Double bill of British dramas about football violence and hooliganism. 'The Football Factory' (2004) is based on the novel by John King. Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is a bright but bored 30-year-old with a steady job and close-knit family who lives for the weekend life of casual sex, lager, drugs - and violence. Through him we meet three other males in his world: Billy Bright (Frank Harper), a right-wing fascist full of bitterness at a country that he perceives as having failed him; Zeberdee (Roland Manookian), a mouthy hooligan whose life revolves around crime and drugs; and Bill Farrell (Dudley Sutton), a 70-year-old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit. Shot in documentary style using a handheld camera, the film realistically captures the lure and potency of football violence. 'Arrivederci Millwall' (1990) follows a group of hardcore Millwall supporters as they travel to Bilbao in Spain for England's World Cup matches in 1982. Their rowdy behaviour soon leads them into trouble, and the violence escalates as Billy Jarvis (Kevin O'Donohoe) steals a gun to avenge his brother's death in the Falklands conflict.

This British crime drama set in London's East End is the cinematic debut of TV director Alex Pillai. Ashley Madekwe stars as Tia, a middle class girl from the Home Counties who becomes caught up in a world of crime when she goes to stay in the London council flat of her cousin, Davina (Anna Nightingale). Much to her cousin's displeasure, Tia becomes increasingly involved with one of her friends, Tyson (Ashley Chin). As she becomes closer to Tyson, Tia discovers that he has his own complex and very personal reasons for turning to a life of crime.

Action drama offering a gritty portrayal of the life of Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett), football hooligan, whose innate ferocity propels him into an escalating life of serious crime. Over the course of three decades, Leach 'progresses' from attack-dog hooligan to nightclub bouncer, before becoming involved with the ever-expanding drug scene - his passport into the criminal elite.

Fast-paced British action movie in which a couple of heavyweight London gangsters find themselves on the run from the police and the Russian mafia. Mickey Mannock (Frank Harper) and Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) are men who are used to being in charge. As two of the major players in the London crime scene, they command respect and obedience from their subordinates. However, when rough seas cause them to lose a boatload of the Russian mafia's cocaine their world is turned upside down and they find themselves in grave danger. The pair decide that the only way out of the situation is to pull off a daring diamond heist; no easy feat when the police and one of the world's most ruthless criminal organisations are on your tail.

West London teenager Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) dreams of having a professional football career, even though her parents are determined that she study to be a lawyer. When she is invited by local girl Jules Paxton (Keira Knightley) to join a women's football team, Jess jumps at the chance, and the team's coach Joe (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is impressed with her abilities. With Jess and Jules on board, the team begins a winning streak which puts them on track for the finals. However, in the face of continued opposition from her family, and after a falling-out with Jules, Jess is forced to reconsider her future in the game.

British prison drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson. James D'Arcy stars as former soldier Sam Norwood, who finds work as a prison officer on his return from Iraq and soon becomes initiated into the dark underworld of prison culture, in which corruption and drug trafficking are rife. Noel Clarke and Frank Harper co-star.

Shane Meadows' gritty portrait of teenage urban life in Thatcher's Britain of the early '80s. With schools breaking up for the summer, 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) makes his way home after a fight. Living at home with his mum in a rundown coastal town, his dad killed in the Falklands, Shaun spends a lot of time on his own and dreads the long summer break. Expecting the worst when he runs into a group of skinheads, Shaun's surprised when they turn out to be friendly and adopt him as one of their own. Suddenly the summer feels a whole lot better as Shaun discovers girls, parties, braces and an identity. But the good times are threatened with the appearance of Combo (Stephen Graham), an older, in-your-face racist, just released from prison, who leads the group down a darker, violent road.

Shane Meadows' gritty portrait of teenage urban life in Thatcher's Britain of the early '80s. With schools breaking up for the summer, 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) makes his way home after a fight. Living at home with his mum in a rundown coastal town, his dad killed in the Falklands, Shaun spends a lot of time on his own and dreads the long summer break. Expecting the worst when he runs into a group of skinheads, Shaun's surprised when they turn out to be friendly and adopt him as one of their own. Suddenly the summer feels a whole lot better as Shaun discovers girls, parties, braces and an identity. But the good times are threatened with the appearance of Combo (Stephen Graham), an older, in-your-face racist, just released from prison, who leads the group down a darker, violent road.

Action drama offering a gritty portrayal of the life of Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett), football hooligan, whose innate ferocity propels him into an escalating life of serious crime. Over the course of three decades, Leach 'progresses' from attack-dog hooligan to nightclub bouncer, before becoming involved with the ever-expanding drug scene - his passport into the criminal elite.

Fast-paced British action movie in which a couple of heavyweight London gangsters find themselves on the run from the police and the Russian mafia. Mickey Mannock (Frank Harper) and Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) are men who are used to being in charge. As two of the major players in the London crime scene, they command respect and obedience from their subordinates. However, when rough seas cause them to lose a boatload of the Russian mafia's cocaine their world is turned upside down and they find themselves in grave danger. The pair decide that the only way out of the situation is to pull off a daring diamond heist; no easy feat when the police and one of the world's most ruthless criminal organisations are on your tail.

British prison drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson. James D'Arcy stars as former soldier Sam Norwood, who finds work as a prison officer on his return from Iraq and soon becomes initiated into the dark underworld of prison culture, in which corruption and drug trafficking are rife. Noel Clarke and Frank Harper co-star.

British teen dance drama, also released in 3D. When Carly (Nichola Burley) and her streetdance crew lose both their leader and their rehearsal space within a short space of time, hope arrives in the unlikely guise of a local ballet school. The school's headmistress, Helena (Charlotte Rampling), offers Carly the use of the school's rehearsal facilities in return for an injection of the streetdance intensity and passion that she finds lacking in her lacklustre classically-trained students. Cultures, egos, talents and temperaments clash as the worlds of streetdance and ballet collide.

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The author traces Dryden's theory of comedy through two main stages of development, 1663-75 and 1675-1700. In the first stage, Dryden conceives of ideal comedy as a heightened mixture of Jonsonian humor and Fletcherian love and wit. In the second stage, naturalness and satire become the key principles, and Shakespeare becomes his primary model.
Originally published in 1963.
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