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Juno January 31, 2008

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Achingly cool and überly aware of both itself and its audience, whether they’re the McSwiney-adoring book geeks, the Woody Allen-loving cineasts, the slangy-talking teens of the tale, or the married, mortgaged and moaning twenty- and thirty-somethings who used to be so in love with Sonic Youth and Belle & Sebastian. Whatever the button, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody have pushed it in Juno.

Or, in the five word elevator pitch: Wes Anderson does Ghost World. (Without the Bus of Death.)

Radio Days January 30, 2008

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Woody Allen’s oddly uncinematic love-song to the Golden Age of radio.

Dead Man’s Shoes January 29, 2008

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Remarkably good.

V For Vendetta January 28, 2008

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F for Forgettable.

Ronin January 27, 2008

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Why did David Mamet take his name off this one?

A Perfect Spy January 26, 2008

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A box set binge.

Joan of Arc January 25, 2008

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Risible star-studded Americanisation of the classic story. Leelee Sobieski is a wooden Joan. Even Peter O’Toole can’t save this.

Remember The Titans January 24, 2008

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Forget this one. PDQ.

Standard, by-the-number sport-as-metaphor-for-something BOATS football flick. Dull as ditchwater that isn’t very bright.

Denzel Washington plays a standard Denzel Washington character, though unusually he manages to get to the end of the flick without being beaten, broken or killed. Now that was a surprise in a flick otherwise totally devoid of surprises.

Life Line January 23, 2008

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Daft, but with an interesting concept.

Mou Gaan Dou III: Jung Gik Mou Gaan (Infernal Affairs 3) January 22, 2008

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Third and final of the original Hong Kong-based Infernal Affairs series. Stylish and sleek.