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Crazy Stupid Love is the story of love, infatuation, marriage and family and what can happen if you let life pass you by and don’t keep up with it. Cal and Emily Weaver have been married for almost twenty-five years and after a blip in their marriage leading to…
One Day follows the emotional journey of university friends Emma and Dexter and their subsequent intertwining lives after an awkward night together on graduation day, July 15th 1988. We revisit them on the anniversary of that day over the span of twenty years to see how the passage of…
True Grit is based on the novel by Charles Portis of the same title and is a remake of the 1969 film directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne. This is the Coen brothers’ second adaptation of novel to the big screen (the first being the award winning and…
The Fighter is based on the true story of one-hit-wonder boxer Dicky Ecklund turned trainer who coaches his younger half-brother Micky Ward to boxing stardom. Set in the suburban town of Lowell, Massachusetts, The Fighter depicts the challenge of family loyalty versus ambition for Micky and the…
Abel is the irreverent story of a nine-year-old boy whose anti-social and sometimes violent behaviour, coupled with his voluntary silence has landed him in a women’s-only psychiatric institution for two years. Shot on location and set in Aguacalientes, Mexico, Abel is a touching tale of father absenteeism, single-motherhood struggle…
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The Other Guys is a action comedy set in New York City and revolves around the story of two mismatched NYPD partners who sit at their desks all day letting life pass them by whilst the two ‘hero’ jock cops of the department…
Inception is a sci-fi action thriller set in a time where the technology exists to be able to enter the dream state of others to potentially influence, extract (steal secrets) and to implant ideas, otherwise known as ‘inception’. Remember seeing those trailer snapshots of this mysterious…
Killers is an action comedy about boy meets girl and falls in love – the only exception to this somewhat normal Hollywood tale is that boy used to be a professional assassin. Three years after leaving his profession, happily married and finally living a normal life, he finds that…
Sex and the City 2 is the second instalment of the Sex and the City movie franchise after making its long awaited transition from hit television series to Hollywood movie back in 2008. Written and directed again by series…
Whip It! – the directional debut by Drew Barrymore is a coming-of-age comedy drama about an indie-rock loving misfit who steps out from the restraints of her sleepy Texan town and discovers the exciting underground sport of roller derby in Austin. The film is based on the novel…
