FILMdetail

In 1975 director Stuart Cooper made Overlord - a drama about a soldier in the run up to the D-Day landings.
What makes the film unique is that it was filmed with the help of the Imperial War Museum and uses documentary footage from their vast archive, set against the central narrative.
Starring Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, [...]

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As with previous years this is a list of my favourite films of 2007 listed in alphabetical order.
A while ago I gave up trying to rank the best films into an descending list from 10-1 after the realisation that it was just too arbitrary and that this isn’t a maths experiment, it is just [...]

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This is a little late notice but if you are in the UK, one of the best films of the 1990s is on TV tonight.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling LA epic Magnolia is on BBC2 at 23.25, so if you can, check it out.
If you haven’t seen it, here is the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwXDHSrNFbQ

> If you missed it [...]

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Movies.com have come up with a list of the 25 best movies “you’ve never seen“.
Well, I have seen them but there are some gems on it I would definitely recommend:
Heavenly Creatures (1994): An early example of Peter Jackson’s skill as a director as well as Kate Winslet’s ability as an actress.
End of the Century: [...]

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This YouTube video singing the praises of Children of Men is a grass roots viral that neatly emphasises why the film is wholly deserving of a Best Picture nomination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfs1UIKALQ

> My original review of Children of Men
> Reviews of Children of Men at Metacritic

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