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  • American Fiction (2023)
    Review preview for American Fiction

    A film which is as playful with its own structure as with its subject.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    English professor and author Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, with the intention of exposing the hypocrisies of the publishing industry.
  • Cop Out (2010)
    Review preview for Cop Out

    The rules for this film are tell don't show and signpost everything.

    Donald Munro · 1 out of 5
    A stolen baseball card leads a veteran NYPD cop to track down a gangster obsessed with memorabilia
  • Damsels In Distress (2011)
    Review preview for Damsels In Distress

    A disorienting, surreal blend of sophisticated verbal wit and inconsequential inanity.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A trio of girls aim to revolutionise a stuffy, former all-male university.
  • Isabelle (2018)
    Review preview for Isabelle

    There's some good editing work by Diane Brunjes but the film lapses too easily into cliché, suggesting a lack of confidence in its central vision.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A young couple trying to cope with a tragic loss feel that they are being threatened by an evil presence.
  • Jennifer's Body (2009)
    Review preview for Jennifer's Body

    Jennifer's Body is a sexy, smart mouthed horror that cannot be knocked for ambition or cleverness.

    Darren Amner · 3 out of 5
    A provocative cheerleader becomes possessed by a demon and starts killing her male classmates.
  • Lovelace (2013)
    Review preview for Lovelace

    The harrowing latter half of the film could easily have become alienating, but Seyfried makes it compelling.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace.
  • Mr & Mrs Smith (2005)
    Review preview for Mr & Mrs Smith

    The concept is halfway interesting, the production so overburdened with explosive devices it might have been made in Iraq and the screenplay is as appetising as damp toast.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Husband and wife assassins find themselves targeting each other.
  • Promising Young Woman (2020)
    Review preview for Promising Young Woman

    Fennell explores the lasting effects of traumatic events with care, never making light of the situation even amid moments of comedy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman... until something abruptly derailed her future. Nothing in Cassie’s life is as it appears: she’s smart, cunning, and living a double life by night. Now, Cassie has a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling take on revenge.
  • River Wild (2023)
    Review preview for River Wild

    Meester is a strong lead...giving the film some much needed emotional force without oversimplifying it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A pair of siblings who love but distrust each other embark on a white water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than anticipated.
  • Some Girl(s) (2013)
    Review preview for Some Girl(s)

    It''s in the ordinariness of it that LaBute finds the real horror.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A writer who is about to get married travels cross-country to talk to ex-girlfriends.
  • Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (2023)
    Review preview for Shazam! Fury Of The Gods

    You'll be entertained, at least a bit, but that might be all of it.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    The continuing story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "Shazam!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.
  • 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.

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