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  • Argylle (2024)
    Review preview for Argylle

    Argylle isn't a delicate or even restrained construction, thread-bare and candy-coloured to the point that if it were underwear it'd be both crotchless and edible.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realises that the plot of the new book she's writing is starting to mirror real world events, in real time.
  • Argo (2012)
    Review preview for Argo

    Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes to mixing genre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A CIA agent attempts to rescue six trapped Americans during the 1979 Iranian revolution.
  • Breaking Bad: Season One (2008)
    Review preview for Breaking Bad: Season One

    A mixture of intelligent writing, hard-hitting topics and ballsy acting.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A chemistry teacher embraces a life of crime after being diagnosed with cancer.
  • Drive (2011)
    Review preview for Drive

    Drive is cool. Really cool. In fact this will probably be the coolest film you will see this year.

    Owen Van Spall · 4.5 out of 5
    A stuntman who moonlights as a wheelman finds he is the target of a hit.
  • The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Review preview for The Disaster Artist

    Rather than simply turn Tommy into a laughing stock, Franco teases out the tragicomedy of the man.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the making of the 'Citizen Kane of bad movies', The Room.
  • Every Act Of Life (2017)
    Review preview for Every Act Of Life

    Jeff Kaufman's documentary explores the intersection of the personal, the political and the artistic with a focus on understanding what the playwright always advanced as the most important of human endeavours: communication.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A portrait of four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s ground-breaking, six-decade career in the theatre, fight for LGBTQ rights, and triumph over addiction.
  • Godzilla (2014)
    Review preview for Godzilla

    The eventual climactic monster showdown is everything a Godzilla fan could hope for.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    Monsters from the deep confront each other and pesky US forces in a special effected fight to the death - in 3-D
  • 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 Infiltrator (2016)
    Review preview for The Infiltrator

    The film is clever. It is violent and merciless, also.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    True life story of an undercover agent who infiltrates the upper circles of a Columbian drugs cartel in the Eighties
  • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
    Review preview for Kung Fu Panda 3

    The vocal cast is star studded. Trouble is they are given too little to speak.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Po discovers his real dad and fights the great yak from the spirit world to save the world
  • Last Flag Flying (2017)
    Review preview for Last Flag Flying

    Carell is extremely impressive here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A Vietnam veteran goes to collect the body of his son, who has been killed in war in Iraq.
  • The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
    Review preview for The Lincoln Lawyer

    McConaughey works above and beyond his usual remit to remind us that he can also convey a formidable intensity and subtle sensitivity.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    A hot-shot lawyer finds he may be out of his depth with his latest client.
  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    Review preview for Little Miss Sunshine

    Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family's road trip to a beauty pageant.
  • Murder, She Wrote: Season 6 (1989)
    Review preview for Murder, She Wrote: Season 6

    Gives the viewer the opportunity to work out, using the 'playfair' clues, whodunit.

    Steven Robertson · 4 out of 5
    More crimes to be solved by author-turned-sleuth JB Fletcher, more roles for fading Hollywood stars.
  • 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.
  • Total Recall (2012)
    Review preview for Total Recall

    Whereas the original was a bright, primary coloured comic book, this looks more like a mobile phone advert.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Uncertain memories lead a man to question his identity in this remake of the 1990 science fiction thriller.
  • Trumbo (2015)
    Review preview for Trumbo

    Despite this period being so rich in potential subject matter, this admittedly handsomely mounted, nimble and quite funny film chooses to take a pretty much conventional ride to a victory-lap finish.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Story of the career of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in 1947.
  • Wakefield (2016)
    Review preview for Wakefield

    Jennifer Garner is very good, conveying through her facial expressions what many of the actors around her feel compelled to try and communicate as if they were in a silent film.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A man decides to disappear and live secretly in an outbuilding, observing his family from a distance.
  • Why Him? (2016)
    Review preview for Why Him?

    Embarrassment and vulgarity are sisters under the duvet

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A dad forms a rivalry with his daughter's boyfriend.

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