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Two years ago, Natividad Alonso was scrolling through YouTube when the algorithm suggested she listen to Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).” At the time, Alonso — a photographer from Buenos Aires, Argentina — had been listening to a lot of Eighties pop, along with acts like St. Vincent, Pj Harvey, Sade, and Björk, and she was happy to give Bush’s 1985 hit a spin. “Then I saw her on a @notallgeminis post for Leo season,” Alonso, 23, remembers, “and as a Leo, I thought: ‘I’m gonna listen to that song again.

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This is a review of Kicks, directed by Lindy Heymann and starring Kerrie Hayes, Nichola Burley (Streetdance 3D) and Jamie Doyle. Shy and awkward 15-year-old Merseyside teenager Nicole (Kerrie Hayes) nurtures a lonely crush on fictional Liverpool Fc footballer Lee Cassidy. Waiting to catch a glimpse of him at the stadium gates, she bonds with fellow fan Jasmine (Nichola Burley), a would-be glamour model and Wag. Jasmine wants a pair of breast implants for her sixteenth birthday as well as a footballer boyfriend – seeing both as a ticket to fame and stardom.

Jamie Doyle arrives for the premiere of Lindy Heymann’s Kicks, in which two women do whatever they can to get near their sports idol, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 22. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Nichola Burley at the premiere of Kicks (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Director Lindy Heymann arrives for the premiere of Kicks (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) A view from the National Gallery during the London Moves Me Outdoor Screening as part of the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival held at Trafalgar Square on October 22. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)...

Directed by Lindy Heymann

Written by Leigh Campbell

Featuring Nichola Burley, Jamie Doyle, Kerrie Hayes

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Review by projectcyclops

Kicks tells the story of Nicole and Jasmin, two girls from opposite sides of the tracks who bond over their favourite football (soccer) star, Lee, in Liverpool. Meeting for the first time outside the club training grounds to try and get a peek at the guy, they hit it off and go clubbing together, at which point their differences become more apparent. Nicole (or Col) is a shy and intelligent girl who comes from the kind of household where you'd see an asthma inhaler next to a ashtray full of old butts, while Jasmine's family are wealthy nouveau riche, promising her a boob-job for her sweet-sixteenth. Jasmine wants to marry rich and be a pro-party girl, while Col wants a, "Brain-job", rather than chest enhancement, and her love for Lee is more cerebral and obsessive,...

Year: 2009

Directors: Lindy Heymann

Writers: Leigh Campbell

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Trailer: link

Review by: projectcyclops

Rating: 7 out of 10

Kicks tells the story of Nicole and Jasmin, two girls from opposite sides of the tracks who bond over their favourite football (soccer) star, Lee, in Liverpool. Meeting for the first time outside the club training grounds to try and get a peek at the guy, they hit it off and go clubbing together, at which point their differences become more apparent. Nicole (or Col) is a shy and intelligent girl who comes from the kind of household where you'd see an asthma inhaler next to a ashtray full of old butts, while Jasmine's family are wealthy nouveau riche, promising her a boob-job for her sweet-sixteenth. Jasmine wants to marry rich and be a pro-party girl, while Col wants a, "Brain-job", rather than chest enhancement, and her love for Lee is more cerebral and obsessive,...

Have you ever wondered what happens when fangirls take their obsession too far? Kicks does. And it's screening at The Edinburgh Film Fest this June.

Lindy Heymann’s gripping and thought-provoking psycho-sexual thriller was written by Leigh Campbell and stars Nichola Burley (Eiff/Skillset Trailblazer 2008) and newcomer Kerrie Hayes as Liverpudlian teenagers devoted to their favorite football player, Lee (Jamie Doyle). When Lee’s move to Spain is announced, the girls resolve to change his mind – by any means necessary - including fear. A tense and frighteing journey that provides sharp and eloquent comment on Wag culture, beautifully shot by Eduardo Grau...

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