A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack.
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1972)
Certification18 Our Rating
The film version of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's famous anti-war sci-fi novel. Slipping back and forth along his own life line a suburban optometrist experiences the fire bombing of Dresden and captivity on the planet Trafalmardore. A powerful and seemingly unfilmable book that turned out to be a great movie.
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STRANGE DAYS (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
In a sleazy underworld in the near future (actually 1999) ex-cop Lenny deals in clips of real life experiences taped directly from the cerebral cortex to be lived by other people. When he receives a 'snuff' disc recording the feelings of someone murdering somebody he happened to know he is drawn deeper into a corrupted power hungry world where life is cheap. A frightening vision of an all too possible future set against the backdrop of an LA descending into racial conflict. Original and challeng
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STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
Brilliant cult director Jarmusch's stylish debut. John Lurie is Willie, a disenchanted Hungarian who ducks and dives in NY. He is less than happy when his young cousin Eva comes to stay, but they hit it off and end up on the road, in search of the American Dream. Impossibly cool. Unbelievably hip.
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STRAW DOGS (1971)
Certification18 Our Rating
An unusual departure (if you exclude the violence) for Peckinpah, though the key elements of mans' inhumanity to man and his ultimate emotional expression through aggression are very much present. An American mathematician and his English wife escape the hostility of New York for the apparent tranquillity of Cornwall, only to find themselves in great peril and finally discovering the overwhelming desire for retribution. Straw Dogs was banned due to its explicit violence, but bar the uneasy feeli
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THE KINGDOM PT 1 (1994)
Certification18 Our Rating
First part of a five part cult, Danish TV series from "Europa/Breaking The Waves" director Lars Von Trier. A weird cross between ER and Twin Peaks follows the odd assortment of characters who inhabit and/or work in a Copenhagen hospital. All shot with a hand held camera. Very sureal, very good! Continues on 6639...
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WITHNAIL AND I (1987)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's 1969 and the end of an era. Withnail and ‘I' are two "resting" actors enjoying a decadent lifestyle in Camden on a diet of booze and drugs. Finding themselves in need of rejuvenation, they set off on holiday to the country cottage of Withnail's mad uncle Monty in Penrith. A sharp and witty romp, and one of the greatest, and quintessentially British, films of all time.
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