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  • Ghost Town (2008)
    Review preview for Ghost Town

    A fine start to Ricky Gervais’ silver screen career.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    After a brush with mortality a dentist finds himself haunted by ghosts desperate for him to help them with unfinished business.
  • It's Kind Of A Funny Story (2010)
    Review preview for It's Kind Of A Funny Story

    It’s kind of a good film, but it’s kind of an irritating one too.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A New York teenager with suicidal tendencies strikes up friendships when he finds himself placed on the hospital’s adult psychiatric ward.
  • Margin Call (2011)
    Review preview for Margin Call

    Chandor makes good use of his acting assets and there's no doubt that he knows how to direct, but ultimately, the dullness of the script is just a little too toxic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A day in the life of a investment firm's meltdown.
  • The Mystic Masseur (2001)
    Review preview for The Mystic Masseur

    There is a message here, concerning success, power and humiliation, but it's one that you know already.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A failed teacher in Trinidad in the Forties moves to the country, writes books and enters politics
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
    Review preview for Spider-Man 2

    The effects are eye-popping and the look of the film is exquisite.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Spidey reluctantly returns to save New York from a mad scientist.
  • White With Fear (2024)
    Review preview for White With Fear

    Goldberg doesn’t speculate, but provides enough glimpses into the country’s troubled history to worry even those who know little of it from elsewhere.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A deep dive into the decades-long quest by America's conservative political machine to amass power by exploiting racial fault lines and stoking narratives of white victimisation.

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