Japan is reaching a point of economic and social meltdown, school kids are revolting and teachers fear for their lives. In order to make an example the government introduces The Battle Royale Act - a problem class of teenagers are picked and sent to a secluded island where they are each given one weapon and must to fight to the death, with only one survivor permitted, and this year's choice, because one pupil knifed a teacher, is Class B from Zentsuji Middle School. Battle Royale had rave review find out more...

Michel Gondry's mainstream hollywood comedy is an excellent family film and genuinely funny. Hapless Jerry (Jack Black) magnetises his brain whilst sabotaging the local power plant and wipes out the content of the videos at the independent video store where his best friend Mike (Most Def) works. The two hatch a plan with hilarious success to fox customers by remaking the films, and a cult of "sweded" films sweeps the town.... But is it enough to save the shop from redevelopment? find out more...

What if Elvis didn't die on the 'john' in 1977, but switched identities with an Elvis impersonator during the early 1970's in order to escape the harsh glare of fame? Furthermore, suppose the real Elvis ended up in an East Texas retirement home rubbing shoulders with a black guy claiming to be JFK. Crazy?...Well maybe, but then again perhaps Elvis is alive and battling a soul-sucking mummy which is using his rest home as a feeding ground. Bubba Ho-Tep is a cult classic in every sense of the wor find out more...

A dazzlingly visual and atmospheric piece of cinema. The location is futuristic France with Doomsday looming. The setting is a butcher's shop run by a crazed cannibal. Add some peculiar tenants, the barbarous landlord's love-struck daughter, and some vegetarian freedom fighters, and you have a devilishly original, stylish black comedy. find out more...

An excellent black comedy, handsome thriller and a tall story that keeps you guessing as it unwinds. The genuinely ridiculous plot (a man pays a couple of goons to 'pretend' to kidnap his wife in order to get his paws on his in-laws' 'ransom' money) is completely credible as mighty plans fall apart, spiralling ever more beyond the protagonist's control and leaving us marvelling at the complex stupidity of human nature. A modern classic.

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Terry Gilliam's ambitious adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's insane, cult novel is certainly faithful, but whether it hits the spot or not is another matter. Johnny Depp, as Hunter's journalist alter-ego Raoul Duke, has the guy down to a T in every way, while Benicio Del Toro is suitably deranged as his lawyer and partner-in-crime Dr Gonzo. But the pair's 1971 working trip to Las Vegas, which rapidly becomes a drug-crazed, three day odyssey of utter madness, is so relentlessly weird that this is find out more...

When low budget indie Jewish Deep South melodrama ‘Home For Purim' gets the potential Oscar nod the cast and crew, some of them blindly naïve in the glare of the fickle empire that is ‘Hollywood', are swept along by the resulting hype and frenzy. Christopher Guest gets the gang back together for another gently satirical mocumentary side swipe; clever, witty and beautifully performed ‘For Your Consideration' is a typically charming and understated gem from the people who brought you, and for the find out more...

A bunch of academic investigators into the paranormal have their grant cut off and go into business busting up hauntings and other spook type manifestations. Just in the nick of time, as it happens, because it would seem that an ancient demon is planning his come back in the fridge of a New York flat. find out more...

It looks like a quiet Christmas but when those cuddly little Gremlins arrive chaos starts. Brilliant bits of black comedy as the partying creatures create total mayhem for the human population, whether with chainsaw, cars, guns, or any other suitable artefacts. Some scenes may scare young children.

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A death obssessed teenager and a 79 year old woman who lives life to the full gang up together in one of the wittiest black comedies ever made. An inventive, enduring classic which was far ahead of its time. You mean you haven't seen it? find out more...