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Guard, TheGuard, The (2010) Recommended
Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham
A straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) and a raucous Irish cop (Gleeson) buddy up to take down an international drug smuggling ring in this riotous…
Wolfman, TheWolfman, The (2010)
Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt
Disjointed remake of the Lon Chaney classic stars Benicio Del Toro as the broody beast, helplessly chowing down on Victorian London. Although the…
Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes (2009) Recommended
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
Hurt Locker, TheHurt Locker, The (2008) Recommended
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Nerve–jangling Iraq War set drama follows a gung–ho bomb disposal expert with a seeming addiction to adrenaline. The most…
RocknRollaRocknRolla (2008)
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton
Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
Bourne Ultimatum, TheBourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Recommended
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez
Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
ZodiacZodiac (2007) Recommended
Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Intense, painstaking thriller from the dir. of SEVEN magnifies San Francisco's unsolved ‘Zodiac’ killings with obsessive compulsion and…
Prestige, ThePrestige, The (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson
Another astounding feat of storytelling from the dir. of MEMENTO that spins a constantly intriguing yarn of two rival magicians who engage in a…
Bourne Supremacy, TheBourne Supremacy, The (2004)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Brian Cox
Creditable sequel to the sleeper hit THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which tracked the anxieties of an amnesiac former CIA–assassin on the run across…
Kill Bill - Vol. 2Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004) Recommended
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah
The second half of Quentin Tarantino’s revenge saga is an uneven but redeeming affair that brings closure to his magnum opus with more character…

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