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The Informant!

The Informant!

 

Comedy (1h 48min 7s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula

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Review by Derek Malcolm : 'The result is commendably original - and suggests convincingly that "everyone in this country is a victim of corporate crime by the time they finish breakfast".'

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A Serious Man

A Serious Man

 

Drama (1h 45min 21s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick

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Review by Derek Malcolm : 'There's no real answer given, but then the Coen brothers have never been known as philosophers. They are, however, pretty smart film-makers.'

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The Sea Wall

The Sea Wall

 

(Un barrage contre le Pacifique)

Drama (1h 55min)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Rithy Panh
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel

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Review by Derek Malcolm : 'Panh and his cast traverse the story with sensitivity but the film lacks Duras's way with words and images.'

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Glorious 39

Glorious 39

 

Drama (2h 8min 50s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy

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Review by Derek Malcolm : 'There's much to admire in the film, such as sequences of the often forgotten panic when family pets were systematically put down as war became inevitable, but there's quite a lot to argue about too.'

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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

 

(Le Premier jour du reste de ta vie)

Drama (1h 54min)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Rémi Bezançon
Starring Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman

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Review by Derek Malcolm : 'Director and writer Rémi Bezançon has a view of family life at odds with that of our own curmudgeon Philip Larkin, and the final reel proves the point.'

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New Moon

New Moon

 

Fantasy (2h 10min)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Chris Weitz
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson

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Review by Andrew O'Hagan : 'The fundamental problem, however, lies in the film's philosophy, which hankers constantly after a creepy purity imposed from above. It doesn't seem entirely healthy that sex should be made to appear to be such a savage and terrible an outcome in a relationship, while abstinence is made ? in the eyes of millions of impressionable teenagers ? to look like the forfeit good people make in order to remain good people. Pseudo-religious nonsense, with fangs.'

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