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  • Amazing Grace (2006)
    A dramatic look at the legal and cultural processes which led to the abolition of slavery.
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    Review preview for The Bourne Ultimatum

    This is about car/motorbike chases, ruthless corruption at the highest level, a focused defense of one man’s pursuit of truth and ... the hint of romance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The chase goes on for the rogue CIA assassin in his search for recognition and revenge.
  • Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    Review preview for Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

    The way the plot manipulates every worst case scenario is fiendishly clever. Seldom has an ensemble cast meshed so effectively.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Damage limitation after a jewellery heist goes wrong.
  • Big Fish (2003)
    Review preview for Big Fish

    Something has happened to Tim Burton. The darkness has left him... The film fails on every level.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A teller of tall tales remembers the adventures of his youth.
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
    Review preview for Corpse Bride

    Corpse Bride is even better than The Nightmare Before Christmas. It displays the imagination of a man, haunted in childhood by the Brothers Grimm, with a twisted sense of humour, steeped in 19th century romanticism.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Stop-motion love story sees a young man inadvertantly marry a dead woman.
  • Cold Lazarus (1996)
    Review preview for Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus ends writer Dennis Potter's career on an elegiac note. But, as ever for Potter, this elegy is played out in bitter minor chords.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    In 2368, scientists tap into the memory of a man who died in the 1990s.
  • The Duellists (1977)
    Review preview for The Duellists

    It's difficult to make an epic film on a small budget and even Scott's striking talent is never quite able to keep pace with his ambition.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Two French army officers engage in a series of duels through the first half of the 19th Century.
  • Erin Brockovich (1999)
    Review preview for Erin Brockovich

    Finney adds definite class to Roberts high octane performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A feisty single mother uncovers a toxic scandal.
  • A Good Year (2006)
    Review preview for A Good Year

    Crowe's too substantial a lead man to fit into these Hugh Grant-ish shoes.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    Gentle drama about a ruthless investment banker who inherits his uncle's French estate.
  • Karaoke (1996)
    Review preview for Karaoke

    Underlying everything is a sense of nihilism and borderline amorality in the face of destruction.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    A playwright is struck by cancer while working on the post-production of a TV drama.
  • Miller's Crossing (1990)
    Review preview for Miller's Crossing

    Classic Coen Bros.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Moral ambiguity in the mob.
  • My Uncle Silas (2000)
    Review preview for My Uncle Silas

    Good, light-hearted Sunday evening fun.

    David Stanners · 4 out of 5
    Tales of a nephew and his madcap uncle.
  • Simpatico (1999)
    Review preview for Simpatico

    Although the storyline is slight, the superb performances from the older experienced cast and the young actors, playing the teen trio, lift Simpatico above the norm.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A horse breeder finds his life under threat from a betting scam he perpetrated in his youth.
  • Skyfall (2012)
    Review preview for Skyfall

    This is the best-looking Bond film ever made.

    Max Crawford · 5 out of 5
    Things get personal as James Bond has to defend MI6.
  • Tom Jones (1963)
    Review preview for Tom Jones

    The film races along with an air of tumultuous enjoyment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Adaptation of the 18th century classic about the adventures of a foundling.
  • Traffic (2000)
    Review preview for Traffic

    Stephen Gaghan's script covers the territory with brutal honesty. The actors respond in kind.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Multi-layered drama of drug trafficking in Mexico and the efforts of American undercover cops to curtail it.
  • Washington Square (1997)
    Review preview for Washington Square

    Holland's evocation of the period is lovingly detailed, with exquisite camera work by Jerzy Zielinski.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A doctor tries to stand in the way of his daughter's romance.

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