American Splendor
Award-winning biopic of eccentric comic book writer Harvey Pekar. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, and the real-life Pekar all star.
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Kiss Of Life
Peter Mullan and Ingeborga Dapkunaite star in this British drama by first-time director Emily Young.
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Stuck On You
Thought the Farrelly brothers couldn't get any more tasteless? Think again, as Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear play conjoined twins trying to make it in Hollywood.
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The Last Samurai
Tom Cruise learns the way of the Samurai in 19th century Japan, in Ed Zwick's action drama. Say hello to the first big film of '04.
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Lost In Translation
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson star in this critically acclaimed comedy/drama by Sofia Coppola.
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A Mighty Wind
The Spinal Tap/Best In Show crew turn their satirical eye (and ear) to the folk scene.
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Girl With A Pearl Earring
Scarlett Johannson plays the title role in this adaptation of the Tracy Chevalier novel, about Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's unlikely muse.
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Paycheck
The latest Philip K Dick adaptation sees John Woo direct Ben Affleck in a sci-fier about a man trying to reconstruct his memory.
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Runaway Jury
John Grisham adaptation attracting a ridiculously high quality cast (including Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, and John Cusack).
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Big Fish
Tim Burton directs this yarn about a man reconciling with his dying father. Ewan McGregor plays a young version of Albert Finney's character (nationwide 30th January).
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Scary Movie 3
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards star in the latest instalment of the horror spoof, directed by David (Airplane!) Zucker.
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The Human Stain
If Anthony Hopkins is your first choice to play an African-American, this Philip Roth adaptation is for you!
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Cold Creek Manor
Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, and Stephen Dorff star in this thriller by Mike Figgis. Which part of that sentence put you off the movie?
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Elephant
Gus Van Sant's Palme d'Or winner examines a Columbine-like high school shooting, but with no cheap shot explanations (it's indie, not Hollywood).
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Sylvia
Gwyneth Paltrow plays doomed poet Sylvia Plath in this dramatisation of her life (and death) with Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig).
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