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The greatest films of all time: download the data The greatest films of all time list is finally out. Get the full data as it's released here, just by following this article• Get the dataThe Guardian/Observer greatest films of all time are being unveiled all this week and you can follow the whole lot here.Each day, our top 25 movies will be released, and each day here on the Datablog we will add them to our Google spreadsheet and the sortable table below.Today is day one and that means the romance 25, led by David Lean's Brief Encounter. What films would you add to the list? Here's what Peter Bradshaw says today:Romantic longing has provided the cinema with some of its most glorious and idealistic movies: Casablanca and Brief Encounter are films with an unabashed, unironic passionate flame at their centreWe've added loads of extra info to the spreadsheet, including the key Guardian and IMDB links, plus the country of origin. At the end of the week we'd like to visualise the whole lot, and we want you to help us. So, let us know what you can do with the data.The full list - so farDownload the data• DATA: download the full list as a spreadsheetCan you do something with this data?Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr groupWorld government data• Search the world's government datasets• More environment data• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on TwitterRomanceSimon RogersTheresa Maloneguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
The drama and arthouse 25: do you agree with our rankings? The list of our critics' picks of the 25 best action and war movies has been released. Tell us what we left out here, and vote for your favourite of the ones we did mention here guardian.co.uk |
This week's new DVD & Blu-ray Alien AnthologyBlu-Ray, 20th Century FoxBack To The Future Trilogy Blu-Ray, UniversalOne of the things that has surely prevented many from upgrading to Blu-Ray, other than the fact no one has any money, is that there haven't been all that many of the classic blockbusters available. The format needs some titles that you'll gladly watch over and over (as well as pay for again, having previously shelled out for them on VHS and DVD). Robert Zemekis's Back To The Future movies all connect and complement each other so well you'd swear they were originally conceived as a threesome (they weren't). This time-travel comedy series is timeless entertainment. New extras include a documentary on the production (including footage of Eric Stoltz, the original Marty McFly, much moodier than Michael J Fox). Even better are the overdue Alien films. Each one tries a different take on the space monster movie genre, mixing it with, in order: horror, action, weird prison movie, and even weirder black comedy. The first is still the best and looks like a genuine work of art here with the picture revealing texture and detail previously hidden by lower-resolution formats. The extras even trump the stuffed Quadrilogy DVD package, and even though only the first two films hit all their intended marks, the troubled productions of the others (David Fincher has all but disowned his debut feature, Alien 3) still make for fascinating viewing, with behind-the-scenes stories that show just how interesting a "failure" can be.Guillermo Del Toro box setTriple bill of Blu-Ray fantasy from the master: Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.Blu-Ray, Optimum The Inbetweeners 1-3Just in case you haven't had enough teenage romance, bodily fluids and sixth-form insults.DVD, 4DVDNo Impact ManYear-long experiment in "zero impact" eco living.DVD, DogwoofThe Avengers Series 5The cult 60s spies meet new-fangled colour TV!DVD, OptimumPossessionLong overdue release for Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 Polish arthouse horror.DVD, Second SightDVD and video reviewsPhelim O'Neillguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Anne Hathaway and James Franco to co-host Oscars night Producers aim to attract younger movie fans with new pairing of at the helm of February's ceremonyActors James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been named co-hosts of February's Oscars ceremony. The pair are currently starring in two movies that some pundits believe could earn them nominations for the Academy awards. Franco, 32, who has featured in Milk and Spider-Man, is starring in the real-life drama 127 Hours, playing a man who cut off his own arm to free himself after being trapped in a canyon. Hathaway, 28, previously in The Devil Wears Prada, portrays a free-spirited woman who falls for a drug salesman in Love and Other Drugs.OscarsAwards and prizesAnne HathawayUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |