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From the director and star of Run Lola Run, comes this trippy love story about two damaged people - a sweet nurse (Franke Potente) and a silent former soldier (Benno Furmann). He saves her life one fateful day and then she saves him on an equally fateful day. Lovely, unflinching and strange, but haunting and touchingly romantic. Director Tom Tykwer's style is original without being disruptive.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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Moulin Rouge (2-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD)

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Spectacular, over-the-top visuals and romance. Baz Luhrmann is a genius for simply giving me Ewan Macgregor as a proper leading man! Amazing costumes, production numbers, sets, styling and a fantastic cast. You'll want to watch it again and again!

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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The Others

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Even if you know what the twist is, watch The Others. The journey may not be as satisfying, but it'll save you from watching it a second time to catch all that you missed not knowing!

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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Lost in Translation (2003)

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Unexpected. Bill Murray unlike you have ever seen him before. Intriguing step back to look intimately at the character's life. And a glimpse into life in Japan.

Updated Feb 28, 2007

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Get Carter (1971)

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The inimitable Michael Caine in one of his tour de forces, 1971's Get Carter is a must-see. Forget the remake starring Sylvester Stallone (who were they trying to kid, really?).

Get Carter is a gritty, tense crime movie, and a classic of British cinema. It still has a tinge of the swinging 60s with its brilliantly evocative soundtrack and inclusion of stars Michael Caine and Britt Ekland.

Carter is not a particularly clever but well-dressed thug from London, who is driven by a cold yet inspired revenge when he travels to Newcastle to avenge his brother's death. It's a masterfully told and acted tale, as we follow Carter through the sad and seedy underbelly of working-class Newcastle. Stark and unsettling, it's truly a classic.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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The Italian Job (1969)

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The classic heist film, starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill. Yes, I said Benny Hill. Oh, and a fleet of Mini Coopers should have a place on the marquee as well!

They don't come much more entertaining than this swinging 60s heist classic in which Michael Caine's band of merry men plan and execute an elaborate armed car robbery in the crowded streets of Turin, Italy. The Mini Cooper product placement is hardly that, as the little cars are integrable to the heist execution and as a result, completely lust-worthy. If you've ever questioned Michael Caine's status as a icon, just watch The Italian Job, then Alfie, then Get Carter. You'll have no further questions, guaranteed.

It's wacky, campy and very funny. Highly recommended.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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The Wicker Man (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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A devout and pious Catholic police sergeant travels to a remote Scottish island when he receives word that a young girl has gone missing. What he finds shocks and subtly intrigues while threatening his religious beliefs - a deeply pagan and close-knit society who worship nature over established religion. With strange customs and overt sensuality on full display at each turn, Edward Woodward's Sergeant Howie rallies forth to do his duty and solve the central mystery of the missing child. Entangling with the town's charmingly sinister leader Lord Summerisle (a wonderful Christopher Lee), the beguiling landlord's daughter and nymph Willow (Britt Eckland) and a host of other vaguely sinister characters, Howie delves deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the island, until the Wicker Man's stunning conclusion.

It's an utterly unforgettable and original film, sadly underrated at the time of its release and it's brilliance was barely touched by the abysmal, woefully misguided 2006 remake of the same name.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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The Night of the Hunter

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I love scary movies and when I come across a classic film such as Night of the Hunter, that is suspenseful, original and scares me, I am beyond thrilled. Night of the Hunter is extremely dark (especially considering it was made in 1955) at the same time as being as expressionistic and fantastical as if it was written by the Brothers Grimm.

Reverend Harry Powell became one of Robert Mitchum's most iconic roles and it's easy to see why. Harry Powell poses as a reverend, seeks out and charms a widow into marrying him, murders her and then hunts her children all in pursuit of a potentially long-lost $10, 000.

It's an incredible masterpiece of suspense and foreboding.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)

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The legendary film noir that was taken away from the mad misunderstood genius Orson Welles has been restored to his original vision. He was ahead of his time, clearly and now we can watch his masterpiece as he intended. It's hardly Citizen Kane, but worth it not least for the incredible single tracking shot in the opening sequence, seeing Charlton Heston play a Mexican, wondering why Janet Leigh still hadn't learned to stay away from dodgy hotel rooms and the incomparable Marlene Dietrich in a surprising guest appearance.

Updated Aug 22, 2008

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Psycho (Special Edition)

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Classic, chilling and unquestionably brilliant.

Hitchcock was at the top of his game when he made this, Vertigo and North By Northwest and Psycho, his masterpiece of horror and suspense has never been eclipsed.

Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh would never outgrow their roles as Norman Bates and Marion Crane and this film's multiple iconic images have been oft imitated (most famously by Gus van Sant's shot-by-shot remake). Hitchcock had a knack for touching on universally terrifying things and Psycho's shower scene is one of his most powerful - think about it the next time you're in the shower - you're alone, naked, defenseless...what's might be on the other side of that curtain?

Despite being made in 1960, it's story is still chilling and evocative. I still get scared getting into the shower to this day.

Updated Aug 22, 2008