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  • Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
    Review preview for Basic Instinct 2

    Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Sharon Stone reprises her role as sexy author with possible murderous streak.
  • Blitz (2011)
    Review preview for Blitz

    The film has some undoubted visual flair.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    A troubled, uncompromising detective tracks a serial killer targeting police officers.
  • Born Romantic (2000)
    The tangled love lives of unrequited men and feisty women in London.
  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2000)
    Review preview for Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Nicolas Cage plays against type, retaining his movie star persona, which is not the same as being convincing in the role of a man who lives for opera.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An Italian serviceman finds unexpected love while on service in the Aegean during the Second World War.
  • Cooked (2010)
    Review preview for Cooked

    The character design seems off somehow, as if they've managed to find three separate uncanny valleys to pull new species out of.

    Andrew Robertson · 1.5 out of 5
    The complicated story of a love triangle between a walrus, a seal and a lobster who visit the same sauna.
  • Centurion (2010)
    Review preview for Centurion

    Centurion cannot escape the huge shadow cast by previous swords-and-sandals epics.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    A group of Romans struggle for survival after a guerilla attack.
  • Fanny and Elvis (1999)
    Review preview for Fanny and Elvis

    As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A woman decides she wants a baby... just as her husband walks out.
  • Nowhere Boy (2009)
    Review preview for Nowhere Boy

    There is something a bit bland, a bit kitchen sink, a bit telemovie, about this portrait of the artist as a young man.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of John Lennon's younger years.
  • The Ones Below (2015)
    Review preview for The Ones Below

    There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    When a strange couple move in downstairs, a married pair find their happy home becomes something far more sinister.
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
    Review preview for The Other Boleyn Girl

    Portraying a woman of such character is no easy task, and it's unfortunate that the task has fallen to Natalie Portman.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A dramatisation of the Boleyn sisters' competition for the affections of King Henry VIII.
  • 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.
  • Out Of Control (2002)
    Review preview for Out Of Control

    It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Gritty drama about boys in borstal.
  • The Reaping (2007)
    Review preview for The Reaping

    Gives 300 a run for its money as one of the funniest films this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Plagues, pestilence and another faithless person of the cloth.
  • 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.
  • Stoned (2005)
    Review preview for Stoned

    Despite good performances all round (Gregory is very sympathetic), it does get boring.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    The last days of the fifth Rolling Stone, Brian Jones.
  • Taking Liberties (2007)
    Review preview for Taking Liberties

    If you've ever felt helpless in the face of political change, Taking Liberties can do something about that.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary exploring the erosion of traditional civil liberties in Britain under the Blair government.
  • Welcome To The Punch (2013)
    Review preview for Welcome To The Punch

    This fine array of actors is charged with safeguarding a plot as weak and confused as a newborn kitten.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    When his son gets in trouble, a retired criminal is forced to return to the city where a detective is still determined to catch him.
  • The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep (2007)
    Review preview for The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep

    Quite possibly the best of its kind.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A lonely young boy discovers a magical egg and befriends the strange creature which hatches from it. Plus read our exclusive interview with Jay Russell.

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