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  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
    Review preview for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

    Whenever she and Lumley leave the screen the energy level sags faster than 60-year-old eye bags without Botox.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Edina and Patsy flee to France after pushing Kate Moss in the Thames.
  • The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (2017)
    Review preview for The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales

    This simple yet charming film is perfect for young children.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A triptych of animated adventures.
  • Calendar Girls (2003)
    Review preview for Calendar Girls

    Not quite the eyeful it might have been.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Comedy about middle-aged Yorkshire ladies, baring all for charity, based on a true story.
  • The Commander: Vol 4-6 (2007)
    Review preview for The Commander: Vol 4-6

    This is better than good telly; it is excellent filmmaking.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Three new mysteries from the doyenne of tough TV cop dramas.
  • Conversation Piece (2009)
    Review preview for Conversation Piece

    Done with enough with humour, panache and clever editing to justify a watch.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple argue over a chipped vase.
  • Dinnerladies: Series 1 (1998)
    Large serving of canteen comedy courtesy of Victoria Wood.
  • Finding Your Feet (2018)
    Review preview for Finding Your Feet

    A cast to die for? Certainly. And they almost do.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    When a snobbish woman discovers her husband has been having an affair, she takes exile with her bohemian sister on a council estate.
  • Heartlands (2002)
    Review preview for Heartlands

    For an uplifting tale about an ordinary man, who is not a recovering alcoholic, or a typical British waster, then check this out.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Big-time loser turns his life around when he travels to Blackpool in an effort to win back his estranged wife.
  • Hilary And Jackie (1998)
    Review preview for Hilary And Jackie

    With such material it is hard to fail. Tucker does not succeed, that's all.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of Jacqueline du Pre and her relationship with her sister.
  • The Love Punch (2013)
    Review preview for The Love Punch

    You ache for Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn to show them how this is done

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Heist comedy.
  • Monster Family (2017)
    Review preview for Monster Family

    The plot stumbles into an abyss early. There is nothing left because there was nothing here in the first place

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A family is cursed by a witch and transformed into monsters.
  • Nanny McPhee (2005)
    Review preview for Nanny McPhee

    The movie becomes ridiculous.

    Stephanie Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A magic nanny sorts out the unruly children of an impoverished undertaker.
  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
    Review preview for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Retaining the waspish asides of the first movie but able to bring much more fragility to the fore, Smith effortlessly exposes a contradictory combination of fear and bravery that many older people will find familiar.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Sonny dreams of a wedding and expansion and the residents of the hotel try to help.
  • Station Jim (2001)
    Review preview for Station Jim

    Nauseatingly saccharine.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 1.5 out of 5
    Whimsical tale about a station porter.
  • Thunderpants (2002)
    Review preview for Thunderpants

    The moral of the tale is that everyone has a talent, however improbable. This is lost, alas, amongst the debris of failed farce.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    An 11-year-old English schoolboy blows farts that can fuel an American moon rocket.
  • Wah-Wah (2005)
    Review preview for Wah-Wah

    A delight from beginning to end.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A boy grows up in a broken family as the winds of change blow through Swaziland.
  • What We Did On Our Holiday (2014)
    Review preview for What We Did On Our Holiday

    The humour is filtered through a storyline that keeps losing credibility

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A divorcing couple take their kids to Scotland for Grandpa's birthday where the children take matters into their own hands
  • Wimbledon (2004)
    Review preview for Wimbledon

    Consistently funny.

    David Haviland · 3.5 out of 5
    30-love and one set of jokes adds an air of romance to the serious business of tennis.

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