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  • After Yang (2021)
    Review preview for After Yang

    Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after its A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.
  • Alexander (2004)
    An epic portrait of the legendary conqueror.
  • Ask The Dust (2006)
    The love affair between a budding Italian-American writer and a Mexican waitress during The Great Depression.
  • Ballad Of A Small Player (2025)
    Review preview for Ballad Of A Small Player

    There is talk of “hungry ghosts” and shadows but little of substance to show as the gambling cliches stack up like bad debts and the plot twists are signposted as brightly as the casinos.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
  • The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022)
    Review preview for The Banshees Of Inisherin

    Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
  • The Batman (2022)
    Review preview for The Batman

    This feels leaden, not just due to its length, but in the attempt to be heavy, to be worthy.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    When sadistic serial killer the Riddler, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
  • The Beguiled (2017)
    Review preview for The Beguiled

    Coppola’s desire for a new “soft” approach seems to have emasculated the original material while failing to engross our senses with her storytelling techniques.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Civil War drama about an injured Yankee soldier who seeks refuge in girls' boarding school.
  • Cassandra's Dream (2007)
    Review preview for Cassandra's Dream

    Allen's most morally challenging work since Crimes And Misdemeanors, this takes what is in essence a simple story and finds depths within it which will continue to haunt the viewer long after the closing credits have rolled.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Two brothers in need of money are confronted with a terrible proposition.
  • Crazy Heart (2009)
    Review preview for Crazy Heart

    Effective because it is so restrained.

    James Gracey · 3.5 out of 5
    A washed up country singer forms an unexpected relationship with a journalist.
  • Daredevil (2002)
    Review preview for Daredevil

    Comicbooks are not about credibility, but what's going on here is far harder to accept than Clark Kent wearing funny underpants.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Ben Affleck is a blind superhero, known as "the man without fear", who leaps off buildings.
  • Daredevil - Director's Cut (2003)
    Review preview for Daredevil - Director's Cut

    Anonymously directed, mechanical and unsurprising and is aimed at the indiscriminate lowest common denominator.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    A longer version, with additional sub plots, to the blind superhero movie.
  • Dead Man Down (2013)
    Review preview for Dead Man Down

    Dumb Men Dead would be a more apt title.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman seeking revenge seduces a crime lord's lieutenant.
  • Epic (2013)
    Review preview for Epic

    The early stretch strikes a nice balance between surprisingly mature human scenes and the soaring spectacle of the Leaf-people’s lives.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A teenager shrunk to the size of the leaf people in her father's garden must fight evil forces to save the world.
  • Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016)
    Review preview for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

    There is meat and crunch and intelligent plotline.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    The year is 1926 and Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures when things go awry in New York.
  • Fright Night (2011)
    Review preview for Fright Night

    What's noticeable about Gillespie's version is how little really has to change to make it work.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Is horror movie addict Charley Brewster’s suave new nextdoor neighbour Jerry Dandridge really an evil vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths?
  • Hart's War (2002)
    Review preview for Hart's War

    To be frank, it's more awful than odd.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    American PoW movie, with a court-martial at its centre and Bruce Willis in reserve.
  • Horrible Bosses (2011)
    Review preview for Horrible Bosses

    Jennifer Aniston is an absolute revelation, burning up the screen in her sleaziest and possibly funniest performance to date.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.
  • A Home At The End Of The World (2004)
    Review preview for A Home At The End Of The World

    Cunningham's characters are credible and beguiling, and skilfully rendered by the cast.

    Emma Slawinski · 3 out of 5
    Journey of self-discovery, following two friends through the Seventies and Eighties.
  • The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
    Review preview for The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

    If the story of a stranger arriving to try and save a beautiful young woman sounds like a familiar fairytale, beware - this is Gilliam's work after all, and nothing is quite as it seems.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A travelling show offers visitors the chance to choose between light and joy and darkness and doom.
  • In Bruges (2008)
    Review preview for In Bruges

    This comedic and profane tale of not-so-cold-blooded killers seems to be the fusion of two movies, a very funny buddy comedy and a ruthless gangster thriller.

