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  • August: Osage County (2013)
    Review preview for August: Osage County

    We witness the best ensemble acting in a film with actresses in leading roles that Hollywood has produced this year.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family comes together to deal with a crisis.
  • The Call (2013)
    Review preview for The Call

    Berry’s spirited performance really anchors the film, but unfortunately her character’s unbeievable actions also sink it towards the end.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A 911 operator who receives a call from an abducted teenager realises she may be the only person who can help.
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
    Review preview for Definitely, Maybe

    Not as sophisticated a film as it likes to think, but it does the basics very well indeed.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A doting father discusses his relationship history with the child whose mother he's about to divorce.
  • Ender's Game (2013)
    Review preview for Ender's Game

    Ender's Game is a cut above a lot of sci-fi action films for teenagers, confronting them not just with special effects, but with a decent debate concerning the morality and politics of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young boy is trained to lead his fellow soldiers into battle against an alien race.
  • Freak Show (2017)
    Review preview for Freak Show

    A film like this is a costume designer's dream.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenager who moves to a small town decides to tackle bullying attitudes by running for homecoming queen.
  • Final Girl (2015)
    Review preview for Final Girl

    Tyler Shelds' surreal fairytale is part morality play, part action thriller, all of it stylishly shot.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A highly trained assassin arranges to become the prey of a murderous gang on what will be its very last hunt.
  • Haunter (2013)
    Review preview for Haunter

    Haunter is unusual in that it lays its cards on the table early, while Breslin conveys real fear in the face of supernatural goings on.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A spooky tale of vintage murders, time travel, and unclear boundaries between the living and the dead.
  • The Italians (2025)
    Review preview for The Italians

    Breslin, as so often, is the standout.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An Italian American family meet their son's new girlfriend.
  • Keane (2004)
    Review preview for Keane

    This is a film that you respect, rather than enjoy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Paranoia stalks a bus depot in Jersey as the father of an abducted girl seeks retribution
  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    Review preview for Little Miss Sunshine

    Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family's road trip to a beauty pageant.
  • Living With Chucky (2021)
    Review preview for Living With Chucky

    A film full of great stories and packed with details which will fascinate fans.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the Chucky family.
  • Maggie (2015)
    Review preview for Maggie

    The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    A father struggles to do the right thing by his daughter, who is gradually turning into a zombie.
  • Miranda's Victim (2023)
    Review preview for Miranda's Victim

    Makes an important contribution to the conversation around sexual violence.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of the young woman caught in the middle when her rapist was released due to police failings in the case which led to the creation of Miranda rights.
  • Nim's Island (2008)
    Review preview for Nim's Island

    Those members of the audience over the age of ten may find themselves a little undiverted

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Agoraphobic writer and lonely imaginative girl unite.
  • New Year's Eve (2011)
    Review preview for New Year's Eve

    It's as though Marshall gathered together all the subplots from films that never got made or were left on the cutting-room floor and sticky-taped them together end on end to create this horror of a holiday centipede.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    Ensemble sentiment at Hogmanay.
  • 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.
  • Raising Helen (2004)
    Review preview for Raising Helen

    Those with an IQ higher than Scooby's will run screaming from the cinema.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Kate Hudson inherits three kids while working in a New York modelling agency.
  • Rango (2011)
    Review preview for Rango

    It is admirable that Verbinski has chosen to forgo 3D, as the spectacle he conjures in his various set-pieces is enough to have you ducking and diving already.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    A chameleon finds himself in a Wild West town that is desperate for a new sheriff.
  • Signs (2002)
    Review preview for Signs

    Shyamalan continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood, while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Alien invasion as experience by Mel Gibson and his family on a Pennsylvanian farm.
  • Stillwater (2021)
    Review preview for Stillwater

    It progresses in the same sort of manner as leading man Damon in that it's big and bulky, slow and purposeful but somehow, despite this, quite compelling.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An American oil rig worker attempts to clear his daughter's name in France, where she is imprisoned.
  • Zombieland (2009)
    Review preview for Zombieland

    Everything about Zombieland works, from the expositional flashbacks, to Columbus’ voice-over narration, to the well-judged but sudden changes in tone.

    Daniel Hooper · 4.5 out of 5
    When the world is overrun by zombies, four people try to survive.

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