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  • WIN: Beatdown DVDs x 5!

    Beatdown is a hard-hitting, mixed martial arts action-thriller from the stunt guy who brought you Iron Man 2 and Die Hard 4. We’re celebrating the DVD release with 5 copies to give away! Competition ends 11 April 2011.




  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #10

    BOGOF cinema ticket offer lovers, this is your moment! It’s Wednesday, as tends to be the case at this point in the week, but the Best For Film ranks have been swelled almost to bursting point by a merrily capering band of brand new shiny writers. You might hate them all, of course, but it doesn’t seem likely and anyway, Papa ‘Man of the People’ Neish is back. Huzzah!


  • WIN: 3 x THE ARBOR on DVD!

    Described by pretty much everyone as riveting and one of the most original films of the year, The Arbor is the powerful true story of slum playwright Andrea Dunbar. It’s in cinemas from October 22 – but we have 3 DVDs to give away now! Competition ends 9 April 2011.


  • WIN: 3 x 3Some DVDs!

    3SOME (rated 15) is a Spanish drama based on a love triangle of idealistic students who discover their menage a trois can’t survive in the real world. What price must we pay to satisfy our desires? We have 3 copies to give away! Competition ends 9 April 2011.



  • Friday Face/Off: Hobbits

    Hobbits, eh? You either love ’em or you want to set fire to the filthy matted hair on top of their knobbly feet – and if you don’t subscribe to either of those positions then ssh, because they’re sort of the cornerstone of this whole blog. Master debaters Tash and John are going head to head in a bit to decide whether or not the Shire should be burnt to the ground.


  • God Bless The Western: A Top 5 Introduction

    After the recent success of True Grit it’s time we forget about aliens, doomsday stories and talking animals for a while and remember the art of film for real men – The Western. Let us recall the good old days- when 14 year old girls didn’t just hang out and have wet dreams about Justin Bieber, but went off with strangers to kill the murderer of their Dads and some Outlaws on the way. If you’re a fledgling Western buff, fear not – we’ve got the films you need to feel part of the action. Heck, you can almost smell the horse poop and cowboy sweat right on your couch…


  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #9

    The great stones of BFF towers are looking sparse and sad today, mainly because resident guard-human Magda is nowhere to be found (she’s a danger to herself and others when she’s roused), and John’s chair keeps collapsing annoyingly/hilariously. Still, tis Orange Wednesday dammit, and the power of two for one MUST BE RESPECTED.