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  • Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1999)
    Review preview for Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

    Writer/director Tommy O'Haver has allowed charm to run riot.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A gay photographer falls for a straight waiter.
  • Billy And Albert: Billy Connolly Live At The Royal Albert Hall (1987)
    Billy Connolly takes his anarchic stand-up comedy act to the Sassenach heartland.
  • Billy The Kid (2007)
    Review preview for Billy The Kid

    This is a heartwarming film in the truest sense of the word.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary following a boy with learning difficulties looking for romance.
  • Biloxi Blues (1988)
    Neil Simon remembers boot camp in Mississippi during the last months of the war.
  • Bionic Woman: Season One (2007)
    Review preview for Bionic Woman: Season One

    Relies too heavily on plot-of-the-week adventures and is peppered with clichés.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    A barmaid saved by high-tech medical implants adapts to a new role as part of a shady goverment organisation.
  • Birdman (2014)
    Review preview for Birdman

    There's some great black comedy here, at times spectacularly cruel.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A washed-up actor makes a bid on Broadway to reclaim his former glory.
  • Birdwatchers (2008)
    Review preview for Birdwatchers

    Here is a story that evokes Brazil from the inside out.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A drama which explores the tensions between the white and indigenous cultures of Brazil.
  • Birth (2004)
    Review preview for Birth

    A disappointing, mundane psychological drama.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman is convinced that a boy is the reincarnation of her husband.
  • Birthday Girl (2001)
    Review preview for Birthday Girl

    Kidman continues to amaze.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Nicole Kidman is a Russian internet bride who ends up with a St Albans bank clerk.
  • Birthright: A War Story (2017)
    Review preview for Birthright: A War Story

    It's a bold attempt to get beyond the usual polarised politics and look at how laws intended to reduce abortion impact wider society.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about the legal and political situation around abortion, miscarriage and women's rights in America.
  • The Birth Of A Nation (2016)
    Review preview for The Birth Of A Nation

    Parker's reductive approach, more concerned with creating a hero than depicting a man, means it never achieves the impact that it ought to.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of Nat Turner's slave uprising.
  • Birth Of Big Air (2010)
    Review preview for Birth Of Big Air

    A solid primer, a celebration and, as for Hoffman? He's totally rad.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of BMX pioneer Mat Hoffman.
  • A Bittersweet Life (2005)
    Review preview for A Bittersweet Life

    All it does is liberally steal pieces from superior films and cobble them together without realising just why those movies worked.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    A tale of revenge, infidelity and gangland warfare in South Korea.
  • A Bizarre Love Triangle (2002)
    Review preview for A Bizarre Love Triangle

    A bizarre film, its weird is in equal measure to its wonderful.

    Josh Morrall · 2.5 out of 5
    Comedy takes an off-beat look at modern relationships.
  • Black (2009)
    Review preview for Black

    The breaking of genre boundaries is surreal but one of many enjoyable elements of Black.

    Leanne McGrath · 4 out of 5
    After a bank heist goes south, the surviving robber tries to get rich quick in Senegal, only to fall foul of a millionaire who is morphing into a snake and gaggle of other weirdos vying for power.
  • Black (2015)
    Review preview for Black

    This energetic film has a lot to recommend it, not least the way music is juxtaposed with action.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    A Romeo and Juliet-style tale of love between members of rival street gangs and immigrant communities in contemporary Belgium.
  • Blackball (2003)
    British class comedy about a council estate lad with a tearaway talent for bowls.
  • Blackbird (2007)
    Review preview for Blackbird

    One for fans of unconventional love stories and those who seek out something other than the classic Hollywood ending.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 3 out of 5
    A young woman working in the sex industry risks everything for love.
  • Blackbird (2013)
    Review preview for Blackbird

    A frequently comic script is enhanced by the naturalism with which all the actors deliver their lines.

    Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
    A young ballad singer laments the way his small Scottish village is changing - and dying
  • Blackfish (2013)
    Review preview for Blackfish

    Tilikum, whose last victim Dawn Brancheau died in 2010, is still performing at SeaWorld - after watching this documentary, you'll think long and hard about taking your family to see him.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    The plight of killer whales in captivity.
  • Blackmail Boys (2010)
    Review preview for Blackmail Boys

    Haziness and lack of bite and depth eventually lead to the film's downfall.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    Two lovers in a long-distance relationship turn to extortion to fund their wedding.
  • The Blacks (2009)
    Review preview for The Blacks

    The Blacks is observational, not judgemental. It catches your breath.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A Balkans war era army unit disintegrates in the woods.
  • Blackthorn (2011)
    Review preview for Blackthorn

    Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    What would have happened to Butch Cassidy if he hadn't died in Bolivia?
  • Blackwood (2013)
    Review preview for Blackwood

    This film really does do something genuinely new with its old, grinding tropes - but once the veil has been lifted, the mask removed and the mechanics beneath all these devices exposed, no mystery remains.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A college professor finds himself plagued by spectral visions.
  • Black And White (2000)
    Review preview for Black And White

