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  • Alive (2018)
    Review preview for Alive

    This is Alive in name only.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their real identity.
  • Braveheart (1995)
    Review preview for Braveheart

    In terms of accuracy, Braveheart is a big pile of mince.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    Hollywood retelling of the story of William Wallace.
  • The Cradle Will Rock (1999)
    Review preview for The Cradle Will Rock

    The performances reflect Robbins' upbeat approach and are as enjoyable as they are inspired.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Art and politics in Depression era America.
  • Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    Review preview for Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Sugar levels are high, but so is vitriol.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Life and troubles of ageing Southern belle, as told in flashback by her childhood friends.
  • Equilibrium (2002)
    Review preview for Equilibrium

    Equilibrium is that rarest of cinematic entities, a film which succeeds both as intelligent science fiction and as action drama.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Brave New World by any other name, with Christian Bale as a cop who sees the light.
  • The Lost City Of Z (2016)
    Review preview for The Lost City Of Z

    Hunnam gives a compelling performance as a man railing against the bigotry of his time, and yet simultaneously embodying it as a white explorer in a place already well-known to its inhabitants.

    Seph Shewell Brockway · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, whose search for a lost city in the Amazon grew into an obsession.
  • Macbeth Unhinged (2016)
    Review preview for Macbeth Unhinged

    The film is strongest when it is being visually and aurally adventurous.

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    Modern interpretation of the tragedy, set within the confines of a stretch limousine.
  • Robert The Bruce (2019)
    Review preview for Robert The Bruce

    For all that there are premonitions, dreams, even a witch, in truth this is a film without magic

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    The story of the Scottish king.
  • Saw III (2006)
    Review preview for Saw III

    The biggest problem with Saw III is that it doesn't make the impact that a third and final instalment should make.

    John Gallagher · 2.5 out of 5
    Jigsaw's final game attempts to link the pieces in this blood-soaked franchise.
  • Saw IV (2007)
    Review preview for Saw IV

    So utterly repugnant, so self-absorbed and without entertainment value that it is akin to putting your face into a pail of four-day-old warmed-over innards and being forced to take deep breaths.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    The Jigsaw starts to grate.
  • Titus (1999)
    Review preview for Titus

    Though the film had its moments - mostly in the deliciously playful nature of Shakespeare's dialogue - it's hard to see it matching the success of other recent adaptations of the Bard.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    Modern reworking of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy.

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