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  • Alice In Wonderland (2010)
    Review preview for Alice In Wonderland

    Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Re-imagining of Alice as a teenager.
  • Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)
    Review preview for Alice Through The Looking Glass

    Anything can happen and nothing makes sense and reality is a word as plain as it is pointless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter.
  • The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
    Review preview for The Barchester Chronicles

    Rickman, as the ghastly Slope, turns in a performance of greasy ambition that beggars superlatives.

    Caro Ness · 4.5 out of 5
    Superior Anthony Trollope adaptation.
  • Blow Dry (2001)
    Review preview for Blow Dry

    The real star of this movie is Alan Rickman.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 3 out of 5
    A hair stylist has her final moment of glory when a hairdressing competition comes to town.
  • Die Hard (1988)
    Review preview for Die Hard

    A cool, classic and creative action picture.

    Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
    Bruce Willis is a lone cop in an office skyscraper, taken over by terrorists.
  • Dogma (1999)
    Review preview for Dogma

    Why should a story about two angels who have been hanging around Wisconsin for aeons, bored rigid, and wanting to go home, be understandable?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The last known descendant of Christ has to stop a pair of errant angels from destroying humanity.
  • Eye In The Sky (2015)
    Review preview for Eye In The Sky

    A simple idea, beautifully executed

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The moral and practical outcome of a drone strike in rural Kenya is thrashed out at British HQ as an American pilot in Nevada awaits orders to fire the missiles that may cause unacceptable collateral damage
  • Galaxy Quest (1999)
    Review preview for Galaxy Quest

    The film should be hilarious, but isn't.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Star Trek spoof.
  • Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part I (2010)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part I

    Yates conjures up a succession of ‘follow-that’ face-offs which equal the opening salvo for edge-of-the-seat bravura.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    As the forces of evil take over the wizarding community, Harry and his friends are forced to go on the run – and hunt down the magical items that could allow Voldemort to be destroyed.
  • Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

    Deserving of the hype.

    Robyn Jankel · 4 out of 5
    This long-delayed movie about Harry's sixth form year reveals secrets about Lord Voldemort's fractured soul.
  • Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    The Order Of The Phoenix is the best in the series.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Harry Potter and friends find themselves in trouble as a mysterious stranger seizes power at Hogwarts.
  • Help! I'm A Fish (2001)
    Review preview for Help! I'm A Fish

    The concept is not without charm.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Children are turned into fish by mad professor.
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

    Is it familiarity that makes the heart grow fonder? Or magic?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
  • Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    The teenage wizard has his final showdown with Voldemort.
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

    For the first time in what has become known as The H P Experience, you feel genuine emotion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    It's darker now and Voldemort is close. Can Harry triumph at the Tri-wizard Tournament and save the world?
  • Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

    No surprises. Nothing to write home about. And yet thoroughly entertaining.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The boy wizard's first adventure.
  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

    It's such a pleasure to see a real children's film by a real filmmaker.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    Harry returns to Hogwarts to find he is being pursued by the escaped murderer Sirius Black.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
    Douglas Adam's classic end of the world comedy finally makes it to the silver screen.
  • A Little Chaos (2014)
    Review preview for A Little Chaos

    Too niche to reach

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A landscape gardener is employed by King Louis XIV to transform the gardens at Versailles.
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
    Review preview for Lee Daniels' The Butler

    Race is a complicated issue, and knowing the past, Daniels seems to say, is as important as making up your mind to act in the present.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A butler's eye view of the White House staffer who served seven presidents.
  • Love Actually (2003)
    Review preview for Love Actually

    It feels middle-aged, lazy and reliant on stereotype.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Frightfully English ensemble rom-com about middle-class, emotionally dysfunctional Londoners.
  • Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (2006)
    Review preview for Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

    There are some superb bits of camerawork used to communicate Grenouille's experience of the world of scents, though unfortunately, having begun to express itself this way, the film doesn't have quite enough to go round.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Capturing scents in 18th century France can be a deadly business.
  • Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)
    Review preview for Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

    Despite some obvious cheese and more than a few slices of ham, this is popcorn of the best kind.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Kevin Costner stars as the noble rogue in this reimagining of the Nottinghamshire legend.
  • Snow Cake (2006)
    Review preview for Snow Cake

    Rickman is at his best.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A fresh look at autism, communication and human relationships.
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007)
    Review preview for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

    Johnny Depp gives one of the greatest performances of his career.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Musical mayhem, murder most foul, and meat pies with a difference in a gothic tale of doomed love and deadly obsession.

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