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Underground

Totally original Yugoslavian film about war. love and deception. At times hilarious - the soundtrack too - you've got to watch it to understand.
  • Underground on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Miki Manojlovic,  Mirjana Jokovic,  Lazar Ristovski
    Director: Emir Kusturica
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An unpredictable black comedy with an epic scope, Emir Kusturica's highly acclaimed Underground takes a look at the modern history of Yugoslavia through the often absurd misadventures of two friends over several decades. The film begins in Belgrade in 1941, establishing the friendship between the ..read more »
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Sex Traffic

John Simm in a really arresting piece about the coercion of Eastern European girls into the sex trade. This film made me join Amnesty International.
  • Sex Traffic on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Wendy Crewson,  John Simm,  Maria Popistasu
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Simm stars in this shocking television miniseries, inspired by and based on in-depth research into real-life events. Two sisters, Elena (Anamaria Marinca) and Vara (Maria Popistasu), believe they are leaving their home in Moldova for a better life in London when they take up job offers. In ..read more »
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Death Proof

Superbly off-the-wall B-movie take-off by Tarantino. As one would expect it has a fantastic soundtrack with plenty of oldies you'll never have heard of!

Stranger Than Fiction

I didn't expect to like this, but I did! Maggie Gyllenhaal is wonderful in this quirky comedy with Will Ferrell.

The Last King Of Scotland

Brilliant film about a very scary regime and McAvoy awash in the middle of it.

Pieces Of April

Katie Holmes before she went weird. Wonderful dark comedy about one memorable Thanksgiving for a dysfunctional estranged family.
  • Pieces Of April on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Patricia Clarkson,  Sean Hayes,  Oliver Platt
    Director: Peter Hedges
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Downbeat comedy drama starring Katie Holmes as April, black sheep eldest daughter of a conservative suburban family. Knowing that her mother (Patricia Clarkson) is dying of cancer, she invites her family to a Thanksgiving dinner at the shabby New York apartment she shares with her boyfriend Bobby (..read more »
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The Squid And The Whale

Brilliant dark comedy starring Jeff Daniels. The worrying thing is that this is based on a true story!
  • The Squid And The Whale on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jesse Eisenberg,  William Baldwin,  Laura Linney
    Director: Noah Baumbach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Noah Baumbach writes and directs this off-beat comedy drama, based on his own experiences as a young boy growing up in the 1980s and trying to deal with his parents' divorce. Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is the father of an eccentric Brooklyn family who claims to have been a great novelist in his youth, ..read more »
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Clerks 2

I know it's sacrilegious, but I prefer this to the original and it remains my favourite Kevin Smith flm. I was literally howling with laughter in this one!
  • Clerks 2 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Earthquake,  Jason Mewes,  Ethan Suplee
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sequel to Kevin Smith's 1994 low-budget indie hit, 'Clerks'. Ten years ago, best friends Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) were New Jersey mini-mall clerks still slacking off together in their early twenties. A decade on, a calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends ..read more »
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The Man Who Wasn't There

Great film-noir with Billy-Bob Thornton, James Gandolfini and Scarlett Johansson. Excellent stuff!
  • The Man Who Wasn't There on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Scarlett Johansson,  Tony Shalhoub,  Michael Badalucco
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Bob Thornton plays mild-mannered barber Ed Crane in this take on the 1940s film noir from the Coen brothers. Ed suspects that his wife Doris (Frances McDormand) is having an affair with her boss, department store manager Dave Nirdlinger (James Gandolfini). So when he's offered the chance to ..read more »
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Day Watch

... its sequel. I suggest you watch them in fairly quick succession - otherwise it can be confusing.



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