    Tony Sullivan · 3.5 out of 5
    No country for hitmen.
  • Intermission (2003)
    Review preview for Intermission

    The delivery of the script is highly polished from a large ensemble cast with CVs running off the page.

    David Stanners · 4 out of 5
    Multi-character ensemble comedy action heist.
  • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017)
    Review preview for The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

    Lanthimos confirms his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most original and unsettling directors

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
  • The Lobster (2015)
    Review preview for The Lobster

    Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    In a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.
  • Miami Vice (2006)
    Review preview for Miami Vice

    Miami Vice is definitely style over substance.

    Leanne McGrath · 3.5 out of 5
    Cop duo Crockett and Tubbs ditch their 80s pastel suits to crack - pardon the pun - down on a gang of ruthless drug dealers in style.
  • Minority Report (2002)
    Review preview for Minority Report

    Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Sci-fi thriller about cops who predict murder before it happens with the use of psychics.
  • The New World (2005)
    Review preview for The New World

    Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

    Richard Mellor · 4.5 out of 5
    English nudge out natives, plunder Pocahontas and kick-start some place called America.
  • A New York Winter's Tale (2014)
    Review preview for A New York Winter's Tale

    It would be difficult to exaggerate the piffling absurdity of this film

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A fantasy romance between an Irish burglar and an ill heiress with violent interruptions from Lucifer's gangster henchmen.
  • Ondine (2009)
    Review preview for Ondine

    Annie is played by newcomer Alison Barry, and she's amazing.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A fisherman drags up a woman in his net, but she's not dead - is she a supernatural creature?
  • Phone Booth (2002)
    Review preview for Phone Booth

    Schumacher uses split screens and visual wizardry to retain a breakneck pace.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Colin Farrell is trapped in a New York telephone box by a mysterious sniper.
  • Pride And Glory (2008)
    Review preview for Pride And Glory

    While on the surface Pride And Glory seems to have cynicism coming out of every pore and revolves around the world of dirty officers, at its core it's actually a love-letter to honest cops.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    A family of New York cops is caught up in corruption.
  • The Recruit (2003)
    Review preview for The Recruit

    This should be Farrell's springboard to the A-list, but the film isn't strong enough to hold his weight.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Al Pacino trains Colin Farrell to be a CIA agent.
  • Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
    Review preview for Saving Mr. Banks

    The end result, though well-mounted and featuring knock-the-soot-out-of-your-chimney performances from Emma Thompson as Travers and Tom Hanks as the movie mogul, feels more like a Disney theme park version of events than the real story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The true story of Mary Poppins’ journey to the big screen.
  • Seven Psychopaths (2012)
    Review preview for Seven Psychopaths

    McDonagh just about makes this ultra violent meta train ride all hang together.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A booze-fuelled screenwriter becomes entangled in the Los Angeles underworld.
  • S.W.A.T (2003)
    Review preview for S.W.A.T

    S.W.A.T rhymes with R.O.T. Certain facts rise above the trivial. Not this one.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A team of specialised Californian cops act as bodyguard to an international criminal.
  • Total Recall (2012)
    Review preview for Total Recall

    Whereas the original was a bright, primary coloured comic book, this looks more like a mobile phone advert.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Uncertain memories lead a man to question his identity in this remake of the 1990 science fiction thriller.
  • Tigerland (2000)
    Review preview for Tigerland

    Filmmaking that does not compromise for the sake of entertainment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Training raw recruits at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 1971, to be killing machines for Vietnam.
  • The War Zone (1999)
    Review preview for The War Zone

    Performances by the two teenagers, Lara Belmont and Freddie Cunliffe, who have never acted before, are remarkable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Repression and sexual abuse haunt a family.
  • The Way Back (2010)
    Review preview for The Way Back

    The story is a singular achievement, but the film is overly episodic.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Soldiers escaping from a Siberian gulag decide to walk all the way to India.
  • Widows (2018)
    Review preview for Widows

    Recent Hollywood heist films - typified by the Ocean's franchise - have been largely concerned with shiny surfaces, gloss and froth but British director Steve McQueen is much more interested in what lies beneath.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Women left in debt by their dead husbands' crimes conspire to pull off a heist.

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