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  • Great Expectations (2012)
    Review preview for Great Expectations

    Mike Newell’s take does not disappoint, with sumptuous cinematography and an impressive British cast.

    Maria Realf · 3.5 out of 5
    An adaptation of the Dickens classic about an orphaned boy who comes into a fortune.
  • The Great Gatsby (1974)
    Review preview for The Great Gatsby

    The majority of the cast seem as though they're reading lines from a book and struggling to make the dialogue appear real.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    A struggling salesman moves to Long Island and becomes intrigued by his wealthy neighbour.
  • The Great Gatsby (2013)
    Review preview for The Great Gatsby

    The closer Luhrmann stays to the spirit of Fitzgerald and the more he trusts his cast, the better the result.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A war veteran drawn into the glamorous life of his millionaire neighbour gradually discovers his secrets.
  • The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)
    Review preview for The Great Hip Hop Hoax

    This is amazing stuff.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The true story of a lie.
  • The Great Love (1969)
    Review preview for The Great Love

    A film that's a bit hit and miss but that, at its best, provokes uproarious laughter, and succeeds in charming throughout.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The arrival of a new secretary prompts a long-term married man to dream.
  • The Great Passage (2013)
    Review preview for The Great Passage

    Matsuda is excellent in the demanding central role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A charming geek finds spiritual fulfilment – and true love – while compiling a new Japanese dictionary.
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
    Review preview for The Great Ziegfeld

    Much of the film is awful. But two things make it stand out, earning its celebrated place in the starry firmament.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    Biography of the famous stage show visionary.
  • The Greedy Tiffany (2015)
    Review preview for The Greedy Tiffany

    Fehu, in a careful balancing of tone, ensures that Pepa's situation remains tragicomic to the last, rather than merely exploiting him for cheap laughs.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A rube named Pepa robs cottages for cash but the discovery of a strange video recording points him to a place where he’ll find a treasure of immense value... little realising there is a plan for those who turn up looking for it.
  • Greek Pete (2009)
    Review preview for Greek Pete

    The trouble is, we'll never really know whether this is truly an authentic window into the rent boys' world, or rather, a window into how they want you to view it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Docudrama centring on the year in a life of a London-based rent boy.
  • Greenberg (2010)
    Review preview for Greenberg

    Baumbach has now reached a point where he is parodying himself, yet he still doesn't seem to have found his own voice.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A carpenter recently released from an asylum struggles over a possible relationship whilst staying in his brother's house in Los Angeles.
  • Greenfingers (2000)
    Review preview for Greenfingers

    The news that the movie is 'based on real events' does not alter the tedium of the thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A convicted murderer discovers horticulture in open prison.
  • Green Days (2010)
    Review preview for Green Days

    With its warm, rich palette, Green Days is drenched in an unashamedly nostalgic glow.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Animation about a term in the life of a group of school pupils.
  • Green Fish (1997)
    Review preview for Green Fish

    Although having noir elements, Green Fish is a slippery critter when it comes to classification.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A young man finds himself caught up in a Korean gang.
  • Green For Danger (1946)
    Review preview for Green For Danger

    A satirical combination of dry humour and clever sleuthing.

    Skyline · 4 out of 5
    A darkly humorous British murder mystery, in which going to hospital could mean a worse fate than not.
  • The Green Hat (2003)
    Review preview for The Green Hat

    Debut director Liu Fendou has done a magnificent job.

    David Stanners · 4.5 out of 5
    A hard-edged drama about dysfunctional relationships and man’s need for acceptance and love.
  • The Green Inferno (2013)
    Review preview for The Green Inferno

    The characterisation of this verdant terra incognito is decidedly old-fashioned, like a racist grandpa who insists on holding the door for ladies.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    A group of college activists are taken hostage in the Peruvian jungle.
  • The Green Mile (1999)
    Review preview for The Green Mile

    The film is as soft as butter. Sentimentality clogs the air ducts until it is difficult to breathe.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A prison guard's relationship with a death row prisoner. Now out to own on Special Edition two-disc DVD.
  • The Green Prince (2013)
    Review preview for The Green Prince

    Arguably, the story would benefit from the inclusion of other voices, to verify or expand upon what we're told, but despite this there is no shortage of excitement in the tale.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
    How the son of a senior leader of Hamas spied for the Israeli secret services over the course of a decade.
  • Green Room (2015)
    Review preview for Green Room

    Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young punk band is trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling on a murder committed by neo-Nazis.
  • Green Street (2005)
    Review preview for Green Street

    Although there's mercifully little football in this, there's also minimal emotional depth.

    Kotleta · 3 out of 5
    A Yank comes to West Ham and learns how to be a hooligan.
  • The Green Wave (2010)
    Review preview for The Green Wave

    Ali Samadi Ahadi paints a poetic and heartfelt portrait of a nation oppressed.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Story of the 2009 Iranian elections and subsequent protests, told by bloggers from within the country
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
    Review preview for Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    This is Dante's masterpiece.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Corporate enthusiasm over mogwai gives way to panic as gremlins escape into a celebrated multi-use skyscraper.
  • Gretchen (2006)
    An awkward teenager seeks revenge for a broken heart.
  • Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
    Review preview for Greyfriars Bobby

    It was lovely to see the film... I want to get the DVD so I can see it again.

