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  • About Time (2013)
    Review preview for About Time

    This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.
  • Anna Karenina (2012)
    Review preview for Anna Karenina

    Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A married aristocrat embarks on a tragic affair.
  • Bucking Fastard (2026)
    Review preview for Bucking Fastard

    For all the strangeness of the premise there’s not a lot of meat on the bones of this story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The adventures of a pair of twins whose speech is synchronised and lives co-dependent.
  • Brooklyn (2015)
    Review preview for Brooklyn

    With old-school romance pumping through its veins, fans of the genre will find this a pleasing indulgence.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    1950s Ireland: Eilis must confront a terrible dilemma — a heartbreaking choice between two men and two countries.
  • Calvary (2014)
    Review preview for Calvary

    Although displaying much of the barbed wit of his first film, this is a more measured and moving work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A priest finds himself under threat.
  • Crash Pad (2017)
    Review preview for Crash Pad

    The absurdity of an Irish character trapped within the structures of a US sitcom generates a surreal humour of its own.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    After finding out that his older lover is married, a young man has a second shock when her vengeful husband moves in with him.
  • Ex Machina (2015)
    Review preview for Ex Machina

    The pleasure of Garland's film lies more in the deeper questions of what makes us 'human' and in the tensions generated between Caleb, Nathan and Ava than in the plot, which suffers from predictability.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A programmer goes on retreat to his boss' hideaway and is asked to help evaluate an artificial intelligence android.
  • Frank (2014)
    Review preview for Frank

    His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant garde rock band led by the enigmatic Frank - a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head.
  • Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
    Review preview for Goodbye Christopher Robin

    Biopics are seldom so well mannered

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A look at the life of author AA Milne and his most popular creation, Winnie-the-Pooh
  • The Incomer (2026)
    Review preview for The Incomer

    Grounded in whimsy and wonder but willing to embrace a dark edge

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an awkward official, arrives to relocate them.
  • Mother! (2017)
    Review preview for Mother!

    In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Uninvited guests threaten a couple's relationship.
  • Perrier's Bounty (2009)
    Review preview for Perrier's Bounty

    The plot meanders and doesn’t stand up well to scrutiny.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    A Dublin wastrel finds his troubles piling up when he attempts to pay off a debt to a gangster.
  • Retirement Plan (2024)
    Review preview for Retirement Plan

    Deceptively simple animation shows Ray engaged in a variety of activities yet adjusts his body as little as possible, so that every movement is designed to tell us something, to contribute its own emotional nuance.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A man in the throes of his overstimulated, energy poor midlife fantasises about everything he'd love to do in retirement, once he finally has the 'time'.
  • The Revenant (2015)
    Review preview for The Revenant

    Times are tough, women are either chattels or the stuff of magical realist dream sequences and dialogue is frequently cut adrift in favour of animalistic grunts and muscularity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A frontiersman sets out for vengeance.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

    The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a new threat has emerged and new heroes must arise to save the day.
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    It's that old magic again.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
  • True Grit (2010)
    Review preview for True Grit

    Where Roberts' screenplay opted at times for easy sentiment the Coens' writing is not only wittier but also as chilly as a late Oklahoma autumn.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A young girl seeks out a lawman to hunt down the killer of her father.

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