Jamal Wallace is a gifted athlete with a gifted mind, from the poor side of the tracks he is offered a scholarship at one of the country's most prestigious schools. Jamal also meets the obsessively reclusive William Forrester, a Pulitzer prize winning novelist and the unlikely pair gradually form a close bond that begins through writing and develops into friendship, one discovering what he is truly capable of and the other realising what he has almost lost. Finding Forrester is an enjoyable dram 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...

Dan Dunne is a young, inner-city, junior high-school teacher whose ideals wither and die in the face of reality. Rejecting the standard curriculum, in favour of an edgier approach, Dan teaches his students how change works, on both a historical and personal scale, and how to think for themselves. Though Dan is brilliant, dynamic and admired by his pupils, he spends his time outside school feeding his addiction to crack and it is only when one of his troubled students, Drey, catches him getting h find out more...

A quirky, clever and charming movie from rookie director Anderson, who flies in the face of convention by making the hero of this high school-based comedy a slightly geeky academic who's anything but the all-American kid. Max Fischer is a brilliant but mixed-up scholarship kid at the Rushmore Academy, with a frenzied timetable and an uncanny knack of baffling both students and teachers alike. He attracts the attention of Blume (the superb Bill Murray), a rich, bored, middle-aged parent, apparen find out more...

Directed by Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song) and based on the acclaimed novel 'Mighty the Freak', this is the moving story of two teenagers outcast by their peers for very different reasons. Persecuted at school for not fitting in, Max and Kevin join forces quite literally to face their enemies. What they also discover is a powerful and unique friendship that can overcome more than mere school bullies. It received critical acclaim on its release and deservedly so. The film manages to tackle the stor find out more...