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Sisu: Road To Revenge and California Schemin'

California Schemin' (Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: James McAvoy; Writer: Gavin Bain, Elaine Gracie, Archie Thomson; Stars: James McAvoy, Seamus McLean Ross, Amber Anderson, Samuel Bottomley, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong)

Two Scottish lads from Dundee conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled.

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Club Zero (Country: Austria, UK, Germany, France, Denmark; Year: 2023; Director: Jessica Hausner; Writer: Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard; Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sam Hoare, Camilla Ritherford, Amanda Lawrence, Elsa Zylberstein)

A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship which eventually takes a dangerous turn.

Full Review See: Jessica Hausner in conversation on costume designer Tanja Hausner, cinematographer Martin Gschlacht, Sidse Babette Knudsen, and Peter & the Wolf in Club Zero
, Jessica Hausner in conversation on Club Zero, Elsa Zylberstein and Mathieu Demy as parents, and the Pied Piper of Hamelin

Sisu: Road To Revenge (Country: Finland; Year: 2025; Director: Jalmari Helander; Writer: Jalmari Helander; Stars: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake, Einar Haraldsson, Jaako Hutchings, Ergo Küppas, Anton Klink)

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless cross-country chase ensues

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