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  • Blindness (2008)
    Review preview for Blindness

    A bold piece of film-making that's daring, dramatic and different - even if it won't be to everyone's taste.

    Maria Realf · 4 out of 5
    Chaos reigns as an epidemic of blindness starts to spread with alarming speed.
  • Elysium (2013)
    Review preview for Elysium

    It's DoA meets The Wizard Of Oz with Matt Damon as an irradiated Dorothy.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    In a futuristic world, a man who is confined to the slums of earth, finds the space station retreat of the rich offers his only hope of survival.
  • Hypnotic (2023)
    Review preview for Hypnotic

    Amounts to a criminal thriller with extra magic

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government programme.
  • I Am Legend (2007)
    Review preview for I Am Legend

    Quality science fiction let down by a heinous, politically work-shopped ending.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    In the aftermath of a devastating plague, the last man left must fight off those who are no longer human like him.
  • Lower City (2005)
    Review preview for Lower City

    It is the sensitivity of Machado's film that sets it apart.

    Richard Mellor · 4 out of 5
    Two friends find their loyalties tested when they both fall in love with the same prostitute.
  • Predators (2010)
    Review preview for Predators

    Rodriguez's up-close, tightly focused direction means our eyes are always drifting toward the shifting focus of the background, hyper-alert for a shimmering Predator cloak.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Parachuted down into an unfamiliar jungle, a group of strangers realise they're being hunted for sport.
  • The Rite (2011)
    Review preview for The Rite

    Scraping nails and scratching heads are about as scary as this film gets, and these are two activities its audience will find themselves regularly indulging in.

    David Graham · 1.5 out of 5
    A student visiting Italy to learn how to conduct an exorcism encounters something unexpected.
  • Redbelt (2008)
    Review preview for Redbelt

    Both gripping morality tale and satisfying thriller.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    A martial arts instructor who has avoided prize-fighting to maintain his ethical code, finds debt may force him into the ring.
  • The Shack (2017)
    Review preview for The Shack

    In the world of hope and love man is the servant of good

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called "The Shack."
  • The Suicide Squad (2021)
    Review preview for The Suicide Squad

    I didn't hate it, but if I wanted to watch more than two hours of the undeniably weird doing the inexplicable, The Sparks Brothers is also in cinemas.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

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