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  • Brigsby Bear (2017)
    Review preview for Brigsby Bear

    Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
  • Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Evening

    Evening has all the advantages one might hope for. It's a shame, then, that it doesn't quite fulfill its potential.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A dying woman recounts her past romances to her daughters, who are struggling with their own love lives.
  • The Hours (2002)
    Review preview for The Hours

    It would be difficult to overestimate the quality of this film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Three women from different decades connect through the writing of Virginia Woolf.
  • Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Review preview for Igby Goes Down

    Intelligent and sophisticated.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    The moral decay of American East coast aristos, as experienced by a 17-year-old survivor.
  • It's All About Love (2003)
    Review preview for It's All About Love

    This is a shivery thriller, made better by a disturbing lack of information.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An estranged husband attempts to save the life of his wife in New York, 2021.
  • A Kid Like Jake (2018)
    Review preview for A Kid Like Jake

    Young Davis is a real find, bringing such freshness and naturalism to the role of Jake that it's impossible to lose sight of what's at stake.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Parents struggle to do the right thing after realising that their child is gender nonconforming.
  • Les Misérables (1998)
    Review preview for Les Misérables

    If it wasn't for Neeson, this would have yawned itself into unconsciousness.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic.
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)
    Review preview for Princess Mononoke

    In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A prince becomes caught up in a battle between a mining town and a forest.
  • The Rainmaker (1997)
    Review preview for The Rainmaker

    Not typical Grisham, it is closer to autobiography than fiction.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young lawyer with high ideals takes on a corrupt insurance firm.
  • Shopgirl (2005)
    Review preview for Shopgirl

    Modest and beguiling.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    A bored sales assistant gets caught in a love triangle with Steve Martin's wealthy geezer and Jason Schwartzman's geek.
  • Stardust (2007)
    Review preview for Stardust

    A really enjoyable yarn in the Princess Bride mold, told with panache.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    Fantasy epic about a boy who goes looking for a falling star.
  • Stage Beauty (2004)
    Review preview for Stage Beauty

    It feels alienated by the nature of its concerns, as if locked in a fancy dress trunk.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    To be or not to be a woman on the London stage, circa Pepys, Charles II and 1660.
  • Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003)
    Review preview for Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

    A breathless, relentless thrill-ride that doesn't let up until the shocking, refreshingly downbeat climax.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Third installment in the Terminator franchise has robot Arnie fighting a metallic woman.
  • U Turn (1997)
    Review preview for U Turn

    Oliver Stone directs like a grasshopper on amphetamines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A drifter cuckolds a rich man in a small town while on the way to deliver goodies for the mob.
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet (1996)
    Review preview for William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

    Danes deftly avoids making her character appear at all weak or insipid, instead showing us a young woman of great courage and agency, in spite of how little control Juliet seems to have over her life.

    Seph Shewell-Brockway · 4 out of 5
    Star crossed teenage lovers in Hawaiian shirts, under neon lights.

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