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  • 12 Years A Slave (2013)
    Review preview for 12 Years A Slave

    One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A free black man is abducted and sold into slavery.
  • 2012 (2009)
    Review preview for 2012

    Never fear, the requisite monuments duly get what's coming to them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Solar activity brings about the end of the world as we know it, but a handful of people are determined to survive.
  • American Gangster (2007)
    Review preview for American Gangster

    Scott has gone back to source, bringing viewers the most refined product available.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    The true story of the rise of an American mobster.
  • Backrooms (2026)
    Review preview for Backrooms

    Its images are often chilling. Its spaces have a genuine charge. But the plot often feels less like cinema than like a sequence of cutscenes from a video game with the gameplay removed.

    Edin Custo · 3 out of 5
    A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
  • Children Of Men (2006)
    Review preview for Children Of Men

    This is a film that takes no prisoners. It will live long in the memory.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Conspiracy surrounds the birth of a child in an infertile post-apocalyptic world.
  • Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
    Review preview for Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

    It might not leave you spellbound but you're likely to be charmed.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Dr Strange tries to protect a girl who can jump between points in the multiverse.
  • Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
    Review preview for Dirty Pretty Things

    Ejiofor's performance is perfectly judged.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Illegal immigrants in London become caught up in an organ replacement racket.
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
    Review preview for Doctor Strange

    The most mind-bending, spectacular visuals of the entire series.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
  • Four Brothers (2005)
    Review preview for Four Brothers

    Instantly forgettable.

    Darren Amner · 2.5 out of 5
    Nobody messes with the Mercers.
  • Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
    Review preview for Greenwich Mean Time

    The young cast is mustard.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Ensemble drama about school chums trying to make it in the music business.
  • Half Of A Yellow Sun (2013)
    Review preview for Half Of A Yellow Sun

    A film worth shouting about.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Civil war shatters the comfortable illusions of Nigeria’s middle class in this 1960s-set love story.
  • Inside Man (2006)
    Review preview for Inside Man

    One of the tricksiest, most tautly plotted rollercoaster rides through the thriller genre since The Usual Suspects.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    Spike Lee takes on the heist genre.
  • Kinky Boots (2005)
    Review preview for Kinky Boots

    It's the same old sentimental tripe that gets rolled out again and again.

    George Williamson · 2.5 out of 5
    Shoemaker opts for drastic footwear design in a bid save family business.
  • The Lion King (2019)
    Review preview for The Lion King

    It quickly becomes clear that Favreau’s approach to bringing the same lifelike animal CGI from The Jungle Book to The Lion King lacks one prime element that made the former a success – emotion from a human lead.

    John-Anthony Disotto · 2 out of 5
    Remake of the animated classic.
  • Love Actually (2003)
    Review preview for Love Actually

    It feels middle-aged, lazy and reliant on stereotype.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Frightfully English ensemble rom-com about middle-class, emotionally dysfunctional Londoners.
  • The Martian (2015)
    Review preview for The Martian

    The Martian’s real strength lies in its good-natured attitude.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    An astronaut becomes stranded on a mission to Mars.
  • Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019)
    Review preview for Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil

    An interesting side to this film is how Disney continue to stick two fingers up to the reactionaries.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    The Disney villain battles to save her realm.
  • Mary Magdalene (2018)
    Review preview for Mary Magdalene

    She won't marry. She refuses. Is she lesbian? Hey, that's an idea. Let's investigate.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An interpretation of the Biblical story of the woman who travelled with Jesus.
  • Melinda And Melinda (2004)
    Review preview for Melinda And Melinda

    For once, Allen's muse deserts him.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Two interwoven stories about one woman's life.
  • The Pod Generation (2023)
    Review preview for The Pod Generation

    The film, set in the near future, is curiously old fashioned.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    In a not-so-distant future, amid a society madly in love with technology, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy's wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world.
  • Redbelt (2008)
    Review preview for Redbelt

    Both gripping morality tale and satisfying thriller.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    A martial arts instructor who has avoided prize-fighting to maintain his ethical code, finds debt may force him into the ring.
  • Salt (2010)
    Review preview for Salt

    If it weren’t so po-faced it might pass as a bit of good, guilty fun.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    A CIA agent goes on the run when a Russian defector names her as a deep cover assassin set to trigger a plot against the United States.
  • Serenity (2005)
    Review preview for Serenity

    Knowing, loving, kidding and one of the year's best films.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Buffy's creator does battle with the Reavers in space, as earthlings move off their overcrowded planet.
  • Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
    Review preview for Sherlock Gnomes

    You may suffer mild face ache. This is caused by persistent smiling

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The garden gnomes of London are in mortal danger from a yellow blow-up baby. Sherlock and Dr W to the rescue! Ceramic animation rules, right?
  • Triple 9 (2016)
    Review preview for Triple 9

    The film is confused about what it is trying to be - is it a high octane thriller, a gritty police drama or a tragedy? It certainly isn't all three.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

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