• Culture
  • 05 Dec 02

Xmas recommendations

Xmas recommendations
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

THE LORD OF THE RINGS– THE TWO TOWERS
More action, better special effects – we suspect that Peter Jackson’s second instalment in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy might manage to take a few quid at the box-office. Out December 18.

THE QUIET AMERICAN
Phillip Noyce’s impressive Graham Greene adaptation boasts Michael Caine’s best ever performance. Out December 28.

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GANGS OF NEW YORK (pictured)
At last, Martin Scorceses’s eagerly (and long) awaited Irish gangster epic. Out January 10.

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