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  • Avatar (2009)
    Review preview for Avatar

    There is much in Avatar that is broadly drawn, clichéd even – but it is also these very things which might just earn it the status of a classic.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A wheelchair- using former marine is conscripted to travel to a jungle moon via a biological 'avatar' to infiltrate the local aliens who are standing in the way of plans to mine ore. Being re-released with additional footage.
  • Drag Me To Hell (2009)
    Review preview for Drag Me To Hell

    Manages to include a whole stack of annoying cliches, stereotypes and habits that it could well do without.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bank clerk having a bad day crosses an old gypsy woman and is afflicted with terrible curse.
  • Inception (2010)
    Review preview for Inception

    You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    DiCaprio's dream spy takes on the ultimate inside job.

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