    JessPeeps (aged four) · 4 out of 5
    Story of the little dog with the big heart.
  • Grey Owl (1999)
    Review preview for Grey Owl

    All the ingredients are here and yet an essential spark is missing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Biopic of Englishman who became famous as a half-caste Indian fur trapper in Northern Canada.
  • The Grocer's Son (2007)
    Review preview for The Grocer's Son

    The central drama has lots of interesting potential but never quite develops as effectively as it might.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A man finds himself revisiting his past after he has to take on the job of running his father's grocery van.
  • Groove (1999)
    Review preview for Groove

    An immensely likeable and enjoyable film.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    Relationships are formed and broken at a San Francisco rave.
  • The Groove Is Not Trivial (2016)
    Review preview for The Groove Is Not Trivial

    The film stays true to its title by never letting the music play second fiddle.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Music documentary focusing on fiddle player Alasdair Fraser.
  • The Grudge (2004)
    People succumb to a terrible curse, in remake of Japanese original.
  • The Grudge 2 (2003)
    Review preview for The Grudge 2

    Trying to terrify you with nothing more than a wig knocks any serious attempt at the frighteners out the window.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    The chain of J-horror continues. Shimizu's original sequel is out to own on double-disc DVD just in time for his US remake.
  • The Grudge 2 (2006)
    Review preview for The Grudge 2

    Despite genuinely scary moments, The Grudge 2 suffers from massive overkill and a plot that runs away with itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The killer ghosts from the Tokyo haunted house spread their deadly virus into a wider world.
  • Gruesome (2006)
    Review preview for Gruesome

    A modest yet impressively assured psycho-mystery.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An infernal Groundhog Day as a student seems destined to relive the day of her murder.
  • The Grump (2014)
    Review preview for The Grump

    Litja... gives his character a sincerity and clarity of purpose that keeps us with him even when situations become ridiculous.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After a fall, a curmudgeonly farmer moves into the city home of his frustrated daughter in law.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy

    Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A pilot is tracked by bounty hunters after stealing a mysterious orb.
  • Guard Post (2008)
    Review preview for Guard Post

    The constant switch from past to present begins to make the narrative feel incoherent and is extremely frustrating given the story’s early promise.

    Liam Papworth · 3 out of 5
    A Military Police chief investigates a bloody massacre at a guard post.
  • Guernsey (2005)
    An aid worker's life changes dramatically after she discovers a body.
  • The Guest (2014)
    Review preview for The Guest

    Slick, tense, darkly funny and very genre-aware.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A man inveigles his way into a family home by saying he is a friend of a dead soldier.
  • Guest In The House (1944)
    Review preview for Guest In The House

    Although it attempts film noir status, Guest In The House is ultimately only a partly successful melodrama, which is as watchable as it is due to the excellent performances.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    An unhinged house guest spells trouble for a psychiatrist and his family.
  • The Guga Hunters Of Ness (2010)
    Review preview for The Guga Hunters Of Ness

    The Guga Hunters Of Ness is poetic, haunting, its beautiful imagery making it hard to look away.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary following ten men from the Isle of Lewis as they cross treacherous seas on their annual trip to harvest young gannets.
  • A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
    Review preview for A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints

    What rescues A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints from bland conventionality is Montiel's bravura approach to direction.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A man haunted by a summer from his past, returns to his old stamping ground to confront old ghosts.
  • Guilty (2015)
    Review preview for Guilty

    One of the bleakest whodunnits to grace our screens for some time, for all its wit and intermittent playfulness, this slice of Noida noir is full of compromised characters.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Police thriller based on a real-life murder case that caused international controversy.
  • Guilty Pleasures (2010)
    Review preview for Guilty Pleasures

    A feel-good recognition that nobody’s perfect, despite the ideal lifestyles we’re marketed.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    A documentary about a convention for romance novel enthusiasts who dream of making the Mills & Boone story come true.
  • Guinea Pigs (2012)
    Review preview for Guinea Pigs

    For all the quality of the performances, it's the story that lets it down.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A group of test subjects are given a new drug but things don't go quite to plan.
  • Gulabi Talkies (2008)
    Review preview for Gulabi Talkies

    Kasaravalli's complex layering of shifting friendships and allegiances is admirable and yet by trying to cram in so much comment on society, the narrative becomes confusing.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A fiftysomething exile becomes the hub of her local community after coming into possession of a telly.
  • Gummo (1997)
    Review preview for Gummo

    Gummo rewards repeated viewings like little else; there is so much to be gleaned from every vignette and even more from the film as a whole.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    Bored teenagers wander round their suburban neighbourhood.
  • The Gunman (2015)
    Review preview for The Gunman

    The story lacks originality

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An international hitman uncovers corruption amongst Western mercenaries in Africa
  • Gunner Palace (2004)
    Review preview for Gunner Palace

    Ultimately, the film fails to show the deeper ways these youngsters will have been affected.

    Chris · 2 out of 5
    The day-to-day life of young American soldiers in Iraq.
  • Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (2007)
    Review preview for Gunnin' For That #1 Spot

    If only more sport were filmed like this, it might gain a whole new audience.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Examination of pre-college American basketball.
  • Guns And Talks (2001)
    Review preview for Guns And Talks

    IT has moments of striking technical virtuoisity, dense, even cryptic, plotting, and broad universal humour.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A band of killers-for-hire attempt the perfect crime, but a detective is hot on their trail.

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