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  • 2012 (2009)
    Review preview for 2012

    Never fear, the requisite monuments duly get what's coming to them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Solar activity brings about the end of the world as we know it, but a handful of people are determined to survive.
  • American Dreamer (2022)
    Review preview for American Dreamer

    It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing – but he quickly realises his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
  • Antz (1998)
    Review preview for Antz

    The script is witty and the animation has moments of breathtaking imagery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A neurotic insect tries to win the heart of a princess.
  • Age Of The Dragons (2011)
    Review preview for Age Of The Dragons

    There is some truth in advertising - Age Of The Dragons does drag on for an age.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1 out of 5
    Dragon-based reworking of Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
  • Bamako (2006)
    Review preview for Bamako

    Issue-driven drama has rarely been so polemic as it is in this fierce attack on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s role in African poverty.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Scathing attack on the World Bank and IMF's role in African poverty, set within a loose narrative framework.
  • Barnyard (2006)
    Learning responsibility is a boyman thing for a cowbull, called Otis, in the funfun farmyard.
  • Beloved (1999)
    Review preview for Beloved

    Thandie Newton plays it full blown, too self-consciously physical to become anything but caricature.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A slave is visited by the spirit of her dead daughter.
  • Be Kind Rewind (2008)
    Review preview for Be Kind Rewind

    Oddball, endearing, and very, very funny.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    After accidentally wiping all the tapes in the video store where they work, two enterprising clerks decide to re-shoot the films themselves.
  • Blindness (2008)
    Review preview for Blindness

    A bold piece of film-making that's daring, dramatic and different - even if it won't be to everyone's taste.

    Maria Realf · 4 out of 5
    Chaos reigns as an epidemic of blindness starts to spread with alarming speed.
  • Complete Unknown (2016)
    Review preview for Complete Unknown

    The film itself has a fluid identity, part will they/won't they romance, part mystery and part unsettling thriller.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An enigmatic woman walks back into the life of a man she knew before.
  • Dreamgirls (2006)
    Review preview for Dreamgirls

    Dreamgirls has the passion, the moves, the rhythm and the sex appeal, as well as the curse and casualties of fame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A fictionalised, all singing, all dancing biopic of The Supremes and the rise of Motown Records.
  • Honeydripper (2007)
    Review preview for Honeydripper

    Although Danny Glover gets first billing and delivers a complex, compelling performance, this is really an ensemble piece, with great work all round.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The owner of a run-down bar, struggling to compete with the arrival of a jukebox across the road, gambles everything on a star who may not even turn up.
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
    Review preview for Lethal Weapon

    Gibson’s got intensity on tap, balancing internal grief with edgy energy and natural comic timing for the performance of his career.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A grief-stricken cop is teamed with a more staid veteran. The pair must overcome their differences to solve a case.
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
    Review preview for Lethal Weapon 2

    It’s not as dark as its predecessor and there’s more emphasis on guns, explosions and car-chases – but if you’re going to make an over-the-the-top actioner, this is how.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    The unlikely cop duo set their sites on South African diplomats who are abusing their diplomatic immunity.
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
    Review preview for Lethal Weapon 3

    By going bigger, faster and louder than before, Lethal Weapon III doesn’t hit the same highs.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    The odd-couple cops get involved in tracking down armour-piercing bullets being sold on the streets.
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
    Review preview for Lethal Weapon 4

    The real plot doesn't start for almost an hour and when it does is less interesting than a Roger Moore 007 caper.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The ageing crime-fighting duo take on a Chinese crimelord.
  • Lethal Weapon: Director's Cut (1987)
    Review preview for Lethal Weapon: Director's Cut

    A scene where Riggs challenges a school shooter is disturbingly relevant even with 40 years of distance.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
  • LUV (2012)
    Review preview for LUV

    Succeeds on an emotional level even if it fails to deliver anything very surprising in terms of plot.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An 11-year-old boy has a sharp coming-of-age as he spends a day in the company of his uncle.
  • Manderlay (2005)
    Review preview for Manderlay

    Be warned: this Great Dane backs up his satiric bark with a vicious bite.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Whether it is right to enforce democracy upon those who remain slaves.
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
    Review preview for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of Muhammed Ali's fight with the US government after he refused to participate in the Vietnam War.
  • Monster Trucks (2016)
    Review preview for Monster Trucks

    The plot is bonkers, the characters charming and the baddies brutally blunt

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A truck driving giant octopus makes friends with a teen mechanic to outrun the bad people from The Factory
  • Mr. Pig (2016)
    Review preview for Mr. Pig

    Luna wallows in emotional gloom like a pig in mud, coating the script in a layer after layer of regret to little purpose.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An ageing farmer and his estranged daughter are brought together by a road trip.
  • The Old Man & The Gun (2018)
    Review preview for The Old Man & The Gun

    If Tucker hadn’t been a real person, you would have had had to invent him so Redford could play him, so perfect is the fit.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Based on the story of a man who escaped San Quentin at 70 and went on to commit a string of heists that captivated the public.
  • Predator 2 (1990)
    Review preview for Predator 2

    Brash, unsubtle, in-your-face, wall-to-wall action.

    Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
    The 7ft tall, otherworldy hunter comes to LA to slice and dice bad guys for fun.
  • The Prince Of Egypt (1998)
    Review preview for The Prince Of Egypt

    The film looks wonderful, but suffers from its own ambition.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Animated retelling of the story of Moses.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Review preview for The Royal Tenenbaums

    Stiller, Paltrow, Murray and Luke Wilson needn't have bothered. Their characters are stuck in ruts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A family of eccentric geniuses is shaken when their caddish estranged father re-appears in their lives.
  • The Shaggy Dog (2006)
    Review preview for The Shaggy Dog

    No one in their right mind could read this script and find it worthy of their talents.

    Gator MacReady · 1 out of 5
    Remake of family comedy about a bad dad who periodically turns into a dog.
  • Shooter (2007)
    Review preview for Shooter

    That's not beer in the Marky Mark fridge, it's testosterone. And he's going to share it with you.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    A disgruntled ex-US marine fights a conspiracy at the heart of government. With guns. Big guns.
  • Saw (2004)
    Review preview for Saw

    Just enough is revealed to keep you glued while shocking, sucker-punches blindside you at all the right moments.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Gruesome horror film with serial killer pretensions.
  • Sorry To Bother You (2018)
    Review preview for Sorry To Bother You

    I've seen it described as a film with a twist but that suggests it's got just one. It's full of them, it's made of them, it reels and gyres and tumbles into something special.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    In a speculative and dystopian not-too-distant future, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
  • Strive (2019)
    Review preview for Strive

    Starr is good in the central role, demonstrating the standoffishness that can be a product of living in a prejudiced environment or growing up smarter than one's peers, yet never seeming cold.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A teenager from the projects in Harlem aims to get into Yale, but must push against the world holding her back
  • We Are Many (2020)
    Review preview for We Are Many

    Makes a profound point about what democracy really is in practice.

    Maryam Ghorbankarimi · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about the protests against the US and UK going to war with Iraq that took place in 2003.
  • Witness (1985)
    Review preview for Witness

    A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

    Antoni Konieczny · 4 out of 5
    When an Amish boy witnesses the murder of an undercover cop, a detective seeks refuge in the community as he tries to protect the child and his mother.

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