Average rating: 3.80   76% from 5 members


Juno

Sharp, funny and warm comedy drama taking an slightly off beat look at the issue of teenage pregnancy. Writer Diablo Cody is a great new voice and leading actress Ellen Page (an old male comic in a young woman's form), is up for an Oscar!
  • Juno on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ellen Page,  Michael Cera,  Jennifer Garner
    Director: Jason Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The word 'quirky' has become the quick and easy way to describe films such as 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Lars and the Real Girl' that straddle the lines between indie and studio films and comedy and drama. While 'Juno' fits into that same category, this distinctive dramedy is in a class all its ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 79,526 members

Brick

A unusual merge of film noir and teen movie and if you like both of those you might just like this.
  • Brick on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Nora Zehetner,  Lukas Haas
    Director: Rian Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 22,179 members

City Of God

The pace and snappy style of Goodfellas for a gangster film set in the favellas of Brazil.

Grizzly Man

It may be a documentary and not a drama, but boy it stays with you. A must see film that touches on all kinds of psychological, spiritual and life and death issues.
  • Grizzly Man on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Timothy Treadwell
    Director: Werner Herzog
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed kind warrior Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13 years, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 15,265 members

Dead Man's Shoes

Chilling original twist on the revenge film. It may be gritty and British but its also gripping. A hard but compelling watch - what director Shane Meadows excels at and a star perfromance from Paddy Considine.

A Guide to Recognising Your Saints

A new writer/director brings us something based on his own teenage years in a bad neighbourhood. Great actors given the room to shine - Robert Downey Jnr. and Shia LeBouf

Whale Rider

Its not perfect but it'll make you cry. A lesson in courage and leadership for us all.

Weirdsville

Raindance opening gala film. Indie fun on a mad night where everything goes wrong - a modern answer to After Hours
  • Weirdsville on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Matt Frewer,  Joey Beck,  Wes Bentley
    Director: Allan Moyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,570 member

Pan's Labyrinth

Another classic that takes us on the dance between the real and the imaginary, fantasy and harsh reality.

Battlestar Galactica - Season 4





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