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  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
    Review preview for The Amazing Spider-Man

    A competent effort that ensures the franchise - and [Webb's] reputation - are safe, it's just a shame it doesn't soar.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Peter Parker tries to get to the bottom of his parents' disappearance.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
    Review preview for The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    It just all feels like too much of what we expect and not enough we haven't seen before.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    More adventures for Peter Parker's alter-ego.
  • A Bug's Life (1998)
    Review preview for A Bug's Life

    Make no mistake: all ages will leave the cinema with a big fat grin on their faces.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An ant recruits a troupe of circus insects to save his colony from grasshoppers.
  • Double Whammy (2001)
    Comedy sees a disgraced cop try to rebuild his reputation.
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
    Review preview for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

    The characters of the animals are underdeveloped and the film is ultimately bland.

    Donald Munro · 2.5 out of 5
    The latest adventures of Manny and company - now with added dinosaurs!
  • Ice Age (2002)
    Review preview for Ice Age

    In the end, you care more about the acorn than the baby.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Animated journey in cold weather of a sloth, mammoth, saber-toothed tiger and human baby.
  • Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
    Review preview for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

    I've seen cooked spaghetti with more tension.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Sid, Manny and Diego have another adventure - this time with a girl!
  • Jesus' Son (1999)
    Review preview for Jesus' Son

    What makes Jesus' Son uniquely different from the neo-realistic traditions of waste and degradation movies is its ability to avoid cliché, as well as its skewed, end-of-the-line humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A junkie drifter's tale.
  • Small Soldiers (1998)
    Review preview for Small Soldiers

    None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Toys installed with the wrong computer chips go to war.
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
    Review preview for The Thomas Crown Affair

    It is a measure of Brosnan's understated qualities as an actor that you never think of James Bond.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Upperclass thief tries to outwit the police in superior remake.
  • Wag The Dog (1998)
    Review preview for Wag The Dog

    The humour is knuckle-to-knuckle, accurately sending up the media's hunger for a story, any story.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A spin doctor and a film producer concoct a war to draw attention away from a presidential sex scandal.

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