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Best Films I've Seen In The Last Few Years - PART 3
Tell No One [Blu-ray] [2006]Tell No One [Blu-ray] [2006]
Buy new: £7.98
Stunning French thriller about a man who loses his wife (presumed dead) only to receive an e-mail from her 8 years later. Is he being conned or did her disappearance go deeper than some want?
Outlander [Blu-ray] [2009]Outlander [Blu-ray] [2009]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.85
Spaceship crash lands in 713 a.d. in Norway, but has on board a monster called a Morwin... Preditor meets Alien meets Braveheart - blindingly entertaining blood bath - and the lovely Sophia Myles...
Gran Torino [Blu-ray] [2008]Gran Torino [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £8.90
Fantastically convincing performance by Clint of an old warhorse who's forced to confront his less-than-admirable attitudes about his immigrant neighbours. A hugely memorable movie...
Frost/Nixon [Blu-ray] [2008]Frost/Nixon [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £11.88 / Used from: £11.00
Ron Howards directs Sheen and Langella in this superlative film - both Sheen and especially Langella as Tricky Dicky are towering. A story that needed to be told with a wow support cast too...
The Grocer's Son [DVD] [2007]The Grocer's Son [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £4.48
An estranged son is forced back to his father's rural shop by his Dad's illness - brings his girlfriend too - warmth and lessons in life ensue. A truly lovely French rom-com with real heart.
In The Loop [Blu-ray] [2009]In The Loop [Blu-ray] [2009]
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £13.99
Vicious, acidic, staggeringly true-to-life...it's all here. A truly brilliant and achingly funny script keeps you watching and flinching because it all seems 'too' real for comfort...
JCVD [Blu-ray] [2008]JCVD [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £8.50
A very clever and smart movie in which JCVD paradies himself and his endless action movies. He (as the famous actor) gets caught up in a real post-office raid, must then 'actually' be heroic...
The International  [Blu-ray] [2009]The International [Blu-ray] [2009]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.95
Brilliantly written and conceived 'Bourne' type thriller which half-works - too much style over substance - but when it's good - it's superb. See detailed review...
Gone Baby Gone [Blu-ray] [2007]Gone Baby Gone [Blu-ray] [2007]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.20
Ben Affleck's directorial debut is a slipped-through-the net gem with an all-round top cast. A couple of shades short of genius, it'll still stay with you. See detailed review...
The Wrestler [Blu-ray] [2008]The Wrestler [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £7.10
Not the greatest of films nor is it an exemplary Blu Ray, but Rourke's performance is towering as is Tomei. See review...
Julia [DVD] [2008]Julia [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £4.20
Difficult, dark, dangerous - everything about this film made me squirm for the child in the custody of a drunken nutjob trying to do the right thing. Extraordinary stuff despite a slightly uneven end.
Rocknrolla [Blu-ray] [2008]Rocknrolla [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.28
Far more fun than it had any right to be, Guy Ritchie's movie is a great piece of well-crafted entertainment. Sweet to look at on Blu Ray too. See detailed review...
Flashbacks Of A Fool [DVD] [2008]Flashbacks Of A Fool [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £3.90
Craig steps out of the straightjacket of Bond and is brilliant in this growing-up-in-the-1970's movie. Superb music too. See detailed review...
Young Victoria [DVD] [2009]Young Victoria [DVD] [2009]
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.49
Growing up, but in slightly more elevated circumstances. Both Blunt and Friend are exceptional as the two unlikely lovers. Shame it's not on Blu Ray. A ravishing and satisfying watch.
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button [Blu-ray] [2008]The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.80
Special-effects driven films can be too clever for their own good, but you rarely feel that in this extraordinary cinematic achievement. Beautiful to look at, the Blu Ray has fab extras too...
Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] [2008]Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £11.95
Glaring mistakes, subsidary labels not even mentioned, but this is still a stunning evocation of Chess Records and its groundbreaking songs and contracts. I loved it. And Beyonce is a revelation...
Black Balloon [DVD] [2008]Black Balloon [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.88
As we have an 18-year old son with severe Autism, this was a difficult watch. My better half thought it was brilliant, I hated it. See detailed review...
Dean Spanley [DVD] [2008]Dean Spanley [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £3.88 / Used from: £3.79
A really unusual and yet brilliant film with a slightly wacky premise. Such a lovely watch. See detailed review...
Taken [Blu-ray] [2008]Taken [Blu-ray] [2008]
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £14.50
When bad-guys kidnap the daughter of ex CIA man Liam Neeson to sell her on in the sex-slave trade, they make a bit of a mistake. You'll find yourself enjoying the revenge far more than you should!
The Mist [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import]The Mist [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import]
Buy used from: £10.00
Frank Darabont's adaptation of beasties in the MIST is basically the Fog re-written, but it doesn't stop it from being one of the best horror/scare flicks I've seen in years. See detailed review...
Charlie Wilson's War [DVD] [2007]Charlie Wilson's War [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.12
Much better than it had any decent right to be, this is shockingly good stuff and all the more alarming that its apparently based on a true story. A top cast helps too...
In Bruges [DVD] [2008]In Bruges [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.94
Hapless criminals (played brilliantly by Gleeson and Farrell) hide out in this beautiful European city awaiting the one-man assassination squad that is Ralph Fiennes. A hugely enjoyable quirky watch..
The Hoax [DVD] [2007]The Hoax [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.47
Blindingly entertaining true story about a writter who convinces a book company that he has 'the' interview with loony recluse Howard Hughes - or is Gere just another fantasist. Stunning suppost cast.
The Escapist [2008] [DVD] [2007]The Escapist [2008] [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.59
Prison dramas have been done to death over the years, what puts this one up there is the great story and huge ensemble cast firing on all cylinders. Loved it. See review...
Passengers [DVD] [2008]Passengers [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £3.99
Five people survive a plane crash landing - Anne Hathaway is sent to investigate strange goings on with the survivors - fantastically good unfolding film where not all is as it seems. See review...