David Lean’s based-on-a-true-story epic oozes star power and quality on a scale rarely seen before or since.
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Eastern Promises
The Cronenberg-Mortensen partnership gels to great effect in this intelligent tale of the Russian Mafia and sex trafficking in the UK. Better than A History of Violence, I’d say.
Hunger
Fassbender is excellent and this real life story is adapted with maturity and intelligence by Steve McQueen. An excellent debut feature about a difficult time in British and Irish history.
Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace fails to live up to the potential of Daniel Craig’s first outing and is so depressing that afterwards you may want to drown kittens for a bit of light relief.
Johnny English Reborn
Despite having some amusing moments, Johnny English is too sanitised and features too much unfunny slapstick to appeal to even a semi-sophisticated audience. Hopefully it’s not the death knell for Rowan Atkinson.
The Elephant Man
A remarkable true story brought to life in the most original and fascinating way by David Lynch.