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| Film picksPaul Howlett Friday November 23, 2007 The Guardian Just Like Heaven 12.25pm, 8pm, Sky Movies Drama (Mark Waters, 2005) A ghostly love story in which widower Mark Ruffalo moves into the San Francisco apartment of workaholic doctor Reese Witherspoon - who has been lying in a coma for three months after a car smash: her spirit haunts the flat, and an ethereal relationship begins. Daft, but the smart script and charming leads make it very watchable. Henry V A triumph in every department. Olivier the director revels in the freedom of the camera, while the actor, supported by a tremendous cast, is awe-inspiring as the young King Harry. The film opens observing a Globe stage performance and gradually melds into the play, culminating in a furious, full-blown battle of Agincourt, with Olivier's St Crispin's Day speech a heroic rabble-rouser. Black Rain This stylish thriller has maverick American cops rampant in Japan. Michael Douglas gets vengeful when buddy Andy Garcia loses his head, and joins forces with by-the-book local detective Ken Takakura - who, naturally, learns to take on the evil Osaka gangsters in the all-American way. An exercise in clean-cut, gleaming mayhem. Printable version | Send it to a friend | Clip |