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  • 6 Days (2017)
    Review preview for 6 Days

    Nuanced and thoughtful, alert to the individual suffering behind the headlines, cogniscent of the bigger picture.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A dramatisation of the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980.
  • Bright Star (2009)
    Review preview for Bright Star

    A poignant and rewarding tale.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    The poet John Keats meets the woman who is to become the love of his life.
  • Candy (2006)
    A junkie poet falls in love.
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
    Review preview for Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    When Liz dons her breast plate and rallies the troops at Tilbury, you'll want to put down your paella and rush out and sink a few Spanish ships yourself.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    The ongoing saga of the Virgin Queen - this time tackling her relationship with Sir Walter Raleigh and Spain.
  • A Good Year (2006)
    Review preview for A Good Year

    Crowe's too substantial a lead man to fit into these Hugh Grant-ish shoes.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    Gentle drama about a ruthless investment banker who inherits his uncle's French estate.
  • Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'hoole (2010)
    Review preview for Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'hoole

    The story is absolutely barking, but it comes alive in many moments of fine detail.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    A young owl undertakes a perilous quest to alert the legendary guardians who can save his people from the evil army of Metalbeak.
  • Limitless (2011)
    Review preview for Limitless

    It's almost as if the project ran out of money or whole scenes were cut to preserve the runtime, as after setting up some juicy ideas, the film cheats us by ushering in conclusions which leave the words 'but how did that happen?' hanging accusingly in the

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A struggling writer finds himself on the up after getting hold of a drug that lets him access 100 per cent of his brain power.
  • The Monkey's Mask (2000)
    Review preview for The Monkey's Mask

    Erotic and infuriating.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A lesbian private eye investigates murder of teenage poetess.
  • RoboCop (2014)
    Review preview for RoboCop

    Ditching the satirical elements for a more straightforward sci-fi 'issues' approach, Padhila goes for a more serious minded investigation of the man-machine control conundrum.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    When a police officer is critically injured he is brought back to life as a cyborg and celebrated as the future of law enforcement.
  • Seven Psychopaths (2012)
    Review preview for Seven Psychopaths

    McDonagh just about makes this ultra violent meta train ride all hang together.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A booze-fuelled screenwriter becomes entangled in the Los Angeles underworld.
  • Somersault (2004)
    Review preview for Somersault

    Almost everything about the film just feels right.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Sexually awakened 15-year-old escapes to an Australian ski resort and lives off her wits.
  • Stop-Loss (2008)
    Review preview for Stop-Loss

    Stop-Loss is the most pro-troops Iraq war-film I have yet witnessed.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    Affecting drama about the bravery of modern soldiers in Iraq.
  • Sucker Punch (2011)
    Review preview for Sucker Punch

    A sordid slice of rancid pop-culture vomit that leaves a toxic aftertaste.

    David Graham · 1 out of 5
    An abused girl uses an alternative reality to help her find the means to escape from the mental hospital where she has been locked away.
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Review preview for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A grieving mother takes on a town's police chief after the murder of her daughter goes unsolved.
  • W.E. (2011)
    Review preview for W.E.

    Watching the film, which refreshingly tells the story from Wallis's perspective, you begin to wonder what on earth Madonna was thinking when she decided to tack on a framing device involving a modern Manhattanite's abusive relationship.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Romantic drama spread across two time periods to tell the story of Wallis Simpson's love affair with Edward VIII.

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