt shows for tourists with his old buddies on the same decaying sets. Carlos's appearance restores some pride to Julian, but when Carlos's mother Laura finds out where he is, she decides to finally destroy the last remn find out more...
Lee returns to his previous polemic and fine filmmaking form with Chi-Raq, a musical-comedy satire about the cycle and effects of violence and gun crime on black communities in America. The story is all Lysistrata (Aristophanes); women withhold sex from men in the hopes of making them stop using violence against each other. It's far from politically correct, not nearly as find out more...
Cockney safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence for refusing to snitch. Eager to collect his reward from suave, psychotic mob boss Mr Fontaine, Dom heads to southern France with his only friend and accomplice Dickie. Dom is a drug fuelled, sex obsessed, self-regarding, over compensating sociopath…all good, but find out more...
A far cry from the perfect movie, Kingsman is at least a pleasant surprise. When Colin Firth heads to the council estate to recruit a young lad for a top secret military project it looks like class war is on the agenda. But, with occasional and somewhat shocking violent outbursts as well as pithy scripting at every turn, Kingsman: The Secret Service is an enjoyable romp. Popcorn entertainment of the highest order, this film puts the Bond franchise to shame.
find out more...Screen writer Martin is terminally stuck on his latest script, an ultraviolent affair named "Seven Psychopaths." Desperate for an ending, he turns to his lowlife friend for inspiration. As his new writing partner's suggestions get increasingly detailed, Martin realises that the insanity is no longer constrained to the page and by the end he’ll be lucky i find out more...