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  • Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Review preview for Alita: Battle Angel

    With its CGI clever-dickery the kick boxing is controlled and packed. T

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A woman with no memories tries to uncover the secrets of her past.
  • Deadpool (2016)
    Review preview for Deadpool

    For fans of the various franchises given nods and winks, and elbow nudges, and telegraphed air quotes by the Meta Merc, there’s a lot to like here.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    After being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, Wade Wilson adopts the alter ego Deadpool and goes looking for revenge.
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
    Review preview for If Beale Street Could Talk

    A powerful condemnation of endemic and structural racism, a sweet love story and, at a technical level, a beautifully produced film, If Beale Street Could Talk has much to recommend it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A pregnant woman tries to prove her lover's innocence.
  • Ill Manors (2012)
    Review preview for Ill Manors

    Though it is flawed and uneven and can't escape the wide shadows of the London gangsta/hood films of the last few decades, Ill Manors does showcase a bold and confrontational directing style and subject matter

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    Youth crime drama, set on a London council estate.
  • Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Review preview for Kill Your Friends

    Murder is more satisfying than sex

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Murderous exploits of an amoral A&R man in the mid Nineties Britpop era
  • Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019)
    Review preview for Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil

    An interesting side to this film is how Disney continue to stick two fingers up to the reactionaries.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    The Disney villain battles to save her realm.
  • Northmen (2014)
    Review preview for Northmen

    Fah pulls out all the stops to deliver a thrilling ride.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A group of stranded Vikings must make a dangerous journey with hunters on their tail.
  • Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child Of Fire (2023)
    Review preview for Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child Of Fire

    It’s a film which deserves to be watched in a group and enthusiastically heckled, with a bit of popcorn-throwing to add to the fun.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, a mysterious stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.
  • Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
    Review preview for Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

    It’s a peculiar thing to see a man who steals so liberally run out of ideas.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Kora and surviving warriors prepare to defend Veldt, their new home, alongside its people against the Realm. The warriors face their pasts, revealing their motivations before the Realm's forces arrive to crush the growing rebellion.
  • The Sweeney (2012)
    Review preview for The Sweeney

    The perfunctory plot is much less of a serious crime than The Sweeney's worst offences, however - that it feels dated and, for all its surface gruffness, pretty daft.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    The Flying Squad investigate after a robbery turns sour.

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