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  • The Swimmer (2021)
    Review preview for The Swimmer

    It’s Kalderon's intimate understanding of the sport and its psychology that give this film its strength.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Having earned himself a coveted spot at an elite training camp, talented swimmer Erez finds himself thrust into an unforgiving world of sporting rivalry, battling against his peers for a place on the Israeli Olympic swimming team - while falling for a teammate.
  • Swimming Home (2024)
    Review preview for Swimming Home

    A highly mannered approach, a staccato script and deliberate emotional distance mean that the drama never really comes alive, but the whole thing looks and sounds divine.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The presence of a mysterious houseguest exposes subtle fractures in the marriage between a poet and a war correspondent.
  • Swimming Pool (2002)
    Review preview for Swimming Pool

    If looks could kill, the audience would be dead.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A prickly English author looks for inspiration in a hedonistic housemate.
  • Swimming With Men (2018)
    Review preview for Swimming With Men

    While in plotting terms, the film pretty much stays in the lane you'd expect, it has plenty of heart.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An accountant suffering from a mid-life crisis joins an all-male synchronised swimming team.
  • Swimming With Sharks (1994)
    Review preview for Swimming With Sharks

    Spacey is served by some wonderful lines, which could have come from a bloody pen of Satan.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    A frustrated studio assistant attempts to exact a violent revenge on his bullying boss.
  • Swimsuit Issue (2009)
    Review preview for Swimsuit Issue

    The pool routines are a good excuse for a great deal of funny business but it struggles to flesh out the subsidiary characters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A group of middle-aged sportsman decide to form an all-male synchronised swimming team.
  • Swing (1999)
    Review preview for Swing

    What British producers need to do now is find her a proper movie, not some half-baked comedy romance on the cornbread circuit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    An unemployed scouse ex-con tries to make a go of it in a band.
  • The Swing (2018)
    Review preview for The Swing

    Aris is observant and adept at balancing emotions, knowing when to pull the camera viewpoint back to give both his subjects and the viewer some space.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary about an elderly couple and the way their family deal with a sudden death.
  • Swingers (1996)
    Review preview for Swingers

    Why is this so funny? Because it's true.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Hanging out with unemployed actors in East Hollywood.
  • Swirl (2011)
    Review preview for Swirl

    Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Snapshot of the life of a widowed octogenarian.
  • Swordfish (2001)
    Review preview for Swordfish

    Travolta revels in his role. Mr Bad suits him and he has the charm to pull it off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Super-hacker Hugh Jackman is induced to work for an out-of-control government agent John Travolta.
  • The Swordsman (2020)
    Review preview for The Swordsman

    A satisfying action thriller.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A blind swordsman fights to protect his daughter and is forced to confront an old enemy.
  • Sword Of Trust (2019)
    Review preview for Sword Of Trust

    For all its awkwardness and unevenness, this is an endearing little film with well realised, three dimensional characters.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Complications ensue when a couple try to sell an inherited sword believed by some to be proof that the Confederacy won the American Civil War.
  • Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002)
    Review preview for Sympathy For Mr Vengeance

    Korean sensibilities have dispensed with their protective shield.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    South Korean tale of kidnap and revenge, with torture and violence thown in. Now out to own as part of the Vengeance Trilogy box set.
  • Sympathy For The Devil (1968)
    Review preview for Sympathy For The Devil

    Although not really a film for any but the most dedicated of Stones fans, Sympathy For The Devil provides intimate insights into their workings as a band.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary about music and the counterculture in the late Sixties.
  • Sympathy For The Devil (2023)
    Review preview for Sympathy For The Devil

    Brilliantly paced and uncomfortable in all the right ways, Sympathy For The Devil is a triumph.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.
  • Synchronic (2019)
    Review preview for Synchronic

    Synchronic is science fiction thinking about itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A pair of paramedics find their friendship put to the test after a series of deaths are linked to a drug.
  • La Syndicaliste (2022)
    Review preview for La Syndicaliste

    Sustained by a bravura performance from Isabelle Huppert in a total change of register from her last comedic outing with the same director Mama Weed, the new collaboration never puts a frame out of place.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The true story of of a whistleblower who shook the French nuclear industry.
  • Synonyms (2019)
    Review preview for Synonyms

    The film is held together less by the tale than by tensions.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Tragicomedy about Yoav, a young Israeli determined to wipe out his origins and become French.
  • Syriana (2005)
    Review preview for Syriana

    An action-packed, critically intelligent thriller...the effect is both breathtaking and harrowing.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    A high-octane thriller for adults that exposes US dirty tricks in the Gulf oil business
  • System Crasher (2019)
    Review preview for System Crasher

    This isn't an easy watch but it's a compelling one.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Nine-year-old Benni radically defies every rule. But this feared ‘system crasher’s’ only desire is to stop living in a residential home and go back to her mother.
  • Stagecoach (1939)
    Review preview for Stagecoach

    The film is a template for disaster movies and strangers-trapped-in-a-train scenarios.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Classic western adventure.
  • Stage Beauty (2004)
    Review preview for Stage Beauty

    It feels alienated by the nature of its concerns, as if locked in a fancy dress trunk.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    To be or not to be a woman on the London stage, circa Pepys, Charles II and 1660.
  • Stake Land (2010)
    Review preview for Stake Land

    Despite its undeniable ambition and good intentions, Stake Land is just too derivative to distinguish itself from its peers.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A small group of people travel through a post-Apocalyptic America where fundamentalist cultists and deadly vampires make staying alive a constant battle.
  • Stalingrad (2013)
    Review preview for Stalingrad

