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  • At Any Price (2012)
    Review preview for At Any Price

    Dennis Quaid plays Henry Whipple with so much tension in his face that you might expect a little alien to pop out of his temple at any given moment.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    A story of fathers and sons set against the backdrop of an Iowa farming community.
  • Blue Steel (1990)
    Review preview for Blue Steel

    Silver's performance is a magnificent, chilling accomplishment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A rookie girl cop is stalked by crazed killer in the dank streets of New York.
  • The Burrowers (2008)
    Review preview for The Burrowers

    In an industry becoming increasingly dominated by computerised effects, it’s heartening to see the practical work on display looks so good.

    Jonathan Melton · 3.5 out of 5
    When a town's prime lass is kidnapped in the Old West, a posse get together to bring her back. Easier said than done when the kidnappers are underground monsters.
  • The Fix (2024)
    Review preview for The Fix

    Egan spent many years in stunt work and here she gets to explore her potential as an action director.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In a future where the very air is toxic, a model takes a drug which causes her body to transform.
  • The Guardian (2006)
    Review preview for The Guardian

    There is a breadth of quality about the acting, including a fine performance from Sela Ward as Ben's estranged wife - making a lot more of her role than her meagre scripting suggests.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An ambitious would-be lifeguard learns the ropes from a man who's seen it all.
  • Highlander (1986)
    Review preview for Highlander

    Highlander cannot be faulted for its boldness, trying to reinvent the genre by dragging it kicking and screaming into the modern age.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Immortal warriors compete in a game of decapitation with only one possible survivor.
  • Homefront (2013)
    Review preview for Homefront

    The tension leaks interest due to a high cliche content.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    An undercover cop takes cover in Florida to avoid the vengeance of the Mafia drugs cartel he helped put inside.
  • John Dies At The End (2012)
    Review preview for John Dies At The End

    It may sound like a spurious stream-of-consciousness from someone who’s taken too many drugs in their life, but it’s not.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
    Two friends use a drug that enables them to warp space time in an attempt to save the world.
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
    Review preview for John Wick: Chapter 4

    I can't really fault the action sequences. I can take issue with just about everything else.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Wick faces a new foe.
  • The Mortuary Collection (2019)
    Review preview for The Mortuary Collection

    Brown gives the film the kind of iconic weight of past masters like Christopher Lee and Vincent Price.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Sam inquires about a Help Wanted sign outside a funeral home and in her interview with owner Montgomery Dark, four gruesomely disturbing stories are told.
  • Nothing Left To Fear (2013)
    Review preview for Nothing Left To Fear

    Nothing Left To Fear benefits from a genuinely creepy atmosphere in its first half and from competent acting all round.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A family moves into an isolated town where the locals have a sinister secret.
  • Promising Young Woman (2020)
    Review preview for Promising Young Woman

    Fennell explores the lasting effects of traumatic events with care, never making light of the situation even amid moments of comedy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman... until something abruptly derailed her future. Nothing in Cassie’s life is as it appears: she’s smart, cunning, and living a double life by night. Now, Cassie has a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling take on revenge.
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
    Review preview for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

    The pace is frantic, the characters entertaining and the CGI seagulls a squawk

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    When a diabolical pirate steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his nemesis Plankton must team up in order to get it back.
  • The Senator (2017)
    Review preview for The Senator

    Undeniably, powerfully, tragic, a tale of ambition, bad decisions, cover-ups if not conspiracy - actual smoke-filled back rooms and dirt-road meetings notwithstanding - it is sympathetic to its protagonist but only so far.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A dramatisation of events around Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claimed the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    Review preview for The Shawshank Redemption

    It's easy to forget how violent and depressing the story is and it's only by evoking a powerful sense of horror that Darabont's masterful screenplay earns its climactic feeling of release.

    David Haviland · 5 out of 5
    The anguish of a young banker, incarcerated for life in a notoriously repressive high security jail.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
    Review preview for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    Daft as a brush and consistently funny.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An animated sponge and his starfish pal embark on an adventure.
  • Starship Troopers (1997)
    Review preview for Starship Troopers

    Starship Troopers is one of Verhoeven's most underrated works.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A small group of friends join the war effort to save the Earth from alien attack. Do you want to know more?
  • Stronger (2017)
    Review preview for Stronger

    The film has grit as if volcanic dust had scorched its rose tinted glasses

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of Jeff Bauman, who became a symbol of hope after the Boston Marathon bombing.
  • Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Review preview for Thor: Ragnarok

    This really is the funniest, campest mainstream superhero film I can remember since the Adam West incarnation of Batman.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    Imprisoned, Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally.

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