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Hunted- Review

Channel 4s Dispatches, has recently aired a hard hitting documentary, Hunted about the hardships for homosexuals living in Russia.

The programme shows the events of a group named “Occupy Pedophilia”, who make it their mission to abuse and humiliate gay people whilst filming it to put on the internet. The group goes on a ‘safari’, which involves the enticement of a gay man using deception, back to a flat which is full of 13 men waiting to ridicule him. The camera crew is pushed into the bathroom, but their refusal to stop filming protects the innocent man from a worse outcome.

One man on the show talks to the camera looking downtrodden, as he describes how he was shot in the eye and left blind simply because of his sexuality. He explains “Hunting season is open, and we are the hunted” says one young gay man, who was left blinded after a homophobic attack on a party that he and other gay men were attending.

A lesbian couple is also interviewed about their fear that their children will be taken from them, under the new law that homosexuality must not be ‘promoted’ to children under 18. One even says, “[The law] would please Hitler.”

This programme brings to light the fact that some Russians, see ‘pedophile’ and ‘homosexual’ as the same definition, which creates most of theses problems.

Hunted features gay people being tortured by vigilantes for 'sport', and it is a very eye opening documentary that shows the primitive views of people and the government in Russia.

Feb Mixtape

Sweat-
Is the new dance track from Major Lazor features hip-hop vocals from Miss Dynamite alongside the fast EDM created by DJ Laidback Luke. The song is a definite dance song, I can see it being played in clubs (well ones that know good music) as it combines heavy base beats with tribe like noises that you really don't hear in many songs, and some female rap chucked in there as well.

The video complements the music style with its high speed, street dancers covered in UV paint, matched with different close ups of the dancers faces and paint bouncing off the speakers which all works to create a real dance anthem.

Thank- you 

Rap legend Busta Rhymes has released, the second single, Thank you, from his tenth studio album E.L.E.2 (Extinction Level Event 2). The collaboration features Q-Tip, Lil Wayne and Kanye West, alongside sampling from Alicia Myers' 1981 song, I Wanna Thank You. This creates an innovative blend of a deep tenor, and fast lyrics, against her soulful melody.

Valentines For Bro's

Yes alright, we are all bored about hearing how you are going to spend valentines day with your loved one, or how hard it is being all alone, or even how your so against the whole idea because it’s just a marketing stint designed to get more money from consumers. Well hold on just one second aren’t we forgetting one element ... BROMANCE.

Yes, how could we forgot those men just yearning to spend quality time with their straight male other half’s.

A Bromance, as described in the Urban Dictionary is the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.

So girls don’t be upset if you are second choice, because this is a special relationship that is unexplainable to someone who hasn’t experienced it. Although if you are one of those lucky guys to have experienced a Bromance then of course you will be spending valentines day with your fellow Bro. Doing Bro activities like playing video games, participating in sport, and cuddling up on the sofa to watch a good old RomCom.

Ladies, make your life easier by not asking questions that will ultimately lead to nowhere…and remember you will always have trusty Ben and Jerry to have your back, so just let the fellas get on with whatever it is that they do.

Seven Pychopaths

 The film is definitely something I haven’t seen before, its not your average predictable Hollywood blockbuster, instead it knits together some very different stories to create a film where you are actively thinking about how it all fits together.

The plot follows Marty (Farrell) a struggling alcoholic, writer trying to finish his screenplay, "Seven Psychopaths" along with his best friend, Billy (Rockwell) who is an unemployed actor and part time dog thief, and wants to help Marty by keeping him focused and inspired by any means necessary.

Hans (Walken) is Billy's dog-napping partner in crime, he is an older religious man with a violent past, as we see later on in the movie. Charlie (Harrelson) is the psychopathic gangster whose beloved dog, Billy and Hans have just stolen. His unpredictable violence and obsessive love for his dog creates the humorous baseline of the plot.

The film has elements resembeing Tarantino with its ruthless black humour and excessive gore, although it is more then just an imitation. There are smart references to lazy movie making, something that has bceone the norm in Hollywood.

Also Billy (Rockwell) uses the film to deconstruct classic movie conventions in a mocking way, claiming that anything is allowed on screen as long as the animals survive.

The final supposed dramatic scene is the most average shoot out ever known, which does well to create a kind of comedy only the more avid movie lovers and also cinema cynics would understand.

If your bored of your standard movie sequence then give Seven Psychopaths, as it will at the least provide you with some new footage concepts.