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Belfast (2021)

Review preview for Belfast

Branagh has an easy way with a camera and isn't afraid of sentiment, but he offsets this with a good line in comedy that cuts through the softer stuff like an astringent.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

The tale of a young boy living in Belfast in the late 1960s.
Call It A Night (2013)

Review preview for Call It A Night

It's competently made, genuinely funny in places, but not consistently funny enough to make it a must see.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5

A gang have to solve a murder to restore peace on their housing estate.
Five Minutes Of Heaven (2009)

Review preview for Five Minutes Of Heaven

An intriguing ‘what if’ that only comes unstuck at the end, as the movie doesn’t know how to resolve itself after a kinetic climax.

James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5

Two men from the same town but from different sides of the Irish political divide discover that the past is never dead - in fact it isn't even past.
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)

Review preview for Fifty Dead Men Walking

Despite trying a little too hard to be cool and edgy, this is nevertheless an entertaining thriller with a decent twist.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

A man works his way up the ranks of the IRA... while informing for the British.
In The Land Of Saints And Sinners (2023)

Review preview for In The Land Of Saints And Sinners

With plenty of meat for its fine cast to chew on, the film is often intense but never loses its nuance.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

A retired assassin finds himself drawn into a game of cat and mouse.
Love & Friendship (2016)

Review preview for Love & Friendship

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5

A widowed woman tries to manipulate her daughter into marriage.