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Shank (2009)
Student favourite
When I was a student (couple of years ago) this film hit the rounds with student groups as a film to watch...and it was universally admired for it's honest and compelling narrative. Plot holes and flaws aside (quite possibly due to budget constraints) in some of the coincidences it still manages to pack a punch and moves with a pace reserved for action films of considerably higher budgets.
The DVD extras included a 30 minute making of which gave unique insight into the reasoning behind the production and the genuine intent of cast and crew alike.
I'm not gay but you don't have to be to see this film. It is a youthful honest film. A good watch and definitely worth a view.
10 scored because some of the reviewers here are being just idiotically mean and vindictive - in my opinion had the writers been given the budget of say Attack the Block or the other SHANK then this would have been even better than it is....possibly some of the comments are coming from the minds of those who mistook it for the other SHANK and weren't expecting a gay hero!
It's the 21st Century people - this should have been widely distributed and supported and I say that as a Brit who appreciates British talent.
Buffering (2011)
Fun & frolics
i found this film at a festival in Gran Canaria (where it won best script) and it was a great combination of comedy and drama with a blistering soundtrack and great performances.
Some funny lines and some moments of emotion...
All in all - good fun.
A young gay couple (Seb & Aaron) have overspent on their credit cards and have bills stacking up. One of them(Aaron) decides to sell their sex life online without telling the other one that he's secretly filming them. The money starts to pour in until he gets caught! Realising that their troubles are being "paid off by getting laid" Seb agrees to carry on until their back in the black. When their friend Jem turns up and suggests they introduce a third to really take them over the top things get dicey in their relationship...a wise "sex shop owner" counsels them both individually to make the right choices - be it choosing between Viagra or cialis (the blue pill or the orange) or choosing love over money or a threesome..!