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Mathew Horne's Cool List (10 titles)

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Fast becoming a reliable fixture in the realms of edgy comedy, Mathew Horne really started wagging his head above the parapet by writing and performing on The Catherine Tate Show. Add to this roles in Teachers, plus sharp telly sitcoms Roman's Empire and Gavin & Stacey. He's just finished filming a co-lead role in Billy Goat's Gruff for BBC1, which will air in the Autumn, and Mathew will also star in a second series of Gavin & Stacey for BBC3, due to film later this year.

by: Mathew Horne from Nottingham

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Brief Encounter

A true and very real insight into love and its rawness, transcending generations. In terms of its themes, quite racey for its time. Prepare to have your heart strings yanked.

Brief Encounter on DVD (1945)
Starring: Marjorie Mars, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
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A respectable, happily married doctor (Trevor Howard) comes to the aid of an equally upstanding housewife (Celia Johnson) when a passing train blows cinder into her eye. Thus begins a tentative romance, conducted in the tearooms and railway cafe of a small English town. David Lean's classic study ..read more »
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Predator

A superb action horror movie, with a genuinely frightening threat. Mixes sci-fi and action perfectly, whilst dealing with Americaâ€™s anxiety about nuclear warfare.

Predator on DVD (1987)
Starring: Bill Duke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: John McTiernan
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Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honor which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honor gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to ..read more »
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Harold And Maude

Quirky, dark, eccentric and heartwarming relationship story, highlighting how friendships and love can exist, devoid of age prejudices.

Harold And Maude on DVD (1971)
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Director: Hal Ashby
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Hal Ashby's cult black-comedy. Harold (Bud Cort) is a death-obsessed teenager who hangs around in cemeteries and drives a hearse. When he attends a funeral and meets his polar opposite Maude (Ruth Gordon), a life-loving 79-year-old, a strange love affair ensues. However, the offbeat nature of their ..read more »
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Village of the Damned

A very English horror sci-fi. Eerie and cold in tone, heightened by its parochial setting.

Village of the Damned on DVD (1960)
Starring: Alan Badel, Alfred Burke, Ian Hendry
Director: Wolf Rilla
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Classic English horror. Low-budget shocker about a group of strange, emotionless children who attempt to take over a small village by controlling the minds of the adults.
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The Birds

A work of genius, which manages to perfectly blend real-life naturalism and horror. Pure tension from start to finish.

The Birds (1963)
Starring: Ethel Griffies, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Spoiled socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) to his Bodega Bay home after they meet in a bird shop. Melanie sails across the bay to deliver the gift of a lovebird to Mitch's young sister, only to be attacked by a gull on her way back. Soon random ..read more »
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Twenty Four Seven

The best boxing film. A masterpiece dealing with disaffected working class youth in 90â€™s Midlands.

Twenty Four Seven on DVD (1997)
Starring: Annette Badland, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones
Director: Shane Meadows
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Tim (Danny Nussbaum) is out walking in Nottingham when he comes across Darcy (Bob Hoskins), his former mentor, now living as a down-and-out. Tim recalls how five years ago Darcy started a boxing club for the bored youths living on the local council estate, organising them for a contest against a ..read more »
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Con Air

Tongue-in-cheek action story with all-star cast. Perfect, Sunday afternoon fun.

Con Air on DVD (1997)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
Director: Simon West
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Former war hero Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is sentenced to eight years in prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl while defending his pregnant wife. When his release comes through, he's eager to see the daughter he's never met. However, Poe's original flight is delayed, so he's ..read more »
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Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls

A masterclass in physical comedy.

Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls on DVD (1995)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Ian Mcneice
Director: Steve Oedekerk
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Overnight sensation Jim Carrey reprises his role as the eccentric detective in this follow-up to the runaway blockbuster Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The sequel finds Ace on assignment in Africa to prevent a tribal war by saving a white bat sacred to both sides. Along the way, he nearly sleeps with ..read more »
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Withnail And I

Just funny. Character driven British masterpiece.

Withnail And I on DVD (1986)
Starring: Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Richard Griffiths
Director: Bruce Robinson
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Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. It's the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann), subsist on a diet of booze, drugs and fags in their revolting Camden flat. In order to escape the depressing nexus of visits ..read more »
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The General

Another masterclass in physical comedy, from the master himself. So ahead of its time, itâ€™s almost unbelievable.

The General on DVD (1926)
Starring: Glen Cavander, Joseph Keaton, Jim Farley
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
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Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie "The ..read more »
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