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  • 892 (2022)
    Review preview for 892

    The filmmakers are so wrapped up in the importance of the social issues, that they forget to come up with anything to say about them.

    Jeremy Mathews · 2.5 out of 5
    When Brian Brown-Easley’s disability check fails to materialise from Veterans Affairs, he finds himself on the brink of homelessness and breaking his daughter’s heart. With no other options, he walks into a Wells Fargo Bank and says, "I've got a bomb".
  • American Ultra (2015)
    Review preview for American Ultra

    The lack of any real ‘pop’ to the proceedings is rooted in the fact that the whole film is played as a flashback.

    Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
    A secret agent undercover as a drug user is marked for extermination but proves too hardcore and too high to handle.
  • Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
    Review preview for Beatriz At Dinner

    The satire feels a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, with Strutt so monstrous he's an easy target.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A masseuse clashes with a real estate developer over a mansion meal.
  • Friday Night Lights (2004)
    Review preview for Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights never wavers in its commitment to that perfect, quintessentially American moment.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    A high school football team offering hope in a depressed American town.
  • Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)
    Review preview for Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

    As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    How to be a teenager without losing your life and why helping a friend who is sick need not be an exercise in sentimental wishwash
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
    Review preview for A Nightmare On Elm Street

    There's crude exposition in almost every early line, read as if in a high school play rehearsal.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A dead child molester pursues teenagers through their dreams in this remake of the 1984 hit.
  • 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.
  • Professor Marston And The Wonder Women (2017)
    Review preview for Professor Marston And The Wonder Women

    It may be an odd choice for a biopic but it is certainly a brave one

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of the creator of Wonder Woman.
  • This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
    Review preview for This Is Where I Leave You

    Nostalgia, soured by memory

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A middle class family spends a week together when dirty secrets, emotional dysfunction, naughty behavior and artificial breasts are revealed

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