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  • Babel (2006)
    Review preview for Babel

    Assisted by the remarkable cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Iñárritu moves seamlessly from the arid isolation of a Moroccan village to the gleaming modernity of Tokyo to the colorful chaos of Tijuana, his camera alternately capturing scenes of hope and des

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    Modern melodrama, tracing four interlocking stories across three continents.
  • Blue Beetle (2023)
    Review preview for Blue Beetle

    To give new talent these budgets and underexplored characters and knock out this kind of assembly line nonsense is what got printed comic books into the doldrums that they're still in.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armour which is capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
  • Cake (2014)
    Review preview for Cake

    The trouble is you don't care

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A woman becomes fascinated with the suicide of a woman in her support group.
  • Drag Me To Hell (2009)
    Review preview for Drag Me To Hell

    Manages to include a whole stack of annoying cliches, stereotypes and habits that it could well do without.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bank clerk having a bad day crosses an old gypsy woman and is afflicted with terrible curse.
  • Monica (2022)
    Review preview for Monica

    Anyone who has cared for a loved one whose mind is disintegrating will recognise some of these feelings.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother.

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