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  • Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
    Review preview for Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody is as baroque and evocative a beast as its namesake song, thanks almost entirely to Malek's phenomenal performance.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert.
  • Blitz (2011)
    Review preview for Blitz

    The film has some undoubted visual flair.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    A troubled, uncompromising detective tracks a serial killer targeting police officers.
  • Calvary (2014)
    Review preview for Calvary

    Although displaying much of the barbed wit of his first film, this is a more measured and moving work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A priest finds himself under threat.
  • Dance First (2023)
    Review preview for Dance First

    While offering some notion of Beckett’s feelings towards key people in his life, his works feel very underrepresented.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of author and playwright Samuel Beckett.
  • Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
    Review preview for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

    Fear can't touch you if you don't care

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
  • Mister John (2013)
    Review preview for Mister John

    If ever a film deserved the adjective elegiac, Mister John is it.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bored Englishman investigating his brother's mysterious death in Singapore falls for his widow and the possibility of a different life.
  • My Kingdom (2001)
    Review preview for My Kingdom

    A ragbag of cliches, in which Richard Harris attempts to give an acting lesson.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Richard Harris is King Lear, as Liverpool gangster in modern times
  • Nostalgie (2025)
    Review preview for Nostalgie

    An exceptional piece of filmmaking.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A washed-up Eighties one-hit-wonder turned IT entrepreneur is stunned when a Belfast club invites him to perform at its centenary celebration.
  • Shanghai Knights (2003)
    Review preview for Shanghai Knights

    Victorian London is as phoney as some of the accents.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Sequel to Shanghai Noon, in which Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson go to London.
  • Sing Street (2015)
    Review preview for Sing Street

    Carney simply loves the music of the era and adores these kids, and his affection is infectious.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A boy in mid-80s Ireland tries to win the heart of the girl of his dreams by starting a band.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
  • Still (2014)
    Review preview for Still

    Blake - who also wrote the script - has ideas with potential but he needs to get a firmer grip on his genre and pacing in future projects.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A grieving father gets mixed up in a feud with a gang of teenagers.
  • Treacle Jr (2010)
    Review preview for Treacle Jr

    The contrasts in education, class and outlook between likable buffoon Aidan and his 'straight man' Tom, though certainly funny, also come with an underlying pathos, as both men struggle to find their place in the world

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Homeless after walking out on his family, a confused man finds himself dependent on an unusual couple.
  • Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
    Review preview for Those Who Wish Me Dead

    Taylor Sheridan's latest action flick has a workmanlike solidity but despite the repeated presence of physical infernos it never manages to get beyond a low heat in terms of tension.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A traumatised firefighter tries to help a young boy on the run from assassins in rural Montana.
  • Wake Wood (2010)
    Review preview for Wake Wood

    Its plot borrows wholesale from “bringing back the dead” tales of yesteryear.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A Pagan ritual offers a grieving couple the chance to spend three more days with their dead daughter, but when the moment comes, they will do anything to keep from letting her go again.

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