Dito Montiel filmed this version of his own book about growing up in the mean streets of Queens, New York in the 1980s. A successful LA based author returns home to visit his dying father and all those memories of his rough and tumble adolescence just coming flooding back..........of it's genre this is a superior movie. find out more...

Bacon is the rebel without a clue who moves to a small Midwestern town. The archaic community is held in the vice-like grip of a raving reverend (with a gorgeous daughter, Natch) who's banned rock 'n' roll, public dancing and anything else that sounds like fun. Cheesily moralistic "yoof" drama. find out more...

Based on a true story; from the small town of Odessa The Permian High Panthers of 1988 were the most successful high school American football team in Texas history. This thoughtful tale depicts the immense pressure these young lads and their coach found themselves under in a town with nothing else to aspire to; like a "Springfield" devoid of wit, irony or indeed hope. 'Friday Night Lights' is a powerful, gripping drama with excellent performances and a refreshing lack of sporting schmaltz. find out more...

Eighteen year old Brian Lackey is missing something, five hours to be precise, five hours from his childhood that he cannot account for and that he has become convinced is the work of aliens. Moving to New York Brian meets a young hustler, depressingly wise beyond his years and though seemingly at complete odds with each other the two form a bond. Together the young lads recognise the need to acknowledge what has happened to them and in each other see the opportunity to lay their demons to rest. find out more...

LLoyd (the amazing John Cusack), falls instantly in love with Diane, a brilliant mind trapped in the body of a gameshow hostess. He's training to be a kick boxer and does not live up to her father's expectations. Thus begins a touching love story nicely livened up by Cusack's comic talent. find out more...

Back in England, in the early 80s, bullied at school and mourning his father, recently dead in Thatcher's heroic Falklands War, lonely 12-year-old Shaun finds solace with a gang of older youths in the ska influenced skinhead subculture, a culture that was about to be hijacked by a nasty and virulent form of white power nationalism. Largely based round Shane Meadows' own experiences growing up on an impoverished Nottingham housing estate. Strongly recommended. find out more...