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  • Boogie Woogie (2009)
    Review preview for Boogie Woogie

    Less the free-form, jazzy ensemble satire on the art world it aspires to be than an over-elaborate and under-funny undertaking by high quality actors who should know better.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Art world satire.
  • How To Build A Girl (2019)
    Review preview for How To Build A Girl

    Where the narrative is hampered by a lack of self awareness, Feldman finds a way to turn it into something more poignant.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A bored schoolgirl reinvents herself as a professional music critic.
  • Jojo Rabbit (2019)
    Review preview for Jojo Rabbit

    As Jojo, Davis delivers one of the finest performances of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Satire following a lonely boy and his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, whose nationalistic views are challenged when he discovers his mum is hiding a young Jewish girl.
  • John Wick (2014)
    Review preview for John Wick

    Engaging in approximately the same way that a shoot-em-up arcade game is engaging.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A retired hitman pursues the men who killed the dog given to him by his dead wife.
  • The Kid (2010)
    Review preview for The Kid

    Ultimately more heart-warming and life-affirming than you would ever imagine a film centred on casual violence could be.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Adaptation of Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name.
  • McVeigh (2024)
    Review preview for McVeigh

    Ott’s interest is not in creating an accurate depiction of exactly what happened in the run-up to the Oklahoma City bombing, but rather in exploring the thought processes behind it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Over days and nights, McVeigh eats, sleeps, watches the news, meets a girl… all while inside his mind brews an unthinkable plan that will forever change the collective American psyche.
  • Plastic (2014)
    Review preview for Plastic

    It looks like a made-for-TV-movie, with nothing cinematic, nothing original

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Student credit card scammers join forces with low rent street hustlers only to be blackmailed by heavy duty East European gangsters
  • Red Joan (2018)
    Review preview for Red Joan

    Those parts of the plot concerned with the politics and practice of espionage are frequently overshadowed by the romance themes, the result being more Mills & Boon than John le Carré.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
  • SoulBoy (2010)
    Review preview for SoulBoy

    Ultimately, SoulBoy is a strange, lifeless work.

    Scott Macdonald · 2.5 out of 5
    A coming-of-age tale mixed in with the genesis of Northern Soul.

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