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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THE MATRIX (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
An awesome action film that some people rate as the best movie ever made! It's not, but in terms of visual impact and sheer technical wizardry it's hard to beat. It's the near future and nerdy computer hacker Neo (Reeves) is about to discover an alternative reality via a meeting with mysterious rebel warrior Morpheus (Larry Fishburne). Neo learns that life on earth is merely an elaborate farce, a complex computer simulation called The Matrix, and mankind is simply lunch - a source of power for t
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
Definitely THE film of 1995, with the added bonus of bearing up to repeated viewing even when you know the final twist. A tightly scripted, complex and compelling whodunnit which slowly unpeels layer upon layer to reveal the truth behind the opening carnage, and in which nothing is as it seems.
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THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
An inspired and brilliant mockumentary recounting the history of a crap British heavy metal group and following them on a disastrous tour of the US. This movie takes apart every cliche that ever graced a rock documentary and every vanity or folly to haunt overblown rock groups. So realistic that American audiences thought the band was real... Voted third funniest film by Observer readers in a 2007 poll.
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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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