Paranoid (2000)

Cautiously RecommendedUKFeature FilmWriter/Director: John DuiganCinematographer: Slawomir IdziakComposer: Charlie MoleCast: Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ewen Bremner, Kevin Whately, Mischa Barton, Gary LoveAn American model, just returned to her London home from a New York fashion show, accompanies her potential new boyfriend to a house party in Devon, which is hosted by a former rock star who uses these little shindigs to drug and...

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The Telegraph's 50 Most Underrated Films of All Time (2010)

The Gigolos (2006)Resurrected (1989)Meet the Applegates (1990)Adam and Paul (2004)Innocent Moves (1993)The Dead Girl (2006)P.S. (2004)Signs and Wonders (2000)The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)Osmosis Jones (2001)They Came Back (2004)Max (2002)Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)Alferd Packer: the Musical (1993)The Mighty (1998)Judge Priest (1934)Wet Hot American Summer (2001)Haze (2005)Better off Dead… (1985)Comfort and Joy (1984)Brain Dead (1990)Waydowntown...

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Resurrected (1989)

RecommendedUKFeature FilmDirector: Paul GreengrassWriter: Martin AllenCinematographer: Ivan StrasburgComposer: John KeaneCast: David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, David Thewlis, Rudi Davies, Michael Pollitt, Christopher Fulford, Ewan Stewart, David LonsdaleSeven weeks after disappearing during the Falkland war, British soldier Kevin Deakin (Thewlis, excellent) returns from the dead, claiming insomnia, and returns to England and his small Lancashire village a hero; but when the tabloid press begin to insinuate that he was a deserter, his family,...

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

Essential ViewingFrance/JapanFeature FilmOriginal Title: Hiroshima mon amourDirector: Alain ResnaisWriter: Marguerite DurasCinematographers: Takahashi Michio, Sacha ViernyComposers: Georges Delerue, Giovanni FuscoCast: Emmanuelle Riva, Okada EijiA married French actress, in Hiroshima making a film about peace, and a married Japanese man share a brief, intense affair, which brings to the fore memories – beautiful, painful, and tragically fading –...

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Bo (2010)

RecommendedBelgiumFeature FilmDirector: Hans HerbotsWriters: Hans Herbots, Nele Meirhaeghe, Christian Vervaet, Dirk BrackeCinematographer: Danny ElsenComposer: Senjan JansenCast: Ella-June Henrard, Ina Geerts, Kalina Malehounova, Thomas Ryckewaert, Anemone Valcke, Laura BallynA pretty fifteen-year-old from a struggling working class family, fed-up with never being able to afford designer clothing, takes a job as an escort to make some extra money;...

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Them (2006)

Not RecommendedFrance/RomaniaFeature FilmOriginal Title: IlsWriter/Directors: David Moreau, Xavier PaludCinematographer: Axel CosnefroyComposer: René-Marc BiniCast: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Moca, Maria Roman, Camelia Maxim, Alexandru BoghiuAn attractive, bourgeois French couple are terrorised in their remote Romanian mansion by a group of hooded, feral youths for no apparent reason, forcing them to flee frantically into the surrounding...

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Easy A (2010)

RecommendedUSAFeature FilmDirector: Will GluckWriter: Bert V. RoyalCinematographer: Michael GradyComposer: Brad SegalCast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, Stanley TucciWhen false tales of a teenaged girl’s loss of virginity begin to spread through her high school, she not only fails to refute them, but she wholeheartedly embraces and...

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The Pleasure Garden (1953)

Not RecommendedUKShort FilmWriter/Director: James BroughtonCinematographer: Walter LassallyComposer: Stanley BateCast: Hattie Jacques, John Le Mesurier, Jill Bennett, Jean Anderson, Maxine Audley, Gladys SpencerIn Broughton’s mildly diverting curio, Le Mesurier’s officious park warden, intent upon banning or sanitising everyone’s fun, and Jacques’s magic stole-carrying pixie, intent upon bringing pleasure to the same, battle for control of an overgrown...

