Wednesday, September 2, 8:30pm
Spring Breakers
(USA, action/crime/drama, 2012)
MA15+
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens
What's it about?
This feverish, visually trippy movie by director/artist Harmony Korine (who at just 19 wrote the screenplay for Larry Clark's 1995 controversial Kids) stars Korine's own wife Rachel, Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars), and High School Musical and Hanna Montana alumni Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez. The four bored college girls are in search of excitement as they head for Florida on their spring break, and their wish is granted when they meet a sleazy arms/drug dealer (James Franco).
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Half Baked
(USA, comedy/crime, 1998)
MA+15
MA+15
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz, Jim Breuer
What's it about?
Comedian Dave Chappelle (Block Party) has never made a secret of his penchant for herbaceous substances and therefore was the perfect fit to write and star in this goofy stoner comedy. A group of young potheads have to come up with $100,000 to bail out a friend, after he accidentally killed a cop's diabetic horse (he fed it junk food). The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood (Chapelle) gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. Their get rich quick scheme brings them in to contact with ruthless drug dealers and hip hop stars, including many cameos from the top of the crop, such as Snoop Dog, Tracy Morgan, Jon Stewart and many more.
Comedian Dave Chappelle (Block Party) has never made a secret of his penchant for herbaceous substances and therefore was the perfect fit to write and star in this goofy stoner comedy. A group of young potheads have to come up with $100,000 to bail out a friend, after he accidentally killed a cop's diabetic horse (he fed it junk food). The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood (Chapelle) gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. Their get rich quick scheme brings them in to contact with ruthless drug dealers and hip hop stars, including many cameos from the top of the crop, such as Snoop Dog, Tracy Morgan, Jon Stewart and many more.
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Wednesday, September 9, 8:30pm
Don Jon
(USA, comedy/drama/romance, 2013)
MA+15
MA+15
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
What's it about?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick) directs this clever comedy about sexed-up guys whose porn surfing habits have skewed their expectations about sex. Jon (Gordon-Levitt) is every inch the New Jersey guy, dedicated to his pecs, his pad, his ride, his family, his church, his boys, his girls and... his porn. When he falls for the beautiful Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), he struggles to enjoy "regular" sex with her, and it takes some tough talk (by the always perfect Julianne Moore), to get him come to er, grips, with his issues.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick) directs this clever comedy about sexed-up guys whose porn surfing habits have skewed their expectations about sex. Jon (Gordon-Levitt) is every inch the New Jersey guy, dedicated to his pecs, his pad, his ride, his family, his church, his boys, his girls and... his porn. When he falls for the beautiful Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), he struggles to enjoy "regular" sex with her, and it takes some tough talk (by the always perfect Julianne Moore), to get him come to er, grips, with his issues.
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My Awkward Sexual Adventure
(Canada, comedy/romance, 2012)
MA+15
MA+15
Language: English
Director: Sean Garrity
Starring: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Manninen, Vik Sahay
What's it about?
When he is dumped by his girlfriend due to his less-than-satisfactory sexual prowesses, conservative accountant Jordan enlists the help of an exotic dancer to make him a better lover. He enters the world of strip clubs, sensual massage parlours, cross-dressing and S&M. This raunchy Canadian comedy will have you alternatively laugh and squirm at Jordan's hilarious attempts to learn new skills and win back his ex-girlfriend (and you will most certainly never look at cantaloupes in quite the same way again).
Wednesday, September 16, 8:30pm
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
(USA, comedy, 2011)
MA+15
MA+15
Director: Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Tyler Labine
What's it about?
Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses) is living high life, throwing elaborate parties at his family's house in the Hamptons. When his dad threatens to sell off the summer playground, his friends put in motion a plan to quite literally go out with a bang, with a good old-fashioned orgy. You will be satisfied in more ways than one with this awkward sex comedy, which features many familiar faces, like Martin Starr (Party Down), Lake Bell (Man Up), and Will Forte (Saturday Night Live, Nebraska).
Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses) is living high life, throwing elaborate parties at his family's house in the Hamptons. When his dad threatens to sell off the summer playground, his friends put in motion a plan to quite literally go out with a bang, with a good old-fashioned orgy. You will be satisfied in more ways than one with this awkward sex comedy, which features many familiar faces, like Martin Starr (Party Down), Lake Bell (Man Up), and Will Forte (Saturday Night Live, Nebraska).
