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  • Eadweard (2015)
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    If you're going to make a film about the man considered to the be the "father of modern cinema" then it had better look good and debut feature director Kyle Rideout and his cinematographer Tony Mirza take this task to heart.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Biopic of photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge.
  • The Eagle (2011)
    Review preview for The Eagle

    Macdonald proceeds to let his narrative grind to a halt from which it never recovers.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A Roman soldier tries to retrieve his legion's lost emblem from the Pictish hordes.
  • Eagles Over London (1969)
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    A simple, fast-paced adventure.

    Val Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Germans infiltrate a British squadron in a bid to sabotage a radar warning system.
  • The Eagle Huntress (2016)
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    This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A teenager decides to become the first female eagle huntress.
  • Eagle vs Shark (2007)
    Review preview for Eagle vs Shark

    What follows is another trip into the middle of nowhere, which in some respects you can't help but feel you've seen before.

    Ben Sillis · 3 out of 5
    Socially awkward adventures in love.
  • The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953)
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    The earrings are an infuriatingly over-used plot device, with each reappearance becoming increasingly predictable.

    Nicola Osborne · 3 out of 5
    A countess sells her earrings, little realising the huge impact the move will have on her life.
  • Earth (2007)
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    There's simply too much going on; however, it is beautiful, and almost every sequence leaves a desire for more.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    The planet Earth, as seen through four stories about migration.
  • Earthling (2010)
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    In the real world of coincidence and logic there has to be meaning in order to contain the terror that naturally arises from unnatural occurances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A group of people on Earth discover they aren't who they thought they were.
  • Earthly Possessions (1999)
    Review preview for Earthly Possessions

    Sarandon is convincing, endearing, charming and real.

    David Stanners · 2 out of 5
    Susan Sarandon is abducted by Steven Dorff after a bank raid and he steals her heart.
  • Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
    Review preview for Earth: One Amazing Day

    Watching on the big screen creates a sense of immersion perfectly suited to this subject.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles.
  • Earth To Echo (2014)
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    Teenage confusion gives the film an unexpected conviction, coupled with its punk styled cinematography

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Three high school friends find a lost silver baby from another galaxy in the desert and try to help it before the authorities find out
  • Eastern Boys (2013)
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    Campillo keeps the questions coming.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Story about a solitary Parisian and a young Ukrainian migrant.
  • East L.A. Interchange (2015)
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    This is a modest little film but in its own way it's taking on some very big issues.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A history of Boyle Heights, one of America's most genuinely multicultural communities.
  • East Of Havana (2006)
    A documentary about poverty in Cuba.
  • East Side Sushi (2014)
    Review preview for East Side Sushi

    Though the story is straightforward, Torres' fierce performance gives it passion and energy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A hard pressed single mother gets a job in a Japanese restaurant and is inspired to pursue a career as a sushi chef.
  • Easy Money (2010)
    Review preview for Easy Money

    This is at once a densely interlocking slice of Scandi-crime, an intense set of character pieces, and a poly-lingual indictment of a variety of shades of greed.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A poor student with an expensive elite lifestyle sells cocaine to pay for his extravagant habits.
  • Easy Virtue (2008)
    Review preview for Easy Virtue

    This 1920s play by Noel Coward still dances along like a sprightly flapper, defying the passage of the years, thanks to Stephen Elliott’s energetic direction.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    When a young Englishman takes his American bride to meet his family sparks soon fly.
  • Eating Out (2004)
    Gay/straight comedy of errors.
  • Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011)
    Review preview for Eating Out: The Open Weekend

    . Clever dialogue blazes through weaker elements of the production.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 2.5 out of 5
    Four gay men figure out their romantic and sexual desires.
  • Eat, For This Is My Body (2007)
    Review preview for Eat, For This Is My Body

    It's the bare faced pretension of the exercise that overwhelms.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    Avant garde 'documentary' loosely exploring the colonialist history of Haiti.
  • Eat Locals (2016)
    Review preview for Eat Locals

    An ambitious film that suffers from a visibly stretched budget, Eat Locals fails to live up to the promise of its wonderful title but does have some great moments.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Britain's vampires gather together for their once-every-50-years meeting. Others will be joining them too: an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with an older woman, and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers...
  • Echelon The Secret Power (2003)
    Review preview for Echelon The Secret Power

    There is barely five minutes worth of things to say in this seemingly never-ending twaddle.

    Gator MacReady · 1 out of 5
    Mockumentary on the workings of a global information-gathering organisation.
  • Echoes Of War (2015)
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    Wes Cardino's cinematography blends the soft golden shades we associate with a homecoming with stark empty skies and long bleak fields.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A troubled man returns from fighting in the American Civil War to start a conflict in his own rural neighbourhood.
  • The Echo Of Astro Boy's Footsteps (2010)
    Review preview for The Echo Of Astro Boy's Footsteps

    With Ohno off screen, the audience is left to piece together an initial reading of this enigma of a man from a variety of conflicting and contrasting recollections.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A documentary looking into the secret behind the disappearace of the sound designer who helped make Astro Boy a cult cartoon star.
  • Echo Park, L.A. (2006)
    Rites of passage for Mexican- American teenagers in Los Angeles.
  • The Eclipse (2009)
    Review preview for The Eclipse

    The terrific performances are eclipsed by the unsettled tone.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A writer is haunted by the living.
  • Eden (2008)
    Review preview for Eden

    This film is adapted from a stage play by Eugene O'Brien and has made the transition to screen very smoothly.

