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Advantages: Gripping throughout
Disadvantages: Noot for everyone's taste, needs time dedicated to it

...every one of them. Babel is also the winner of the oscar for best picture in 2007, and similar in many ways and themes to the 2006 winner, Crash. The name of the film comes from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel - a tower built so that people could get closer to god. Biblical and religious questions are continuously raised throughout the film. Babel certainly isn't for everybody's taste. There are four stories interweaved between different ...
...a car with him! Babel also put me off ever visiting Morrocco, or if you do you wouldn't want to do anything wrong going by the portrayal of police brutality. Don't go to see this if you want something to switch off to. There are no big explosions and all the drama comes from real life situations. What I love about Inarrito's films is that he can inadvertently switch from a moment that truly touches your heart, as happens at the first switch between ... Read review

Advantages: Chilling story
Disadvantages: None

...director, including films such as Mystic River, The Bridges of Madison County and Million Dollar Baby. The plot Three childhood friends, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine are reunited over the murder of Jimmy's beautiful young daughter, Katie. Sean is one of the detectives assigned to the case and Dave, who has had some contact with Jimmy over the years, was one of the last people to see Katie alive. As a sub-plot, there is also the story ...
...the road, when they are stopped by two men claiming to be police. They force Dave into the car; after which he goes missing for several days, until he manages to escape. The three boys' friendship is never quite the same after this episode. As the investigation into Katie's death continues, it becomes clear that Dave, who didn't return home until very late that night and was covered in blood, is trying to hide something. But was it as innocent as ... Read review

Advantages: A beautiful film of a true story.
Disadvantages: Some may find the subject distressing.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND Released in 2001 and starring Russell Crowe. This film falls into the genre Biography/Drama, and is loosely based on the biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, written by Sylvia Nasar. Directed by Ron Howard, and for which he received an Academy award for Best film of 2001. The film chronicles the life of highly regarded mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr, who throughout his life suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. ...
...between sanity and madness, lies a very fine line, and the main protagonist shows us with great clarity just how fine a line this can be. Genius in one form or another can tip the scale between the two. The mind is a mysterious, and delicate object, as I myself found when studying for my degree. You can only push yourself so far before something gives, and intense commitment to one subject can all too easily result in complete mental breakdown, and ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining period drama
Disadvantages: Sad ending...

... CAST/CREW Dangerous Liaisons stars Glenn Close and John Malkovich as the two evil protagonists and Michelle Pfeiffer as the innocent pawn in their malicious game of spite and sexual jealousy, with strong support from Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves, as well as from Swoosie Kurtz and Peter Capaldi. The film was released in December 1988 and was based on a play by Christopher Hampton which was itself based on a classic 18th century novel Les ...
...lead roles) and Valmont. Dangerous Liaisons won 3 Oscars for Best Art Direction/Set Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Writing/Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and was nominated for a further 4 including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Close and Pfeiffer respectively. Pfeiffer won the 1990 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for the film. The film also won a plethora of other international awards. WHERE TO GET ... Read review

Advantages: Al Pacino, Classic Movie
Disadvantages: None

...soundtrack John Travolta speak about Dog Day Afternoon. He says that it is arguably Pacino's best movie and certainly Sidney Lumet's (The Directors) best movie. Intrigued by this information I took a look on IMDB, where it currently resides with an impressive 8 out of 10, and sits in the top 250 movies of all time. I went and bought this movie on the back of this information, so how did it live up to the information I had heard? I took a look at ...
...since Dog Day, and I must say that I have not heard of many of the movies that he has done, and Dog Day is the only movie he has directed that I have seen. Al Pacino who plays Sonny Wortzik needs no introduction, a brilliant actor who has been in some truly great movies all throughout his career. John Cazale who plays Sal in Dog Day, only appeared in 5 movies before dying of Bone Cancer in 1978, but he was in some very good movies. Such as Godfather ... Read review