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Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]

starring: Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
directed by: Tim Burton

May 19, 2008
a really entertaining treat and an early contender for film of the year this is a superb musical with great performances from its cast.as always its visually striking and is very dark

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A Room With A View (Special Edition) [1985]

starring: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench
directed by: James Ivory

October 29, 2007
This film is so romantic and well acted. If you have not seen it is a must have if you like period drama's, I have watched it time and again and never bored.

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2 Disc Special Edition) [2005]

starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith
directed by: Steve Box, Nick Park

February 20, 2006
That cheese-loving, dim-witted inventor Wallace and his long-suffering, resourceful mutt Gromit have made a great transition from 30 minute shorts to an 85 minute feature. It's one of the funniest, slyest and most innocent comedies around, and one of the most action-filled, too. Wallace and Gromit run a pest control business. People have hired them to catch all the bunnies that are chomping up their vegetables. This is vital because the annual veggie contest and fair given by Lady Tottingham is only days away. Through indescribable circumstances a bunny is turned into a giant were-rabbit and Wallace and Gromit are on the case. But then, in an amazing twist, the were-rabbit is...but you'd better see the movie.

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Fight Club [1999]

starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Meat Loaf, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Grenier
directed by: David Fincher

July 05, 2004
fight club is one of my favourite movies and i think this film is one of the best of all time.with its cast and crew this film is extremely powerful.and fight club shines with good acting of brad pitt and edward norton.this two disc dvd set also deserves 5 stars in all aspects.with the movie seven i think fight club is best film of brad pitt.
with fascinating performances and messages this movie will always be remembered as a masterpiece.
i recommend this small treasure box (this dvd set) to everyone who wants to see a really powerful and funny movie.yes this film is both teaches and amuses at the same time.

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Twelfth Night [1996]

starring: Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Farrell, Sydney Livingstone, Ben Kingsley
directed by: Trevor Nunn

October 29, 2001
this is one of my most favourite movies. there are some splendid reviews here already, so i will keep it short.
this is shakespearian comedy with dark undertones. this tale is about the nature of love. wonderful yet terrible love... etc. not everyone wins at the end. The actors are all wonderfully cast, and the landscape and locations are brilliant to. there is also a wonderful balance between the romance, the pangs of unrequitted love, laughs, music, chaos, revenge, etc. and it is all perfect. Ben Kingsley's Feste i think stands out most. and when Viola speaks of love (hers being impossible), i again feel the pain i had when i had my own heart broken.
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Lady Jane [1985]

starring: Jane Lapotaire, Richard Vernon, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland, John Wood
directed by: Trevor Nunn

May 17, 2004
I first watched this film as a 13 year old girl at school and i loved it then and sitting down today i was as good now as it was then. I was amazed by the acting of a young Helena Bonham Carter. Well wotha watch if you enjoy period films!!

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [2005]

starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
directed by: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

February 06, 2006
a beautiful film that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. the cast is great and i loved the animtion, these
things make up for a slight lack of story line but it is still a wonderful movie!

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Big Fish [2004]

starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
directed by: Tim Burton

June 07, 2004
This was the most embarrassing mess from Tim Burton. It should be deleted from his CV very quickly. It was so bad I thought that Ron Howard made it.
Synthetic rubbish. The story was like someone from Deliverance pitched a fairy tale to Walt Disney. I'm ashamed to have rented it, I felt like vomiting after it ended.

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) [2005]

starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor
directed by: Tim Burton

November 21, 2005
In this adaptation from Roald Dahl's novel, Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands) stars as Chocolate maker Willy Wonka, who offers 5 kids across the world the chance to win a tour around his chocolate factory.

It is amazing to see how times can change in the film industry, particularly in the animation aspect. If you were lucky enough to catch the original film with Gene Wilder in 1971 then you would have really appreciated the thought and dedication that went into the film. The effects and acting were stunning, none more so than Wilder. Now we find it hard to find a film without heavy dollops of animation, particularly in the fantasy genre.

Yes the graphics in this Tim Burton adaptation are good, as is his direction, but there is no real beating the original. ... Read More:

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [1994]

starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham-Carter, Aidan Quinn
directed by: Kenneth Branagh

March 08, 2004
This is an awful adaptation. It bastardizes the essence of Shelley's novel. While the novel nurtures a moral dilemma at its heart, this destroys it. (This cannot be demonstrated better than when the monster rips out Elizabeth's heart, serving as an apt metaphor for the film ripping out the heart of the text). The sympathy for the monster which Shelley really draws on is completely undercut in the film by the monster's portrayal as a cold blooded murderer wanting an unjustified amount of revenge...it ignores the reasons behind his sadness, ignoring the carefully crafted manipulation which Shelley plays with the reader's own preconceived ideas.
Among the monstrosities are the changing of the monster's final speech when Victor had died, which should have been a real climax and silent ... Read More: