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This is what happens when Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street do a scene from Martin Scorcese’s Casino:

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Jeffrey Blitz scored an unlikely hit in 2003 with the marvellous documentary Spellbound.
A simple but affecting tale of a cross section of students competing in the National Spelling Bee, it was a captivating and charming look at learning in America.
He now returns with Rocket Science, his feature film debut which is out at selected UK [...]

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Half Nelson is out on DVD this week in the UK and earlier this year I spoke to the director Ryan Fleck and the co-writer/producer Anna Boden about the film.
It tells the story of a talented Brooklyn school teacher (Ryan Gosling) who is caught smoking crack by one of his pupils (Shareeka Epps).
But this [...]

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This week we squeeze two week’s worth of reviews into one as we’ll be taking a break next week.
But in the meantime we examine the following releases:
OUT TODAY
Death Proof - The latest film from Quentin Tarantino starring Kurt Russell as a stunt driver who stalks and kills women in his death-proof car. Originally part of [...]

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According to DVD Times, Paramount have announced that a director’s cut of Zodiac will be available on Region 1 DVD in January:
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Zodiac (Director’s Cut) on 8th January 2008.
Based on the actual case files of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation’s [...]

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