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  • Cold Pursuit (2019)
    Review preview for Cold Pursuit

    You might be forgiven for thinking: oh no! This is just Taken with snow! In every sense. But then, the film turns and something not quite right that you had begun to notice about it begins to take hold.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son.
  • Contraband (2012)
    Review preview for Contraband

    What should simply be a diverting no-brainer is made considerably harder to swallow by the script's shallow handling of some unsavoury subject matter.

    David Graham · 2 out of 5
    Action thriller about a reluctant smuggler.
  • The Departed (2006)
    Review preview for The Departed

    After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Two cops in Boston go undercover on either side of organised crime.
  • Dirt Road To Lafayette (2018)
    Review preview for Dirt Road To Lafayette

    The clash of cultures is right here, the black music and the white rejection

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenager and his dad travel from Scotland to Alabama to visit relatives after a family death.
  • Fever (1999)
    A down-on-his-luck artist with a fragile state of mind is implicated in a murder.
  • Hotel Rwanda (2004)
    Review preview for Hotel Rwanda

    This is a solid film, but it is the truth that holds the power, not the direction.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    True story of a Hutu hotel manager in Rwanda who protects Tutsis during the genocide.
  • Janice Beard: 45 Wpm (1999)
    Review preview for Janice Beard: 45 Wpm

    The film has a Wendy Mitty charm, although precious little else.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A small town girl goes to the big city and falls for the wrong kind of guy.
  • The Kid (2010)
    Review preview for The Kid

    Ultimately more heart-warming and life-affirming than you would ever imagine a film centred on casual violence could be.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Adaptation of Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name.
  • The Messenger (2015)
    Review preview for The Messenger

    Doesn’t so much leave threads untied as set the ropes on fire.

    Luke Shaw · 1 out of 5
    A man is haunted by the spirits of the dead who want him to help them settled unfinished business.
  • The Match (1999)
    Review preview for The Match

    For a feelgood movie, it is surprisingly slow.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two village footy teams take part in a grudge match, with the boozers on the line.
  • Stander (2003)
    Review preview for Stander

    Stander simply walks over well-trodden ground.

    Martin Drury · 3 out of 5
    Story of a South African police officer who became a bank robber.
  • Tristan & Isolde (2006)
    Review preview for Tristan & Isolde

    Overall, this comes across as a movie which has been compromised to death.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A Dark Ages take on Romeo and Juliet, with naked nursing and energetic swordplay
  • Wanted (2008)
    Review preview for Wanted

    In terms of awesome per second, Wanted just set a new record.

    Max Crawford · 5 out of 5
    Comic adaptation about an ordinary young man who becomes an elite agent of justice.

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