AdULTHOOD

December 1, 2008

We all inevitably grow up, but in the case of Sam Peel (Noel Clarke), the transition from KIDULTHOOD to ADULTHOOD is particularly difficult. Having been released from prison for causing the death of Trife six years previously, Sam struggles to come to terms with life on the outside. [Read more]

Rise of the Footsoldier

November 13, 2008

RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER charts the rapid rise of Carlton Leach, from feared football hooligan to him becoming a member of one of the country’s most notorious crime syndicates. Following his life over the course of three decades, the film follows Leach’s career from soccer thug, through a stint as a doorman and his involvement in the early rave scene, right through to his nadir as an integral part of a gang that ruled London and Essex during the late 80s and early 90s and would culminate in the infamous shotgun deaths of three of the firm’s members in Rettendon.

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

November 9, 2008

Screenwriter Shane Black of Lethal Weapon fame makes his directorial debut with this film noir. Robert Downey, Jr., stars as Harry Lockhart, a petty thief in New York City who quite literally stumbles into acting and soon finds himself in Los Angeles to test for a film role as a private detective. To help Harry prepare, his new agent arranges for him to shadow a gay private investigator, Perry van Shrike also known as ‘Gay Perry’. But when Perry takes Harry along on a simple job for a mystery client, the two witness the disposal of a dead body, and the game suddenly becomes serious. [Read more]

The Last King of Scotland

November 7, 2008

It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970’s Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and appointed as his personal physician, Nicholas Garrigan is originally blinded by his larger than life and charming persona. [Read more]

KiDULTHOOD

November 6, 2008

A gritty look at modern English youth, this film looks at 2 days of an inner London school group with tragic outcomes. It crosses the world of drug taking, teenage pregnancy, and petty crime. For 15 year old Trife, a boy from west London, life is a day to day struggle. Trapped between the worlds of his school friends, the girl he loves and the draw of his powerful and dangerous uncle, Trife must choose between the path he knows is right and a life of guns, drugs and violence he has come to know all too well… [Read more]

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