Dec 31st 
Road to Perdition**  
(US 2002)
Twentieth Century Fox/Dreamworks. 117m. Panavision

A hitman and his son go on the run from Irish mobsters after feudal in-fighting.
Beautifully visually evoked gangster melodrama, with strong photography and compelling performances from two generations of star actors, although only the first half really compels and convinces.

Written by: David Self, based on the novel by Max Allen Collins, Richard Piers Rayner.
Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes.
Director: Sam Mendes.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Ciaran Hinds.
Photography: Conrad Hall.
Music: Thomas Newman

+ Paul Newman's and Conrad Hall's last film, as well as the last film to be shown at Screen One of Colchester's Crouch Street Odeon in 2002