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Whilst this gleeful satire on the �War on Terror� featuring marionettes instead of actors has some hilarious moments, the film as a whole doesn�t quite match the brilliance of the initial concept.
When the trailers first appeared for Team America: World Police it seemed that Matt Stone and Trey Parker (the creators of South Park) [...]

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It may not be the masterpiece some US critics have suggested but Clint Eastwood�s latest film is a moving and refreshingly restrained boxing drama.
Continuing a trend in Eastwood�s recent career, Million Dollar Baby seems to be a subconscious subversion of his earlier career. In the early 90s Unforgiven re-examined the violence of the Westerns [...]

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Mike Nichols must have seemed the perfect choice to direct the film version of Patrick Marber�s play, a funny and sharp exploration of modern relationships. But despite the pedigree behind the camera and a terrific cast, the end result is cold and curiously lifeless.
The story involves two couples whose relationships intersect over a four-year [...]

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Mike Leigh�s latest film is a beautifully crafted and heartbreaking tale of a cleaner leading a secret double life as an abortionist in 1950s London.
But if you are expecting a preachy film on the issue of abortion then you will be mistaken. Instead we have an engrossing study of characters caught up in events [...]

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Whilst it may not be the complete disaster US critics have suggested, Alexander is riddled with flaws and suprisingly for an Oliver Stone film curiously dull and lifeless.
With the worldwide success of Gladiator in 2000 it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned to the story of Alexander The Great. His extraordinary [...]

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