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Baftas: Best film04/02/2008
Oscar-tipped No Country For Old Men takes on epic There Will Be Blood and best British film nominee Atonement at this year's Baftas. We size up the best film contenders...
:: American Gangster
Denzel Washington plays real-life 70s Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas with Russell Crowe as a cop on his trail in Ridley's Scott's bloated thriller.
The unfolding game of cat and mouse should make for riveting cinema, but this is a pedestrian thriller and performances lack pizzazz.
:: Atonement
Joe Wright boldly directs a visually stunning adaptation of Ian McEwan's haunting love story set against a backdrop of World War II Europe.
Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an excellent cast, but it doesn't quite stir the heart as deeply as it should, falling short of the devastating emotional power of the novel.
:: The Lives Of Others (Das Leben Der Anderen)
Florian Henckel von Donnermarck's atmospheric and brilliantly directed thriller won this year's Academy Award as Best Film In A Foreign Language.
It paints a detailed portrait of the German capital in the years when a wall divided neighbours and dictated political affiliations. Ulrich Muhe gives a heart-breaking performance.
:: No Country For Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen are the frontrunners for this year's Oscars with this stylish thriller based on the book by Cormac McCarthy.
Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), one of life's eternal dreamers, thinks he has hit the jackpot when he stumbles on the bloody aftermath of a drugs deal, and a suitcase containing a cool $2.4 million.
Unfortunately, Llewelyn is caught in the act by the dealers and they despatch twisted hit man Anton Chigurh (Jardem Bardem) to kill the thief and return the cash.
As Llewelyn and Anton begin a deadly game of cat and mouse across the barren Texan landscape, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) gives chase, following Anton's trail of destruction with an eye to apprehending this most sadistic and merciless of serial killers.
:: There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood is loosely based on the 1927 novel OIL! by Upton Sinclair.
It follows the fortunes of Daniel Plainview, (Daniel Day-Lewis), who discovers oil in his silver mining efforts.
But as he becomes rich, Daniel also becomes a shrewd businessman. He eventually tries to swindle Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) out of his oil and almost meets his match in the straight-talking young man.
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