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Night Watch
Based on the Dozor Trilogy of comic books, Night Watch is essentially Russia's first true...
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Must Love Dogs
Stinky, lame, far from engaging; how does one best describe the cinematic turd that is...
Uploaded June 01, 2008 00:01
The Proposition
With The Proposition, Australian cinema has an exhilarating new voice - it's a very familiar...
Uploaded June 01, 2008 00:01
The 40-year-old Virgin
Men are dicks. Especially when they're trying to get one of their kind laid. It's...
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Yours, Mine And Ours
Yours, Mine And Ours updates the 1968 original starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. Based...
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Transporter 2
The Transporter was called "the worst movie Jean Claude Van Damme never made". Frank (Jason...
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The Queen Of Sheba's Pearls
This sumptuous and storied Anglo-Swedish co-production is like an immaculately preserved corpse - expect plenty...
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Serenity
People seeing this movie will be divided into two groups: Group #A - fans of...
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Mad Hot Ballroom
This charming documentary has been scooping up audience awards at festivals around the globe. This...
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The Magician
Digitally shot in just ten days for a meagre $3000, The Magician has already garnered...
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Mondovino
You may be unaware of the crisis growing in the wine world. Globalisation has emerged...
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Murderball
Take eight quadriplegics in Mad Max-style wheelchairs resembling tanks, a basketball court, a ball and...
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Strings
Imagine a world where pain brings rain, where love makes the sun shine and your...
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The Year Of The Yao
Yao Ming is more than a basketball player. He is the poster boy for a...
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Tickets
Tickets brings together three seasoned directors from very different cultural backgrounds: Iranian born Abbas Kiarostami...
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Life Is A Miracle
If you are not familiar with the work of Emir Kusturica, then you will need...
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The Five Obstructions
The Five Obstructions is an elaborate cinematic joke and, as with all jokes, it all...
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Valiant
Recasting the Battle of Britain as a struggle between beleaguered plucky Pommy pigeons and scary...
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The Perfect Catch
Ben Reitman (Jimmy Fallon) is the ultimate sports tragic. His obsession with baseball's Boston Red...
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Red Eye
The new thriller Red Eye has one of the kookiest set-ups ever. All sunny music,...
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