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  • Eye In The Sky (2015)
    Review preview for Eye In The Sky

    A simple idea, beautifully executed

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The moral and practical outcome of a drone strike in rural Kenya is thrashed out at British HQ as an American pilot in Nevada awaits orders to fire the missiles that may cause unacceptable collateral damage
  • Free Fire (2016)
    Review preview for Free Fire

    The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

    Paul Risker · 3.5 out of 5
    A meeting between two gangs in a deserted warehouse turns into a shootout.
  • 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.
  • Killer Heat (2024)
    Review preview for Killer Heat

    The trouble is that Lacote is in favour of telling rather than showing.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 2 out of 5
    An ex-pat private investigator is hired to investigate a death in Crete.
  • Severance (2006)
    Review preview for Severance

    Good writing and committed performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A British armament firm's fun time out in Hungary turns nasty when they get lost in the forest.

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