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1. PURITAN (UK, 2005, d. Hadi Hajaig)
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No, not a witches of Salem story or something of that kind.  Puritan is the name of the central character who does not act like a puritan at all.
Wednesday, 27 December 2006 | Read more...

2. PAPER CLIPS (US, 2004, d. Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab)
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This is a fine documentary.  The subject is the Holocaust.  The stars are children of Whitwell, Tennessee, their teachers and some of the concentration camp survivors.  It seems an unlikely story and some over-fussy commentators have d...
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

3. PRETTY PERSUASION (US, 2005, d. Marco Siega)
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The young star of this rather acidic satire, Evan Rachel Wood, is pretty but the film’s themes are definitely not.
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

4. POSEIDON (US, 2006, d. Wolfgang Peterson)
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Many older people will remember seeing The Poseidon Adventure in 1972.  It was one of the big blockbusters of that year and drew in huge audiences who enjoyed this first of the major disaster movies.
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

5. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST (US, 2006, d. Gore Verbinski)
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It’s probably best to say first that this sequel to the popular Pirates of the Caribbean runs for two and a half hours.  In a cinema foyer recently I overheard two little boys (6 and 8 or thereabouts) standing by the giant poster for the f...
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

6. PAN’S LABYRINTH (Mexico, 2006, d. Guillermo del Toro)
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Del Toro has two diverse groups of admirers:  those who wish he made more films like the powerful dramatic story of children and teachers at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone, and those who admire...
Tuesday, 30 May 2006 | Read more...

7. PIERREPOINT (UK, 2005, d. Adrian Shergold)
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It’s not the most attractive theme for a movie biography: the life and career of one of Britain’s principal hangmen, Albert Pierrepoint.  It is, however, a very interesting topic, especially for thos...
Wednesday, 26 April 2006 | Read more...

8. PROOF (US, 2005, d. John Madden)
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Films about mathematics, especially at university level, are not the first titles that come to mind in wondering what would be most popular at the box-office.
Friday, 17 March 2006 | Read more...

9. PRIME (US, 2005, d. Ben Younger)
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Prime could be described as a romantic comedy with edge. In fact, there are several edges.
Friday, 17 March 2006 | Read more...

  
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