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  • As You Like It (2006)
    Review preview for As You Like It

    Much Ado About Nothing was like being given a surprise invite to a lavish summer party in Tuscany; this feels more akin to being trapped in a 'back to nature' weekend theatre workshop where the actors are having a lot more fun than you.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A banished duke and a young nobleman, Orlando, seek refuge in the Forest of Arden. The duke's daughter, in love with Orlando, pursues him disguised as a boy and devises a test for his love.
  • Born Romantic (2000)
    The tangled love lives of unrequited men and feisty women in London.
  • Love's Labours Lost (2000)
    Review preview for Love's Labours Lost

    Lacks originality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Kenneth Branagh brings song and dance to the bard.
  • Maybe Baby (1999)
    Review preview for Maybe Baby

    The film has two defects. It isn't funny and Hugh Laurie is not Hugh Grant.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Ben Elton looks for comedy in conception.
  • Mutiny (2026)
    Review preview for Mutiny

    There's good craft here, acting and action alike.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, a boyguard is set up to take the fall for the crime - leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.
  • Scenes Of A Sexual Nature (2006)
    Review preview for Scenes Of A Sexual Nature

    Light and dissatisfying.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Everyone's at it on Hampstead Heath.
  • Starting Out In The Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Starting Out In The Evening

    In scenes filled with wit and intelligence, Langella and Ambrose perform an exquisite dance of power.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    A grad student convinces an ageing writer to let her write a thesis on him.

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