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  • Assassination Nation (2018)
    Review preview for Assassination Nation

    Older viewers may find it too much but it's spot on for what it's trying to achieve.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    This is a 1000 percent a true story about how the quiet, all-American town of Salem, absolutely lost its mind.
  • Dreamgirls (2006)
    Review preview for Dreamgirls

    Dreamgirls has the passion, the moves, the rhythm and the sex appeal, as well as the curse and casualties of fame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A fictionalised, all singing, all dancing biopic of The Supremes and the rise of Motown Records.
  • Half Of A Yellow Sun (2013)
    Review preview for Half Of A Yellow Sun

    A film worth shouting about.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Civil war shatters the comfortable illusions of Nigeria’s middle class in this 1960s-set love story.
  • The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008)
    Review preview for The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    If charm lubricates every working part of this delightful film, it is Mma Ramotswe’s character that fuels it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Uncovering mysteries in Botswana, with accute observation of human nature and oodles of charm.
  • The Princess And The Frog (2009)
    Review preview for The Princess And The Frog

    The revolution in MouseLand, though tantalisingly glimpsed, proves to be short-lived.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A retelling of the classic fairytale set in Jazz Age New Orleans.

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