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GARAGE ****
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Pat Shortt, Anne-Marie Duff, Conor Ryan, John Keogh, Don Wycherley 15 cert
Abrahamson reunites with Adam & Paul screenwriter Mark O'Halloran for a haunting Irish rural drama. Shortt's acting is revelatory, as he inhabits the central role of a lonely, good-natured social misfit who unwittingly triggers a crisis in his life. Michael Dwyer
PLANET TERROR ***
Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis 16 cert
A virus turns Texans into zombies. Rodriguez' agreeably moronic horror film moves at a cracking pace and features plenty of good jokes. There are amusing extras on the two-disc package, but we have still to see all those spoof trailers on DVD. Hurry up with the Grindhouse boxed-set, Messrs Weinstein.
© 2008 The Irish Times


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