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  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Review preview for Hot Fuzz

    Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tongue-in-cheek British twist on the buddy cop genre.
  • The Lost Son (1999)
    Review preview for The Lost Son

    There is not much difference between Chris Menges' new movie and any other drugs-related thriller.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A private eye uncovers a web of peadophiles when he is called in to help find a man's missing son.
  • Maurice (1987)
    Review preview for Maurice

    What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
  • A Murder Of Quality (1991)
    Review preview for A Murder Of Quality

    Somehow, A Murder Of Quality draws you in to its clichéd story through the charm of its well developed and coyly satirical characters.

    Josh Morrall · 3.5 out of 5
    John Le Carre murder mystery with George Smiley in Agatha Christie territory.
  • Notfilm (2015)
    Review preview for Notfilm

    At more than two hours long, it's a shame Beckett wasn't on hand to offer a bit of advice on the importance of distillation, although there is plenty here to enjoy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Experimental essay - its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton.
  • The Omen (1976)
    Review preview for The Omen

    Despite his illustrious career, Peck has never bettered his performance as the tortured father, torn between duties to his family and to the wider world.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A diplomat and his wife begin to suspect that there is something inherently evil about the child they are raising.
  • Quills (2000)
    Review preview for Quills

    Kaufman's recreation of early 19th century Paris is more theatrical than real.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Loose biopic of the final years of the Marquis de Sade.

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