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Nicholson gathers his bag of tricks and succeeds in making a terrible man endearing. Hunt is a wonder.

About Schmidt is about wasted lives. These people are dull, sad or whingesomely vulgar. You laugh at them, rather than with them, and feel guilty doing so.

A bad film with a capable director.

A dense and dark storyline that is compelling in and of itself, rather than simply ladelling on lots of game-changing twists.

Captivating and informative.

After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

Denied colour, Roger Corman plays with light and shadow like a master of film noir.

Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

The Passenger is fascinating not only in its story and the way it treats its subjects, but in its editing and cinematography.

Having laid the foundations for a tense, realistic thriller, using documentary footage wherever possible, Sean Penn blows it with unnecessary camera tricks.

Fans of classic horror will thrill to see these two great masters, Price and Karloff, go up against each other.

The film steers clear of clichés.

A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

A bit like watching geniuses goofing around on acid. Or sewing the seeds of the future.