    The sense of a society eating itself alive on a gangsta myth is very strong.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Rich white kids in New York want to be black, while rappers from the projects exploit them.
  • Black And White (2008)
    Review preview for Black And White

    The blackness and whiteness of thought, word and deed is thrust down the throats of the audience to an unnatural degree.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Broken boundaries, race relations, illicit sex and family breakdowns - Italian style.
  • The Black Balloon (2008)
    Review preview for The Black Balloon

    Fearlessly reaches outside the box.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    An insightful family drama, about a young man who must deal with more than his fair share of troubles, like his autistic brother. Also, young love and being a new boy in school.
  • Black Books: The Complete 1st Series (2000)
    Classic British sitcom about three misfits who run the worst bookshop in Britain.
  • Black Books: The Complete Third Series (2004)
    The Black Book Trio are back with even more morbid humour in their third series.
  • Black Brush (2005)
    A group of stoner friends take a trip in pursuit of their boss' missing money.
  • Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
    Wedding between gangs sparks comedy.
  • Black Christmas (1974)
    Killer on campus causes girl fright four years before Halloween.
  • Black Christmas (2006)
    Review preview for Black Christmas

    There are only a couple of jolts, assisted by a screamishly loud soundtrack, and as for the gore rating, it is laughable compared to other recent horror releases.

    Paul Griffiths · 1 out of 5
    Remake of the original festive 1974 slasher horror flick.
  • Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
    Review preview for Black Coal, Thin Ice

    A painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A detective falls in love with a woman linked to the murder victims of his current investigation.
  • Black Code (2016)
    Review preview for Black Code

    Cinematographer-turned-documentarian de Pencier has an eye for a good image but less of an ear for consistent argument.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Examining the human rights pros and cons of the internet in terms of citizen journalism and global surveillance.
  • The Black Dahlia (2006)
    Review preview for The Black Dahlia

    Everything is so hurried that the wheels begin to come off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Two cops hunt a killer in 1940s LA.
  • Black Death (2010)
    Review preview for Black Death

    Feels like a film of two halves.

    James Benefield · 2.5 out of 5
    During the plague years a young monk is sent to investigate reports of the dead being restored to life.
  • Black Dynamite (2009)
    Review preview for Black Dynamite

    The key to Black Dynamite’s success is that the film-makers know the difference between a good-bad movie and a bad-bad movie.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4.5 out of 5
    Blaxploitation spoof.
  • Black Gold (2006)
    Review preview for Black Gold

    Black Gold presents a richly detailed portrait of the coffee industry, all the way from Ethiopia to the barista competitions and fashionable coffee houses of the West.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary examining the inequities of the coffee trade.
  • Black Mass (2015)
    Review preview for Black Mass

    It's true what they say about violence. Too much and you become immune.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The true story of violent criminal turned FBI informant Whitey Bulger in Boston.
  • Black Mountain Poets (2015)
    Review preview for Black Mountain Poets

    The script sparkles, delivering plenty of great moments.

    Luke Shaw · 3.5 out of 5
    Relationship comedy about a pair of on-the-run sisters who pose as poets on a camping retreat.
  • Black November (2012)
    Review preview for Black November

    Mbong Amata's powerful performance anchors it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of hostage takers in America desperately tries to save the life of a community activist sentenced to death in Nigeria.
  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution (2015)
    Review preview for The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution

    The film is an interesting, timely, though ultimately dispiriting look at how the twin forces of institutional bigotry and internal discord fragmented one of the key organising forces in black America.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Story of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party.
  • Black Pond (2011)
    Review preview for Black Pond

    An intriguingly idiosyncratic debut.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    An ordinary family are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table.
  • Black Rock (2012)
    Review preview for Black Rock

    It is violent and visceral, of course, but also a metaphor for the irreversibility of time.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Three women camping on a remote island find themselves under threat from three crazed soldiers.
  • Black Samurai (1976)
    Review preview for Black Samurai

    It is doubtful that Adamson meant this film to be funny, but it is.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 2.5 out of 5
    Agent for DRAGON sets out to rescue kidnapped girlfriend.
  • Black Sea (2014)
    Review preview for Black Sea

    Retains a tight grip on your imagination

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A skeleton crew in a decommissioned submarine launch a clandestine search for Nazi gold under Russian waters.
  • Black Sheep (2006)
    Five stories of bad taste and humour on the streets of Berlin.
  • Black Sheep (2006)
    Review preview for Black Sheep

    Black Sheep has a certain charm which enables it to keep its one joke going all the way through.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Genetic experiments aimed at producing the perfect sheep go horribly wrong...
  • Black Souls (2014)
    Review preview for Black Souls

    What Black Souls does very well is to recapture the essential primitivism of conflicts based upon honour, fear of insult and the desire for revenge.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Mafia tale, based on a true story.

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