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  • Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
    Review preview for Battle: Los Angeles

    There's absolutely nothing here that hasn't been done before and better.

    David Graham · 2 out of 5
    Aliens attack Los Angeles and a marine platoon is called upon to stop them.
  • The Bricklayer (2023)
    Review preview for The Bricklayer

    The dialogue is terrible but it has enough energy and spirit to entertain many viewers nonetheless.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An ex-CIA agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.
  • 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.
  • Bleed For This (2016)
    Review preview for Bleed For This

    You could make a film based on the achievement of almost anyone at the Invictus Games and you would be making Vinny's story

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza who made a comeback after a near-fatal car crash.
  • Chief Of Station (2024)
    Review preview for Chief Of Station

    It’s really Kurylenko's work that gives the film its emotional core, but action fans need not worry: she still delivers some impressive kicks, and gets to jump away from a petrol explosion.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
  • The Core (2003)
    Review preview for The Core

    As an old-fashioned disaster movie, with state-of-the-art effects and a script that floats, The Core definitely does the business.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Scientists and astronauts bore to the centre of the earth to repair faulty electro magnetic field.
  • Conversations With Other Women (2005)
    Review preview for Conversations With Other Women

    The perspective feels forced and wrong.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A man and a woman have a one-night stand.
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
    Review preview for The Dark Knight

    An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    The Caped Crusader isn't the only batty one in Gotham... The Joker's also in town.
  • Erin Brockovich (1999)
    Review preview for Erin Brockovich

    Finney adds definite class to Roberts high octane performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A feisty single mother uncovers a toxic scandal.
  • In The Company Of Men (1997)
    Review preview for In The Company Of Men

    The film is clever, too clever. It is like watching torture in slow motion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Two men conspire to ruin a girl's life.
  • I, Frankenstein (2014)
    Review preview for I, Frankenstein

    Our modern Prometheus spends most of the film sprinting from one CGI-overlaid battle to the next.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    Frankenstein's monster becomes embroiled in an ancient war.
  • London Has Fallen (2016)
    Review preview for London Has Fallen

    "The plot is bollocks."

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Mike Banning tries to foil an assassination plot.
  • Love Happens (2009)
    Review preview for Love Happens

    The most romantic thing about this movie is the lovingly shot images of Seattle.

    Leanne McGrath · 2 out of 5
    A florist falls for a bereaved self-help guru... but will love blossom?
  • The Missing (2003)
    Review preview for The Missing

    The Missing is an entertaining film, but it feels overlong at 130 minutes and Maggie is so saintly and cold that it's hard to fully engage with her.

    David Haviland · 3 out of 5
    When an Indian tribe kidnap her daughter, Maggie is forced to accept the help of her estranged father.
  • No Reservations (2007)
    Review preview for No Reservations

    Catherine Zeta Jones never manages to engage our sympathy as someone mourning her sister or truly caring for her niece.

    Val Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A successful chef finds her life turned upside down after she is awarded custody of her niece as Mostly Martha gets a Hollywood makeover.
  • Nurse Betty (1999)
    Review preview for Nurse Betty

    A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A waitress becomes obsessed with chasing her soap opera dreams after witnessing her husband's murder.
  • Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Review preview for Olympus Has Fallen

    24-carat, high pressure excitement

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Terrorists take the White House, and only a disgraced former Presidential guard can stop them.
  • Paycheck (2003)
    Review preview for Paycheck

    As a punch-em-up, Paycheck is well done, but nothing we haven't seen before.

    Claire Sawers · 2 out of 5
    A hot shot scientist who gives up his memory for the cause, finds himself on the run as he tries to piece together his past.
  • The Pledge (2001)
    Review preview for The Pledge

    Having laid the foundations for a tense, realistic thriller, using documentary footage wherever possible, Sean Penn blows it with unnecessary camera tricks.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A retired cop investigates the mystery of a child murder, linking it with others, even though officially the case is closed.
  • Possession (2002)
    Review preview for Possession

    Aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An academic and a descendant of a poet find love is on the cards as they investigate a romance from the past.
  • Rabbit Hole (2010)
    Review preview for Rabbit Hole

    The acting is good - particularly from Eckhart and Teller - but director John Cameron Mitchell never quite finds a way to reach beyond the boundaries of its original stage work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Eight months after the death of their son, a couple are still trying to cope with grief.
  • Thank You For Smoking (2005)
    Review preview for Thank You For Smoking

    The debuting Reitman handles the film with inventive style and confident assurance.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    Satire on smoking and spin.
  • Your Friends And Neighbours (1998)
    Review preview for Your Friends And Neighbours

    LaBute thinks the act of love is an oxymoron. If he wasn't so acerbic and witty, you would wash your hands, walk out and become a monk.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Bed-hopping shenanigans for a group of frustrated married couples.

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