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  • The 355 (2022)
    Review preview for The 355

    There is a solid certainty amongst its crosses and doubles and that's that it isn't very good.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
  • Anything For Her (2008)
    Review preview for Anything For Her

    Anything For Her restores feeling and humanity to scenes we see played out far too often in an utterly meaningless way.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When Julien's wife is imprisoned and all legal means fail her, he becomes determined to save her at any cost.
  • Copying Beethoven (2006)
    Review preview for Copying Beethoven

    An honest musical understanding is displayed throughout and it provides a refreshing undercurrent in what might otherwise be a stiflingly familiar tale.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The last year in the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, seen through the eyes of a young copyist.
  • Farewell, My Queen (2012)
    Review preview for Farewell, My Queen

    Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The early days of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of the servants at Versailles.
  • Fathers And Daughters (2015)
    Review preview for Fathers And Daughters

    This is a film about rejection. Everyone's contaminated in one way or another

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The emotional diversity of a father's love for his daughter and his daughter's inability to love. Insecurity runs riot across a landscape of psychological dysfunction
  • Frankie (2005)
    Review preview for Frankie

    Fabienne Berthaud's film meanders between dissonant, ethereal scenes in the sanatorium and the frenetic action of a photographer's studios... the contrast between these two worlds is absolute.

    George Williamson · 4 out of 5
    A fashion model crumbles beneath the incessant pressure of an ugly industry.
  • Goodbye Bafana (2007)
    Review preview for Goodbye Bafana

    What, you may ask, was Mandela thinking, after being isolated, chained and humiliated for a third of his lifetime? You won't find any answers here.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Nelson Mandela's prison guard tells his story.
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
    Review preview for Inglourious Basterds

    Graphic violence is mixed with tongue-twisting wittiness in Tarantino’s peerless signature style.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A mercenary group sets out to hunt Nazis and try to assassinate Hitler during the Second World War.
  • The Infiltrator (2016)
    Review preview for The Infiltrator

    The film is clever. It is violent and merciless, also.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    True life story of an undercover agent who infiltrates the upper circles of a Columbian drugs cartel in the Eighties
  • In The Fade (2017)
    Review preview for In The Fade

    Akin asks us to shift our perceptions of terrorist attacks in deliberately provocative ways, constantly flipping what we think we know and what we expect to see right up until the film's haunting final image.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Revenge thriller set in the aftermath of a bombing.
  • JT LeRoy (2018)
    Review preview for JT LeRoy

    The film is at its strongest when it's exploring the nature of manipulation and who, exactly, is manipulating whom.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Fictionalised retelling of the literary sensation and scandal of JT LeRoy.
  • Merry Christmas (2005)
    A recreation of the 1914 Christmas truce in the trenches during the first winter of World War One.
  • Mr Nobody (2009)
    Review preview for Mr Nobody

    Dormael’s film fizzles with an abundance of ideas, most of which are beautifully realised.

    Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
    A tale that spans different time zones of the 20th and 21st centuries.
  • National Treasure (2004)
    Review preview for National Treasure

    National Treasure is just plain boring. There is no mystery, or sense of discovery.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Treaure hunt for kids and soft-centred adults who like watching Nicolas Cage sleep walking.
  • National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)
    Review preview for National Treasure: Book Of Secrets

    With an unchallenging plot, some interesting facts thrown in for history fans, and likable characters, this is an unpretentious, entertaining film which adults as well as kids can enjoy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A treasure hunter pursues a series of clues in an attempt to clear the name of a famous ancestor.
  • Tiger Brigades (2006)
    Review preview for Tiger Brigades

    The film looks terrific and is beautifully paced by the Cornuau brothers.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The first motorised special police unit in Paris before the Great War contains terrorism, uncovers corruption and falls under the spell of a Russian princess.
  • Troy (2004)
    Review preview for Troy

    Ultimately, there is no depth to the drama and precious little soul.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The ultimate war over a woman, as the ancient Greeks lay siege to Troy.
  • Unknown (2011)
    Review preview for Unknown

    A classic example of a workmanlike piece given enough polish to make it stand out.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A man fights back after his identity is stolen.
  • Wicker Park (2004)
    Review preview for Wicker Park

    Indulges a form of slow motion romantic slush that smoothes the rough edges and gives the film a polished sheen to disguise its mediocrity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Love triangle in Chicago turns into a slow motion flashback puzzle.

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