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  • The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (2011)
    Review preview for The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

    A rollicking, humorous rollercoaster ride with stunning set pieces.

    Paul Logan · 4 out of 5
    A young globetrotting journalist partners with an old alcoholic sea Captain to unravel a mystery.
  • Casino Royale (2006)
    Review preview for Casino Royale

    By focusing on the journey of how a spy becomes the Bond, James Bond we all know, the movie manages the impossible task of coping with all the baggage laid before it and reinvigorating our interest.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    James Bond earns his double zero status and relaxes at the poker table with a mass murderer.
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
    Review preview for Cowboys & Aliens

    With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Groups of Wild West settlers, outlaws and native tribespeople have to band together when faced with an alien threat.
  • Defiance (2008)
    Review preview for Defiance

    Everything is fairly predictable and heavily signposted.

    Val Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Four brothers escape Nazi occupied Belarussia and hide out in the woods with other rebels, plotting to rescue their fellow Jews.
  • Enduring Love (2004)
    A man is driven mad by a stalker.
  • Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 (2012)
    Review preview for Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007

    While clearly aimed at fans of Bond, there's a lot to sell this to those who are unfamiliar to the franchise.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the history of James Bond films.
  • Fateless (2005)
    Hungarian teenager discovers a certain "happiness" in the Nazi death camps.
  • Flashbacks Of A Fool (2008)
    Review preview for Flashbacks Of A Fool

    Life changing events are signaled so far ahead that tear ducts have withered by the time they explode.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Hedonistic Hollywood movie star remembers his rites of passage in good old Blighty when Roxy Music was cool.
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
    Review preview for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Rian Johnson's knife is sharper and more precise the second time out.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.
  • The Golden Compass (2007)
    Review preview for The Golden Compass

    Easily the most imaginative, energetic and engaging children's film to hit cinemas this Christmas.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A bold young girl with a mysterious destiny sets off to rescue endangered children from the frozen north.
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
    Review preview for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    In the end, this isn't the obnoxious film it might have been but it isn't a very interesting one either.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A journalist tries to solve a murder from the past with the help of a brilliant but damaged young woman.
  • The Hunger: Season 1 (1997)
    Review preview for The Hunger: Season 1

    The designers are caught in an unfortunate time loop that keeps dragging them back to the Eighties.

    Kotleta · 3 out of 5
    Twenty-two tales of supernatural thrills in half hour chunks, with bad sex and Terence Stamp.
  • The Invasion (2007)
    Review preview for The Invasion

    Run, stay awake, run harder, stay awa…zz…longer until an antidote can be found.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A psychiatrist stumbling upon an alien invasion fears that her small son may be the only one who can stop it.
  • Infamous (2006)
    Truman Capote researches the Clutter murders for In Cold Blood.
  • The Jacket (2005)
    Review preview for The Jacket

    Brody's concentrated performance, as a man who may, or may not, be going out of his mind, creates a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere that pervades the film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A casualty of war returns to a world that appears strange and unreal.
  • Knives Out (2019)
    Review preview for Knives Out

    As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A detective is called into investigate the mysterious death of a renowned crime writer.
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
    Review preview for Lara Croft Tomb Raider

    This is a half-decent Episode 1 of an action summer blockbuster.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    Bringing the video game adventurer to life.
  • Layer Cake (2004)
    Review preview for Layer Cake

    The latest piece of gangland roughage is suitably violent, with a who-gives-a-monkeys attitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Cockney drug dealer become enmeshed in gang war over stolen happy pills.
  • Love Is The Devil (1998)
    Review preview for Love Is The Devil

    Where is the anguish and the anger of this man whose paintings screamed at life’s abuse and the absence of love?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The artist as gay icon and the thief who stayed.
  • Munich (2005)
    Review preview for Munich

    By positioning itself carefully between the imperatives of retaliatory justice and their fearful consequences, the movie is ultimately less a political thriller than a mesmerizing study of psychological breakdown.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    Fictionalised reimagining of the aftermath of the Munich Olympics hostage taking and slaughter.
  • The Mother (2003)
    Review preview for The Mother

    No quickie run-through of plot pointers can do justice to the exquisite look of The Mother.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A suburban housewife comes to London and discovers that grief has unexpected benefits.
  • No Time To Die (2021)
    Review preview for No Time To Die

    No Time To Die might not save cinemas, but it will keep Bond going.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
  • Quantum Of Solace (2008)
    Review preview for Quantum Of Solace

    Quantum of Solace is lacking the unique 007 vibe.

    Robyn Jankel · 3 out of 5
    Bond is back... and this time it's personal.
  • Queer (2024)
    Review preview for Queer

    There’s also an emperor’s new clothes feeling to the general style, look closely and there's very little there.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A louche older man pursues a younger boy toy in Mexico City before the pair go on the hunt for psychedelics in Ecuador.
  • Renaissance (2006)
    Review preview for Renaissance

    Renaissance is blessed with a script that not only feels like genuine noir rather than a hastily written pastiche, but also is not subordinated to all the visual razzle-dazzle.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Ground-breaking animated film noir in which a hard-boiled detective hunts a kidnapped dame.
  • Road To Perdition (2002)
    Review preview for Road To Perdition

    Sam Mendes creates a mood of menace by avoiding obligatory violence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Tom Hanks is a hitman for the Chicago mob in 1931, who goes on the run with his 12-year-old son.
  • Skyfall (2012)
    Review preview for Skyfall

    This is the best-looking Bond film ever made.

    Max Crawford · 5 out of 5
    Things get personal as James Bond has to defend MI6.
  • Spectre (2015)
    Review preview for Spectre

    The ultimate catch is that Spectre is no longer the villainous outsider. Their badness is corporate: its core, global surveillance and information technology.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A message from Bond's past sends him on the trail of a sinister organisation.
  • Some Voices (2000)
    Review preview for Some Voices

    Simon Cellan Jones's first feature is an interesting TV drama. Cinematically, however, it leaves much to be desired.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love story between ex-mental health patient and pregnant Scots girl in London.
  • Sylvia (2003)
    Review preview for Sylvia

    Gwyneth Paltrow gives a brave, uncompromised performance that does not shrink from the self-possessed obsessions of a selfish mind.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The psychologically damaging marriage of two poets in the Sixties.
  • The Trench (1999)
    Review preview for The Trench

    The performances by mainly young unknowns are excellent and the script is the best Boyd has done.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The 48 hours in the trenches leading up to the Battle of the Somme.

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