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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Showing November 2009 @ Showcase De Lux, Bristol

I don’t know about you but when I lock my eyes onto the mesmerising British actor, Michael Caine, I am immediately in my mind catapulted back to the colourful days of the Italian Job. Some might state these were his finer days and the most memorable of his exceptional career but I should remind them of his brilliant work recent films like The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Is Anybody There? All these were classics of this decade, affirming the straightforward point that Caine is still respectable of an audience’s recognition.
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Tuesday 17th until Saturday 21st November 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

Britain’s biggest competitive international short film festival, Encounters, celebrates its 15th birthday this week and returns to Watershed with another glorious panoramic roundup of the best of the world’s cinematic shorts. The five day festival will present a bonanza slice of international short films, screening over 300 new films from 31 countries including over 50 premieres, with education and training from respected industry professionals, and an array of special guests, parties and hotly contested awards.
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November 2009 @ Showcase De Lux, Bristol

Another animation film? Yes that’s correct but do not distress as disguised behind the works of this thought replenished exploit is Tim Burton as the producer. This should already clamp in a specified and wide audience of die-hard fans who will most surely be enthralled.
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Friday 23rd October until Thursday 12th November 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

What most people will notice straight away with Fantastic Mr. Fox is the animation is quite different. Director Wes Anderson has clearly created another masterpiece which will be a much welcomed addition to his collection so far - The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited. Cast members from his previous projects like Owen Wilson and Bill Murray, are accompanied by Anderson newbies George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Brian Cox, creating an extremely powerful backbone. Anderson blends in the kind of acting and humour from his previous titles which has genuinely made this something exclusive and set it apart from any other animation this year.
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Friday 16th until Thursday 29th October 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

As soon as I laid my eyes on the trailer for this colorful, fresh film, the first thing I  thought was how this is going to be the last time I ever see Heath Ledger on the big screen. That fact alone pulled me in to see it but this film was actually so much more than I believed it would be. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus tells the tale of a touring theatre show which is financially out of pocket. On their travels they pick up Tony (Heath Ledger) who causes the first mystery in this story. At each stop they ask the general public to enter the mind of the spectacular and graceful Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) by stepping through a custom made mirror. The twist is that Doctor Parnassus is seeking five souls to obtain as after many pacts with the devil (played by Tom Waits) he has to either give his daughter away or get the souls before he does.
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The Devil Wears Prada are a six-piece metal-core band from Ohio, US. They are currently touring the UK with Enter Shikari and Suit Yourself Magazine sat down with Mike (vocals) and Jeremy (guitar) from the band before their show to shoot the shit:

SY: Hey guys! How’s it going? How are you finding England?
Mike: How am I what, England?!
Jeremy: Found it great! Landed right in London and found it right away!

SY: How did the band start and how did you decide which route you wanted to take?
Jeremy: Um…actually a couple of the other guys just started the band for fun and then Mike joined after a little bit and then I joined right after they started playing shows. Just started out as something to do, you know. We lived in Ohio, not much else to do! And it just kinda took off from there and just kept getting bigger, so we just kept doing it. As far as direction I think we just went with what we were listening to at the time or just kinda stuff that we liked at the time.
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September @ Showcase Cinema DeLux, Bristol

Ever been in love with someone who hasn’t loved you back – well this is the perfect slice of entertainment for you. At his first exposure of Summer Finn, Tom Hansen falls for who he summarises as the girl of his dreams. Sadly, she rejects these feelings but there ensues a bit of cat and mouse with everything slowly cascading downhill, bewildering young Tom.
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Showing between Friday 28th August and Thursday 10th September 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

Every day we hear in the news about suicide attacks and roadside bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq but we have the ability to switch off and ignore if we want, but with The Hurt Locker we are taken to the very front line. This intense war thriller follows the fortunes of a small American bomb disposal unit in Baghdad – one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
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Part 1 showing between Friday 7th and Thursday 20th August 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol
Part 2 showing between Friday 28th August and Thursday 10th September 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

Jacques Mesrine was a notorious French gangster in the 1970s and, as has become the staple with any famous criminal, here we have the biopic based on his autobiographical manuscripts and it is being hailed as “the French Scarface”.

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