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Cloverfield
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Something has attacked New York, captured on a very shaky video camera. Post 9/11 monster movie. Gripping, imaginative and appalling for those with motion sickness.
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Cloverfield |
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Sweeney Todd
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A dark and visual treat for Burton's legions of friends: only a shame about the singing…
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TRAILER:
Sweeney Todd |
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Black Water
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A crocodile stalks three Australians out in the bush in this lean, very scary but somewhat derivative thriller.
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The Savages
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Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman star in a dark comedy about old age, dementia and mortality. You'd need a cast - and a script - this good to pull it off.
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TRAILER:
The Savages |
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No Country for Old Men
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The Coen's brothers latest is a tight and tough thriller, where good battles evil and tries not to lose hope along the road. Sometimes bleak, but excellent overall.
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TRAILER:
No Country for Old Men |
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Charlie Wilson's War
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Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman… this is a classy film, excellently delivered
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TRAILER:
Charlie Wilson's War |
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Dan in Real Life
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Steve Carrell and Juliette Binoche star in this sharp, Woody Allen style comedy
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Closing the Ring
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Sob-story: slushy wartime romance directed by Richard Attenborough but worthy of little praise.
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I Am Legend
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28 Days in Manhattan: As the last survivor on Earth, Will Smith must save humanity from a plague that has turned the population into zombies.
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TRAILER:
I Am Legend |
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Don't Touch the Axe
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Witty, frustrating and extremely long French Napoleonic romance.
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Paranoid Park
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A teenager finds himself embroiled in a crime in this strange and disconnected tale of not coming-of-age.
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St Trinian's
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Rupert Everett heads the all-star cast in this 'reimagining'
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Enchanted
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Disney's latest is a mix of animation and live action about a fairy-tale princess.
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TRAILER:
Enchanted |
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Les Chansons d'Amour
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Unusual French musical exploring sexuality and gender. Politics a-plenty, shame about the songs…
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We Own the Night
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Joaquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes star in an uneven police thriller set on the dirty streets of 1980s New York.
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TRAILER:
We Own the Night |
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Southland Tales
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Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly returns with a follow-up, long in the making, confusing in the watching, and slippery in the understanding. A cult classic or a mashed-up mess - or worse still, possibly both…
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Hotel Harabati
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French oddity: a couple find a suitcase of money and things begin to fall apart
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He Was A Quiet Man
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A rather unimaginative comedy-drama about an office worker who shoots his colleague, saved by a superb turn by Elisha Cuthbert.
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Chromophobia
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Director Martha Fiennes with a strong cast and a weak script full of stereotypes
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The Nines
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Writer-director of Go returns with a mind-bending triple-bill of interconnected short films. Dizzyingly complicated.
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Hitman
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Adapted from the popular videogame, Hitman fails to impress despite locking down on it's target audience with uncanny accuracy…
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TRAILER:
Hitman |
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut
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A version for the 21st century: Ridley Scott has recut his 1982 masterpiece yet again, to produce the most visually arresting sci-fi film of all time.
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TRAILER:
Blade Runner: The Final Cut |
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Wristcutters: A Love Story
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A road-trip through limbo: an unconventional oddity that's neither here nor there…
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The Darjeeling Ltd
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Three very strange brothers embark on a spiritual journey. Anderson's distinctive style is all over this, but is there any substance below?
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TRAILER:
The Darjeeling Ltd |
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