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  • The Fellowship Of The Ring: Extended Edition (2001)
    Review preview for The Fellowship Of The Ring: Extended Edition

    Tellingly, despite all this extra material, the film does not feel slower and does not become boring. If anything, it’s better balanced, with a more fluid sense of momentum.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A little Hobbit from the Shire sets out with eight companions on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
  • The Flying Scotsman (2006)
    Review preview for The Flying Scotsman

    What is his dream? To beat the World Hour Record. What’s that? You bicycle solo round an indoor track for 60 minutes. Is this cinematically rewarding, or understandable? No.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A Scottish cyclist's biopic.
  • The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)
    Review preview for The Great Hip Hop Hoax

    This is amazing stuff.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The true story of a lie.
  • Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011)
    Review preview for Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy

    It would seem fairest to judge this film on its own merits but that's hard when it's trying so self-consciously to be Trainspotting.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A young Edinburgh man struggles to escape the grip of a brutal drug dealer while falling in love with a Canadian woman.
  • The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
    Review preview for The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

    Has its moments of genius.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Frodo Baggins and his friends must destroy a powerful, malevolent ring before it falls into the wrong hands.
  • The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
    Review preview for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

    The Return Of The King is too long and slow. It has about five endings.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Final part of Peter Jackson's Middle Earth trilogy.
  • The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    Review preview for The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

    This is indeed the war of worlds

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The second installment of J.R.Tolkien classic fantasy epic.
  • Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
    Review preview for Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

    Has the courage of its convictions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Life at sea on a fighting ship of the Royal Navy in South American waters at the time of Nelson.
  • On A Clear Day (2005)
    Review preview for On A Clear Day

    Mullan brings a gruff, no-nonsense persona to his role, making Frank's emotional journey well worth taking.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    A redundant shipworker from Glasgow dreams of swimming the English Channel.
  • The Return Of The King: Extended Edition (2003)
    Review preview for The Return Of The King: Extended Edition

    Numerous small changes work together to change the character of the battle.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Gandalf and Aragorn lead the world of men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
  • Seed Of Chucky (2004)
    Review preview for Seed Of Chucky

    You have to be pretty open-minded to endure the morbid humour, but it's the guiltiest pleasure you're likely to have for a long time.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Fifth slice of horror with the demonic doll.
  • Stone Of Destiny (2008)
    Review preview for Stone Of Destiny

    A brief trip into shortbread-tin Scotland.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    If Ealing were still alive... they'd probably grab this script and run with it!
  • The Two Towers: Extended Edition (2002)
    Review preview for The Two Towers: Extended Edition

    There is more world building here than in any other part of the trilogy, and the additional material means it’s better balanced with character development.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
  • Urban Ghost Story (1998)
    Review preview for Urban Ghost Story

    The underside of Glasgow life is captured with merciless accuracy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A teen who survives a car crash finds herself the focus of things that go bump in the night.
  • White Island (2016)
    Review preview for White Island

    It is a comic thriller that is not particularly comic nor particularly thrilling.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Comic thriller about an ex-DJ who finds himself drawn back into the seedy underworld of Ibiza.

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