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  • A Bunch Of Amateurs (2008)
    Review preview for A Bunch Of Amateurs

    It’s all incredibly creaky, decidedly low budget and, despite being co-written by Private Eye’s Ian Hislop, all rather toothless and low on chuckles.

    Mike Davies · 2 out of 5
    A Hollywood agent tricks an ageing action star into appearing as King Lear in an amdram production.
  • Eight For Silver (2021)
    Review preview for Eight For Silver

    A compelling story, effectively told.

    James Gracey · 4 out of 5
    In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper, sinister force that has both the manor and the townspeople in its grip.
  • Hampstead (2017)
    Review preview for Hampstead

    Predictable and embarrassing, despite a cast that deserves better,

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    An older man, known as The Tramp, who lives in a homemade shack in North London woods attracts support and something more from a lonely widow and a bunch of protesters when he is ordered to leave.
  • Magpie (2024)
    Review preview for Magpie

    Yates recognises Ridley’s skill with interiorised emotion and makes the most of it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When Ben and Anette's daughter is cast in a film alongside glamorous movie star Alicia, Ben is quickly drawn into Alicia's world. Anette is left at home with the baby, pushed to her emotional limits and psychologically on the brink.
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Review preview for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Whatever expectations are carried in are brought to a stop, hard.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Rebels set out to steal the plans for the Empire's deadly Death Star.

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