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  • The After (2023)
    Review preview for The After

    The performance is everything.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A grieving rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.
  • As You Like It (2006)
    Review preview for As You Like It

    Much Ado About Nothing was like being given a surprise invite to a lavish summer party in Tuscany; this feels more akin to being trapped in a 'back to nature' weekend theatre workshop where the actors are having a lot more fun than you.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A banished duke and a young nobleman, Orlando, seek refuge in the Forest of Arden. The duke's daughter, in love with Orlando, pursues him disguised as a boy and devises a test for his love.
  • The Book Of Clarence (2023)
    Review preview for The Book Of Clarence

    Simply put, I don't know what it's trying to do, and I don't know if it does either.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A man tries to turn the rising celebrity of Christ to his own advantage.
  • Captive (2015)
    Review preview for Captive

    Authenticity is well matched by the performances

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A drug-addicted single mum is taken hostage in her own home.
  • Chaos Walking (2021)
    Review preview for Chaos Walking

    The high concept - that the thoughts of everyone on the dystopian New World appear as a cloud of "noise" about their head - does, ironically, take some getting your head around.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    On a dystopian futuristic planet, all men's thoughts appear as "noise" around their heads... a problem for young Todd when he runs across a space girl.
  • Come Away (2020)
    Review preview for Come Away

    While the film's more nostalgic elements are likely to help to keep adults on board it is also invigorated, not only by Goodhill's unorthodox approach to the works but also by the diverse casting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Before Alice found Wonderland, and Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their brother dies in an accident, they seek to save their parents from downward spirals until finally they're forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
  • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
    Review preview for The Cloverfield Paradox

    The action scenes in general are well put together, and good use is made of the potential for things to go wrong in space without resorting to too many familiar devices.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
  • Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire (2023)
    Review preview for Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

    The film explores the logging and thinning techniques which have been used in the past to try to create fire breaks – areas which the flames cannot cross – but these are not as effective as you might think.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary looking at how different kinds of knowledge are being brought together to deal with the escalating problem of wildfires in the US.
  • Interstellar (2014)
    Review preview for Interstellar

    Not many films are as important to the future of humanity as Interstellar.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    Humanity's last hope lies in a journey into space.
  • Jack Reacher (2012)
    Review preview for Jack Reacher

    Make no mistake: despite the big cast, this is the sort of thriller you can safely snooze through on a plane, connecting with ease the dots between the clichéd fights and chases.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A former military policeman comes out of self-imposed retirement to investigate a series of sniper shootings.
  • The Last King Of Scotland (2006)
    Review preview for The Last King Of Scotland

    It is a brave film that portrays Idi Amin not simply as a monster, but as a complex individual.

    Steve Harwood · 4 out of 5
    Ugandan dictator's rise to power as seen through the eyes of a young doctor.
  • Middle Of Nowhere (2012)
    Review preview for Middle Of Nowhere

    Everything that is wrong with the contemporary US indie movie is here.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A devoted wife finds her life is on hold whilst her husband is in prison.
  • The Midnight Sky (2020)
    Review preview for The Midnight Sky

    This is what cinema does best - showing us technicolor worlds that make us see and appreciate the black and white home.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    As a catastrophe unfolds on Earth, a dying man crosses the Arctic in an attempt to make contact with a spacecraft which may have found a habitable world elsewhere.
  • A Most Violent Year (2014)
    Review preview for A Most Violent Year

    2014's best film of the year.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    An ambitious immigrant tries to survive and protect his family and business in New York City.
  • The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008)
    Review preview for The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    If charm lubricates every working part of this delightful film, it is Mma Ramotswe’s character that fuels it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Uncovering mysteries in Botswana, with accute observation of human nature and oodles of charm.
  • The Paperboy (2012)
    Review preview for The Paperboy

    The references are messy, the gestures grand.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
    A reporter heads back to his Florida hometown to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice.
  • Red Tails (2012)
    Review preview for Red Tails

    The worthiness of Lucas' vision and the respect the project has are outweighed by one simple, inescapable fact: Red Tails is boring.

    Andrew Robertson · 1.5 out of 5
    The true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-black squadron who battled both enemy pilots and racism on their own side.
  • Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)
    Review preview for Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

    In short, this is a great summer movie, spectacular in its realisation, yet resonant in its themes.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Man's experimentation on apes sparks a war for supremacy.
  • Selma (2014)
    Review preview for Selma

    There are long stretches when nothing much happens

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign for equal voting rights.
  • A United Kingdom (2016)
    Review preview for A United Kingdom

    The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Enduring love story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana) and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948.

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