I Really Hate My Job follows the lives of five women working together in a busy Soho restaurant who have little in common apart from their jobs. During the course of one evening, the women discuss every detail of their lives, from fear of getting old to dreaming of doing anything other than working in a second rate restaurant with delusions of grandeur. The customers come and go, unaware of the real concerns of the women: the restaurant's growing rat infestation, arguments about the nature of art, a communist rebellion in the kitchen - and the frenzied anticipation of the arrival of a famous Hollywood movie star.
Our heroes have a dream - in this case, to make a movie. Frustrated by their college lecturer, wannabe producer Joe and his talented but neurotic director friend Baggy head to London to sell what they know is a script made of gold. Encountering nothing but closed doors, their luck changes when an equally desperate producer (and general lowlife) is willing to bung them some cash - but only if they can nab the right star, the legendary porn actress Candy Fiveways. Against all odds they manage to secure her services but it's not long before trouble heads their way. Making a groundbreaking graduation film with scenes of an adult nature in your parents' house was never going to be easy. Will Joe and Baggy successfully wrap their DIY skinflick and is there a possibility of finding real love along the way?
London, 1944. The war hangs in the balance. Nazi spy Eva has an ingenious method of transmitting a crucial Morse code message to a waiting German U-Boat. What could possibly go wrong?
Daniel wakes up one morning to discover that his penis has disappeared. There is a distinct lack of sympathy from everyone he encounters. As life continues Daniel finds himself increasingly disconnected from the world around him, as well as from his penis.
Four-year old Chloe sees a man shoplifting and asks her mum if she too can 'shop like the man.' Mum-distracted and on the phone agrees, only aware of what has been going on when a Security Guard stops them at the check-out. The Security Guard asks Chloe to identify the man she was copying, but preferring the dapper thief to the greasy Security Guard she pretends he has gone. As Chloe and embarrassed mum leave the store, the thief drops a chocolate bar from his coat as a reward for Chloe's help.
Jacks is an assistant editor at UK Vogue and forms the centre of her group of friends, taking an 'Emma'-like role as she match-makes and steers them through their disastrous relationships. Her gay flatmate Peter is a particular focus of her repeated attempts to help him find true love. But when will Jacks realise she needs to focus on her own less than ideal love life? And when will Peter stop letting his imagination of the ideal lover get in the way of real-life happiness?
Love and Other Disasters provides us with a witty glance into a glittering group of friends and their London life, whilst examining the difference between life and love as it is in the movies and how it is in real life.
A film about people who own (and love) the robot dogs called Aibo. The first consumer focus artficially intelligent product designed to create love bonds with owners. As the Aibo is an imitation of life, so our film mixes real owners with a fictional character playing improvised scenes based on research.
Getaway driver Miles Foster, witnesses the murder of his friend by Astin Brody, a shady underworld boss. Miles is hidden on the Greek Island of Zanthi with a recently graduated female MI5 officer, Charlotte Green. They share similar upbringing, but the similarities end there. Shalom Godsall, Brody's disgruntled number two, has recommended two Irish assassins to take care of the job, much to their surprise. A father and son team, who have a terrible track record. Godsall, however, is working with American and British secret service to oust his rival and take the top job. Nothing is going to plan; the assassins have found their target and are getting close. Miles and Charlotte are not getting on at all and the special relationship between the British and American secret service is at breaking point.
