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Clooney's barmy army in The Men Who Stare At Goats
Film: The Men Who Stare At Goats, taken from Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about the US Army's attempt to use paranormal powers, doesn’t quite cut it.....read
A captivating love story in Bright Star
Film: Jane Campion's Bright Star is full of confidence about its artistic vision and genuinely poetic, says Andrew O'Hagan....read
High school vampire teasing in Jennifer's Body
Film: Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox, is no ordinary splatter movie but one written by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno....read
1 Day is impressively non-moralistic
Film: Made on the unlovely streets of Birmingham, 1 Day has been labelled the first British hip-hop musical....read
Enjoy a thrill ride with A Christmas Carol
Film: Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol is splendidly mounted and visually imaginative animated 3D version of the classic novel....read
Romance in Paper Heart
Film: You will find cheaply made American independent docudrama Paper Heart, charming or faintly irritating....read
Sex and the sixties in An Education
Film: An adaptation of journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of her days as a suburban schoolgirl brilliantly captures the spirit of its age in An Education.....read
Laughter in face of tyranny in Tales From The Golden Age
Film: Written by Cristian Mungiu, this portmanteau film has five stories, each helmed by a different but unnamed Romanian director, which comment on the surreal and comic urban myths of the time - most of which are substantially true....read
God and perversion in Love Exposure
Film: If you can stand its length, this winner of the International Critics’ Prize at the Berlin Film Festival - Love Exposure - has some extraordinary things in it....read
Dead Man Running is entertaining enough
Film: If you think Rio Ferdinand’s form on the football field has suffered lately, it could be that he has been fretting about his cockney crime caper Dead Man Running....read
The Horseman is an undeniably well made film
Film: Steven Kastrissios's debut has Peter Marshall as a devastated father seeking bloody revenge in The Horseman....read
Innovations aplenty in Citizen Kane
Film: Made by Orson Welles at the tender age of 25 in 1941, Citizen Kane is certainly the most stunning debut film....read
Artist Sam imagines stunning vision of young Lennon
Film: What a pleasure, and what a fitting end to an excellent 53rd London Film Festival. Sam Taylor-Wood's film about John Lennon's teenage years is a moving and accomplished debut....read
Curious clips do little to resurrect Jacko in This Is It
Film: This Is It shows Jackson centre stage throughout, always moving, often singing and sometimes looking like he is genuinely enjoying himself.....read
Fantastic Mr Fox is a bright-eyed bushy tale
Film: Director Wes Anderson chooses homemade kookiness over CGI trickery for his take on Roald Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox — the result is charming.
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Making the boy soldiers in Johnny Mad Dog
Film: Writer-director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's film, Johnny Mad Dog, is not an easy watch but it drums home a lesson....read
Dolphin friendly in The Cove
Film: Cast in the form of a thriller, The Cove unites free-divers and other activists in the plot to uncover some fishermen's guilty secrets....read
Cirque du Freak is a mess of it's own making
Film: Cirque du Freak can never quite make up its mind whether it's about the circus or the vampires....read
Stalked by a psychopath in Coffin Rock
Film: Coffin Rock is an Australian version of Fatal Attraction which is well-shot and directed, and more than decently acted....read
Bovine gags in horrendous The Goods
Film: With a halfway decent screenplay and a director who is not Neal Brennan, gross-out comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, might have worked....read
Carey Mulligan is a class act in An Education
Film: An Education has its premiere tonight as part of the London Film Festival in the Vue West End.....read
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