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BROOKLYN'S FINEST

BROOKLYN'S FINEST

Serviceable cop drama, with a debt to The Wire...

THE BROTHERS BLOOM

THE BROTHERS BLOOM

Quirky con-artist caper from Brick director...

THE KILLER INSIDE ME

THE KILLER INSIDE ME

Unsettling lust-noir, with serious bodycount...

GREENBERG

GREENBERG

Midlife crisis! Ben Stiller breaks new ground in droll comedy-drama set in the LA suburbs...

AMERICAN - THE BILL HICKS STORY

AMERICAN - THE BILL HICKS STORY

Life of the outlaw comic by those who knew him best...

LEBANON

LEBANON

Fine anti-war film, set in a tank...

BAD LIEUTENTANT - PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS

BAD LIEUTENTANT - PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS

Nicolas Cage excels in Werner Herzog’s inventive – and gloriously grim – cop thriller...

FOUR LIONS

FOUR LIONS

Chris Morris dares to take on Jihadi terrorism in his grimly funny film debut...

WHIP IT

WHIP IT

Amiable, girl-powered sports flick from Drew Barrymore...

THE GHOST

THE GHOST

Polanski takes on Robert Harris’ anti-Blair satire...

CEMETERY JUNCTION

CEMETERY JUNCTION

First disappointment from the Gervais/Merchant axis...

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Dark-hearted Swedish murder-mystery thriller...

KICK ASS

KICK ASS

Nic Cage at his ludicrous best in enjoyably violent comic-book adaptation...

GREEN ZONE

GREEN ZONE

WMD political action thriller ultimately comes up empty-handed ...

SHUTTER ISLAND

SHUTTER ISLAND

Martin Scorsese finds his way in the unfamiliar territory of gothic noir – set in a mental...

THE LOVELY BONES

THE LOVELY BONES

Rings master brings another best-seller to the big screen

CRAZY HEART

CRAZY HEART

We review Jeff Bridges' Oscar-nominated performance as a washed up Country singer...

FOOD, INC

Oscar-nominated doc reveals all about what you eat!

YOUTH IN REVOLT

YOUTH IN REVOLT

Skewed, indie coming-of-age comedy

Invictus

Invictus

Clint Eastwood restages Nelson Mandela's role in South Africa's Rugby World Cup triumph

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I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...