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What stands out first about The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action is the confidence with which the directing team establishes its feature film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action asks the lead performer and the principal supporting performer to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action is established with useful clarity: Collective scre

What stands out first about Casino Jack is the confidence with which George Hickenlooper establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Casino Jack asks Kevin Spacey and Barry Pepper to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Casino Jack is established with useful clarity: A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder. That direct approach lets Casin

What stands out first about Animal Kingdom is the confidence with which David Michôd establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Animal Kingdom asks James Frecheville and Guy Pearce to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Animal Kingdom is established with useful clarity: A seventeen year old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him. That direct approach lets Anim

What stands out first about Buried is the confidence with which Rodrigo Cortés establishes its thriller identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Buried asks Ryan Reynolds and José Luis García Pérez to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Buried is established with useful clarity: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. That direct approach lets Buried use its 1h 35m running time for character, atmosphere and consequence. ⁠ Buried benefits fr

What stands out first about Tees Maar Khan is the confidence with which Farah Khan establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Tees Maar Khan asks Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Tees Maar Khan is established with useful clarity: Posing as a movie director, a conman attempts to trick an entire village into helping him rob a treasure laden train. That direct approach lets Tees Maar Khan use

What stands out first about Made in Dagenham is the confidence with which Nigel Cole establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Made in Dagenham asks Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Made in Dagenham is established with useful clarity: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. That direct app

What stands out first about The Whistleblower is the confidence with which Larysa Kondracki establishes its crime drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Whistleblower asks Rachel Weisz and Monica Bellucci to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Whistleblower is established with useful clarity: A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for

What stands out first about Golmaal 3 is the confidence with which Rohit Shetty establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Golmaal 3 asks Mithun Chakraborty and Ajay Devgn to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Golmaal 3 is established with useful clarity: In Goa, Pritam meets his love Geeta after many years. That direct approach lets Golmaal 3 use its 2h 35m running time for character, atmosphere and consequence. ⁠ The most

What stands out first about Housefull is the confidence with which Sajid Khan establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Housefull asks Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Housefull is established with useful clarity: Believing himself to be jinxed, a man attempts to find true love, but instead gets caught in a web of lies. That direct approach lets Housefull use its 2h 24m running time f

What stands out first about Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is the confidence with which Kevin Munroe establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night asks Brandon Routh and Aníta Briem to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is established with useful clarity: The adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his sign

What stands out first about Dabangg is the confidence with which Abhinav Kashyap establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Dabangg asks Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Dabangg is established with useful clarity: A corrupt police officer faces challenges from his family, gangsters and politicians. That direct approach lets Dabangg use its 2h 6m running time for character, atmosphere and

What stands out first about Restrepo is the confidence with which Tim Hetherington establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Restrepo asks The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and Juan 'Doc Restrepo to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Restrepo is established with useful clarity: A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan. That direct appr