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  • Control (2006)
    Review preview for Control

    Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

    Dylan Matthew · 5 out of 5
    The short, anguished life of Joy Division's lead singer.
  • Ghosted (2011)
    Review preview for Ghosted

    If the truth of Her Majesty's Pleasure is a kick in the balls, or a blade in the back, you may be excused for thinking that you have been here before.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Think Alan Clarke's Scum, updated for 2011.
  • Outlaws - Series 1 (2004)
    Review preview for Outlaws - Series 1

    The writing (Steve Coombes and associates) is as witty as a whiplash.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The desperate life of lawyers at the Legal Aid end of criminal justice.
  • Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
    Review preview for Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

    One of the cleverest and most entertaining comedies of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A charity shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of five selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge.
  • SoulBoy (2010)
    Review preview for SoulBoy

    Ultimately, SoulBoy is a strange, lifeless work.

    Scott Macdonald · 2.5 out of 5
    A coming-of-age tale mixed in with the genesis of Northern Soul.
  • Virgin Territory (2007)
    Review preview for Virgin Territory

    Littered with sexual innuendo that is about as funny as drowning kittens.

    Darren Amner · 1 out of 5
    A young buck in mediaeval Italy tries to rescue his love from the clutches of a dastardly Tim Roth... at the same time as avoiding the plague.

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