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Review of L.A. Takedown (1989)

By Geoff P (212) on 28 Mar 2008

Mann's first take on the story that would later become Heat, and this film is just as good. Unfortunately eclipsed by its flashier, A-list remake…

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Review of Farewell My Concubine (1993)

By Geoff P (212) on 28 Mar 2008

A moving and harrowing tale of two actors whose entire way of life comes into conflict with the rise of communsim and the later Cultural Revolution…

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Review of Ned Kelly (2003)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Good version of the oft-wandered tale of the legendary bushranger, with a very well done final showdown at its climax…

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Review of Memphis Belle (1990)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Great war film…

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Review of The Right Stuff (1983)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A absolutely amazing film, and a fitting tribute to the pioneers of speed and space…

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Review of Naked Weapon (2002)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

An okay female assassin/martial arts film. Not the best I've ever seen, but certainly not the worst…

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Review of Twin Town (1997)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

It starts off as a fun drug-fuelled crime caper in deepest Swansea, but soon goes somewhere darker at the end…

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Review of The Last Emperor (1987)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A beautiful film that traces the last emperor of China from his spoilt and aloof uprbinging, to his life in an age of republicanism, communism…

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Review of Where Eagles Dare (1968)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A classic film that twists and turns everywhere you look. Burton and Eastwood look like they had fun doing this…

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Review of Ran (1985)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A riot of colour, violence and intrigue in this adaptation of King Lear from the master of period Japanese film…

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Review of La Haine (1995)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A hard-hitting tale of three ethnic kids in a Parisian project trying in their own ways to escape a the cycle of life…

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Review of Rio Bravo (1959)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A great western from the grandaddies of the western genres, Hawks and Wayne…

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Review of The Frighteners (1996)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

A great film with a new spin on the whole ghost/exorcist relationship…

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Review of The Mission (1986)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Great film. Nicely paced with some great acting, and with the Morricone soundtrack floating etherally behind it all…

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Review of The Madness of King George (1994)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

An absolute triumph of a film. Superbly acted by everybody in it, this shows the sad and disturbing illness of the third Hanover King of England…

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Review of Shogun Assassin (1980)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Eighties samurai slash and gore! Gots to love it…

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Review of The War of the Worlds (1953)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

I love this film! It verges on the side of B-movie, but it has all the edge and suspence you want from the Wells story…

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Review of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Am amazing film from a great director with a great cast. Even Bob Dylan is good in this film, and his soundtrack is sublime…

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Review of October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Pure propoganda, but an amazing feat…

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Review of The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

By Geoff P (212) on 26 Mar 2008

Amazing array of ideas and talent. Features some of the best videos ever made…

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