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  • Dead Cert (2010)
    Review preview for Dead Cert

    Far too straight-laced and uptight to appeal to fans of either genre.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    London hard-men discover business has bite, after the businessmen who offer to buy their nightclub turn out to be vampires.
  • The Elephant Man (1980)
    Review preview for The Elephant Man

    Merrick’s history, with its tragedies and triumphs, breaks the barrier between a life less ordinary and a horror comic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    True story of a grotesquely deformed man who is saved from a freak show to become a sensation in Victorian London society.
  • Layer Cake (2004)
    Review preview for Layer Cake

    The latest piece of gangland roughage is suitably violent, with a who-gives-a-monkeys attitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Cockney drug dealer become enmeshed in gang war over stolen happy pills.
  • Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1997)
    Review preview for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

    For exuberance, inventiveness and gut-spilling humour, Guy Ritchie's debut takes some beating.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    After losing in a card game a London con has to make the money back fast.
  • The Long Good Friday (1980)
    Review preview for The Long Good Friday

    Nearly 30 years later and John Mackenzie’s classic is still the yard-stick for any new entry into the genre.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    A London kingpin is attempting to broaden his empire... but soon finds his gang are a target.
  • Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
    Review preview for Sherlock Gnomes

    You may suffer mild face ache. This is caused by persistent smiling

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The garden gnomes of London are in mortal danger from a yellow blow-up baby. Sherlock and Dr W to the rescue! Ceramic animation rules, right?
  • 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.
  • Terminal (2018)
    Review preview for Terminal

    It's got some pretty dark moments, and some dark moments that are pretty.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    The tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life.

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