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Advantages: Amazing film, quality extras, wonderful acting, beautiful story
Disadvantages: Extras are few, otherwise it's a brilliant buy.

With Lolita, Adrian Lyne has done something a bit unusual. He has taken a staggeringly good novel and created from it a film which doesn't let you down. The story is one of a young boy in France who falls in love with a girl who abruptly dies. The pain of the loss haunts him through his life and he eventually finds himself living with a woman and her daughter. He focuses his haunted heart on the 12 year old Dolores. From here a story of love, crime, ...
...taken along a route which may seem morally dubious but is beautifully bittersweet, touching and tragic. There are many things to say about this film. Firstly, the performance of the actors is brilliant. Jeremy Irons is absoultely wonderful and really carries the character. He IS Humbert. Dominique Swain is also great and doesn't miss a trick. I really enjoyed the inclusion of Frank Langella as Quilty as he gives a great performance and really shows ... Read review

Advantages: Three great films for an amazing price
Disadvantages: No special features on Titanic and Romeo + Juliet

It is clear that anyone considering buying this has at least a slight admiration for Leonardo Dicaprio. I can therefore ay wholeheartedly that this box set is a must-have for Dicaprio fans, but also, the lesser enthusiatics. It is also appropriate for those who enjoy cinema, or at the very least a good movie night in. The Man In The Iron Mask is a film I had only seen partially before purchasing this box set. I can say that I think this is by far ...
...play two alter egos at the same time, and he does so convincingly. The supporting cast are memorable and outstanding> the same can be said for the most part for both Titanic and Romeo & Juliet. It is rare to find such a collection of movies in which not one is the 'filler' - that is to say, the weak link. I purchased this set for £9.99, which I consider to be well worth the money. It is rare to pay so little so see the huge variety of talent on ... Read review

Advantages: Visually stunning, gripping and very believable acting.
Disadvantages: Some may find the film too way out there and confusing

Inland Empire is the first feature-length film from Lynch since Mulholland Drive back in 2001. For those of you who haven't seen his previous films, Lynch takes the viewer into Alice in Wonderland (dreamlike) worlds mixed with disturbing nightmares and scenes which struggle to make sense. This film is in my mind his most 'out there' one of all and while it's very confusing and more than one viewing is needed to fully appreciate the film, on the whole ...
...a go, for the rest of you I'd still advise you give it ago if you want to watch something that's way different than anything you've probably ever seen before, but in a good way. Inland Empire is widely available and is available used/new from £10.80 at amazon. ... Read review

Advantages: There is only one Lukas Moodysson,
Disadvantages: which is one too many for some.

...idea what to expect from A Hole In My Heart. And having seen it I still don't really know what to make of it to be honest. Part of the reason for me writing this review is to try and make sense of it for myself so here goes... By the time Moodysson made this movie in 2004 he had already achieved a huge degree of commercial success with "Together" (5*) and "Lilya 4-Ever" (5*). One of the privileges of "making it" is that it allowed him the freedom ...
...funding it needed but also a wide audience of people who had enjoyed any of his earlier masterpieces. Many of the fans of his earlier films, including even the brutally hard-hitting Lilya 4-Ever were in for a real shock! The entire cast consists of four characters and the story (if you can call it that) takes place almost entirely within the confines of a small flat that they share in a Stockholm suburb. Richard and his son Eric do not get on, and ... Read review

Advantages: A sweet little film, great cast and plot
Disadvantages: None

...Jenna is working as a waitress in Joe's Pie Shop in the deep south of America, but is truly miserable with life. She's married to Earl, as real pig who treats her terribly and makes her hand over her tiny wage to him everyday. Jenna is shocked to find herself pregnant with Earl's baby and although she isn't happy, she decides to keep the baby and save up enough money to run away. Jenna makes amazing pies and wants to win a local Pie contest, and ...
...of her stifling marriage. Waitress is a sweet little romantic comedy with a darker side within which keeps you watching all the way through, just to see if Jenna is ever going to get that happy ending she wants and deserves. The theme of a dark and horrid marriage is well explored in the film, and this is contrasted well with the scenes in the Pie Shop between Jenna and her friends, showing us how Jenna can be when not scared and miserable at the ... Read review