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  1.  Criminally underrated

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    Now notorious for being a costly failure, the amazing thing here is that Gilliam was able to bankroll this film in the first place because it is totally bonkers. It is also messy and ramshackle and incoherent but that happens to be part of its charm; you never quite know what to expect. Neville is suitably bombastic as the titular baron who is known for a few economies with the truth and Gilliam frontloads his film with madcap incident after madcap incident. A headless Williams and a quick-to-anger Reed are good value in that regard. Impossible not to get caught up in its eccentricity, plus it is very funny.

  2.  Gal Fellas

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    Rather anaemic mob drama with Sorvino as a shy girl who takes a job in a restaurant and is drawn in to some of the shady characters to frequent it. The first hour takes its time establishing her situation and building up her relationship with her co-workers, mousy Hardin and f-bomb dropping Carey. And then it gets violent. And then it decides to hasten its way to a very rushed conclusion. Sorvino is probably its best asset but nothing these girls do actually constitutes being called wise.

  3.  Killer thriller

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    Best serial killer/ horror movie since "Se7en", a ferociously horrific tale of 2 men who wake up in some industrial warehouse, chained by their feet to the walls, with the express orders of the chief sicko to kill each other or else their innocent families cop it. And that's just a fraction of the sick, twisted things that this particular serial killer has in mind. Sure, it's cheap and rough and ready, a bit dodgy in some of the acting choices, but if you enjoy watching films from behind your hands, then this one should definitely float your boat.

  4.  Could have done with a bit more control

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    The calling card movie for director Antal that took him to Hollywood is a stylishly shabby tale of the eccentrics peopling the Budapest metro system. It is actually rather reminiscent of the Luc Besson movie Subway albeit a little grubbier and has a raw energy to it that is quite appealing. But it is a ramshackle effort that ultimately does not really hang together that well.

  5.  Breezy comedy

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    Fresh-as-a-daisy romantic comedy pits stalwarts Powell and Tracy against each other as slippery newspapermen trying to extricate themselves from a potential lawsuit from heiress Loy. She of course is lovely and witty but the film really belongs to Harlow. Clearly not too fond of a bra, she has a lot of fun as Tracy's girlfriend who via absurd plot contrivances finds herself married off to Powell. It's a bit of a marriage merry-go-round, but keep up because there's genuine wit at play here.

  6.  Properly titled

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    "Cop out" is exactly what noted indie writer-director Smith has made here, his first major studio movie, as this must surely rank as one of the unfunniest buddy comedy movies of all time. Don't even bother with the plot - the Lethal Weapon films got there first - but if you must insist on watching this obnoxious pile, wear earplugs so you don't have to put up with Morgan shouting and screaming from the get-go. Somehow he interprets volume for "comedy". Willis wisely looks like he wishes he was elsewhere.

  7.  Killingly good

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    A gorgeous musing (admittedly at great length) on the nature of celebrity and how it can be turned against you. Jesse James was killed by one of his own acolytes, a young man who he brought into his home and nurtured. Obviously this has repercussions on our own celebrity culture today but this is an excuse to wallow in an exquisitely rendered evocation of past times where violence is never far away. Pitt is stunning as Jesse James, part charming, part psychotic and racked with insecurities, Affleck is equally good as his shiftless nemesis, and Roger Deakins' photography is the real capping on this genuine work of art.

  8.  Really cool

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    Delightful CGI animated feature, as nimble and witty as virtually anything to come out of the Pixar stable, albeit with slightly odder character design. The story is basically John Ford's "Three Godfathers", only with a mammoth, a sloth and a sabre tooth tiger trekking across ice age landscapes to return a baby to its tribe. Lots of merriment, mainly from the wickedly funny squirrel character Scrat, very amusing vocal performances from a cast who are clearly having fun, some really inventive touches and some very affecting moments make this a real winner.

  9.  Damned is right

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    An Australian couple arrive at the remote farmhouse she grew up on for the deathwatch for her ailing grandmother, only to discover that she has been earmarked for a visitation from a wailing banshee. While this starts off OK, it rapidly degenerates into incoherence and outright stupidity, not much helped by an overworked smoke machine and a leading lady who is laughably not up to the task. By the end of it all, you can see why the banshee wails so much.

  10.  Undercover in Boston

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    Boston crimelord Frank Costello has one of his proteges embedded in the police department as a mole. What he doesn't realise is that his new right hand man is a mole from the police department, and soon enough the noose starts to tighten as both bodies realise that they've been infiltrated. A typically bold remake of the Hong Kong thriller "Infernal Affairs" from a director clearly buzzing on just letting rip, "The Departed" is a grisly and intense study of betrayal. It offers Nicholson the chance to grandstand like mad - he's undeniably entertaining doing so - but his younger co-stars are right up there with him. Although maybe not as potent as "GoodFellas", it's still great to see Scorsese so surefooted in the milieu he's made his own.