Genre Drama
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
You would expect a film about passionate, dangerous, thwarted love to feel ecstatic and urgent; this felt more like a gentle Valium downer. After the emotional thrills of Twilight, New Moon feels more than a little underwhelming.
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When Tim Burton is prominent in the billing, it’s safe to expect an atmospheric world peopled by shadowy yet relatable characters; it isn’t, however, a guarantee that the plot or dialogue will be much cop.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
Based on the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveller’s Wife is a love story involving a man called Henry who has a very rare genetic disorder which causes him to involuntarily time-travel.
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Paper Heart
Paper Heart is an ostensibly harmless indie film about love, that, when stripped of its oh-so-quirky gloss coat, reveals a far more intelligent animal
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Fame
Fame serves as a platform for up-and-coming faces, a virtual launch pad for a talented new generation of entertainers screaming the immortal ‘remember my name’ to a captivated audience.
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Fish Tank
On paper, Fish Tank looks as if it will be one of those worthy British films that critics fawn over whilst also leaving the majority of the film-viewing public somewhat cold.
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The Boys Are Back
The Boys are Back sees Clive Owen striking out in a different direction from his usual repertoire of characters, refreshingly raw and stripped back with not a gun-tote or a stubble-stroke in sight
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Antichrist
If Lars Von Trier’s aim was to make viewers physically uncomfortable then he has succeeded. Antichrist is, quite simply, a despairingly low form of cinema but this is the very reason it will be remembered.
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Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds can be considered Tarantino’s literal take on the idea that cinema could fight the Nazis, and ultimately it is Tarantino’s love for cinema that makes the film so enjoyable.
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Coco Before Chanel
To talk about Coco before the founding of Chanel seems somehow redundant, like writing a biopic of Scott that ends as he sets out for the Antarctic, or one of Churchill that ends with his first election to Parliament in 1900.
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