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  • Another Year (2010)
    Review preview for Another Year

    Although the tragicomic episodes that make up Another Year seem casual and low-key, they encompass birth, death and everything in between.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Mike Leigh drama about family, friendship and ageing.
  • Await Further Instructions (2018)
    Review preview for Await Further Instructions

    Await Further Instructions succeeds on all counts.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    It's Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house.
  • Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget (2023)
    Review preview for Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

    The action element of the film has the enjoyable verve of the original, particularly when the mechanics of the nugget-maker are involved, but the lack of a tight focus on characters in one place makes the emotional heart of the matter more diffuse.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The chickens are forced to leave their idyllic haven when one of their young runs off to a high-security chicken funland.
  • The Colour Of Magic (2008)
    Review preview for The Colour Of Magic

    Perfect family viewing for a lazy weekend.

    Keith Dudhnath · 5 out of 5
    Rincewind the wizard is forced to become a guide for the Discworld's first ever tourist.
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
    Review preview for Exorcist: The Beginning

    'The best view of God is from Hell.' The best view of Exorcist: The Beginning is not at all.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    Prequel to The Exorcist, in which Father Merrin discovers the demon Pazuzu.
  • Frankenstein (2025)
    Review preview for Frankenstein

    There is a magnetism to it all.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation
  • Gabriel And Me (2001)
    Review preview for Gabriel And Me

    There is a word for this. Icky.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A boy tries to become an angel so he can save his dad from dying.
  • Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
    Review preview for Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

    What does it mean to be a real boy? Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in flesh and bone.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Stop-motion musical version of the tale of the puppet who wanted to be a real boy.
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

    Is it familiarity that makes the heart grow fonder? Or magic?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
  • The Holding (2011)
    Review preview for The Holding

    Jacobson is definitely a new British talent to watch.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An enigmatic stranger may not be as much of a godsend as he first appears to a lonely mum and her daughters.
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Review preview for Hot Fuzz

    Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tongue-in-cheek British twist on the buddy cop genre.
  • I Know You Know (2008)
    Review preview for I Know You Know

    Sometimes funny, sometimes very tense, and ultimately poignant too.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A young boy harbours suspicions that his father is a spy.
  • Kes (1969)
    Review preview for Kes

    Kes is one of those films that's perhaps dwarfed by its reputation; it's a deeply personal and humble little film at its core.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
  • Life Goes On (2026)
    Review preview for Life Goes On

    It is saved by the ever-dependable Bradley.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    An elderly hospice patient frustrated by his environment finds himself stuck in a time loop.
  • The Lodgers (2017)
    Review preview for The Lodgers

    Richard Kendrick's cinematography is gorgeous and O'Malley is unafraid to let his camera linger, drawing out the atmosphere in scenes lesser directors might have rushed.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Twins in a crumbling family home live according to rules set by a mysterious supernatural entity, but when one of them falls in love, the stage is set for conflict.
  • The Mayor Of Casterbridge (2003)
    Review preview for The Mayor Of Casterbridge

    The performances are strong and the script by Ted Whitehead boned and lean.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Adaptation of the Thomas Hardy classic about a man who sells his wife.
  • Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
    Review preview for Nicholas Nickleby

    Essentially, the film is weak on detail and strong on personality, although, even that, promises more than it delivers.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A man tries to save his family - and kids at an abusive school - after they fall on hard times.
  • Our Mutual Friend (1998)
    Review preview for Our Mutual Friend

    Many of the performances outshine expectation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    BBC Adaptation of Charles Dickens classic.
  • This Is Not A Love Song (2002)
    Review preview for This Is Not A Love Song

    The movie becomes bogged down.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Two petty crooks are hunted over rugged country after a gun goes off by mistake in a farmyard.
  • The World's End (2013)
    Review preview for The World's End

    While there are plenty of laughs, the film might be victim of a too-linear, too-literal and too-revealing trailer, and the impact of its funnier moments are dampened by familiarity.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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