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From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: February 1, 2008 | Copyright information

FIVE BEST FILMS

Sweeney Todd 18, 110 mins Tim Burtons savage Sondheim adaptation has Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter scaling new heights.

The Savages 15, 114 mins Laura Linney is painfully good in this offbeat comedy about two siblings and their homeless dad.

In the Valley of Elah 15, 121 mins Crash director Paul Haggis finds a new angle on the Iraq war as Tommy Lee Jones searches for his soldier son.

Charlie Wilsons War Cert 15, 102 mins Congressman Tom Hanks finances the Afghans against the Soviets. With Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts.

No Country for Old Men 18, 122 mins The ...

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