    George Williamson · 3.5 out of 5
    The disintegration of a marriage.
  • Eden (2012)
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    Griffiths handles the exploitation with care, hinting at what goes on rather than rubbing our faces in it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A teenager is kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
  • Eden (2014)
    Review preview for Eden

    Hansen-Løve's momentary excursions into animation, split screen, and possibly re-writing of world history are the most effective parts.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Paul is taking his first steps as a DJ in the world of French house music.
  • Eden Is West (2009)
    Review preview for Eden Is West

    This fable for our times manages to be touching, comedic, and poignant.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 4.5 out of 5
    Odyssey of a migrant in search of 'paradise'.
  • Eden Lake (2008)
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    Not so very far from where we all live today.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A young couple spending a romantic weekend in the woods fall foul of an angry group of teenagers.
  • Eden Log (2007)
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    A dark treat which, far from patronising us with excessive exposition, leaves plenty of room in which the viewer can either wither or flourish.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A man awakes in a subterranean land, with no idea how he got there, and begins to try to reach the surface.
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper (2016)
    Review preview for Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper

    Director Benjamin Cooper is at his best when shooting outdoor scenes bleached by sunlight.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Marooned on a remote peninsula and haunted by frightening specters, a young man becomes convinced that he has caught sight of a beautiful woman.
  • The Edge Of Dreaming (2009)
    Review preview for The Edge Of Dreaming

    This is less a straightforward year in the life, than an emotional, poetic snapshot, exploring themes to which we can all relate - mortality and the fear of death.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary exploring the relationship between humans and their dreams, from the personal perspective of the director.
  • The Edge Of Heaven (2007)
    Review preview for The Edge Of Heaven

    Akin’s screenplay is intricate and original, and his story is ultimately an affirmation of the strength of personal bonds over the political.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young man of Turkish descent travels to the old country to look for the missing daughter of his father's girlfriend.
  • The Edge Of Love (2008)
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    Possibly the best British film of the year.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Wartime drama about two women who form an unlikely friendship, united by their feelings for poet Dylan Thomas.
  • The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)
    Review preview for The Edge Of Seventeen

    Hope is the antidote. Really? They all say that. Can it be true?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    How to be a teenage misfit without killing yourself.
  • Edge Of Tomorrow (2014)
    Review preview for Edge Of Tomorrow

    Cage gets killed over and over and comes back to the same place to start again. Bor-ing!

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A soldier fighting a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle and despite being killed over and over resurrects to save the world with the help of a tall girl in a leotard.
  • Edie (2017)
    Review preview for Edie

    Its strong emotional hub keeps you with the film, even as it flirts with tourist board-style promotional material.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    After the death of her controlling husband, a woman decides to fulfil her dream of climbing a mountain.
  • Edison (2005)
    Review preview for Edison

    The surprise here is Cool J, who puts in perhaps his best performance to date.

    Steve Harwood · 2 out of 5
    Police corruption in the ex-murder capital of America is exposed by a rookie reporter.
  • Edmond (2005)
    Review preview for Edmond

    Incredulity grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A chance encounter with a fortune teller sees a white-collar worker descend into an urban hell.
  • The Edukators (2004)
    Review preview for The Edukators

    eingartner keeps us guessing and the deliberately ambiguous ending offers plenty of possibilities but no answers.

    Gary Duncan · 4 out of 5
    Political activists want to change the world by "edukating" the rich.
  • Edward And Caroline (1951)
    Review preview for Edward And Caroline

    The plot is as floaty as Caroline's evening gown but the joy is in the minutiae.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Trouble brews for a couple from different classes when the husband is asked to perform for the friends of his wife's rich uncle.
  • Ed Byrne - Different Class (2009)
    Review preview for Ed Byrne - Different Class

    Byrne’s range of material is impressive.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    The stand-up comedian brings his acclaimed stage show to DVD.
  • Ed Gein (2001)
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    A fine example of horror as an extension of private delusion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    True story of country loner who desecrated graves and killed women for their skin and body parts.
  • Ed Wood: Vol 2 (1952)
    The definitive transvestite/transsexual movie and a face-changing film noir from the master of low expectation.
  • Eagle Eye (2008)
    Review preview for Eagle Eye

    Rarely has a film been so serious in its underlying implications and intent, and yet so moronic in its execution.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Two innocent people find themselves framed in a bizarre military conspiracy.
  • The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
    Review preview for The Eagle Has Landed

    Caine's presence makes the difference between entertaining nonsense and a rattling good yarn.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Michael Caine leads German commando raid to kidnap Churchill from a sleepy English village.
  • Early Man (2018)
    Review preview for Early Man

    Despite a star studded voice cast it lacks the comic invention required to make an impossible dream memorable

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Stop motion animated cave men and a hog learn to play football and take on the best team in the known universe
  • Earthlings (2005)
    Review preview for Earthlings

    Ultimately, Earthlings is a light documentary about a group of people who share a hobby.

    Keith Dudhnath · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about Klingon speakers.

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