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  • An Everlasting Piece (2000)
    Review preview for An Everlasting Piece

    However hard they try, the actors cannot lift the movie out of its time and place.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Selling toupees to the IRA is a moral, as well as a business decision for two likely lads.
  • Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    Review preview for Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

    The way the plot manipulates every worst case scenario is fiendishly clever. Seldom has an ensemble cast meshed so effectively.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Damage limitation after a jewellery heist goes wrong.
  • Intermission (2003)
    Review preview for Intermission

    The delivery of the script is highly polished from a large ensemble cast with CVs running off the page.

    David Stanners · 4 out of 5
    Multi-character ensemble comedy action heist.
  • Jimmy's Hall (2014)
    Review preview for Jimmy's Hall

    Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The story of political activist Jimmy Gralton, deported from Ireland during the country's Red Scare in the 1930s.

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