Natasha Hodgson
Natasha Hodgson
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Jeff Who Lives At Home
Never quite sure whether it wants to champion the go-getters or those who just let fate sweep them along, Jeff, Who Lives At Home is nevertheless a perfectly amiable mumblecore comedy made watchable by the great chemistry between its leads Jason Segel and Ed Helms. Though it loses its head somewhat in the strangely action-packed final third, some good dialogue and gentle laughs make it just about worth a visit.
TGIM! The UK Green Film Festival
Another thick, beige parade of weekdays stands before you, threatening you with the kind of crippling boredom only bestest by anything written by Nicholas Sparks or facts about golf. THANK GOODNESS THEN that Best For Film is committed to making sure you don't have a truly awful life. Thank God It's Monday proudly presents your guide to this weekend's UK Green Film Festival!
This week's releases: the trailers
Remember last week? Remember last week when tomorrow was sort of SUNDAY AGAIN because of the magic of last week? Yeah, well that's not how this tomorrow's going to work, big boy. Monday is on its way like some mad, Taylor Lautner based dribbling hell hound, and there's nothing we can do about it. Except promise you that there are, at least, NEW FILMS afoot! Trailers ho!
She Monkeys
Growing up, eh? It's almost too much trouble to bother with. Lisa Aschan's impressive directorial debut takes a unflinchingly uncomfortable trip down puberty lane in this sparse yet absorbing drama about two sisters feeling their way through the trials and tribulations of being a girl and that. Though barely-there dialogue and a certain detachment from her characters mean we're never quite sure what it is Ashchan is trying to achieve, the questions she throws up about sexuality, friendship and balancing niftily on a horse more than make up for the lack of answers.
This week's releases: the trailers
Wahey! Bank holiday! A whole extra day off, it's like you never have to go back to work again, isn't it? But you will. It's happening, and if anything, it will be worse than anything you can possibly imagine. So why try and engage your brain just yet? This week's releases in lovely trailer format - wrap that poor mind of yours around some soothing flashy noise.

