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  • Death Drop Gorgeous (2020)
    Review preview for Death Drop Gorgeous

    Death Drop Gorgeous is a cheap and cheerful ode to the glory of drag which takes in the contribution it has made to cinema.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen try to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.
  • Death On The Streets (2020)
    Review preview for Death On The Streets

    A modern tragedy of male pride plays out in this low-key character study.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A family man's pride puts him on the slippery slope to loss after work dries up.
  • Delius - Song Of Summer (1968)
    Review preview for Delius - Song Of Summer

    Russell's dramatisation is exceedingly accomplished.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The last days of Delius, as seen through the eyes of his musical assistant, Eric Fenby.
  • Demonic (2021)
    Review preview for Demonic

    This movie sucks cocks in hell.

    Max Crawford · 1 out of 5
    A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
  • Despicable Me 4 (2024)
    Review preview for Despicable Me 4

    Good enough.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr, who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
  • Detroit (2017)
    Review preview for Detroit

    The film is orchestrated at perfect pitch

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Amid the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
  • The Devils (1971)
    Review preview for The Devils

    It’s a frenetic ride, but one that builds to a sombre climax.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    A rebellious priest in 17th-century France is falsely accused of witchcraft.
  • The Devil Rides Out (1968)
    Review preview for The Devil Rides Out

    Still has the power to send shivers down the spine.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When two friends discover a third has become caught up in a Satanist cult, the race is on to save his soul and that of a beautiful stranger.
  • Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
    Review preview for Die Hard 4.0

    While its action and tone are robust and entertaining, it feels over-familiar, overconfident, and over-long.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    John McClane takes on internet terrorists.
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
    Review preview for Distant Voices, Still Lives

    A rich tapestry, which delves into how our reminiscences work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Memories of a working-class Liverpudlian family during and after the Blitz.
  • Distorted (2018)
    Review preview for Distorted

    Distorted probably isn't the stepping stone back to stardom that Ricci needs, but her performance in it demonstrates why she still deserves to be seen as a serious contender.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A mentally ill woman becomes convinced that her apartment building is interfering with her mind - but could she be right?
  • Distress Signals (2022)
    Review preview for Distress Signals

    A commendable effort from a small team.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    After falling down a steep rock face, a woman finds herself stranded. Now, alone and with a dislocated shoulder, she must make her way out of the woods--and contend with how she got there.
  • Django Unchained (2012)
    Review preview for Django Unchained

    We get to witness the birth of a new genre and are confronted with a violent American history that Hollywood fictions have previously not dared to tackle.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Freed to become a bounty hunter's apprentice, a former slave sets out to rescue his wife from a ruthless plantation owner.
  • Dogma (1999)
    Review preview for Dogma

    Why should a story about two angels who have been hanging around Wisconsin for aeons, bored rigid, and wanting to go home, be understandable?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The last known descendant of Christ has to stop a pair of errant angels from destroying humanity.
  • Dogtooth (2009)
    Review preview for Dogtooth

    Don't read this review... simply go and see it, for if ever there was a film that is best experienced without knowing a single detail, this unforgettable oddity from Greece is the one.

    Andrew Grant · 4.5 out of 5
    Three siblings cut off from society spend their lives trapped in their family’s home.
  • Dog On Trial (2024)
    Review preview for Dog On Trial

    Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A young lawyer tries to save a dog from capital punishment.
  • Dog Soldiers (2002)
    Review preview for Dog Soldiers

    Very easy to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Soldiers on training exercise in Scotland meet hungry werewolves.
  • Doin' My Drugs (2020)
    Review preview for Doin' My Drugs

    It is the fear of the stigma, the unknown and the misinformation about HIV that Doin’ My Drugs makes its predominant mission to correct - a society where people can be open about their status, and more importantly one where they no longer fear being teste

    Stephanie Brown · 5 out of 5
    Thomas Muchimba returns to his native Zambia to share the knowledge he has learned from his familial experiences with HIV and AIDS.
  • Domino (2005)
    Review preview for Domino

    As a crime caper, it is complicated enough to make even Guy Ritchie go dizzy.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Action movie, loosely based on the life of glamour model turned bounty hunter.
  • Don't Look Now (1973)
    Review preview for Don't Look Now

    All of this visual and intellectual discourse is tied together with two excellent central performances.

    James Benefield · 5 out of 5
    A couple who have lost their child go to Venice to recover, but the husband is haunted by visions of a small figure in a red coat.
  • Don't Worry Darling (2022)
    Review preview for Don't Worry Darling

    The plotting is completely incoherent and balanced atop a trembling tower of absurdities.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.
  • The Doom Generation (1995)
    Review preview for The Doom Generation

    It's not exactly thought-provoking, but there is a teasing intelligence on display.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    A trio go on a crime spree.
  • Downfall (2004)
    Review preview for Downfall

    Although everyone knows the outcome, the film remains riveting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    German dramatisation of the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
  • Downsizing (2017)
    Review preview for Downsizing

    Alexander Payne's latest, unclassifiable film gallivants with us through a number of different worlds that all seem familiar, yet perplexing.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Satire about a man who starts to think he would have a better life if only he could shrink himself.
  • Down To Earth (2001)
    Review preview for Down To Earth

    The racist jibes aren't sharp enough. The love story beggars belief.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Budding black stand-up comic is killed and comes back in the body of a nasty white billionaire.
  • Do You Trust This Computer? (2018)
    Review preview for Do You Trust This Computer?

    This is the first [documentary] to really get to grips with the crisis and opportunity that humanity is facing and to deliver an overview that is deserving of the label 'intelligent' itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the development of artificial intelligence and its potential consequences for humanity.
  • Dracula (1958)
    Review preview for Dracula

    Constantly chilling and never less than eerie, this first colour outing for Vlad is undoubtedly the stuff of nightmares.

    Stephen Carty · 4.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of the classic vampire tale.
  • Dracula (2025)
    Review preview for Dracula

    Landry Jones is...expanding his range into a conventional space rather than delivering a refreshingly unconventional take.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes a vampire. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
  • Dreamland (2019)
    Review preview for Dreamland

    A bittersweet vision of America barrelling down a two-lane road to nowhere.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Amid the dust storms and economic depression of Dustbowl Era Oklahoma, Eugene Evans finds his family farm on the brink of foreclosure. His last bet to save the farm is the bounty on the head of fugitive bank robber Allison Wells.
  • 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.
  • Driveways (2019)
    Review preview for Driveways

    Beautifully acted all round, Driveways is a small film with a big heart.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can’t relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.
  • Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
    Review preview for Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

    Their acting and comic timing is met with clockwork precision.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    This Dumb And Dumber prequel has Harry and Lloyd exposing corruption at high school.
  • Dune: Part Two (2024)
    Review preview for Dune: Part Two

    Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
    Review preview for Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

    We're told you can't do everything with magic, but the film does manage to make much magical.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
  • Dying (2024)
    Review preview for Dying

    Dying is full of glorious contradictions, many of which occur within the same conversation

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Ensemble drama about members of an estranged family.
  • Deadgirl (2008)
    Review preview for Deadgirl

    A sombre film that never shows more than it needs to, and never allows its more outrageous or shocking moments to descend into sadistic spectacle or farce.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    After two teenagers find a dead girl in the basement of a disused mental asylum, the boundary between right and wrong becomes sickeningly blurred.
  • Deadly Impact (2009)
    Review preview for Deadly Impact

    This film just flounders from one uninspired location to the next, with set-pieces that could be interesting were they not handled in such a ham-fisted fashion.

    David Graham · 2 out of 5
    A cop with a troubled past tries to track down an assassin.
  • Dear Wendy (2005)
    Review preview for Dear Wendy

    As an example of pretentious filmmaking, Dear Wendy scores high marks.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Allegorical story of guns and gun culture set in a mythical American mining town.
  • The Deaths Of Ian Stone (2007)
    Review preview for The Deaths Of Ian Stone

    The pace moves quickly and splices together some good scares, gore and action.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    Waking up each morning is murder for a man facing multiple existences.
  • Death In A Nut (2012)
    Review preview for Death In A Nut

    Possessed of a compelling, folkloric intensity, Tom Chick's film is a morbid gem.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Jack battles to stop death from stealing his mother.
  • Death Line (1972)
    Review preview for Death Line

    Could be a treat for discerning genre fans.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    Cult horror re-emerges after 30 years down the tube.
  • December Boys (2007)
    Review preview for December Boys

    The buzz around December Boys has been considerable – but in truth it doesn’t bear the weight of expectation, being a slight and somewhat predictable coming of age drama with a heavy dose of religiosity.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    Four boys from a Catholic orphanage in Australia are given a summer holiday in a remote cove, where they learn more about love, family and friendship.
  • Delicacy (2011)
    Review preview for Delicacy

    A stagey, fast-food version of romance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2 out of 5
    A woman struggles to find love again after she is widowed
  • Demolition (2015)
    Review preview for Demolition

    Gyllenhaal puts in such a brilliant performance that it’s hard not to get swept away.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    A man unravelling after the death of his wife forms an unexpected bond with a customer service representative.
  • Diary Of The Dead (2007)
    Review preview for Diary Of The Dead

    Romero has started all over again as though his other films exist in some parallel universe. Just to prove anything a younger director can do, he can do better, the whole thing is shot cinema-vérité style.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Film students try to record the end of civilisation as they know it when the dead begin to walk. Plus read our with George A Romero.
  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
    A "modern" love story against the backdrop of revolutionary Cuba.
  • Doctor Who: Series One (2005)
    Review preview for Doctor Who: Series One

    Yes, it’s flawed and a bit daft at times, but for transforming a show that virtually nobody thought was worth bringing back into impressive Saturday night TV, Davies deserves all the back-patting he gets.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    Russell T Davies' resurrection of the time traveller.
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    Review preview for Doctor Zhivago

    Every image drives the story on, or highlights the characters’ tragedy.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Restored version of the Lean classic sees an idealistic poet/physician and the fiancée of a political activist meet and fall in love against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
    Misfits enter LA dodgeball tournament in a bid to save gym from closure.
  • Doghouse (2009)
    Review preview for Doghouse

    Doghouse offers a lot of shouting, a ton of gore and a male wish-fulfilment fantasy where all women really ARE nothing but trouble and the only way to deal with them is to hit them round the head.

    Jeff Robson · 2 out of 5
    A ‘lads’ weekend’ turns into a nightmare when the boys arrive in a village where the women have turned into flesh-eating zombies.

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