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    Quantum Of Solace

    2008-10-20T13:39:00Z

    Dir. Marc Forster. UK/US. 2008. 106mins

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    Max Payne

    2008-10-17T16:00:00Z

    Dir: John Moore. US. 2008. 100 mins.As shiny and hollow as its used shell cases, Max Payne doesn't have much to offer beyond a recycled noir attitude and a progressively violent story that plays out rather predictably. Based on the popular video game of the same name, this action-thriller starring ...

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    Frost/Nixon

    2008-10-15T23:17:00Z

    Dir. Ron Howard. US/UK 2008. 122 mins.

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    Skin

    2008-10-13T14:17:00Z

    Dir: Anthony Fabian. 2008. UK/South Africa. 107 mins .Telling the extraordinary true story of Sandra Laing, a woman born black to white parents in 1955 South Africa, Skin is a moving film which illustrates the impact of apartheid on a single family unit.Boasting a measured and harrowing central performance from ...

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    Sex Drive

    2008-10-13T13:57:00Z

    Dir Sean Anders. US. 2008. 108 mins A raunchy title and some gross-out gags have earned Sex Drive an R rating in the US, but deep down this teen comedy from Summit Entertainment is a sweet-natured and likeable coming-of-age tale that recalls the feel of the American Pie movies. Though ...

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    Quarantine

    2008-10-13T13:09:00Z

    Dir: John Eric Dowdle. US. 2008. 89 mins.A remake of the 2007 Spanish cult hit [Rec], Quarantine is a passably-engaging claustrophobic horror told entirely via hand-held footage shot by one of its characters (a la Cloverfield or Blair Witch). The story - about a television reporter who accompanies a group ...

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    City Of Ember

    2008-10-10T07:00:00Z

    Dir: Gil Kenan. US. 2008. 94mins.

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    Breathless

    2008-10-07T16:22:00Z

    Dir/prod/scr: Yang Ik-june. SK. 2008. 130mins.

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    Rembrandt's J'Accuse

    2008-10-07T16:04:00Z

    Dir/scr: Peter Greenaway. Neth. 2008. 86mins.

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    Nucingen House

    2008-10-07T15:41:00Z

    Dir/scr: Raoul Ruiz. Fr-Ch. 2008. 87mins.

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    Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells

    2008-10-07T15:09:00Z

    Dir/scr: Jeon Soo-il. SK. 2008. 95mins.

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    Awaking From A Dream

    2008-10-07T14:48:00Z

    Dir/scr: Freddy Mas Franqueza. Sp-Pol. 2008. 100mins.

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    Oishii Man

    2008-10-07T14:46:00Z

    Dir: Kim Jeong-jung. SK. 2008. 98mins.

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    Dim Sum Funeral

    2008-10-07T12:55:00Z

    Dir: Anna Chi. US-Can. 2008. 94mins.

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    Miao Miao

    2008-10-07T12:32:00Z

    Dir: Cheng Hsiao-tse. HK-Tai. 2008. 83mins.

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    W.

    2008-10-07T11:03:00Z

    Dir: Oliver Stone. US. 2008. 129mins.Oliver Stone hasan uncanny knack of making movies which are better appreciated many years after they are made, and W feels like it will be one of them. A scrappy dip into the many lives of the infamous George W Bush, it could never live ...

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    Da Da's Dance

    2008-10-04T10:18:00Z

    Dir: Zhang Yuan. China. 2008. 92mins.

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    Body Of Lies

    2008-10-03T01:27:00Z

    Dir: Ridley Scott. US. 2008. 129 mins.Ridley Scott employs all his cinematic tricks to craft a heart-thumping action thriller in Body Of Lies, which blends thematic elements of Syriana, Rendition and The Kingdom and then churns them through a high octane Bourne blender. More gripping to watch in the moment ...

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    The Gift To Stalin

    2008-10-02T14:00:00Z

    Dir. Rustem Abdrashev. Kazakhstan/Russia/Poland/Israel 2008. 97 mins.

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    A French Gigolo (Cliente)

    2008-10-01T12:22:00Z

    Dir: Josiane Balasko. France. 2008.102mins.Nathalie Baye gives a classy, nuanced performance as a successful divorced woman who pays young male escorts for sex in A French Gigolo (Cliente). Writer, director and co-star Josiane Balasko's intelligent take on how the need for money and/or sex dictates human behaviour is consistently engaging ...