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  • 21 Grams (2003)
    Review preview for 21 Grams

    An equal, not a sequel from one of cinema's brightest hopes.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    The lives of a junkie and ex-con and a college professor intersect.
  • Che: Guerilla (2008)
    Review preview for Che: Guerilla

    Certainly Soderbergh gives you a sense of the boredom of war - as the days tick by on the screen, you feel your own will to live begin to falter.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Second episode in Soderbergh's meditation on the Argentine-born revolutionary, focussing on his time in Bolivia.
  • Che: The Argentine (2008)
    Review preview for Che: The Argentine

    All the excitement of a wet weekend in Bognor.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    First part of Soderbergh's epic, sees the revolutionary take on Batista.
  • Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
    Review preview for Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

    Gilliam uses voice over (too much?) to give a taste of the Hunter S style and help explain what on earth is going on.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The psychadellic exploits of a lawyer and Journalist in the city of excess.
  • The French Dispatch (2021)
    Review preview for The French Dispatch

    It all has a very particular flavour. Even a new one.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th Century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in the French Dispatch magazine.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy

    Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A pilot is tracked by bounty hunters after stealing a mysterious orb.
  • The Hunted (2003)
    Review preview for The Hunted

    Junk slush action fiasco.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A trained US army killer is tracked in American wilderness by his former teacher.
  • The Indian Runner (1991)
    Review preview for The Indian Runner

    Penn had a definite feel for the incidental details and the everyday rhythms of small-town life.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A State patrolman tries to keep his troubled Vietnam veteran brother on the straight and narrow...
  • Inherent Vice (2014)
    Review preview for Inherent Vice

    This is the tail end of the good times, Doc and his cohort seem as though they are fading out.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A drug-fuelled detective investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
  • Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian (2013)
    Review preview for Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian

    Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A Native American man is admitted to hospital after fighting in France and forms an unexpected friendship with the doctor who treats him.
  • The Little Prince (2015)
    Review preview for The Little Prince

    Mark Osborne's gently unfolding palimpsest of a film is a sweet tribute to generations of readers who have been enchanted by the prince.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A girl's life is transformed when she learns the story of a pilot who once crashed in the desert and met a little boy from a distant planet.
  • No Sudden Move (2021)
    Review preview for No Sudden Move

    What starts as an almost domestic story involving a couple of low-rent hoods will gradually morph into a game of high stakes with unlikely players and a plotline that takes its cue from events in the real world full of corporate rather than card sharks.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Two small-time criminals find themselves mixed up in a complex heist after a babysitting job goes south.
  • One Battle After Another (2025)
    Review preview for One Battle After Another

    One detail after another rewards.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.
  • The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
    Review preview for The Phoenician Scheme

    The real challenge is to keep up with the pace as well as the information overload.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of a family and a family business.
  • The Pledge (2001)
    Review preview for The Pledge

    Having laid the foundations for a tense, realistic thriller, using documentary footage wherever possible, Sean Penn blows it with unnecessary camera tricks.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A retired cop investigates the mystery of a child murder, linking it with others, even though officially the case is closed.
  • Savages (2012)
    Review preview for Savages

    Leads and support cast alike march their talents off a cliff like the most earnest of lemmings.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 1 out of 5
    A pair of pot growers clash with a drug cartel after their girlfriend is kidnapped.
  • Sicario (2015)
    Review preview for Sicario

    Villeneuve sustains the knife-edge tension without a blip.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
  • Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (2018)
    Review preview for Sicario: Day Of The Soldado

    There are deeper moral questions, ones sufficiently metatextual that I in the audience began to feel and fear complicity.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight them, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with Alejandro.
  • Sin City (2005)
    Review preview for Sin City

    I know it will mostly appeal to comic book fans like myself, but people should give it a chance, if only to experience its style.

    The Remote Viewer · 5 out of 5
    Stylised graphic novel adaptation shows three men on a mission.
  • Snatch (2000)
    Review preview for Snatch

    Snatch is way over the top, like Lock Stock was, only second time around it doesn't feel so fresh.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Diamond heist causes mayhem amongst London gangland hard men.
  • Swimming With Sharks (1994)
    Review preview for Swimming With Sharks

    Spacey is served by some wonderful lines, which could have come from a bloody pen of Satan.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    A frustrated studio assistant attempts to exact a violent revenge on his bullying boss.
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    It's that old magic again.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
  • Things We Lost In The Fire (2007)
    Review preview for Things We Lost In The Fire

    A manipulative weepie positioned for Oscar consideration.

    The Exile · 3 out of 5
    Halle Berry is a widow trying to come to terms with grief with the help of her hubbie's troubled best pal.
  • Traffic (2000)
    Review preview for Traffic

    Stephen Gaghan's script covers the territory with brutal honesty. The actors respond in kind.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Multi-layered drama of drug trafficking in Mexico and the efforts of American undercover cops to curtail it.
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
    Review preview for The Usual Suspects

    Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Five criminals thrown together in a police line-up decide to team up for a high-stakes job.
  • The Wolfman (2010)
    Review preview for The Wolfman

    The Wolfman is no one's definition of High Art, but it's great craft.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Wolf bites man. Man bites everyone else.
  • The Way Of The Gun (2000)
    Review preview for The Way Of The Gun

    Some of the language draws blood, as film noir cliches are mocked, or discarded.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Gangsters hold a surrogate mum to ransom.

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