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  • The Nanny Diaries (2007)
    Review preview for The Nanny Diaries

    It might be light fun, but its bland derivativeness and lack of any cohesive attempt to tackle its own core subject matter will make you want to forget it faster than a disposable diaper.

    Chris · 2.5 out of 5
    A young graduate gets a taste of what life is like for the rich after inadvertently becoming a nanny.
  • Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast (2005)
    Review preview for Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast

    If you have any doubts about buying this DVD and supporting the cause, they will disperse like the morning mist when you watch U2, accompanied by a dangerously sexy Mary J Blige.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Film stars man the phones; others speak from the heart, while musicians perform for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
  • Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Review preview for Smokin' Aces

    Treat it as a live action cartoon, with dramatic pretensions, and you will not be disappointed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A contract killing at Lake Tahoe with an assortment of assassins and the FBI blundering along behind.
  • The Secret Life Of Bees (2008)
    Review preview for The Secret Life Of Bees

    It’s all very Oprah chick flick, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a real soul.

    Mike Davies · 3 out of 5
    A young girl, escaping from her tyrannical father in Civil Rights era South Carolina, finds a very different surrogate family.
  • Time Is Illmatic (2014)
    Review preview for Time Is Illmatic

    It elegantly shows a clear path between the jazz riffs that were Nas's father's bread and butter through to the inventive beats that back his son's hip hop.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Documentary about hip hop artist Nas.
  • We Are Together (2006)
    Review preview for We Are Together

    There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Life in an African orphanage where the children are united by a love of singing.

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