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  • Bill Murray Stories (2018)
    Review preview for Bill Murray Stories

    This isn't the finest example of the documentary art, but it may well be one of the most enjoyable films you see this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Tales from the extraordinary day to day life of Bill Murray.
  • Broken Flowers (2005)
    Review preview for Broken Flowers

    Unpredictable, offbeat and peppered with absurdist humour

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    Journey of self-discovery for dead-pan, retired Lothario.
  • Charlie's Angels (2000)
    Review preview for Charlie's Angels

    The script has a sense of humour that doesn't dazzle with punchy one-liners, but is consistently witty, without showing off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Can girls kick it in big-screen adaptation? Course they can.
  • Coffee And Cigarettes (2003)
    Review preview for Coffee And Cigarettes

    The film's charm is the feeling of spontaneity and randomness.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    Series of sketches based around coffee and cigarettes, featuring a collection of the great and the good from the indie side of Hollywood.
  • The Cradle Will Rock (1999)
    Review preview for The Cradle Will Rock

    The performances reflect Robbins' upbeat approach and are as enjoyable as they are inspired.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Art and politics in Depression era America.
  • City Of Ember (2008)
    Review preview for City Of Ember

    Good as Caroline Thompson's script is this is a City Of Ember that could do with a little stoking.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    Can a pair of teens save their world by finding a time capsule?
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    Review preview for The Darjeeling Limited

    Chaotic, funny, beautifully shot and performed with a childlike deadpan.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Three brothers take a 'spiritual journey' across India by train.
  • The Dead Don't Die (2019)
    Review preview for The Dead Don't Die

    Jarmusch usually manages to invest his films with a quirky sense of humour, but here the lines fall decidedly flat.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
  • Ed Wood (1994)
    Review preview for Ed Wood

    Alternately hilarious and touching.

    Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
    Biopic of 'the worst director of all time'.
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
    Review preview for Fantastic Mr. Fox

    A fantastic adaptation that manages to surpass its source material while staying entirely true to its spirit.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Animated version of Roald Dahl's tale about a wily fox.
  • 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.
  • The Friend (2024)
    Review preview for The Friend

    A very New York film.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    When an author dies, his best friend is left to deal with his literary legacy, his three former wives and a dog who isn't supposed to be allowed in her Manhattan apartment.
  • Garfield: The Movie (2004)
    Review preview for Garfield: The Movie

    Bill Murray is the voice of Garfield. So laconic, so cool, it's amazing they have never joined up before.

    Stephanie Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Lazy strip cartoon cat is put out of joint by the arrival of an orphan puppy.
  • Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties (2006)
    Review preview for Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties

    Two lazy fat cats with accents halve the fun.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Garfield has a double who lives like a king in an English castle.
  • Get Low (2009)
    Review preview for Get Low

    Although this is worth watching purely for Duvall's superb turn, he doesn't want for support.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Heatwarming tale of redemption, partially based on the true story of a hermit who threw his own funeral... while he was still alive.
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
    Review preview for Ghostbusters

    A ridiculous idea spun into a film that skilfully mixes genuine laughs with genuine frights and chills.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Who ya gonna call?
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
    Review preview for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    The latter part of the movie labours as Reitman aims firmly for the rose-tinted jugular of parents courtesy of cameo appearances that don't sit comfortably within the fabric of the film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    After the death of Egon Spengler, his daughter and grandkids find themselves bustin' a whole new army of ghosts.
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
    Review preview for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Painting by numbers and staying comfortably within the lines might pass time but I wouldn't call it entertainment.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    When the discovery of an ancient artefact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    Review preview for The Grand Budapest Hotel

    An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    The adventures of a concierge and a lobby boy who becomes his friend.
  • Hamlet (2000)
    Review preview for Hamlet

    The actors (or director) clearly only have half a clue what they're saying.

    Nicola Osborne · 3 out of 5
    Modern re-examination of Shakespeare's Prince of Denmark.
  • Hyde Park On Hudson (2012)
    Review preview for Hyde Park On Hudson

    Are Bill Murray's fabulous presidential brogues what is worth remembering most, or are some of the statements about gender still valid commentary?

