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  • Anon (2018)
    Review preview for Anon

    The future is data

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    In the future data is transparent and a hacker can become invisible by eliminating personal detail. Even murder is an illusion. Possibly. A traditional detective, whose IT skills are last century, investigates
  • The Bourne Identity (2002)
    Review preview for The Bourne Identity

    [Damon] knows the moves, which are implemented with ruthless efficiency.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    CIA agent Matt Damon loses his memory and is chased around Europe by hired assassins.
  • Bent (1997)
    Review preview for Bent

    The film is arguably not very technically sophisticated or stylistically consistent... but these faults are compensated for by actors Owen and Bluteau, who essentially carry the film alone for its second half.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    The plight of a gay man at the hands of the Nazis.
  • Beyond Borders (2003)
    American socialite becomes infatuated with British aid worker in Ethiopia.
  • Blood Ties (2013)
    Review preview for Blood Ties

    There is a distinct lack of energy and focus especially for the first hour, when nothing much happens.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    Brothers on opposite sides of the law come into conflict in Seventies Brooklyn.
  • The Boys Are Back (2009)
    Review preview for The Boys Are Back

    An affecting blend of warm comedy and high pathos, The Boys Are Back brings an unusual all-male perspective to its otherwise familiar themes of domesticity, death and dysfunction.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A wisecracking sportswriter is forced into single parenthood by the tragic death of his wife.
  • 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.
  • Cleaner (2025)
    Review preview for Cleaner

    Ridley may not be in the top league of current action stars but she can handle herself, and she is at any rate more convincing as a former soldier than she is as a member of the working class.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Environmental activists hijack a gala, taking 300 hostages. After one extremist seizes control, planning mass murder as a message to the world, it's up to a former soldier turned window cleaner to save the day.
  • Croupier (2000)
    Review preview for Croupier

    The egocentric nature of the film cleverly disguises what else is going on outside Jack's head.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A despondent novelist becomes hard-edged croupier in London casino.
  • Closer (2004)
    Review preview for Closer

    Director Mike Nichols' most powerful tour-de-force since the classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    A four-handed modern drama of sexual mores and interlocking relationships.
  • Derailed (2005)
    Review preview for Derailed

    Owen can do this kind of thing standing on his head, while balancing a cage of turtledoves.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The terrible cost of flirting with an attractive banker on a commuter train.
  • Duplicity (2009)
    Review preview for Duplicity

    Needed a more crackling central relationship to keep it interesting.

    Val Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Two former corporate spies scheme to swindle their bosses.
  • Gosford Park (2001)
    Review preview for Gosford Park

    Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Murder and mystery at a party in a stately home.
  • Greenfingers (2000)
    Review preview for Greenfingers

    The news that the movie is 'based on real events' does not alter the tedium of the thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A convicted murderer discovers horticulture in open prison.
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
    Review preview for I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

    Owen is fine when looking moody, but not so good when given dialogue - it seems too staged, too deliberate.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    Once a gangster, always a gangster?
  • 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.
  • The International (2009)
    Review preview for The International

    A timely and well-executed thriller

    Adam Micklethwaite · 3.5 out of 5
    An Interpol agent and a lawyer try to uncover an international banking scandal.
  • Intruders (2011)
    Review preview for Intruders

    The result is a whole lot of portent with little pay-off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Two children and their parents find nightmares may be real.
  • King Arthur (2004)
    Review preview for King Arthur

    The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Pre-legend Arthurian back story of samurai-style Romans in Britain.
  • Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
    Review preview for Shoot 'Em Up

    A violent showdown where style (in its purest form) outshoots substance from the very first draw.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An action man tries to protect a newborn baby during a gun battle. Out to own on DVD now.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
  • Sin City (2005)
    Review preview for Sin City

    I know it will mostly appeal to comic book fans like myself, but people should give it a chance, if only to experience its style.

    The Remote Viewer · 5 out of 5
    Stylised graphic novel adaptation shows three men on a mission.
  • Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets (2017)
    Review preview for Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets

    A film that from its outset immerses you totally in the world of city Alpha, as well as the humans and aliens that throng its crowded streets.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    Two special operatives go on a mission to Alpha, where species from across the galaxy meet to share knowledge, and where an evil force is gathering its strength.

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