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Gangs of New York (IMDB rating 7.3/10). Better than I remember 5 years ago. Daniel Day-Lewis would be amazing in a Carry On film, he can do no wrong. Di Caprio spends too much time squinting, and the final fight between the main protagonists could be improved.... My rating 7/10
Cloverfield (7.9). Wasn't really expecting to like this so much, with visions of Blair Witch Project all over again, but the handheld camcorder approach actually really works, and I think the whole film is really well made. Was slightly ruined by about 20 chav girls giggling and talking and walking around throughout the film, but despite that, definitely the best 'Monster attacks New York' film I have ever seen. My rating 8/10
North by Northwest (8.6). Probably my favourite Hitchcock film, it has it all. Cary Grant as the everyman hero mistaken for someone else who makes more innuendoes than you can shake a stick at, Eva Marie Saint as the Hitchcock blond, the bad guys attempt to kill Cary Grant with bourbon, a crop-duster plane, and then Mount Rushmore... and the guy out of the Man From UNCLE. Amazing. My rating 9/10