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  • Abominable (2019)
    Review preview for Abominable

    Abominable provides spectacle but fails to satisfy at a narrative level.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A girl and her yeti friend face a race against time.
  • The Aristocrats (2004)
    Review preview for The Aristocrats

    Never could the warning, 'Stay away if you're easily offended,' be more appropriate.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about a filthy joke, told by a succession of professional comedians.
  • Boyz In The Wood (2019)
    Review preview for Boyz In The Wood

    It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    An anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit shites, set in the highlands of Scotland.
  • The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years (2016)
    Review preview for The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years

    Howard’s documentary is candid and enlightening.

    Luke Shaw · 4 out of 5
    A compilation of found footage.
  • The Best Comedy DVD In The World (2005)
    Selection of sketches and skits in aid of a good cause.
  • Castles In The Sky (2014)
    Review preview for Castles In The Sky

    Worthy, entertaining, but suffers in places from heavy-handedness.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the Scottish engineer and developer of radar Robert Watson-Watt.
  • Cars 2 (2011)
    Review preview for Cars 2

    Oddly, Pixar don't seem to have many fresh ideas for wringing humour out of their what-if-we-were-all-cars idea, as a result of which it feels as if it has been awkwardly sandwiched together with the plot from another film.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    Can the motoring heroes foil a plot to scupper the grand prix?
  • The Cat's Meow (2001)
    Review preview for The Cat's Meow

    This is an adult, sophisticated love story, examining Marion Davies' passions for two very capable and sometimes ruthless men.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An interpretation of events aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht when a mysterious death occurred.
  • The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
    Review preview for The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    One can't help but be swept up in the magnificence of it all.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    The Pevensie kids return to Narnia to thwart an evil king.
  • Circus (1999)
    Review preview for Circus

    To call this Brit flick too clever by half, flatters it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    The con is on... but it's too clever by half.
  • The Criminal (1999)
    Man is arrested for a murder he didn't commit in this gripping British thriller.
  • Five Children And It (2004)
    Cranky sand creature whisks kids off on adventure.
  • Igor (2008)
    Review preview for Igor

    There are too many ideas, both verbally and visually, to take in before the ghost of Walt Disney has a spectral moment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    In the land where evil is honoured and inventions are monstrous.
  • Mystery Men (1999)
    Review preview for Mystery Men

    The film doesn't know what it's doing, or where it's going.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A team of useless superheroes try to save the day.
  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
    Review preview for My Super Ex-Girlfriend

    At heart a deeply misogynistic view of female empowerment.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Super-charged break-up leads to powerful problems.
  • Ocean's 12 (2004)
    Review preview for Ocean's 12

    Twelve is the new 11 and mediocre is the new good.

    Josh Morrall · 3 out of 5
    Danny Ocean gets the gang back together to pull of a trio of European heists.
  • Revengers Tragedy (2002)
    Review preview for Revengers Tragedy

    The narrative is so out-of-focus and the characters so unrealistic one cannot figure out exactly what universe the film inhabits.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    A modern day adaptation of Thomas Middleton's 17th century stage play.
  • Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
    Review preview for Romance & Cigarettes

    A hilarious, shocking, and in the end, moving film.

    Sarah Artt · 5 out of 5
    Blue Collar musical comedy about infidelity, redemption, romance and cigarettes.
  • Shadow Of The Vampire (2000)
    Review preview for Shadow Of The Vampire

    A true original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Gothic comedy that revises the story of the making of silent film classic Nosferatu.
  • Six Minutes To Midnight (2020)
    Review preview for Six Minutes To Midnight

    Six Minutes To Midnight is a labour of love and it shows us how innocence can be lost.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews for a teacher who has taken a last minute and controversial role teaching English to the daughters of high-ranking Nazis.
  • Valkyrie (2008)
    Review preview for Valkyrie

    Screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer have done a terrific job of resurrecting the Seventies style of war film spiced up with the benefits of modern editing and special effects.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Story of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
  • Victoria And Abdul (2017)
    Review preview for Victoria And Abdul

    Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Queen Victoria's friendship with a young Indian clerk.
  • Velvet Goldmine (1998)
    Review preview for Velvet Goldmine

    This is the closest you'll come to experiencing the allure of fame and the power of illusion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The rise and fall of a glam rock icon.
  • Whisky Galore! (2016)
    Review preview for Whisky Galore!

    This particular malt is a wee charmer in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Remake of the island classic.
  • The Wild (2006)
    Review preview for The Wild

    A dreary, cynical exercise in the marketing of cuddly toys.

    Sobhano · 2 out of 5
    Zoo animals escape to the wilds.

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