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Review of The Last Detail (1973)

By Paul J (1,190) on 01 Jan 2008

Nicholson turns in a wonderful performance as a tough US navy guy who has to escort a fairly clueless randy quaid to jail and decides to give…

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Review of Made in Britain (1983)

By Paul J (1,190) on 31 Dec 2007

Following on from watching Shane Meadows' This Is England I took at look at Tim Roth's frustrated and overtly angry performance from a film…

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Review of Altered States (1980)

By Paul J (1,190) on 26 Dec 2007

I am a huge fan of movie concept and this one is great. The acting could be better but given the year the movie was made, overall not bad…

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Review of The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

By Paul J (1,190) on 23 Dec 2007

Qurky, weird, somewhat disturbing film based on a true story about an odd couple: the guy is a lothario who marries women for money and his…

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Review of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

By Paul J (1,190) on 23 Dec 2007

Dark, disturbing piece of work that was a refreshing antidote to crap like Silence of the Lambs which presents serial killing as a mundane…

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Review of Keane (2004)

By Paul J (1,190) on 22 Dec 2007

I was fascinated by this movie. It has sparse dialogue and focuses mainly on the lead actor…

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Review of Crimson Tide (1995)

By Paul J (1,190) on 21 Dec 2007

Totally awesome thriller. DO NOT be put off because it's a submarine film. First rate acting twists and turns BRILLIANT…

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Review of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

By Paul J (1,190) on 14 Dec 2007

A tender, erotic and sensual masterwork. The performances are top-notch and Kaufman makes brilliant use of silences and subtle sound design…

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Review of The Crazies (1973)

By Paul J (1,190) on 13 Dec 2007

Germ warfare strikes rural America in this early 70s classic made by George Romero inbetween his zombie series…

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Review of Father of a Soldier (1965)

By Paul J (1,190) on 10 Dec 2007

Top class 1960s Soviet film about ww2: full of russian humour and Soviet jingoism about the Great Patroitic war…

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Review of The Long Good Friday (1980)

By Paul J (1,190) on 08 Dec 2007

One of the best final shots to any movie. Like all the best British gangster films, it's pretty slow going and not much happens…

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Review of Brassed Off (1996)

By Paul J (1,190) on 07 Dec 2007

Another film set in Barnsley around the time of the miners strike, hated by most locals but I thought it did our town justice…

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Review of The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

By Paul J (1,190) on 30 Nov 2007

One of Allen's most intelligent and inventive scripts with undeniably charming characters…

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Review of The Best Intentions (1992)

By Paul J (1,190) on 26 Nov 2007

Here is more evidence as to why Bergman is widely considered the greatest screenwriter. Pernilla August is staggeringly honest…

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Review of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

By Paul J (1,190) on 26 Nov 2007

This was an okay movie. Made more for little kids though. But I loved the music…

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Review of Heaven (1987)

By Paul J (1,190) on 19 Nov 2007

Impressive Most Impressive. Impressive Director…

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Review of Heaven (2002)

By Paul J (1,190) on 19 Nov 2007

Impressive Most Impressive. Impressive Director…

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Review of God's Army 2: States of Grace (2005)

By Paul J (1,190) on 07 Nov 2007

This was a GREAT church movie... Unlike Gods army, the acting is really good, and the music is good... But it has NOTHING to do with Gods army…

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Review of Watership Down (1978)

By Paul J (1,190) on 31 Oct 2007

Dark, dark, dark. Rabbits tearing each other apart. They sure don't make them like this anymore…

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Review of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

By Paul J (1,190) on 23 Oct 2007

One of the craziest chase movies of its time 3 hours long…

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