An incredibly violent, superheated thriller with Pitt superb as the psychotic drifter, picked up with his mentally handicapped girlfriend, by a yuppie couple on the trail of serial killers for a book. Pitt's increasing mania starts to strike a bit close to home in a frenetic, mad and shocking climax. Wild.
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NEAR DARK (1987)
Certification18 Our Rating
One of a new ilk of 80s horror movies in which the weirdos live within society - this time a family of vampires touring small town USA hunting and killing in order to survive. A desperate mob they may be but also very human, so much so that when one meets a normal guy she has to choose her family or him.
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SIDEWAYS (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Miles is a 30-something failed writer: embittered, frustrated and emotionally impotent. His one love is wine and though his fondness long ago crossed into alcoholism he is nonetheless a genuine connoisseur. Mile's best friend, Jack, is a hormonal teenager disguised as a man approaching middle age. Together this mismatched pair set off on a road trip through the vineyards of California, a last shout before Jack's financially advantageous marriage. Two unlikable, stunted characters and a lot of a
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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's the early 50s in Argentina and two middle class medical students decide to make a journey across their largely unknown continent. While on this eight month travel one of the men begins his own journey from privileged ignorance to iconic revolutionary, the birth of Che Guevara has begun. The Motorcycle Diaries is a breathtakingly beautiful film, beginning as a whimsical, idiosyncratic and often humorous adventure and gradually expanding into a powerful and deeply moving drama.
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THE SURE THING (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
Reiner's splendidly confident, witty teenage variation on 'It Happened One Night' focuses on two students hitching across the States through rainstorms, starvation and show tunes. He's a libidinous layabout, who inadvertently dropped in to college, and she's an uptight goody-goody who believes spontaneity has its time and its place. There's plenty of mileage in this pairing, even if the movie isn't going anywhere unexpected. It now looks like a dry run for 'When Harry Met Sally' and some of the
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Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (2001)
Certification18 Our Rating
Against a backdrop of rural Mexico, poverty and military repression two spoilt upper-class Mexican teenage boys do what comes naturally, getting wasted, laid and talking a lot about it. Meeting 20-something beauty Luisa they impress her with stories of a wonderful deserted beach that they know about and are going to visit. When she accepts the offer they set off together, with fantasies in tow, but where will they find this beach? The journey becomes a learning trip for them, both emotionally an
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