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  • Adult Life Skills (2016)
    Review preview for Adult Life Skills

    Charm' is just one of the words, and others like 'winsome' are right there - it manages this without ever feeling forced, without ever feeling twee - and that makes it a triumph.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living in her mother’s shed, and spending her time making movies with her thumbs. Her mom wants her to move out; she just wants to be left alone.
  • The Almond And The Seahorse (2022)
    Review preview for The Almond And The Seahorse

    The Almond And The Seahorse gradually coalesces like the pieces of an old memory coming back together.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine a future after traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love.
  • Boyz In The Wood (2019)
    Review preview for Boyz In The Wood

    It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    An anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit shites, set in the highlands of Scotland.
  • Black Mountain Poets (2015)
    Review preview for Black Mountain Poets

    The script sparkles, delivering plenty of great moments.

    Luke Shaw · 3.5 out of 5
    Relationship comedy about a pair of on-the-run sisters who pose as poets on a camping retreat.
  • Dark Encounter (2019)
    Review preview for Dark Encounter

    Strathie succeeds in capturing a bit of the Spielberg-style magic he's aiming for and in quieter scenes where we're allowed to experience wonder instead of being told what to feel, it's an enchanting experience.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A year after the disappearance of their 8-year-old daughter, grieving parents return home with friends and family from her memorial service in their small town. Suddenly strange lights appear in the nearby forest and everyone is exposed to inexplicable phenomena - but things are about get much more disturbing.
  • Eternal Beauty (2019)
    Review preview for Eternal Beauty

    There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A schizophrenic woman finds things change when she embarks on a romance with a failed musician.
  • Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
    Review preview for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

    Too clever and cynical for its own good.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    Horror hospital spoof gets the DVD treatment.
  • God's Petting You (2022)
    Review preview for God's Petting You

    Whilst the dark comedy here generally hits the spot and the characters are quirky yet believable, God’s Petting You doesn’t really have enough substance to justify its running time

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A dark and twisted comedy which explores the depths and depravity of the Brighton underworld.
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Review preview for Hot Fuzz

    Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tongue-in-cheek British twist on the buddy cop genre.
  • Locke (2013)
    Review preview for Locke

    It's like a suicide. And there's nothing to look at

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A man drives through the night, listening to mobile phone calls, as his life falls apart.
  • Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
    Review preview for Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

    One of the cleverest and most entertaining comedies of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A charity shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of five selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge.
  • Prevenge (2016)
    Review preview for Prevenge

    Writer-director Alice Lowe takes a blowtorch to the picture postcard image of pregnancy.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A pregnant serial killer is out for vengeance.
  • Sightseers (2012)
    Review preview for Sightseers

    If Malick's lands were bad, then Wheatley's are sad, as small injustices, petty jealousies and perceived slights lead to cold blooded murder and childish revenge.

    Neil Mitchell · 4 out of 5
    A young couple on a caravan holiday find themselves going on a killing spree.
  • Solis (2018)
    Review preview for Solis

    The pacing, like Holloway, is out of control, sometimes racing along but, more often, hanging about for no apparent reason.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    An astronaut finds himself trapped in an escape pod heading towards the sun.
  • Timestalker (2024)
    Review preview for Timestalker

    Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman continuously seeks out the presumed love of her life across time, in one incarnation after another.

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