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  • Argo (2012)
    Review preview for Argo

    Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes to mixing genre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A CIA agent attempts to rescue six trapped Americans during the 1979 Iranian revolution.
  • The Change-Up (2011)
    Review preview for The Change-Up

    It's an unbridled pleasure to see Bateman off the leash for once.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A harried husband and father finds himself in the body of his freewheeling, promiscuous best friend.
  • Christmas With The Coopers (2015)
    Review preview for Christmas With The Coopers

    You have no idea how enjoyable this is

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The Coopers are falling apart in different, funny ways. Christmas doesn't help. It tries to paste over the cracks. Yo ho, indeed!
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
    Review preview for Edward Scissorhands

    By contrasting an artificial man with the real but unsubtly false men and women of the world and their queer existences, Burton presents satire with a dull thud.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    An intrepid Avon lady enters her local Gothic castle to find a lonely young home-made man with scissors for hands.
  • Eros (2004)
    Review preview for Eros

    Antonioni's film is the last of the three here, and is arguably the weakest, which is something of a disappointment because the disciples seem to have overshadowed the leader.

    Steven Yates · 4 out of 5
    Three short films about Eros.
  • Firewall (2006)
    Review preview for Firewall

    A creaky thriller with less suspense than Reese Witherspoon and an awards ceremony.

    The Exile · 1 out of 5
    Kidnap blackmail thriller has aging action star battling with a computer.
  • Get Smart (2008)
    Review preview for Get Smart

    Get Smart contains just enough laugh-out-loud moments to merit the price of a cinema ticket.

    Maria Realf · 3 out of 5
    That would be the old resurect- the-nostalgic- 60s-TV Show trick.
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
    Review preview for Glengarry Glen Ross

    Great cast, great dialogue, great Baldwin cameo, great movie.

    Stephen Carty · 4.5 out of 5
    Competition hots up in a real estate office when the employees are told their jobs are on the line.
  • The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
    Review preview for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

    An odd mix of affectionate satire and jarringly brutal slapstick, the former more successful than the latter except for when an unhinged Jim Carrey is on the prowl.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    A magician tries to salvage his flagging act with a daring stunt when facing off against a rival
  • 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.
  • Marley & Me (2008)
    Review preview for Marley & Me

    The strength of this story is its simplicity, yet, at a full two hours, that's also its weakness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A family struggle to live with the world's worst dog, who is loveable but just won't behave.
  • The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (2009)
    Review preview for The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee

    Wry, funny and emotionally-charged.

    Darren Amner · 3 out of 5
    A wife who moves to a retirement community with her much older husband, finds herself on the verge of a breakdown.
  • Rendition (2007)
    Review preview for Rendition

    By opening up his story Hood may reach a wider audience and this is a subject which certainly cries out for more attention.

    Val Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After a man is disappeared by the government, his wife fights to save him and a CIA analyst questions the morality of his job.
  • The Return Of Captain Invincible (1983)
    Review preview for The Return Of Captain Invincible

    Arkin fully inhabits the role, never once falling prey to the self-consciousness which is the downfall of many a film of this type.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Retired alcoholic Captain Invincible is called out of retirement to take on the sinister Mr. Midnight.
  • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
    Review preview for The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

    True believers in Father Christmas should avoid this film like the plague.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Jack Frost attempts to steal Christmas, while Santa is entertaining the in-laws.
  • Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
    Review preview for Sunshine Cleaning

    While Adams and Blunt scrabble for subtext and a depth that simply isn’t there, the movie congeals around them.

    The Exile · 3 out of 5
    Two sisters try to forge a career in crime scene clean-up.
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
    Review preview for Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

    It's a great experience for the actors to get into such meaningful and intelligent roles and for us to be thrilled by their hard work and great performances.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Several intertwining stories of New Yorkers with no sense of direction in life.

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