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SQUARE GROUPER : The tale of large scale Cannabis smuggling in Florida

If I had caught sight of the ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ movie before I moved to Miami, I don’t think that I would have ever dared settle here.  Billy Corbin’s 2006 Documentary told the true story of the local drug wars in the 1980’s when ruthless Columbian cocaine barons invaded Miami and bought a level of violence … Continue reading

St Vincent

Vincent, with no visible regular means of support and with not a single friend in the world other than Felix his rather mangy Persian cat, is a cantankerous old drunk.  When Maggie a newly single mother and Oliver her 12 year old son move in to the house next door, things get off to bad start … Continue reading

Stan and Ollie

  The affectionate dramatisation from the lives of the one of Hollywood’s greatest comedy double acts from director Jon S Baird is a rather wonderful showcase for the very talented Steve Coogan and John C Reilly. This tale about the genius of Laurel and Hardy focuses on their post Hollywood years with their stars waning … Continue reading

STARBUCK

42 year old David Wozniak is one of life’s underachievers who simply manages to get by day to day.  He drives a delivery truck for his family’s butcher business and then at night  tries to keep one step ahead of some dangerous looking types who are trying to collect on the gambling debts he has run … Continue reading

Starless Dreams

Mehrdad Oskouei’s unflinching and extremely personal documentary shot in a  rehabilitation center for female juvenile delinquents in Tehran for 20 days leading up to New Year, will unquestionably be one of the saddest stories to hit our screens this year.  It took the filmmaker seven years to persuade the Iranian authorities to allow him to film an imprisoned … Continue reading

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