Rabbit Hole - 2010 ****

Powerful and emotionally acted drama about a husband and wife who have to come to terms with the tragic death of their young son whilst keeping their crumbling marriage alive. Struggling to cope, they turn away from each other at the worst possible time and find solace in others; he in a woman from the local support group and she, bizarrely in the boy who ran over her son. His only way to remain sane is to create a comic book, named 'Rabbit Hole'. 

Kidman and Eckhart are excellent together, and the tension is so real you can cut the air with a knife.

Beyond the Pole - 2010 ****

'Beyond the Pole' is yet another hidden gem that I stumbled upon by mistake at the weekend.
I was rather pleased that Stephen Mangan was playing a prominent part here as I love his personality and unique character.
2 scatty and quirky friends decide to save the planet from Global Warming by trekking to the North Pole on the first Carbon neutral, vegetarian and organic journey to encourage people to become aware of their campaign ' Don't be Impotent, be important.'
However, neither of them have a clue how to survive in freezing conditions and have to work out how to work together as a team on the expedition and stay alive after shooting the camera man by mistake and then being in a race with a team of gay Olympic Norwegians who also want to get to the North Pole.
Very funny and rather poignant.