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Hotel (2004)

Essential ViewingAustria/France/GermanyFeature FilmWriter/Director: Jessica HausnerCinematographer: Martin GschlachtCast: Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Rosa Waissnix, Christopher Schärf, Peter Strauß, Regina Fritsch, Alfred WorelA young woman, leaving behind the comforts of home, takes a job as a receptionist at a remote hotel in heavily wooded provincial Austria, situated near a cave that once housed a famous 16th century...

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Explorers (1985)

Cautiously RecommendedUSAFeature FilmDirector: Joe DanteWriter: Eric LukeCinematographer: John HoraComposer: Jerry GoldsmithCast: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Karen Mayo-ChandlerThree social misfits – a sci-fi nut, a science whiz, and a kid from the wrong side of the tracks – band together to build a spaceship, the design of which coming from one of their dreams, and set off into space in...

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The Girl Next Door (2004)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/SwitzerlandFeature FilmDirector: Luke GreenfieldWriters: Stuart Blumberg, Brent Goldberg, David T. WagnerCinematographer: Jamie AndersonCast: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Chris Marquette, Paul DanoA well-behaved aspiring politician, about to graduate from high school, competing for a morale fibre scholarship to Georgetown University, falls in love with the girl next door, who just so happens...

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Toy Story 3 (2010)

Cautiously RecommendedUSAAnimated Feature FilmDirector: Lee UnkrichWriters: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee UnkrichComposer: Randy NewmanCast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Jodi BensonAbout to leave for college, Andy must decide which of his possessions (including his childhood toys) he wishes to take with him, which he wishes...

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Toy Story 2 (1999)

RecommendedUSAAnimated Feature FilmDirector: John LasseterWriters: Doug Chamberlin, Rita Hsiao, Andrew Stanton, Chris Webb, Ash Brannon, Pete Docter, John LasseterCinematographer: Sharon CalahanComposer: Randy NewmanCast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Wayne KnightWhen he is stolen by an obnoxious toy collector, woody, who is introduced to his television stardom...

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Toy Story (1995)

RecommendedUSAAnimated Feature FilmDirector: John LasseterWriters: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe RanftComposer: Randy NewmanCast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris, Erik von DettenWhen Andy gets a Buzz Lightyear figure for his birthday, Woody, a toy cowboy who used to be the boy's favourite, becomes filled with jealousy;...

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Gaslight (1940)

RecommendedUKFeature FilmDirector: Thorold DickinsonWriters: Bridget Boland, A.R. Rawlinson, Patrick HamiltonCinematographer: Bernard KnowlesComposer: Richard AddinsellCast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Minnie Rayner, Jimmy HanleyA man (Walbrook, deliciously sinister) systematically attempts to drive his sweet natured wife (Wynyard, outstanding) insane, in order to cover up a grisly secret from...

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Strike! (1998)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/CanadaFeature FilmWriter/Director: Sarah KernochanCinematographer: Anthony JanelliComposer: Graeme RevellCast: Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, Rachael Leigh Cook, Thomas Guiry, Vincent Kartheiser, Monica Keena, Matthew Lawrence, Heather Matarazzo, Merritt WeverIf you can palate a bunch of young, attractive, stinking rich, white Americans bemoaning their lot in life, Kernochan’s warm and witty comedy, a tale...

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Venice, 2010

Golden LionSomewhere (2010) Silver Lion for the best directorÁlex de la Iglesia, A Sad Trumpet Ballad (2010) Special Jury PrizeEssential Killing (2010) Coppa Volpi for the Best ActorVincent Gallo, Essential Killing (2010) Coppa Volpi for the Best ActressAriane Labed, Attenberg (2010) Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actressMila Kunis, Black Swan (2010) Osella for Best CinematographyMikhail Krichman, Silent Souls (2010) Osella for Best ScreenplayÁlex de la Iglesia, A Sad Trumpet Ballad (2010) Special Lion for Overall...

