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The Producers
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are the producers of the title in this adaptation of the Mel Brooks musical, also starring Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell.
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King Kong
Monkey business: Peter Jackson brings the great ape to life in this epic special effects bonanza, with Naomi Watts as the heroine.
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The Family Stone
Family crisis: Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton and Claire Danes get together for a Christmas catch-up. Is it as conventional as it looks?
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Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Magical world: CS Lewis's classic gets the epic fantasy silver screen treatment, with Tilda Swinton as the white queen and Liam Neeson as the lion, Aslan.
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March of the Penguins
Emperor's realm: Morgan Freeman narrates one of the surprise Stateside hits of 2005 - a nature documentary on the life of a colony of Emperor penguins.
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Where The Truth Lies
Kings of comedy: Atom Egoyan directs Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth as a double act whose dark past comes back to haunt them. And you get to see Mr Darcy's bottom.
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Mrs Henderson Presents
Naked ambition: Judi Dench plays posh Mrs Henderson in Stephen Frears' comedy about nude theatre shows in the '40s, with Bob Hoskins and Will Young.
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Flightplan
High anxiety: Jodie Foster plays a mother whose daughter disappears mid-air in Robert Schwentke's latest addition to the airbourn thriller genre.
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Everything Is Illuminated
Light fantastic: Liev Schreiber brings Jonathan Safran Foer's novel to screen and provides Elijah Wood with a vehicle to prove there's more to him than ring bling.
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Fright of fancy: Tom Wilkinson and Laura Linney mix horror with court room drama in this take on the first exorcism recognised by the Catholic church.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Magical mystery: The fourth instalment of JK Rowling's wizardy saga is helmed by Four Weddings director Mike Newell.
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Factotum
Dazed and suffused: Matt Dillon stars as a drifting writer in an adaptation of the first of Charles Bukowski's Factotum trilogy.
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Stoned
High Roller: Leo Gregory stars as a dandified Brian Jones, the legendary lost Rolling Stone, in debut director Stephen Woolley's take on Sixties excess.
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The Constant Gardener
Gardener's question time: City of God's Fernando Meirelles directs Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in a tale of globalisation and enduring love.
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Elizabethtown
Dog Day: Orlando Bloom stars as a suicidal industrial designer who finds that good things happen at unexpected times in Cameron Crowe's latest. With Kirsten Dunst and Susan Sarandon.
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The Brothers Grimm
Grimm reality: Terry Gilliam's vision of the storytelling superstars proves less than enchanting in this magic-realism biopic of the brothers' adventures in 19th Century Germany. Matt Damon stars.
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Murderball
Wheels on fire: Nothing to do with Jackass, this documentary charts the progress of Team USA's quadriplegic rugby team on the way to the 2004 Paralympics.
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Saw II
Twisted and ingenious: Serial killer Jigsaw's on the loose again in this rushed out sequel to last year's surprise horror smash. Gore aplenty, but does it have the same shock effect?
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Cult return: Ten years after the original anime movie, Mamoru Oshii returns with a sequel. Is there anything philosophical left to say?
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Broken Flowers
Flower power: Jim Jarmusch directs Bill Murray in his long-awaited low-budget take on life, love and middle-aged angst. Co-starring Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy and Tilda Swinton.
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Grave concern: Johnny Depp heads the voiceover cast of this macabre stop-motion animation horror, with Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Richard E Grant, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Yorkshire's finest: Nick Park's plasticine duo hit the big screen, with the voices of Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes and Peter Kay.
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Oliver Twist
Gruel and unusual: Roman Polanski follows up the award-laden The Pianist with his version of Dickens' tale, with Ben Kingsley and Edward Hardwicke.
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Serenity
Spaced out: Joss "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Whedon's short-lived TV series returns in a big-screen format. Is it one for the dedicated fans or can it break out of its sci-fi niche?
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Nochnoy Dozor (Nightwatch)
Plenty of bite: It's Russian, all about vampires, immensely stylish, and it's part of a trilogy. The new Lord Of The Rings or a Buffy rip off? Konstantin Khabensky and Vladimir Menshov star.
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Rag Tale
Hacked out: a stellar British cast combine in Mary McGuckian's send-up of tabloid journalism. But do the "innovative" production techniques simply leave heads in a spin?
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A History Of Violence
Blast from the past: David Cronenberg directs LOTR's Viggo Mortensen in this story of a small town man who may not be all he seems. Also starring Ed Harris.
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Goal!
Ball game: Danny Cannon's football fable in which an illegal immigrant wins a Premiership team contract. But will the American market be interested in a "soccer" story?
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Howl's Moving Castle
Drawn raider: Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated delight, with Emily Mortimer and Christian Bale leading a star studded cast.
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Revolver
Numbers up: kaballistic insights can't hide the fact that Madonna's old man Guy Ritchie has delivered a turkey that makes Swept Away look like great art. Only saving grace is Mrs Ritchie doesn't appear.
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Pride & Prejudice
Bonnet and britches: Jane Austen's classic is remade for the big screen by Joe Wright, with Matthew MacFadyen as Mr Darcy and Keira Knightley as the heroine Elizabeth Bennett.
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