    It looks great, which means it looks terrible - in a real way

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A band of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army
  • Stalker (1979)
    Review preview for Stalker

    A film which makes you rethink your perceptions and encourages you to ponder deeper questions of humanity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Sci-fi drama in which three men make a journey into the unknown in search of their deepest desire.
  • Stalker (2010)
    Review preview for Stalker

    Anna Brecon is convincing as the numb, traumatised Paula, but it's really Jane March's film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A struggling novelist retreats to her remote country home to work, but the PA who turns up to help her may have an agenda of her own.
  • Stalled (2013)
    Review preview for Stalled

    These two British upstarts show just how much can be done when you're brave enough to keep things intimate.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A janitor is trapped in the toilets when a zombie outbreak strikes the office party.
  • Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
    Review preview for Standard Operating Procedure

    Morris has certainly achieved a gloss that Kennedy's previous work lacked but at a cost to the factual content.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Errol Morris' documentary on the infamous photographs at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • Stander (2003)
    Review preview for Stander

    Stander simply walks over well-trodden ground.

    Martin Drury · 3 out of 5
    Story of a South African police officer who became a bank robber.
  • Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (2002)
    Review preview for Standing In The Shadows Of Motown

    Exhilarating,

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Story of the band that backed the Motown hits.
  • Standing Tall (2015)
    Review preview for Standing Tall

    With heart-rending emotion and considerable physical punch Emmanuelle Bercot immerses us in French young offenders’ procedures.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The story of a young delinquent and the woman who sets out to try to change his destiny.
  • Standing Up (2007)
    Review preview for Standing Up

    Standing Up makes Full Metal Jacket look like a fascist recruitment film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Training to kill, Afghan style, in the new American sponsored army.
  • Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors (2013)
    Review preview for Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors

    Few portrayals of autism spectrum disorders in film have ever had the authenticity of this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A boy with Asperger's syndrome goes riding on the New York subway for days as his distraught mother searches for him.
  • Starfish (2016)
    Review preview for Starfish

    Froggatt and Riley... give finely calibrated performances that make you believe not just in the couple's current predicament but in the strength of their bond.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is struck by a rare disease.
  • Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26 (2003)
    Review preview for Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26

    While not all home-runs, the episodes are well worth watching.

    Martin Gray · 3.5 out of 5
    Four episodes of the TV sci-fi series that challenges Star Trek in production values.
  • Starred Up (2013)
    Review preview for Starred Up

    Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A young offender is relocated to the adult prison where his father is locked up.
  • Starsky And Hutch (2004)
    Review preview for Starsky And Hutch

    t's a slight premise, but it's played for laughs throughout, pastiching not only the TV show, but the buddy genre and the Seventies in general.

    David Haviland · 4.5 out of 5
    Comedy remake of the Seventies most infamous TV cop double act.
  • Starsuckers (2009)
    Review preview for Starsuckers

    A film that makes sceptics of us all, shaking us from brainwashed passivity into a state of awareness that makes resistance possible.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Documentary casting a spotlight on celebrity culture and the people who generate - or bury - the stars.
  • Starter For Ten (2006)
    Review preview for Starter For Ten

    Starter for Ten is not searing drama, but it does make for a pleasant and worthwhile trip down nostalgia lane.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    A love triangle amongst university quizers and class-conscious students.
  • Starting Out In The Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Starting Out In The Evening

    In scenes filled with wit and intelligence, Langella and Ambrose perform an exquisite dance of power.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    A grad student convinces an ageing writer to let her write a thesis on him.
  • Startup.com (2001)
    Review preview for Startup.com

    A very well crafted fly-on-the-wall style documentary.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary charting the rise and fall of a dotcom company.
  • Starving The Beast (2016)
    Review preview for Starving The Beast

    Gets to the heart of what some have called the battle for America's soul.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about controversial issues around the funding of higher education in America.
  • Star Trek Beyond (2016)
    Review preview for Star Trek Beyond

    The film’s flaws come primarily in the weak villain and some irritating editing and plotting choices.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    The Enterprise encounters a new enemy.
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
    Review preview for Star Trek Into Darkness

    The baddie's been beefed up, the plot's been pared down, but the emotional core which really sold the first film—the magnificent character interaction—remains unscathed.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    With Starfleet in chaos and other ships destroyed, the crew of the USS Enterprise must venture alone to a dangerous world where one man could hold the fate of the galaxy in his hands.
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

    The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a new threat has emerged and new heroes must arise to save the day.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Clone Wars

    A 90-minute romp in which no one dies simply feels like a Saturday morning cartoon, not a Star Wars movie.

    Ben Sillis · 2 out of 5
    As the Clone Wars rage across the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice undertake a dangerous mission.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars - A Galaxy Divided (2008)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Clone Wars - A Galaxy Divided

    The fluid CG animation works wonders for the series, with space dogfights and lightsabre battles that are as explosive as their cinematic counterparts.

    Daniel Hooper · 4 out of 5
    The first four episodes from The Clone Wars animated series.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One (2008)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One

    This 3D animation is a joy to behold, and is of a quality rarely seen in anything made for televison.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Animated antics from a galaxy far, far away.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 2 - Clone Commandos (2008)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 2 - Clone Commandos

    The dubious episode selection and lack of extras only serve to exacerbate the feeling that this disc is a bit of a cash-in job.

    Daniel Hooper · 3.5 out of 5
    Four more episodes from the Clone Wars Season One.

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