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
    The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
  • Isle Of Dogs (2018)
    Review preview for Isle Of Dogs

    Go in as a fan of Anderson's work and you will not be disappointed. Go in as a fan of film and you will likely be delighted.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    In a future world where dogs have been exiled to the giant rubbish dumps of Trash Island, a Japanese boy sets out alone in search of his beloved pet.
  • The Jungle Book (2016)
    Review preview for The Jungle Book

    The film has adventure at its heart and excitement in its pocket.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Rudyard Kipling's classic children's book is given a post-Disney modern interpretation with a real boy and CGI animals that look more real than the breath they take away
  • The Limits Of Control (2009)
    Review preview for The Limits Of Control

    I suspect even Jarmusch’s most ardent fans will find longeurs.

    James Benefield · 2.5 out of 5
    A mysterious man shares coffee and conversation with people, writing down details on matchbook flaps. But what are his motives?
  • The Life Aquatic (2004)
    Review preview for The Life Aquatic

    Anderson creates sealed, self-supporting worlds, crammed with excruciating detail.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    An ageing oceanographer gathers a crew to hunt a shark that killed his partner.
  • Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
    Review preview for Little Shop Of Horrors

    Shot in vivid colour and interspersed with some terrific songs, this is a formulaic story but a hell of a ride.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A shy young man finds his life transformed when he discovers an unusual plant - but at what cost?
  • Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk (2018)
    Review preview for Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk

    Neat little potted history that it is, it doesn't really require the viewer to know the sport in depth.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the bond between golfer and caddie.
  • Lost In Translation (2003)
    Review preview for Lost In Translation

    The pace may be slow, but the feelings are racing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two lonely American tourists in Tokyo find solace in each other.
  • The Lost City (2005)
    Review preview for The Lost City

    By the half way point I was beginning to take back everything I said re Steven Soderbergh's dull-as-ditchwater Che: Part II - even he manages to drum up more tension than this.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    The Cuban revolution as seen from the perspective of a family in Havana.
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
    Review preview for The Man Who Knew Too Little

    The premise pushes its luck in the street cred dept.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Bill Murray gets mistaken for a spy and mixed up in an assassination plot.
  • The Monuments Men (2014)
    Review preview for The Monuments Men

    The film becomes a mixture of Dad's Army and The Cockleshell Heroes (without the cockleshells).

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A Second World War platoon are given the job of rescuing artwork form Nazi thieves.
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
    Review preview for Moonrise Kingdom

    The perfect summer movie for the eternally 12 who like to travel in style.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Two children make a pact and run off, prompting the local community to go on the hunt for them.
  • On The Rocks (2020)
    Review preview for On The Rocks

    We lack emotional investment in the underlying situation, possibly because Coppola is aiming to play almost everything for laughs.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    When a woman suspects her husband of an affair, her dad encourages her to join him on a mission to uncover the truth.
  • Osmosis Jones (2001)
    Review preview for Osmosis Jones

    It disappoints on two fronts. The directors, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, love vulgar so much they can't be anything else and the complexity of the human body is too wondrous for a bunch of animators to figure out.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Part animation/part live action story of junk food slob, played by Bill Murray, who contracts deadly virus.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Review preview for The Royal Tenenbaums

    Stiller, Paltrow, Murray and Luke Wilson needn't have bothered. Their characters are stuck in ruts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A family of eccentric geniuses is shaken when their caddish estranged father re-appears in their lives.
  • Rushmore (1998)
    Review preview for Rushmore

    What gives this film an edge over conventional rites-of-passage movies is its oddity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Comic look at life in a private school.
  • The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978)
    Review preview for The Rutles: All You Need is Cash

    It must be said that time has not been kind to this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Pastiche rockumentary of The Beatles.
  • Scrooged (1988)
    Review preview for Scrooged

    Richard Donner shoots the film as a supernatural fantasy and gives it a superior shine.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    A stunningly cynical Bill Murray finds the true spirits of Christmas visiting him thrice.
  • St Vincent (2014)
    Review preview for St Vincent

    Bill Murray is acceptably crusty, but hardly huggable

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Crusty old guy makes friends with new neighbour's son
  • Wild Things (1998)
    Review preview for Wild Things

    The plot does not stand up to scrutiny and is so full of holes it should sink to the bottom of the Everglades. It doesn't, because it has style.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A high-school teacher finds his name in the frame for two rape attacks.
  • Zombieland (2009)
    Review preview for Zombieland

    Everything about Zombieland works, from the expositional flashbacks, to Columbus’ voice-over narration, to the well-judged but sudden changes in tone.

    Daniel Hooper · 4.5 out of 5
    When the world is overrun by zombies, four people try to survive.

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