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The Kite Runner [2007]

starring: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date June 02, 2008
A good poetic look on Afghan pre-wars (80') society, with a rich and poors, casts and kites. All vanished in the storm of russian invasion and taliban's terror. Two boys, two brothers, a sad story of violence and treason, with a "sugar" happy final (but the movie isn't a "easy" film). Good cast, good plot. Only some scenes "a little" unreal, like the David vs Goliath escape from Talibans.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Stranger Than Fiction [2006]

starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Will Ferrell, Queen Latifah
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date April 02, 2007
OK, so I may be alone in thinking this, but the obvious comparison for this movie is The Truman Show and yet, it's so much better than The Truman Show! Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson are excellent and convincing. The story resonates long after the film ends. The script and visuals are a treat. It's both thought-provoking and entertaining. It simply deserves to be seen.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Finding Neverland [2004]

starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date March 14, 2005
The plot is a little boring but great acting from Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Monster's Ball [2002]

starring: Halle Berry|Billy Bob Thornton|Heath Ledger|Sean Combs
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date February 24, 2003
Presents a case against execution and humanises the effects of a murderer's execution on his family. Follows the stories of how one man's death affected those arround him.

Its a bit over hyped to be honest, but its overall pretty good.

4/5

Keith

CD-Charts Position 5
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Stranger Than Fiction [Blu-ray] [2006]

starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Will Ferrell, Queen Latifah
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date April 30, 2007
Stranger Than Fiction is the story of Harold Crick; a maths genius who's working for the IRS. He's got to audit a beautiful baker, Ana Pascal, but he's got an annoying problem: he's got a female narrator following him around. Things get worse for Crick when she announces he'll die, and his only hope is a professor to save him, but the big mistake he's made is he's forgotten to free himself.

Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson are amazing in this film, Farrell showing that he can do serious roles as well as be very funny (Anchorman, Starsky And Hutch, just to name a few), and Thompson with her typical English Rose flair. I also enjoyed Queen Latifah's role, often overlooked by many and has redeemed her from her poor role in Taxi and Bringing Down The ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Finding Neverland [Blu-ray] [2004]

starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date July 23, 2007
Stranger Than Fiction is the story of Harold Crick; a maths genius who's working for the IRS. He's got to audit a beautiful baker, Ana Pascal, but he's got an annoying problem: he's got a female narrator following him around. Things get worse for Crick when she announces he'll die, and his only hope is a professor to save him, but the big mistake he's made is he's forgotten to free himself.

Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson are amazing in this film, Farrell showing that he can do serious roles as well as be very funny (Anchorman, Starsky And Hutch, just to name a few), and Thompson with her typical English Rose flair. I also enjoyed Queen Latifah's role, often overlooked by many and has redeemed her from her poor role in Taxi and Bringing Down The ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Stay [2005]

starring: Ewan McGregor, Noah Bean, Michael Devine, Michael Gaston, Michael Gray
directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date July 03, 2006
This is a film that bends the mind like "Mulholland Drive" and like that film the clue lies in the opening sequence, in this case with the burning car on Brooklyn Bridge, if you understand this you will understand what is happening in the film.

"Stay" is an awesome achievement, delving into real life in an hallucinatory drama centred on a superb performance by Ryan Gosling as the psychologically unstable student Henry Letham. Psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) becomes involved in the life of his perplexing patient whose behaviour resonates with his partners problems, Lila Culpepper (Naomi Watts).

This is one helluva complex, multifaceted, multilayered drama that stretches the mind and demands undivided attention from start to finish. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Dustin Hoffman - In The Frame Collection (Papillon, Kramer vs Kramer, Tootsie, Stranger Than Fiction, Joan of Arc, Accidental Hero)

starring: Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Geena Davis
directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner, Sydney Pollack, Marc Forster, Luc Besson, Stephen Frears

Release Date October 29, 2007
These 6 films are at first glance odd choices, as you would normally have expected classics such as Rainman and Marathon Man on a Dustin film collection.

Very impressed with the quality and diversity of work here on these 6 films, only 1 (Hero) of which i already owned.

Joan of Arc is probably the strangest inclusion here, but is still visually stunning and worth a look.
Some of the others, like Tootsie, i hadn't seen for years and enjoyed watching them again.

The dvds are packaged in individual space saving folding card cases, all featuring the same artwork and extra features as the original single releases, within an outer cardboard cover.

Works out at around £2.00 to £3.00 per film, so this represents excellent ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Benchwarmers/Talladega Nights - The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby/Stranger Than Fiction

starring: Gary Cole, John C. Reilly, Emma Thompson, Rob Schneider, Jon Heder
directed by: Adam McKay, Marc Forster, Dennis Dugan

Release Date October 01, 2007
These 6 films are at first glance odd choices, as you would normally have expected classics such as Rainman and Marathon Man on a Dustin film collection.

Very impressed with the quality and diversity of work here on these 6 films, only 1 (Hero) of which i already owned.

Joan of Arc is probably the strangest inclusion here, but is still visually stunning and worth a look.
Some of the others, like Tootsie, i hadn't seen for years and enjoyed watching them again.

The dvds are packaged in individual space saving folding card cases, all featuring the same artwork and extra features as the original single releases, within an outer cardboard cover.

Works out at around £2.00 to £3.00 per film, so this represents excellent ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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The Kite Runner [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: L. Peter Callender, Larry Brown, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub, Homayoun Ershadi
directed by: Marc Forster, Rebecca Yeldham

Release Date March 25, 2008
These 6 films are at first glance odd choices, as you would normally have expected classics such as Rainman and Marathon Man on a Dustin film collection.

Very impressed with the quality and diversity of work here on these 6 films, only 1 (Hero) of which i already owned.

Joan of Arc is probably the strangest inclusion here, but is still visually stunning and worth a look.
Some of the others, like Tootsie, i hadn't seen for years and enjoyed watching them again.

The dvds are packaged in individual space saving folding card cases, all featuring the same artwork and extra features as the original single releases, within an outer cardboard cover.

Works out at around £2.00 to £3.00 per film, so this represents excellent ... Read More: