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Man On Wire
In 1974, 24-year-old French wire-walker Philippe Petit broke into the World Trade Center, climbed to top and danced between the Twin Towers for 45 minutes. They called it “the artistic crime of the century”, and this wonderful documentary is like a gripping true-life thriller set a quarter of a mile in the sky.
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X-Files: I Want To Believe
Six years after the show ended, The Truth Is Still Out There. When a psychic paedophile (Billy Connelly) claims to know the whereabouts of kidnapped FBI agents, the Feds call on Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gilliam Anderson) for help. Expect sinister Russians, a two-head dog, Billy Connelly bleeding from the eyes and Fox Mulder wearing a beard...
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The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
Hot on the tail of Indy 4, dashing explorer Brenden Fraser swings in for a third time for more epic adventure, eye-popping effects and cheeky wise-cracks. China’s ruthless Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his 10,000 reawakened terra cotta warriors take over from The Mummy’s Imhotep, Maria Bello takes over from Rachel Weisz and there won’t be any aliens in this one. We’re praying.
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Elite Squad The most exciting Brazilian crime thriller since City Of God, this bullet-blasting nosedive into Rio de Janeiro’s drug-ravaged slums won Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival this year. Bloody, gripping and intense, it sees special police units mopping up crime on the mean streets in the most brutal way possible. Not one to bring your Granny to.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Using slick new 3D CGI techniques, George Lucas’ first theatrically released animated Star Wars movie plugs the gap between Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith. Robotic Jedi-killer General Grievous, Dooku and his Dark Jedi henchwoman Asajj Ventress are all ready to cross light-sabers with Anakin and Obi-Wan. The Force is strong with this one.
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You Don’t Mess With The Zohan
Great, great idea: Adam Sandler plays an Israeli Special Forces Soldier who fakes his death in order to become a hair stylist in New York. Judd Apatow helped write the script for this oddball comedy, which plays the Middle East crisis for laughs as Sander’s buff, blow-dried Jewish superhero exclaims, “I just want to make people silky-smooth!” |
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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Devil may care... A cigar-chomping superhero born from the bowels of Hades, Ron Perlman’s Hellboy crashes back into action in this sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s hugely enjoyable comic-book adap. Gorgeous visuals, slobbering beasties and crunching smackdowns, with Big Red and his flammable girlfriend (Selma Blair) aiming to save the world from Prince Of Darkness Luke Goss.
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Get Smart
Gun-fights, gadgets, explosions, car chases... Think Bond. Now make it really, really funny. Steve Carrel is perfectly cast as bumbling secret agent Max Smart, star of this big-screen remake of the cult ‘60s TV spy spoof. Top cast, too: Anne Hathaway as the beautiful Agent 66, The Rock as heroic Agent 23 and Terence Stamp as their arch-villain.
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Somers Town
Dead Man’s Shoes was one of the most stunning British films of modern times. This Is England was a bracing follow-up. Now director Shane Meadows is back with an edgy, funny, touching story of friendship between two London teens and the girl they both fancy. Great performances, particularly from This Is England star Thomas Turgoose.
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Ben X
We gave you the heads-up about this stylish teen indie drama in our Hidden Treasure Of 2008 feature. Belgium answer to Donnie Darko, it sees a shy, autistic boy escapes into a fantasy videogame world where he classroom bullies become digitised opponents. Hollywood is already eyeing up a remake...
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Babylon AD
Chrome-domed hardman Vin Diesel returns hits the screen for the first time since 2006, in this near-future thriller from Gothika director Mattieu Kassovitz. Face-smashing and plot-twists aplenty as Diesel’s nihilist mercenary must smuggle a woman from Russia to America. Turns out, she’s part of an evil cult’s plan to create a genetically-modified Messiah and it’s time for Vin to save the world...
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The Wackness
Touching, foulmouthed and funny, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane director Jonathan Levine’s punky coming-of-age drama sees a high-school pot-dealer (Mean Creek’s Josh Peck) swapping life-lessons for weed with a hollowed-out Professor (Ben Kinsley) during a long, hot summer romance with his daughter. Be warned: you will see Kingsley copping off with Ashley Olsen. Eww.
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