Friday 5th until Thursday 25th March 2010 @ Watershed, Bristol

Not content with dominating the art world, it seems the infamous Banksy has now turned his hand to cinema. On the face of it, his film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, is a colourful documentary about the rise of street art and its explosion in popularity over the last 5-10 years. We’ve got interviews with several of the big players (and some of the smaller ones), tales of their exploits and narrated segments of various “key” moments in the scene’s (and Banksy’s) history like the spraying of the West Bank wall and the placing of a Guantanamo Bay detainee model in Disneyland. Holding all this documenting together is the story of one man, a certain Thierry Guetta, and how his love of street art slowly took over his life and changed it beyond recognition.
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Showing March 2010 @ Showcase Cinema De Lux, Bristol

I went into the cinema with not much information on this one other than the fact I knew it was a re-make of a somewhat classic but mostly forgotten zombie horror directed by the legend, George A. Romero (Dawn Of The Dead). Back then, I guess, these kinds of films were rare but nowadays it feels like we have seen it all before; I did still see plenty of people leaping of their seats though.
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Showing February 2010 @ Showcase Cinema De Lux, Bristol

The never ageing and always super smooth George Clooney is back, joined by director Jason Reitman (Juno) in this modern take on ones comfort zone being their job. Joining the flight is Anna Kendrick from the teen super success, Twilight, and in this motion picture we really get to experience her for the actor she is - should I add she won a Golden Globe for best supporting role? This film really can’t go off the rails in my eyes.
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Showing January and February 2010 @ Showcase Cinema DeLux, Bristol

After being nominated for a BAFTA but at the same time not showing much over here in the UK, The Road, is something I don‘t want fellow cinema attendees to miss out on. Nearly a decade since the unreal and iconic Lord Of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen who played Aragorn is again sharing with us his impressive craft as an actor.
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Showing December 2009 until January 2010 @ Showcase Cinema Delux, Bristol

It seems Sam Worthington has a one way ticket to becoming a superstar. After his first noticeable performance in Terminator: Salvation he quickly got offered a slot in the impending Clash Of The Titans remake and somewhere in between these motion pictures we can enjoy his performance in Avatar, the eagerly anticipated enchantment from James Cameron (Titanic, Aliens, The Terminator).
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Showing December @ Showcase Cinema De Lux, Bristol

It’s freezing; it’s winter. You’re absolutely fed up of purchasing Christmas gifts and require something that will preserve your spirit until Christmas day itself - this is the film that will hit the spot for you.

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Showing December 2009 @ Showcase Cinema De Lux, Bristol

Action, drama, thriller all compiled into one package is what you can expect from the new film Law Abiding Citizen spotlighting the gloriously talented duo of Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.

Soon after a plea arrangement is met by prosecutor Nick Rice (Foxx) to set free the cruel killers that took away Clyde Shelton’s family, the law abiding citizen that Clyde (Butler) prides himself as seeks justice into his own hands and begins to viciously hunt down the killers. Once he’s eradicated his first victim (in the most gruesome and Saw related way) he is cast into jail but behind bars he still has a scheme to take out anyone involved in his case.
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Friday 6th November until Thursday 3rd December 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

As Abbie Cornish’s Fanny waits in vain to find her old happiness and humour, so do the audience of Bright Star.

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December 2009 @ Showcase De Lux, Bristol

After its release date in 2007 at a minor film festival, Paranormal Activity has finally exploded out from the closet to raise hairs across the UK; it’s already been let loose in the US where it has reached a higher position in the box office then the latest instalment of Saw. How did it go so far? Well, to be impetuous - it’s complete cult jubilation.
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Friday 27th November until Thursday 3rd December 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

Stephen is a twenty something recluse; a wet drip who’s forgotten how to live life. After his heart is broken for the umpteenth time, to take his mind off it, his best and only friend, Bunny, drags him travelling across Europe. All sorts of anarchy ensues and Stephen and Bunny experience all the best and worst of Poland, Switzerland and Spain. Stephen takes a little time to be coaxed out of his shell but Bunny jumps into the experience headfirst, daring himself on at every opportunity: Bunny races crabs; Bunny sleeps with girls; Bunny has eating competitions; Bunny swims through frozen rivers; and eventually, Bunny fights a bull.
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