Nerdish MIT maths whiz kid Ben is recruited by his teacher, along with five other gifted students, to learn the art of card counting and, with their new found skills, they are dispatched to Vegas, their plan to take the casinos for millions at blackjack. Loosely based on Ben Mezrich's non-fiction book ‘Bringing Down The House', "21" is an enjoyable, light, teen orientated, dramatic thriller. find out more...

Bobby and Marty are best friends, they have been since they can remember, and now in their teens they drift through their uneventful jobs and lives in a drug fuelled haze, but when the two lads hook up with Ali and Lisa for a date on the beach everything begins to unravel. Bobby has a visciously possessive streak that verges on the psychotic and when he sees his childhood friend becoming distracted by someone other than himself, his rage at the loss of control is a terrifying sight to behold. "B find out more...

In the early seventies Venice beach California was a hairy place to go surfing, ruled by the Z-Boys, a group of hedonistic wave riders who weren't prepared to share the beach with anyone. The film follows the Z-boys pioneering transition from surfing to skateboarding, and what a cheesy sorry mess they make of things. The original documentary of a similar name is a considerably more gripping and inspiring way to pass the time, though it lacks the glossy, cliché ridden teen drama aspect of this. find out more...

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Based on a true story about a bunch of privileged upper middle class LA kids who break into celebratory houses to vicariously, dysfunctionally live the dream of the fame game. So far so avoidable, but director Sofia Coppola has created a stylish, intriguing and often witty drama. Yes, her fixation on materially comfortable, yet emotionally vacuous protagonists find out more...