We head back a decade to look at a few films that deserve more attention.
Heres our list of 25 underappreciated movies of 2004… Its rather less likely that youll remember some of the films on this list.
And Sandlers really quite good in it.
Otomos works always detailed, butSteamboys sense of scale and imagination really is something to behold.
Dig out a copy now, and enjoy one of the great unsung animated features from Japans recent history.
Macaulay Culkin, Jena Malone and Mandy Moore lead the cast of this really quite accomplished teen comedy drama.
But theres a bit more to it than a straight genre description may suggest.
Director and co-writer Brian Dannelly just about balances all of this, and hes served well by his cast.
Theres a line in Steven SoderberghsOceans Twelvewhere Topher Grace declares that I totally phoned in that Dennis Quaid movie.
Plus: Dennis Quaid.
Who doesnt like a bit of Quaid in their DVD player?
The work of filmmaker Michael Winterbottom is almost bewilderingly eclectic.
Seemingly ignored on release,Code 46is a flawed genre gem, and well worth tracking down.
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His sci-fi action movie also happens to be completely bonkers.
But in its strongest moments, its extremely effective, and comes loaded with a few genuine scares.
Kevin Bacon takes the lead as a convicted child molestor whos released after serving his sentence.
While playing, the pairs fun is interrupted by a bag flung from a passing train.
A bag chock full of cash.
The question: what to do with it?
Revenge dramas are relatively unusual in British movie theater, butDead Mans Shoesis one of the very best.
On the DVDs commentary track, theres a brilliant anecdote where Parker and Stone talk aboutTeam Americas opening scene.
It was this scene that Stone and Parker screened for Paramounts executives before the movies release.
Are the incidents on Scotlands lake real, or is Penn merely faking it all for the camera?
We can obviously guess the outcome, but the whos conning who?
aspect is part of what makesIncident At Loch Nessso wryly amusing.
As an absurdly plummy British lady puts it near the start of the movie, What fun!
ThinkFriday Night Lights,and its usually the superb television series that springs to mind.
Theres nothing wrong with that at all either: you cant go wrong whichever way you turn.
As with the very best sports movies,Friday Night Lightsworks on two levels.
On their travels, they cross paths with Sandra Ohs Stephanie and Virginia Madsens Maya.
And each of these characters contributes much to what makes Sideways so special.
But the key moments all belong to Giamatti.
His character is funny yet lonely, passionate about wine yet depressed.
Said explanation opens his soul, and is delivered quite brilliantly by Giamatti.
Its the standout moment in a movie that has no shortage of wonderful parts to celebrate.
Its also, in our humble opinion, one of the very best films of the decade.
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