Search: Starring Douglas Hodge

The Descent: Part Two (2009)

Review preview for The Descent: Part Two

This delivers the kind of disappointment you always fear a sequel to a great first film will.

Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5

The survivor of the first film is forced to lead a rescue party in search of her missing friends.
Diana (2013)

Review preview for Diana

The film has been unfairly treated, just like the lady herself. Neither deserve it.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

A dramatisation of the last two years of the life of Princess Diana.
Joker (2019)

Review preview for Joker

Phoenix strips the skin off your eyeballs. What happens next is a gasp away from easy.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5

Origin story of Batman's arch nemesis.
Jonathan (2018)

Review preview for Jonathan

It is carefully crafted, the work of a film-maker who is very in charge of what he is doing.

Jane Fae · 3 out of 5

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)

Review preview for Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return

It ranks in the higher echelons of the second division for the quality of its animation and vocal support

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

Dorothy finds herself whisked back to Oz.
Middlemarch (1994)

Review preview for Middlemarch

The production is flawless and the acting a joy. It

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5

Personal and public politics in a small English town in the middle of the 19th century
The Negotiator (2018)

Review preview for The Negotiator

The plotting, though not without cliche, retains a satisfyingly robust quality - dense enough to keep you intrigued without becoming overwrought.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

A US diplomat flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
Red Sparrow (2018)

Review preview for Red Sparrow

The lady can't keep her clothes on. It's part of the training

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5

A former ballerina is recruited into Russia's spy school where students learn the artifice of the honey trap
Robin Hood (2010)

Review preview for Robin Hood

The film is at its strongest in the scenes between Crowe and Blanchett, as Marion - both no-nonsense in attitude - as they spar verbally and bring some much-needed humour to the discourse.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Robin goes back to his roots before the hood.
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature (2006)

Review preview for Scenes Of A Sexual Nature

Light and dissatisfying.

Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5

Everyone's at it on Hampstead Heath.
Vanity Fair (2004)

Review preview for Vanity Fair

The film looks magnificent and the performances, particularly from Witherspoon and Atkins, are exemplary.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

The gallant adventures of a social mountaineer in the drawing rooms of 18th century England.