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1. Iron Man
With great power comes great responsibility... and an equally great temptation to abuse that power for personal and financial gain. The tug-of-war between altruism and materialism is at the ... MORE>>
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2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Falling in love is an exhilarating rush of blood to the head: an irrational, overwhelming surge of emotion that turns grown men into simpering idiots, incapable of stringing together even the ... MORE>>
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3. Nim's Island
If any more proof were needed that 12-year-old Abigail Breslin, Oscar nominated star of Little Miss Sunshine, is destined for superstardom, look no further than Nim's Island. The diminutive ... MORE>>
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4. Made Of Honour
How soon is too soon when it comes to a remake? Two years? Five years? Ten? Made Of Honour is a gender-reversed revamp of the 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding, about a ... MORE>>
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5. The Eye
French filmmakers David Moreau and Xavier Palud (Them) co-direct this English language remake of Oxide & Danny Pang's 2002 horror-thriller about a woman plagued by nightmarish visions of the ... MORE>>
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6. 21
Dating back to 17th century France, blackjack is a game of luck and skill that remains a firm favourite with gamblers. The rules are deceptively simple: take successive hits from the deck, ... MORE>>
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7. In Bruges
Blessed with the same moribund wit and explosive violence as his Olivier Award-winning stage plays, Martin McDonagh's feature film directorial debut is a gloriously offbeat jaunt through ... MORE>>
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8. Fool's Gold
As worthless as the title suggests, Andy Tennant's misguided romantic comedy sends its cardboard characters on a protracted treasure hunt in the clear blue waters of the Caribbean, with lack ... MORE>>
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9. Happy-Go-Lucky
With award-winning films like Vera Drake, All Or Nothing, Secrets & Lies and Naked, Mike Leigh has cultivated a reputation as a writer-director who loves the company of misery. Gentle ... MORE>>
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10. Persepolis
Nominated at this year's Academy Awards as Best Animated Feature Film, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's striking black and white film chronicles the growing pains of a young girl born ... MORE>>
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