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  • Chariots Of Fire (1981)
    Racist and snobbish undercurrents to British success at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
    Review preview for Exorcist: The Beginning

    'The best view of God is from Hell.' The best view of Exorcist: The Beginning is not at all.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    Prequel to The Exorcist, in which Father Merrin discovers the demon Pazuzu.
  • Prey For The Devil (2022)
    Review preview for Prey For The Devil

    From the outset, it has something of the cool visual flair of a Seventies thriller.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A nun prepares to perform an exorcism and comes face to face with a demonic force with mysterious ties to her 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.
  • War, Inc. (2008)
    Review preview for War, Inc.

    It is as though the cast and scriptwriters are constantly nodding to one another and admiring their own cleverness.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A hit man is sent to a fictional war-torn Middle Eastern country where the United States is waging the first fully outsourced war.

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