Movies out this week in the U.K.

All the wide movie releases below, our recommended film this week is BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD, though it may not be given as big a run as the other two movies.

I believe there are also some public screenings of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN in some cinema’s this weekend. You really shouldn’t miss that if you get a chance to see it, the best film I’ve seen in the last 12 months.

CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

“I expected something a little more meaty here, away from the glamour that exists within the film. It’s just too formulaic, too single-minded and fails to really delve into some of the true deeper matters and I never felt the importance of the events that he was tackling were as important as they actually were”.

FULL REVIEW HERE (2 and a half stars)

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% IMDB: 7.8

DAN IN REAL LIFE

“Grounded together with an unexpected lightening chemistry between Carrell and Binoche and almost a classic Jack Lemmon performance from Carell… the movie is a welcome slow burner from a genre that so often plays on slapstick and toilet humor jokes”.

FULL REVIEW HERE (3 and a half stars)

Rotten Tomatoes: 65% IMDB: 7.5

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD (OWF FILM OF THE WEEK)

“But it’s not so much a wonderful and amazing achievement that Lumet has crafted a good film twenty years after most people retire here in the U.K… it’s the fact that the film is so exquisitely put together AND experimental within it’s own genre that it feels like a debut frikkin’ film from an up and coming new director”.

FULL REVIEW HERE (4.5 stars)

Rotten Tomatoes: 88% IMDB: 7.8