Star and Shadow Cinema

• 1994
• US
• 1h 32min
• 18

• Directed by: Kevin Smith
• Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Jason Mewes, Lisa Spoonauer

Just when you were sick of the very sight of the word 'slacker', along came Clerks and gave the whole commercialisation of the Gen X lifestyle a good hard kick up the backside. Kevin Smith's hilariously foul dialogue peps up the exchanges on life, sex and everyday living between bored convenience store check-out assistant Dante and equally bored video store manager Randal.

• 77%
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• 2006
• US
• 1h 41min
• 15

• Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
• Written by: Michael Arndt
• Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin

Probably the planet's most dysfunctional family embark on a road trip to that totem of American aspirations: a children's beauty contest in California. An amusing script, impressive acting and memorable fantasy sequences round out the critique of the prevailing win-at-all-costs culture.

• 78%
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• 1991
• US
• 1h 42min
• 15

• Directed by: Gus Van Sant
• Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves

Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 are given a sleazy, contemporary twist in Van Sant's follow-up to the admirable Drugstore Cowboy to create a compelling, idiosyncratic, left field gem.

• 70%
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