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An excellent and intimate portrayal of internal conflict, addiction and loss, featuring a superb lead performance from Anne Hathaway.

Rachel Getting Married: Left to Right: Anne Hathaway as Kym, Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel.
Photo by Bob Vergara © 2007 Sniscak Productions, INC. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics. All Rights Reserved.

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Rachel Getting Married [DVD] [2008]

Over the last couple of weeks, I've found myself watching a couple of Shakespeare re-tellings, including Baz Luhrmann's rather excellent 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet. O doesn't quite measure up to Luhrmann's visionary re-telling of star-crossed lovers, but in many respects it's rather unfair to compare the two as they deal with their source material in very different ways: Luhrmann and Craig Pearce update the surroundings, dress and props for the late twentieth century, but leave the dialogue in Shakespearean English; in O, Brad Kaaya provides a fresh environment for the tale of Othello in his screenplay.

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O [DVD] [2000]

An engrossing, charming, and ultimately very human comedy about a man stranded in an airport terminal.

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The Terminal [DVD] (2004)