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The Assassination Of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford (15)

Mar 29 2008 By Graham Young

NOT even poster boy Brad Pitt could turn this sprawling cowboy film into a big cinema hit. Pitt plays the famous outlaw and Torquay-born Roger Deakins' Oscar-nominated cinematography is brilliant throughout the overlong 153-minute running time. But this is Casey Affleck's film as Robert Ford, the nobody who ends up close enough to make his fatal mark as a somebody - before writer-director Andrew Dominik continues the story beyond its natural limit. Available to buy in various forms from £16.99.

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Lust, Caution (18)

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Sleuth (15)

ADAPTED by Harold Pinter from Anthony Shaffer's original adaptation of his own play, Sleuth 2007 is a very illadvised remake by Kenneth Branagh. Stepping into Michael Caine's old shoes, Law plays Milo Tindle, an actor visiting a brutalised, gadget-ridden mansion. Contemplating the effect of losing his wife, author Andrew Wyke (now played by Caine stepping into Laurence Olivier's role) offers his younger love rival a dodgy diamond deal. Read

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