orbital opened this issue on Jan 15, 2007 · 15 posts
orbital posted Mon, 15 January 2007 at 11:27 AM
I like watching films as I'm sure the majority of you lot do. We all have our favourites but name some of the ones you like that may not have been heard of in other countrys.
UK
Quadrophenia, set in the 60's focusing on the Brit culture of Mods and Rockers. Actually produced by The Who
Scum, rather violent and a little disturbing portrayal of life in a young offenders institution or Borstall as it's known here.
Withnail and I two young out of work actors struggle through a haze of booze and drugs with amusing consequences
Dead mans shoes Army veteran comes back to exact revenge on the locals who taunted his killed his mentally disabled brother. Paddy Considine who stars in this is actually from my home town and the Shane Meadows who directed it went to college with my brother in law.
Sexy Beast Ray Winstone as a retired gangster who is living in Spain is required to do one last job. Worth seeing just for Ben Kingsleys performance as a psycho criminal.
Rita Sue an Bob too Sex starved husband starts illicit affair with two girls who babysit for him. Amusing look at British life in a northern industrial town in the eighties.