Former pro-skater Stacy Peralta wrote and directed this gem of a film about the birth of vert skating that took place in LA in the 70s. Showing the evolution of skateboarding from the traditional flatland style to the surf-inspired vert style which utilized empty swimming pools and mass amounts of courage. Dogtown is a real ode of love to skating and the intensity of which will even appeal to those not obsessed with the skate scene. Actual footage and retrospective interviews with the original
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON (2007)
CertificationPG Our Rating
10 spacecraft and 24 men (10 appear on camera in this documentary) have orbited, looped around or landed on the moon. As American heroes and members of the super elite most of these men have since shunned public interview. "In the Shadow of the Moon" is a rare and beautiful historical document of the combined Apollo missions, told by the astronauts themselves, with mind blowing NASA footage of the spacecraft, space, the lunar landscape and the view of planet Earth from outer space. Really worth
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THE FOG OF WAR (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Robert McNamara was the American secretary of defence during the presidencies of both Kennedy and Johnson, a man that history hasn't got much good to say about. In this remarkable interview McNamara attempts to cast himself in a more favourable light, but it is his revelations concerning the whys and wherefores of events such as the Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam which make the Fog of War such a hypnotic documentary. Superb.
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TOGETHER (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's Sweden in 1975 and Elizabeth finally decides to leave her drunken and abusive husband, finding refuge in her brother's commune. The environment that Elizabeth finds herself in is a far cry from her previously suburban existence, and she quickly warms to it, only her children are less convinced, seeing as they do a world no less full of deceit and hypocracy than the life they have left. Together is a joyous movie, sharply observed, often very funny and with a satisfying feel good after taste
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WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1997)
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Stunning, critically acclaimed documentary biopic of probably the most famous boxer in history, Muhammad Ali. This is a riveting portrait of a man who had a profound effect on all around him. Much, much more than just a boxing movie, "When We Were Kings" is a master class in greatness! Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Thomas Hauser and Spike Lee are included as talking heads and the DVD version contains several extra treats, namely the complete coverage of the 'Rumble in the Jungle' and also the
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