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Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby (2002)
Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Stella Gonet, Christopher Plummer, Tom Courtenay
Able–handed version of Dicken's classic of Victorian–age injustice, that respects both the comic and tragic sides to the tale. After…
Nick Frost's Danger! 50,000 Volts (TV Series) Nick Frost's Danger! 50,000 Volts (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Amusing TV series that provides practical advice on surviving the many pitfalls of our perilous world, while also managing to find humour in its…
Office, The (TV Series)Office, The (TV Series) (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman
A BAFTA–winning, mock–documentary–style situation comedy about a team of paper–merchant administrators who allow a film crew…
On the NoseOn the Nose (2002)
Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn, Robbie Coltrane
Middling Irish comedy (partly shot in Vancouver) from the dir. of DIVORCING JACK that offers a familiarly cute version of Dublin folk squabbling over…
Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson
The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
One and Only, TheOne and Only, The (2002)
Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Justine Waddell, Richard Roxburgh
Based on a 1999 romantic comedy by Susanne Bier (OPEN HEARTS), this relocates the original film’s star–crossed predicament to Newcastle,…
Orange CountyOrange County (2002)
Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Harold Ramis
Wannabe teen author Colin Hanks (son of Tom) aspires to an ivory–tower creative–writing course but first must extricate himself from a…
Osbournes, The (TV Series)Osbournes, The (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Ozzy Osbourne
A smash hit of the ‘Reality TV’ genre, this follows the antics of wealthy heavy metaller Ozzy Osbourne, wife/manager Sharon and two of their…
Ping PongPing Pong (2002) Recommended
Dir. Fumisiko Sori
Feat. Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata
A madcap, yet gently humourous Japanese sports tale, set around two table tennis hotshots (Kubozuka and Arata) preparing for a ferocious battle at a…
Pipe DreamPipe Dream (2002)
Dir. John C Walsh
Feat. Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Gayheart
Snubbed as a serious romantic partner because he is a plumber, Martin Donovan decides to masquerade as a film director in order to attract women and…

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