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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: Grant HeslovWriters: Peter Straughan, Jon RonsonCinematographer: Robert ElswitComposer: Rolfe KentCast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert PatrickAfter his wife leaves him for his boss, Bob Wilton, a small-town journalist, goes to Iraq with the idea of proving something or other to her, but ends up wandering the desert with Lyn Cassady, a self-confessed psychic warrior,...

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The House of the Devil (2009)

Not RecommendedUSAFeature FilmWriter/Director: Ti WestCinematographer: Eliot RockettComposer: Jeff GraceCast: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ BowenWest’s slowburn, ‘70s set (and styled) horror film does a good job of setting the scene for its bloody finish, as it follows Donahue’s cash-strapped university student to a babysitting job, which turns out to be not quite what she expected; but when said finale does arrive,...

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The Crazies (2010)

RecommendedUSA/UAEFeature FilmDirector: Breck EisnerWriters: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright, George A. RomeroCinematographer: Maxime AlexandreComposer: Mark IshamCast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle PanabakerFollowing the outbreak of a virus that leaves its victims irrationally and homicidally angry, the military swoops down on the small town at its epicentre determined to wipe-out every last trace of it, leaving the few remaining...

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Under the Bombs (2007)

RecommendedLebanon/France/UKFeature FilmOriginal Title: تحت القصفDirector: Philippe AractingiWriters: Philippe Aractingi, Michel LéviantCinematographer: Nidal Abdel KhalekComposers: René Aubry, Lazare BoghossianCast: Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia ElchabAfter the declaration of the UN monitored ceasefire following Israel’s 33 day bombardment of South Lebanon in 2006, a wealthy expat (Abou Farhat, outstanding), who is having marital troubles,...

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Jonny Vang (2003)

Cautiously RecommendedNorwayFeature FilmDirector: Jens LienWriter: Ståle Stein BergCinematographers: Philip Øgaard & Erling Thurmann-AndersenComposers: CalexicoCast: Aksel Hennie, Laila Goody, Fridtjov Såheim, Marit Adeleide Andreassen, Bjørn Sundquist, Nils Vogt, Anders ØdegårdWhen a number of attempts are made on the life of loveable loser Jonny Vang, a budding worm farmer who is having an affair with his best friend’s wife, he finds it very...

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Cautiously RecommendedUK/USAFeature FilmDirector: Stanley KubrickWriters: Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael, Arthur SchnitzlerCinematographer: Larry SmithComposer: Jocelyn PookCast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Julienne Davis, Rade Sherbedgia, Vinessa Shaw, Todd FieldA chance meeting with an old pianist friend, a late night fight with his beautiful wife, and the death of a patient all combine to put Tom Cruise's wealthy Manhattan doctor...

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CFB's Top 20 Obscure Films of 1978 (2010)

Knife in the Head (1978)Satiemania (1978)Remember My Name (1978)Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (1978)Vertical Features Remake (1978) Hell Without Limits (1978) Stevie (1978)King of the Gypsies (1978)Movie Movie (1978)Without Anesthesia (1978) Moliere (1978)China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) Ringing Bell (1978) A Walk Through H (1978)El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1978)Alexandria … Why? (1978)No Man’s Land (1978)Les Mains Négatives (1978)Northern Lights (1978)Scared...

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CFB's Top 30 Films of 1978 (2010)

The Deer Hunter (1978)Days of Heaven (1978)Autumn Sonata (1978)Interiors (1978)Halloween (1978)Superman (1978)Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)Death on the Nile (1978)Midnight Express (1978)Dawn of the Dead (1978)Coming Home (1978)Pretty Baby (1978)An Unmarried Woman (1978) The Silent Partner (1978)The Last Waltz (1978)Straight Time (1978)Animal House (1978)Grease (1978)Preparez Vos Mouchoirs (1978)The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)Blue Collar...

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On the Streets (2010)

RecommendedUKTelevision DocumentaryDirector: Penny WoolcockComposer: Rob ManningFilm-maker Woolcock spent eight months following and interviewing members of London’s homeless community to make this powerful documentary, gently teasing out their back stories – some painfully believable, others laughably not (but no less revealing) – attempting to find reasons for their continuing plights, from self-confessed Reggie Perrins and environmental activists...

