This black comedy directed by John Waters is one of the best films around. When renegade filmmaker Cecil B. Demented vows to "punish bad cinema" his plans include a group of generally weird and freaky film buffs called the Sprocket Holes, who each have a tattoo of a different indie filmmaker, led by the radiant Alicia Witt, Demented's sometime-lover. Demented and his crew kidnap Hollywood's sweetheart Honey Whitlock and force her to perform in their rebel film and she slowly becomes "Demented F
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CITIZEN KANE (1941)
CertificationU Our Rating
A landmark in the history of the cinema; it was ranked Number 1 in the American Film Institute's 100 greatest films of all time in two polls (1998 and 2007) of more than 1,500 film industry movers and shakers and again by UK directors in a BFI poll. "Citizen Kane" narrates the rise and fall of a newspaper tycoon driven by a childhood obssession and is loosely based round the life of William Randolph Hurst, who tried to have it banned, but incorporates elements from the lives of other fat cats il
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EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Based on Peter Biskind's revelationary book, Easy Riders Raging Bulls is a gobsmacking and addictive insight into the cocaine fuelled genius of Hollywood's movers, shakers and makers during a period of cinema noted not just for its success but it's willingness to take risks and embrace originality. Though considering the hedonistic behaviour of most involved, it's a miracle they even knew who they were.
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ENTOURAGE SEASON 1 DISC 1 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
A very funny comedy about the very ugly world of Hollywood's movers and shakers. We follow two main groups, the youngsters (Entourage) based round Vince and the hectic business affairs and family life of ambitious 30-something agent Ari. This is light, easy going, highly watchable stuff.
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ENTOURAGE SEASON 2 DISC 3 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
11. Blue Balls Lagoon; Vince and Mandy are exposed while Drama 'exposes' his 'feelings' to Brooke Shields.
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FULL FRONTAL (2002)
Certification18 Our Rating
Seven strangers seven stories, lots of emotions, both physically and emotionally expressed and all with one mutual strand of commonality. Full Frontal is a return to indie roots for Soderbergh, the director behind studio monsters such as Traffic and Ocean's Eleven and if not entirely successful it still makes for an intriguing, engrossing and often amusing observation of the animals that inhabit the Hollywood zoo. A bizarrely brilliant performance from the always fabulous Catherine Keener as a n
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REALITY BITES (1993)
Certification12 Our Rating
A Generation X movie about a group of friends who have just left college and come face to face with the growing horror that society expects them to be wage-earning, responsibile adults. Does Winona get the right guy? Judge for yourself and dig the hip soundtrack in this great film.
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THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (1969)
Certification18 Our Rating
Beryl Reid plays Sister George, an ageing soap star, who loses her part in a long-running series, then loses her lover Alice. George's composure vanishes as her previously ordered life begins to crumble around her. A moving and powerful story given real weight by Reid's energetic performance.
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THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Steve Zissou is an underwater adventurer, a man who epitomises the word ‘eccentric’. Having lost his friend and partner to a hitherto unknown Jaguar shark Steve decides, along with his equally leftfield crew, to devote all his time and non existent funds to hunting down and killing the unlikely creature. Tagging along for the trip is a young man who may or may not be his son, a sceptical journalist and Zissou’s exasperated ex wife. The Life Aquatic is a delightfully bizarre comic adventure, with
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THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (2006)
Certification18 Our Rating
Long the bane of American filmmakers the Motion Picture Association of America, the body that rates film content, is the target of this spot-on investigative documentary. The big questions raised are: 1) WHO are the anonymous 'raters', the so-called arbitors of American morality, and 2) why is there a distinct difference between how studio films are censored and how indie flicks are? Through interviews with indie directors such as John Waters, Kimberly Pierce, Atom Egoyan and Kevin Smith, we get
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