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Winter’s Bone
Winter’s Bone is an intimate and authentic tale that shines a light on a corner of America that rarely gets placed under the microscope.
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Hereafter
Hereafter is unlikely to be regarded as a screen great, which is all the more baffling given the pedigree behind it.
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The Way Back
The Way Back is not a bad film, but it’s a curiously pedestrian adaptation of such an epic human endeavour.
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Brooklyn’s Finest
A sprawling ensemble piece, Brooklyn’s Finest follows three New York cops who all work within the same precinct.
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The Brothers Bloom
The Blooms grow up to be globetrotting fraudsters from a bygone era – executing complex and ingenious con tricks on their rich, hapless victims.
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Former prison cellmates Vic and Danny have hatched a plan: kidnap the daughter of a multi-millionaire and hold her to ransom for £2million.
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Greenberg
Baumbach has crafted another whimsical and thought-provoking piece of work, which this time dwells upon ageing, depression and regret.
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Cyrus
Although starring Reilly and Hill, and co-produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, Cyrus is a surprisingly low-budget slice of American independent filmmaking.
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I Love You Phillip Morris
If you’re the type of person who enjoys late-night, true-life tales of conmen and fraudsters, you may find yourself succumbing to Jim Carrey’s endless scams and deluded optimism.
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The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is an effective and haunting noir-ish experiment for which Winterbottom should largely be applauded.
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