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  • The Abduction Club (2002)
    Review preview for The Abduction Club

    As a costume romance, based on real events, it is inept.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Younger sons of aristocrats in Ireland, 1780, join a club and kidnap rich unmarried girls.
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Review preview for Hot Fuzz

    Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tongue-in-cheek British twist on the buddy cop genre.
  • Marcie's Dowry (1999)
    Review preview for Marcie's Dowry

    Mackenzie has a terrific feel for comedy and the performances are beautifully understated.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A tale of blackmail, gangsters and a policeman's wedding.
  • Messiah (2001)
    Review preview for Messiah

    By the standards of television drama Messiah is quite a stylish and lavish - if very much by the numbers - production.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2 out of 5
    Se7en meets Prime Suspect in this TV serial killer thriller.
  • The Saint: The Complete Colour Series (1966)
    Review preview for The Saint: The Complete Colour Series

    The acting wavers between ham and cheese.

    Keith Dudhnath · 3 out of 5
    An early freelance James Bond in lightweight, adventurous, TV-sized chunks.
  • The Wicker Man: The Final Cut (2013)
    Review preview for The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

    [The new footage] doesn’t severely blunt, and in some other cases enhances, the impact of a film that yields more with every viewing.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    A policeman gets more than he bargained for on a remote Scottish isle - now in a new, restored version with additional footage.
  • The Wicker Man (1973)
    Review preview for The Wicker Man

    Truly a milestone in British cinema.

    Max Blinkhorn · 5 out of 5
    A policeman gets more than he bargained for on a remote Scottish isle.

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