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Winter's Bone (2010)

RecommendedUSAFeature FilmDirector: Debra GranikWriters: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Daniel WoodrellCinematographer: Michael McDonoughComposer: Dickon HinchliffeCast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Shelley Waggener, Lauren SweetserA tough 17-year-old, who has become the sole means of care for her two younger siblings and her mentally ill mother, desperately searches for her bail jumping father when...

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Chicken Run (2000)

Cautiously RecommendedUK/France/USAFeature FilmDirectors: Peter Lord, Nick ParkWriters: Karey Kirkpatrick, Peter Lord, Nick ParkCinematographers: Tristan Oliver, Frank PassinghamComposers: Harry Gregson-Williams, John PowellCast: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, Benjamin Whitrow, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels, Jane HorrocksThough hamstrung considerably by the horribly inexpressive faces of its feathered protagonists, Lord...

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El Topo (1970)

RecommendedMexicoFeature FilmOriginal Title: El topoWriter/Director: Alejandro JodorowskyCinematographer: Rafael CorkidiComposers: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nacho MéndezCast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio, Brontis Jodorowsky, Robert John, Jacqueline Luis, Julien de Meriche, Paula RomoA wandering gunslinger abandons his perma-naked seven-year-old son to be with a woman that he has just met, who challenges him to kill the desert’s four greatest gunfighters...

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Best AvoidedUSA/UKFeature FilmWriter/Director: Wes CravenCinematographer: Jacques HaitkinComposer: Charles BernsteinCast: Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Nick CorriFilled with crummy dialogue, hammy performances, and dodgy effects work, Craven’s admittedly stylish tale of a murdered serial killer enacting vengeance upon the children of his killers through their dreams provides, in some parts...

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Pieces of April (2003)

RecommendedUSAFeature FilmWriter/Director: Peter HedgesCinematographer: Tami ReikerComposer: Stephin MerrittCast: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Derek Luke, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Lillias White, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sean HayesApril, the black sheep of the family, now living in a rundown area of New York, is busily preparing dinner for her soon-to-arrive parents and siblings when she realises that her oven isn’t working, leaving...

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Heartbreaker (2010)

Not RecommendedFrance/USAFeature FilmOriginal Title: L'arnacoeurDirector: Pascal ChaumeilWriters: Jeremy Doner, Yohan Gromb, Laurent ZeitounCinematographer: Thierry ArbogastComposer: Klaus BadeltCast: Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Héléna Noguerra, Andrew Lincoln, Jacques FrantzAgainst his better judgement (the case doesn’t strictly meet with his usual criteria), but made necessary by financial need, Alex, a man who...

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A Colt Is My Passport (1967)

RecommendedJapanFeature FilmOriginal Title: 拳銃は俺のパスポートDirector: Nomura TakashiWriters: Nagahara Shuichi, Yamada Nobuo, Fujiwara ShinjiCinematographer: Mine ShigeyoshiComposer: Ibe HarumiCast: Shishido Jō, Kobayashi Chitose, Fujio Jerry, Fukae Shoki, Yamada Zenji, Esumi Eimei, Hongō JunAfter killing a gang boss at the behest of a rival, Shuji, an expert hitman, and Shun, his more naïve accomplice, find the act of leaving the country particularly difficult,...

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Being John Malkovich (1999)

Highly RecommendedUSAFeature FilmDirector: Spike JonzeWriter: Charlie KaufmanCinematographer: Lance AcordComposer: Carter BurwellCast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson BeanA talented but struggling puppeteer, forced to take a job as a file clerk, discovers a portal that leads directly into the brain of John Malkovich, allowing whoever travels through it to see the world through the eyes of the renowned actor for...

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Brazil (1985)

Highly RecommendedUK/USAFeature FilmDirector: Terry GilliamWriters: Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, Tom StoppardCinematographer: Roger PrattComposer: Michael KamenCast: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Jim BroadbentA mild mannered records clerk, the only child of a wealthy and powerful family, reluctantly finds himself on the way to the top when his mother finagles...

