Movies out this week include:

The Devil Wears Prada 2 Fight Club Highlander I've Seen All I Need To See Köln 75 The North Rose Of Nevada Slither Strictly Ballroom Wild Foxes

Latest reviews:

Köln 75 From Dawn To Dawn I've Seen All I Need To See The Devil Wears Prada 2 Wardriver Storm Rider: Legend Of Hammerhead Tony Odyssey The North Rose Of Nevada Heat The Illusion Of A Quiet Night Walud Ben-Hur Itch! Camp Tulips Departures Marama PH-1 The Cramps: A Period Piece

Latest DVD reviews:

Ben-Hur Cruel Tale Of Bushido Fear In The Night The Devil's Hand Zen And Sword

Eye For Film >> DVDs Out Now

Eulogy
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Black comedy about three generations of a family who come together for a funeral.
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Scrooged
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A stunningly cynical Bill Murray finds the true spirits of Christmas visiting him thrice.
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Barefoot Gen
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Animation outlining the evils of the atomic bomb as told through the eyes of a young boy who survives the Hiroshima attack.
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Barefoot Gen 2
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Sequel charts the further adventures of the plucky schoolboy in post-nuclear bomb Japan.
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The United States of Leland
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A disaffected US teen searches for meaning through murder.
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Fresh
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The raw edge of survival for a 12-year-old black kid in the projects who runs for the dealers and stays tuned to the psychology of success.
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Young Sherlock Holmes
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Teenage Sherlock meets side-kick Watson and they set out to solve a mystery
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Hamlet
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Mel Gibson brings a lighter touch to the anguished prince of Denmark
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George A Romero's Land Of The Dead
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The creator of the zombie genre returns with an allegory of Bush's abuses in Iraq.
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Bad Santa
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A foul-mouthed, child-hating, alcoholic safe-cracker dons a false beard for the in-store day job.
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Collective power We look ahead at the programme of this year's Folk Film Gathering

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