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  • The Aviator (2004)
    Review preview for The Aviator

    The Aviator is a beautiful picture with flawless performances, wonderful cinematography and extravagant mise-en-scene.

    Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
    The early years of movie mogul and planemaker, Howard Hughes.
  • Beetlejuice (1988)
    Review preview for Beetlejuice

    Drawing on the grand guignol horror that its creator had loved since his own childhood, Beetlejuice combines gleefully gory special effects with high camp, sharp wit and irreverent humour.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A recently deceased couple turn to a sleazy ghost to try and get an obnoxious living family evicted from their beloved home.
  • Blue Jasmine (2013)
    Review preview for Blue Jasmine

    Blue Jasmine has all the wit and insight of classics from Allen's autumnal period.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A troubled woman travels to San Francisco to spend time with the sister she hardly knows.
  • Blind (2017)
    Review preview for Blind

    Moore, so often miscast in her youth, has been waiting a long time for a role like the one she has here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A novelist blinded in a car crash falls for the wife of an indicted businessman.
  • The Boss Baby (2017)
    Review preview for The Boss Baby

    The script is hilarious and the CGI's lip-and-eye treatment positively perfect

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Some babies are pukealots. Some babies are squeeze-me-cutsies. This baby has the mind of a merchant banker and the skills of con artist. He takes no prisoners.
  • The Cat In The Hat (2003)
    A magical cat arrives at the home of two bored children to show them how to have fun.
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
    Review preview for Cats & Dogs

    So silly only a certified boring person would not enjoy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Evil cats try to take over the world.
  • The Cooler (2003)
    Review preview for The Cooler

    Not a particularly impressive film.

    David Haviland · 3 out of 5
    The unluckiest man in Las Vegas finds love.
  • The Departed (2006)
    Review preview for The Departed

    After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Two cops in Boston go undercover on either side of organised crime.
  • The Edge (1997)
    Review preview for The Edge

    The story has a been-there-botched-that staleness about it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Survivors of a plane crash face a fight with nature... and each other.
  • Elizabethtown (2005)
    Review preview for Elizabethtown

    A love letter to the resilience of the bereaved.

    Darren Amner · 4 out of 5
    A man heads for a funeral and finds love on the way.
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
    Review preview for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

    It is the closest thing to an artistic masterpiece in the field of computer generated optical illusion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A select group of scientist soldiers search for earth spirit in devasted America after alien colonisation.
  • Fun With Dick And Jane (2005)
    Review preview for Fun With Dick And Jane

    There is no reason why this should not be a hoot, but nothing is followed through, as if the writers are desperate to fit everything in before the sentimental finale.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Getting even with thieving CEO after unfair dismissal in corporate redundancy caper.
  • 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 Good Shepherd (2006)
    Review preview for The Good Shepherd

    It is only after leaving the cinema that questions come bursting to the surface, not that they undermine Dr Niro’s magnificent achievement behind the camera

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A history of the CIA told through the life story of an increasingly paranoid agent.
  • It's Complicated (2009)
    Review preview for It's Complicated

    Meryl Streep looks more and more fabulous in each new role and is clearly having the time of her life here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A middle aged woman embarks on her first affair - with her own ex-husband.
  • Lymelife (2008)
    Review preview for Lymelife

    While it might be a bit too heavy handed in terms of symbolism and part of a very crowded genre, Lymelife isn't guilty of any major sins either.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    Set in the 1970s, a unique take on the dangers of the American dream seen through the innocent eyes of a 15-year-old boy.
  • Married To The Mob (1988)
    Review preview for Married To The Mob

    For sheer style, the film is electric. Demme is incapable of being boring and consistently comes up with surprises.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Michelle Pfeiffer is a Mafia widow on the run and under surveillance by Matthew Modine (FBI).
  • Mercury Rising (1998)
    Review preview for Mercury Rising

    This is formula fare. Nothing wrong with that when it's given serious treatment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Bruce Willis's undercover agent steps in to protect a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked a top-secret code.
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The MIF team chase down a group of international baddies who plan on taking over the world after nuking capital cities and killing anyone who moves.
  • Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
    Review preview for Motherless Brooklyn

    Edward Norton has taken risks all down the line and proves himself capable of unquestionable courage in storytelling.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A lonely private detective with Tourette's attempts to solve his friend's murder.
  • Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Review preview for Pearl Harbor

    Not so much From Here To Eternity as From Here To This Time Next Week, which is a terrible waste.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    The three-hour, $139 million take on the historical event that launched the USA into the Second World War.
  • Rock Of Ages (2012)
    Review preview for Rock Of Ages

    Cruise is by far the most entertaining thing in Rock Of Ages, and as with all his films, he looks like he is trying exceptionally hard.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    A young couple find their devotion to one another tested when they encounter Hollywood's wild side.
  • Rise Of The Guardians (2012)
    Review preview for Rise Of The Guardians

    The set-up is formulaic, to say the least.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    When the happiness of children is under threat, an unlikely new hero emerges to help Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy save the day.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Review preview for The Royal Tenenbaums

    Stiller, Paltrow, Murray and Luke Wilson needn't have bothered. Their characters are stuck in ruts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A family of eccentric geniuses is shaken when their caddish estranged father re-appears in their lives.
  • Running With Scissors (2006)
    Review preview for Running With Scissors

    The movie is peopled by characters without boundaries and the cast responds by turning in some of the most extravagant performances this side of I, Claudius.

    The Exile · 2 out of 5
    Growing up in someone else’s dysfunctional family.
  • Rules Don't Apply (2016)
    Review preview for Rules Don't Apply

    Every time we are afforded a glimpse of the outrageous figure, the film crackles with energy.

    Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
    An unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and the eccentric billionaire whom they work for.
  • Seduced And Abandoned (2013)
    Review preview for Seduced And Abandoned

    Deeply tedious and bereft of purpose.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A documentary about filmmakers' attempts to raise money to make a film.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
    Review preview for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    Daft as a brush and consistently funny.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An animated sponge and his starfish pal embark on an adventure.
  • State And Main (2001)
    Review preview for State And Main

    An ensemble comedy, with captivating performances and a wickedly funny script.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The affect of a movie crew on a sleepy New England town.
  • Still Alice (2014)
    Review preview for Still Alice

    Moore runs away with the film.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A woman and her family struggle to cope after she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
  • Suburban Girl (2007)
    Review preview for Suburban Girl

    Baldwin lifts the scenes he is in with his brand of easy charm an antidote to occasional outbreaks of cheese in the script.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A May to December romance blossoms between an up-and-coming New York editor and a famous publishing lothario.

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