Cool Ass Films that everyone should see... (5 titles)

Highway

Wicked!! Not only is the story nice in the way of bromances but also amazingly shot, with a cool soundtrack, stunning landscapes and a great partnership with leto and darko =]

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• Highway on DVD (2001)
  Starring: Selma Blair,  Jared Leto,  Jeremy Piven
  Director: James Cox
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  Young nihilistic Jack (Jared Leto) has a sleazy affair, bedding a woman with underworld connections. He must then flee for his life from her shady associates who are out for his blood. He joins up with his kooky buddy Pilot (Jake Gyllenhal) and the two hit the road in a beat up, but photogenic ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 56% from 541 members

Lords Of Dogtown

Hardwickes second feature, pre Twilight. Thirteen was obvisuly gunna be hard one to follow as debuts go but Hardwick does good. This film generally oozzess cool and is great testemony to the legendary Z boys. Shame she couldnt have given Twilight the same energy that she creates here. One of my fave things about hardwickes first 2 triumphs is how much effort and thought goes into all sides of production, especially in detail of each shot.

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• Lords Of Dogtown on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Emile Hirsch,  Victor Rasuk,  Rebecca De Mornay
  Director: Catherine Hardwicke
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  Lords of Dogtown tells the radical true story behind the teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever...
  
  Rate this: 61% from 6,075 members

Mean Creek

This is a truly breathtaking film. set far away from city lights, a part of america rarely seen on the bigscreen is the first thing that captures you. what truly makes this film so good is its exploration into relationships of young people, the characters are entirely believable [supperb acting from such a young cast], this film delves deepy into the way real teens act, behave with eachother its this which really sets this film apart from others, so much so that it keeps you gripped even though the narrative itself is simple and if made any other way would be considered boring. However this film is truly superb and well worth the watch.

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• Mean Creek on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Rory Culkin,  Ryan Kelley,  Scott Mechlowicz
  Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
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  When 12 year-old Sam is beaten up by the taunting, overwight George, his friends decide it's time to teach the bully a lesson. They invite George on a boat trip and plan to steal his clothes before leaving him, naked and alone, in the middle of nowhere...
  
  Rate this: 55% from 18,458 members

Igby Goes Down

A nice piece, insanly funny in a smart way. this film literally drips with sarcasm and deals with the struggle of becoming someone when surrounded by soul sucking individuals, a point that most can relate to as we all have family. A smart sattire on the ivy league and K Culikn proves that talent can heredidtoray. A must watch for fans of black comedy and the Indie tag.

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• Igby Goes Down on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Susan Sarandon,  Kieran Culkin,  Jeff Goldblum
  Director: Burr Steers
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  Seventeen-year-old Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin) comes from a wealthy but dysfunctional family. His mother (Susan Sarandon) is a pill-popping lunatic, his brother (Ryan Phillipe) is a collegiate, money-obsessed snob, and his father (Bill Pullman) is a hospitalized schizophrenic. After Igby is ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 58% from 8,089 members

Pieces Of April

Holmes proves that those joey potter days are tuly behind her and reminds us that behind the Mrs Cruiz facade that she does have some talent. My favourite thing about this is the home movie feel it has which is reinforced by the style and editing. Although this is generally a nice film with a nice story, dont let it fool you into thinking it has no attitude.

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• Pieces Of April on DVD (2003)
  Starring: Katie Holmes,  Patricia Clarkson,  Oliver Platt
  Director: Peter Hedges
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  Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges' PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 62% from 4,156 members

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