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The Song of Lunch (2010)

RecommendedUKShort Television FilmDirector: Niall MacCormickWriters: Niall MacCormick, Christopher ReidCinematographer: Jan JonaeusComposer: Srdjan KupjelCast: Alan Rickman, Emma ThompsonAdapted from Christopher Reid’s 2009 narrative poem, a pathos-laden look at the horrors of middle-age, MacCormick’s sensual short film depicts a boozy, acrimonious lunch between a cynical book editor and an old flame, whom he has not seen for fifteen years, in one...

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Clean, Shaven (1993)

Highly RecommendedUSAFeature FilmWriter/Director: Lodge KerriganCinematographer: Teodoro ManiaciComposer: Hahn RoweCast: Peter Greene, Robert Albert, Megan Owen, Jennifer MacDonald, Molly CastelloeA schizophrenic ex-con, desperately searching for his estranged daughter, and a grizzled detective, searching for a the killer of a young girl, arrive in a small coastal town at about the same time, with their paths seemingly destined to cross, in Kerrigan’s...

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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Highly RecommendedUSAFeature FilmDirector/Composer: Clint EastwoodWriters: William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis, James Bradley, Ron PowersCinematographer: Tom SternCast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough, Melanie LynskeyThree US Marines, captured in an iconic photograph of a flag raising in the midst of the battle for Iwo Jima, cope markedly...

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Slave of Love (1976)

RecommendedSoviet UnionFeature FilmOriginal Title: Раба любвиDirector: Nikita MikhalkovWriters: Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrey Mikhalkov-KonchalovskiyCinematographer: Pavel LebeshevComposer: Eduard ArtemievCast: Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Oleg Basilashvili, Konstantin Grigoryev, Nikolai PastukhovWhilst the 1917 revolution rages across the country, Olga a popular silent film star, in balmy southern Russia filming her latest...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: David YatesWriters: Steve Kloves, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: Bruno DelbonnelComposer: Nicholas HooperCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter, Bonnie Wright, Frank DillaneThere’s more romance and humour, and the starry cameos continue to rack up, but this sixth Hogwarts film, in which we learn more about Lord...

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The Prestige (2006)

RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: Christopher NolanWriters: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Christopher PriestCinematographer: Wally PfisterComposer: David JulyanCast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Samantha Mahurin, David Bowie, Andy SerkisNolan’s gorgeously shot, expertly structured, and slyly entertaining adaptation of Priest’s late 19th century set science fiction novel depicts...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: David YatesWriters: Michael Goldenberg, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: Slawomir IdziakComposer: Nicholas HooperCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Evanna Lynch, Alan Rickman, Jason IsaacsWith the ministry disinclined to believe his account of the return of Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter spends the majority...

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: Mike NewellWriters: Steve Kloves, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: Roger PrattComposer: Patrick DoyleCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Pattinson, Miranda Richardson, Timothy Spall, David TennantWhen Harry Potter becomes the surprise fourth competitor in The Triwizard Tournament, a potentially deadly magical contest between three schools...

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Cautiously RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmDirector: Alfonso CuarónWriters: Steve Kloves, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: Michael SeresinComposer: John WilliamsCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Timothy Spall, Emma Thompson, Tom FeltonWhen convicted murderer Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban prison, rumours of his allegiance to Lord Voldemort and hatred of Harry Potter begin to circulate, leaving...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Not RecommendedUSA/Germany/UKFeature FilmDirector: Chris ColumbusWriters: Steve Kloves, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: Roger PrattComposer: John WilliamsCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Christian CoulsonThough the effects and juvenile performances have largely been improved upon, this second Harry Potter adaptation is generally less entertaining...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Not RecommendedUSA/UKFeature FilmOriginal Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneDirector: Chris ColumbusWriters: Steve Kloves, J.K. RowlingCinematographer: John SealeComposer: John WilliamsCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Tom FeltonAfter living the first eleven years of his life with his non-magical aunt and uncle, following the death of his witch mother...

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