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• The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025)

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  The film’s general campiness does not diminish the points it’s making.

  A vibrant collision of horror, comedy, and aching personal truth as seen through the eyes of a young woman dealing with the pain of her menstrual cramps.
• Crank (2006)

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  What keeps the film from imploding is its humour, intentional or not.

  A poisoned man must keep his heart rate high to stay alive as he hunts his killer.
• Crash (1996)

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  Certainly not a film for the masses.

  After being caught up in a violent crash, a quiet man with a struggling marriage discovers a cult of car crash sex fetishists.
• Crash Land (2026)

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  There’s a considerable sensitivity and intelligence to this film, underlying its glorious stupidity.

  Three friends have spent their childhoods drinking, wreaking havoc, and filming crude stunts in their small town. Everyone hates them. Wanting to finally prove their lives have meaning, they decide to make a 'real movie'.
• Crawlers (2026)

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  It’s a monster movie by the numbers and yet its creators have a good understanding of how to give viewers what they really don’t want.

  Tenants at Paradiso Palms apartments fight a deadly spider invasion.
• C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

  A son looks for paternal acceptance as he grows up in Sixties and Seventies Quebec.
• Crazy Heart (2009)

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  Effective because it is so restrained.

  A washed up country singer forms an unexpected relationship with a journalist.
• Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)

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  A dazzling piece of work.

  A 77-minute, one-scene, no-cut action sequence in which samurai Miyamoto defeats 588 enemies, one after the other.
• Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

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  The 'love' on offer in this romcom that marks yet another notch of disappointment on Steve Carrell's career is neither crazy nor stupid, just cynical and schmaltzy by turns.

  A man whose wife wants a divorce finds himself taken under the wing of a love 'em and leave 'em lothario.
• Creation Stories (2021)

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  Passably entertaining as long as you haven't seen any other films.

  Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
• The Creator (2023)

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  Detail abounds. Glorious detail.

  A post-apocalyptic thriller involving a future impacted by a war between humans and AI.
• Creatura (2023)

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  Trauma here isn’t a switch turned on by a force strong enough to propel it into being, but instead, it’s a slow-burning reflective state.

  A woman realises the source of her trauma and sexual appetite after returning to her coastal-town home.
• Creed III (2023)

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  As a first-time director, Jordan acquits himself well.

  Boxer Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.
• The Creeping Garden (2014)

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  There’s is some intriguing material about the history of science here.

  A real life science fiction story devoted to the world of myxomycetes, or fungus-like ‘slime moulds’.
• Creep Box (2023)

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  This may be science fiction but it’s built upon a far older, folkloric form of cautionary tale.

  A company develops technology which can give people the impression they're talking to their dead loved ones, but the lead researcher finds himself increasingly troubled by the results.
• Crescendo (2026)

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  Crescendo has a buoyant sense of fun

  Satire sees the cast of an opera rocked by an accusation of sexual assault.
• The Crescent (2017)

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  Graves gives the most compelling performance by an infant actor since Elle Fanning in 2004'sThe Door In The Floor.

  After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.
• Cries And Whispers (1972)

  An exploration of the relationship between three sisters and their maid.
• Cries From Syria (2017)

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  Afineevsky doesn't pull his punches.

  Overview of the conflict in Syria.
• Crimes Of The Future (2022)

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  Cronenberg, a seemingly gentle soul on the surface, remains tortured by the possibilities of technology and how it may tear us apart.

  In a near-future human evolution has accelerated, a situation embraced by a performance artist.
• The Crime Is Mine (2023)

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  A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

  When a glamorous but talentless young actress is accused of murdering a sleazy producer, her aspiring lawyer friend spies a money-making opportunity.
• The Crime Of Padre Amaro (2002)

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  Simplistic moral answers to the question of Christianity are like flags of convenience.

  Gael Garcia Bernal is a priest in Mexico who falls in love with a beautiful teenager.
• A Crime On The Bayou (2020)

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  Buirski has assembled an impressive set of historical sources but allows the story to unfold so naturally that it feels as if it were being told for the first time.

  The story of a lasting bond formed between an unjustly arrested Black man, Gary Duncan, and Richard Sobol, his young Jewish attorney.
• Criminal (2016)

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  There are two stories running side by side. When they reach the junction they collide. It's a Hollywood disaster

  The memories of a dead CIA operative are implanted in a dangerous convict.
• The Criminal (1960)

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  Even though the physical violence is kept to a minimum, Losey uses the sound of a riot to help feed the mounting oppression, mirroring the psychological turmoil within Bannion himself.

  A freshly released convict aims for a fresh heist.
• Criminal Lovers (1999)

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  Although difficult to watch at times, the film contains a distinct energy that is both erotic and fearful.

  Teenage murderers are held prisoners by a cannibalistic hermit in the depths of a wood.
• Crip Camp (2020)

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  Strikes a good balance between informing, educating and entertaining.

  Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
• Crisis (2021)

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  There's the sort of amount of material here that used to form the basis for an entire series of The Shield, so even with a running time of two hours, it's difficult for anything to be dwelt on in detail.

  Interlocking stories shine a spotlight on America's opioid crisis.
• The Critic (2023)

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  In its early stages, the film stands up pretty well. It’s when it reaches the blackmail stage of the story that it falters.

  A theatre critic enlists a glamorous young actress in a desperate scheme.
• Critters Attack! (2019)

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  A cheery little romp with the right balance of cuteness, comedy and gore.

  A babysitter takes her young charges on a hike, unaware that mysterious alien critters have crash landed and started devouring every living thing they encounter.
• Croc! (2022)

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  Everybody is glamorously dressed and there’s a lot of screaming and running about.

  Deep in the English countryside, Lisa and George prepare for their wedding at a Tudor mansion. But an angry crocodile lies in wait, determined to ruin their big day.
• Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane McGowan (2020)

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  This is how the film plays out: loose and jumbled but still somehow telling a story. It's a style that suits its subject perfectly.

  Documentary about The Pogues frontman.
• The Croods: A New Age (2020)

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  Like its predecessor, this film relies heavily on fast-firing jokes with easy punchlines. Supported by the quirky animation, these are a lot of fun, but older viewers may quickly find themselves feeling worn out.

  The stone age family encounter another family with a very different way of life who remember Guy from his early childhood.
• The Crossroads (2024)

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  The multi-layered story provides an engaging experience full of reflections.

  Eighty-year-old Tadeusz's quiet life as a pensioner changes drastically after a tragic car accident.
• Cross Of Iron (1977)

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  First rate acting from Coburn and Schell is complemented by fine performances from the supporting actors.

  As the Wehrmacht retreat on the Eastern Front, two German soldiers are locked in a futile personal conflict.
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

  Mystical epic sees warriors go on quest to recover a stolen sword.
• Croupier (2000)

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  The egocentric nature of the film cleverly disguises what else is going on outside Jack's head.

  A despondent novelist becomes hard-edged croupier in London casino.
• The Crow (1994)

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  Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

  A restless soul comes back from the dead to seek vengeance.
• The Crow (2024)

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  It might be a deliberate choice to make a movie for new subculture-free audiences, but the stylish source material deserves at least some effort.

  Remake of the cult film about a man seeking revenge through the realms of the living and the dead.
• Crowhurst (2017)

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  What the film achieves with very little money is the pathological journey from hope to hell.

  Story of the amateur sailor who tried to circumnavigate the globe.
• Crown Vic (2019)

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  The action scenes here are well handled and there are some interesting observations about how technological developments have changed the nature of policing.

  Over the course of a single night, two police officers at opposite ends of their careers find themselves thrust into a violent hunt for two cop killers on the loose in the Olympic Division of Los Angeles.
• Cruel Tale Of Bushido (1963)

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  Tadashi Imai is an excellent director of both character and action, but what really stands out in Cruel Tale Of Bushido is the way he frames suffering.

  After a salaryman's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realises that he's repeated their mistakes.
• Crushed (2025)

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  What is interesting here is that Olivia is never objectified.

  In suburban Bangkok, a family's faith is thrown into crisis when their daughter is kidnapped.
• Cry-Baby (1990)

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  Waters can't keep a straight face. His drapes are freaks; his squares are pegs.

  Musical romance charting juvenile deliquency in the Fifties.
• Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains And The Future Of The Internet (2020)

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  This is a film that may provide an entry point for beginners but it doesn't do so at the expense of those already familiar with the subject.

  A documentary about the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise.
• Cryptozoo (2021)

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  Its Jurassic Park style themes concerning failed Utopias passed through the prism of Sixties politics and activism have a certain childlike simplicity to them and, as such, are likely to prove more endearing to some audiences than others.

  As cryptozookeepers struggle to capture a Baku (a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature) they begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a cryptozoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown.
• Crystal Eyes (2017)

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  If you're a fan of gleefully executed giallo-style carnage, you'll struggle to find a film that features quite as many murders as this one.

  On the anniversary of a model being set alight on the runway, models preparing for a show in her honour start disappearing.
• Cry Macho (2021)

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  Eastwood is looking good for a nonagenarian, no doubt, but the idea that not one, but two women four decades his junior would see him as a potential mate through the course of this film, is definitely pushing it.

  A former rodeo rider agrees to try to bring his former employer's teenage son north over the Mexican border.
• Cry Of The Banshee (1970)

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  Handsome sets and costumes give the film a certain glamour that helps to obscure its weaknesses.

  In 16th Century England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.
• Cry, The Beloved Country (1952)

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  Though stylistically it has dated somewhat, the message still resonates.

  Accomplished drama that examines race-relations in 1950s South Africa.