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  • The Beaver (2011)
    Review preview for The Beaver

    By and large Foster keeps things straight, but the film does wobble tonally between psychodrama and whimsy.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A depressed executive finds solace in a hand puppet.
  • Charlie Bartlett (2007)
    Review preview for Charlie Bartlett

    Yelchin is a charismatic and believable anti-hero, smart but insecure and neither a walking wisecrack-machine nor a stereotypical ‘mixed-up kid’.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A bright but troubled rich kid unexpectedly finds himself in the American ‘public school’ system – and finds a novel way of beating the bullies.
  • Dying Of The Light (2014)
    Review preview for Dying Of The Light

    A largely conventional thriller about the last-gasp of mission of a die-hard CIA agent that is lent moments of surprising poignancy and glimmers of madness thanks to Nic Cage's performance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A dementia-hit CIA agent goes rogue to take down an old enemy.
  • Experimenter (2015)
    Review preview for Experimenter

    Almereyda jumps straight into the experiment which, over half a century later, is as fascinating and timely and important as ever.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A drama about the life of Stanley Milgram and his famous experiments on obedience.
  • Fright Night (2011)
    Review preview for Fright Night

    What's noticeable about Gillespie's version is how little really has to change to make it work.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Is horror movie addict Charley Brewster’s suave new nextdoor neighbour Jerry Dandridge really an evil vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths?
  • Green Room (2015)
    Review preview for Green Room

    Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young punk band is trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling on a murder committed by neo-Nazis.
  • Hearts In Atlantis (2001)
    Review preview for Hearts In Atlantis

    Yelchin has a unique talent. He conveys subtle child emotions with an ease and accuracy that is uncanny.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Anthony Hopkins is a psychic lodger in the Fifties home of 11-year-old Anton Yelchin.
  • Like Crazy (2011)
    Review preview for Like Crazy

    Offers plenty of uncomfortably familiar observations for anyone engaged in a relationship that is either long-distance, or just long-term.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A British student and an American find their love tested by a long-distance relationship.
  • Love, Antosha (2019)
    Review preview for Love, Antosha

    The inevitable sadness is balanced by so much joy and energy that it's a delight to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A portrait of the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
  • Odd Thomas (2013)
    Review preview for Odd Thomas

    It's down to Yelchin to convince us to care, and it's to his credit that he generally manages to pull this off.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Odd Thomas sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. He works with the local police chief but one day he encounters something that may be too big for either of them to handle.
  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
    Review preview for Only Lovers Left Alive

    What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A vampire couple contemplate a changing world.
  • The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (2012)
    Review preview for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

    These particular pirates may not be the greatest at, well, pirating, but if you're ready to set sail for adventure, they're the crew to join.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In his quest to become Pirate of the Year, the Pirate Captain leads his crew into peril and risks losing a treasured shipmate.
  • Rememory (2017)
    Review preview for Rememory

    The machine here proves to be little more than a macguffin for a murder mystery set-up and a side helping of sentimental stodge.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A man investigates the suspicious death of a scientist while using his invention to try to overcome trauma from the past.
  • Star Trek (2009)
    Review preview for Star Trek

    JJ Abrams rescues Rodenbury's creation from the pop culture scrap heap and produces a very likeable romp.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    James T Kirk joins Starfleet and meets a tormented Spock threatened by a vengeful Romulan in this reboot of the Star Trek franchise.
  • Star Trek Beyond (2016)
    Review preview for Star Trek Beyond

    The film’s flaws come primarily in the weak villain and some irritating editing and plotting choices.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    The Enterprise encounters a new enemy.
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
    Review preview for Star Trek Into Darkness

    The baddie's been beefed up, the plot's been pared down, but the emotional core which really sold the first film—the magnificent character interaction—remains unscathed.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    With Starfleet in chaos and other ships destroyed, the crew of the USS Enterprise must venture alone to a dangerous world where one man could hold the fate of the galaxy in his hands.
  • Terminator Salvation (2009)
    Review preview for Terminator Salvation

    Terminator Salvation looks more towards its potential sequels than towards itself.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    After Judgement Day, the last remnants of humankind battle for survival against the machines.
  • Thoroughbreds (2017)
    Review preview for Thoroughbreds

    The weirdness thrives on understatement

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two rich girls contemplate murder in Connecticut

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