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  • The Book Thief (2013)
    Review preview for The Book Thief

    The children, including Nico Liersch as Leisel's friend Rudy, are genuinely good, but they are strong performances in service of a film that doesn't quite work.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A girl in Second World War Germany steals books and shares them with others.
  • Entebbe (2018)
    Review preview for Entebbe

    The story expands beyond the conventions of a Boys Own adventure

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Dramatisation of the rescue attempt after the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris.
  • Goat (2016)
    Review preview for Goat

    Neel’s movie grips not because of its depiction of hazing, although that is sweaty, disturbing and naturalistic, but because of the psychological tension that builds between the two brothers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Tension mounts between two brothers as the younger undergoes pledge week at the elder's fraternity house.
  • Pride (2014)
    Review preview for Pride

    A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of LGBT rights activists is determined to help the residents of a Welsh village who are struggling because of the 1984 miners' strikes.
  • Snowden (2016)
    Review preview for Snowden

    Oliver Stone takes the story and gives it slick mainstream polish, bringing the issue home in a way that is understandable and urgent, even if his hero ends up seeming almost too good to be true.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Biopic of the whistleblower.

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