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Music-video director Mike Mills's feature-length debut, 'Thumbsucker', is an offbeat, unique film about the trials and tribulations of a relatively normal family living in Oregon. The black comedy stars Lou Pucci as Justin Cobb, a 17-year-old who still sucks his thumb, infuriating his tough father, Mike (Vincent D'Onofrio), a .. Read more

Starring	Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director	Mike Mills
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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Indie film Thumbsucker hits screens
- 28 Oct 2005
New comedy Thumbsucker is released in the UK today, and with a strong cast that includes Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn and Keanu Reeves, it is sure to prove popular with cinemagoers. The film tells the story of a teenager, Justin Cobb, who has Attention Deficit Disorder, and can't help but suck his thumb. He is put on prescription drugs to try and help him yet nothing but chaos ensues. The lead role is played by Lou Taylor Pucci, who won Best Actor awards at the Berlin and Sundance film festivals. Read more
The Chumscrubber
- 04 Jun 2007
Welcome to suburbanville. Mom (Allison Janney) is peddling vitamins as a radical life system solution. Dad (William Fichtner) is prescribing stronger medications to patients across the country by way of his best-selling self-help books. Even the town motto promises 'Carefree Living'. So when Dean (Jamie Bell) discovers his best friend Troy - the most enterprising drug pusher in high school - hanging from a noose in his poolside cabana, he doesn't know if he feels anything much at all. Still,... Read more
Carmen adaptation scoops Berlin award
- 20 Feb 2005
A South African reworking of the opera Carmen has won the top award at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. The film "U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha", which gives a contemporary take on Georges Bizet's classic tale, beat off some strong competition to claim the Golden Bear. Previous winners of the Golden Bear have included Bloody Sunday, Magnolia, The Thin Red Line, Central Station and The People vs Larry Flynt. The work is the first feature film from British opera director Mark Dornford-May. Read more
Top of the Pops: the Movie Playlist
- 09 Jul 2008
If Mamma Mia! is a smash hit no one in Europe will be surprised. But in the US it’s far from a foregone conclusion. Yes, the musical was a Broadway sensation, just as it was everywhere else in the world (they say more than 30 million theatergoers have seen the show), and yes, Meryl Streep could conceivably notch up another Oscar nomination for her performance as Donna, mother of the bride… but – and it’s a big but – ABBA never conquered North America. “Dancin Read more

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  Music-video director Mike Mills's feature-length debut, 'Thumbsucker', is an offbeat, unique film about the trials and tribulations of a relatively normal family living in Oregon. The black comedy stars Lou Pucci as Justin Cobb, a 17-year-old who still sucks his thumb, infuriating his tough father, ...