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Orgazmo
(USA, comedy, 1997)
MA+15
MA+15
Director: Trey Parker
Starring: Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne Raab
What's it about?
South Park writer Trey Parker lends his acerbic wit to this outrageous comedy about a naive young Mormon who becomes unwittingly a porn star. Although Trey Parker wrote, directed and starred in Orgazmo, his South Park cohort Matt Stone is never too far, producing the movie and playing a set photographer in love with our hero. Mormon Joe Young is about to get married, but he needs to find money quickly to be able to give his fiancé the wedding of her dreams. By chance, he knocks on the door of a porn movie producer and is recruited as a sex superhero. However, his "talents" are noticed and when the movie becomes a success, he finds a kind of fame that wouldn't sit well with his unknowing fiancé.
Wednesday, September 23, 8:30pm
Human Traffic
(UK, comedy/music, 1999)
MA+15
MA+15
Director: Justin Kerrigan
Starring: John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes
What's it about?
Time to dust off your glowsticks and whistles for the cult Human Traffic, which explores Cardiff's rave scene by following a group of five young people on a wild weekend of sex, drugs, and dance music. This hit high-NRG film is set against a soundtrack featuring some of the biggest producers of '90s house, like Armand Van Helden, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Death in Vegas and Underworld.
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Wonderland
(USA/Canada, crime/drama/mystery, 2003)
MA15+
Director: James Cox
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth
What's it about?
This biopic explores, through flashback and multiple points of views, a series of murders that took place high atop Wonderland Avenue in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon, in the summer of 1981. At first the victims were thought to be drug dealers and party hounds, but the case became elevated to a classic L.A. noir when they were discovered to be connected to the infamous porn star John C. Holmes, played convincingly by Val Kilmer (The Doors). While juggling his wife (Lisa Kudrow) and his underage mistress (Kate Bosworth), cocaine fiend Holmes gets himself in big trouble with a ruthless gangster Eddie Nash, which soon results in a horrible blood bath.
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Wednesday, September 30, 8:30pm
Jacob's Ladder
(USA/Canada, crime/drama/mystery, 2003)
MA15+
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello
What's it about?
A Vietnam vet (Tim Robbins) is haunted by war and the death of his child in a car accident. When he starts experiencing horrific flashbacks, hallucinations and panic attacks, he struggles to distinguish reality from his dreams. He attempts to face his demons with the help of his ex-wife, his chiropractor and a fellow veteran. Directed by Adrian Lyne (9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction), and written and produced by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), this mind-bending, nightmarish psychological horror thriller is a bonafide cult classic.
A Vietnam vet (Tim Robbins) is haunted by war and the death of his child in a car accident. When he starts experiencing horrific flashbacks, hallucinations and panic attacks, he struggles to distinguish reality from his dreams. He attempts to face his demons with the help of his ex-wife, his chiropractor and a fellow veteran. Directed by Adrian Lyne (9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction), and written and produced by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), this mind-bending, nightmarish psychological horror thriller is a bonafide cult classic.
Source: SBS Movies
Sid and Nancy
(UK, biography/drama/music, 2003)
MA15+
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman
What's it about?
The definitive biopic of Sid Vicious, bass player of the Sex Pistols, and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The pair embraced the sex, drug and rock 'n roll lifestyle to the full, until both died when they were barely out of their teens, at New York's infamous Chelsea Hotel. Seven years later, an emaciated Gary Oldman gives a more-than-convincing performance as Sid, while Chloe Webb won critical acclaim for her unflinching portrayal of "Nauseating Nancy" (winning the part over Courtney Love, who ended up playing Nancy's friend Gretchen instead). "No future" indeed.
The definitive biopic of Sid Vicious, bass player of the Sex Pistols, and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The pair embraced the sex, drug and rock 'n roll lifestyle to the full, until both died when they were barely out of their teens, at New York's infamous Chelsea Hotel. Seven years later, an emaciated Gary Oldman gives a more-than-convincing performance as Sid, while Chloe Webb won critical acclaim for her unflinching portrayal of "Nauseating Nancy" (winning the part over Courtney Love, who ended up playing Nancy's friend Gretchen instead). "No future" indeed.
Source: SBS Movies
