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  • The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
    Review preview for The 40 Year Old Virgin

    The film gets an impressive amount of mileage and you never really feel like it's dragging.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    American Pie for grown ups.
  • Call Jane (2022)
    Review preview for Call Jane

    Nagy and her screenwriters’ disciplined refusal to pursue grandiose storylines results in a well-earned sense of community.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Chicago, 1968: after having a life-saving secret abortion, a suburban housewife seeks to give women access to healthy and safe abortions through an underground collective of women known as "Jane".
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
    Review preview for Definitely, Maybe

    Not as sophisticated a film as it likes to think, but it does the basics very well indeed.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A doting father discusses his relationship history with the child whose mother he's about to divorce.
  • Every Secret Thing (2014)
    Review preview for Every Secret Thing

    What makes this film so much more than a thriller is the very terrible human emotional territory it dares to venture in.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Two young women with a dark past come under suspicion when a child goes missing.
  • Fred Claus (2007)
    Review preview for Fred Claus

    Fred Claus has a lot of things going for it but struggles because it can't make up its mind what it's trying to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Santa's older brother is asked to help out at the North Pole, and everyone gets more than they bargained for.
  • The Hunger Games (2012)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games

    Ross avoids the hyperbole of gore and mayhem to keep the emotions of what is happening so near the bone it hurts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Set in a dystopian future, a young boy and girl must fight to the death on live television.
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Jennifer Lawrence's expressions stretch from worried to confused

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Now the games are over, it's civil war in Part 1 of the final chapter
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The plot stutters into absurdity

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The rebels escort Katniss Everdeen into the Capital to assassinate President Snow, or die trying.
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
    Review preview for The Lego Movie

    The pace is frantic, the colours electrifying and the storyline zippedy-who-dah

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A Lego man joins a quest to save the universe.
  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
    Review preview for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    Although The Lego Movie 2 is fun it relies on too many throwaway jokes and references, some of which are unfortunately repeated ad nauseum.

    Donald Munro · 3 out of 5
    It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
  • Love & Mercy (2014)
    Review preview for Love & Mercy

    Pohland - working with an impressive script by Oren Moverman and Michael A Lerner - manages to orchestrate a musical path between the double storyline that finds unity through the creative process.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A look at two periods of the life of Beach Boy Brian Wilson.
  • Meet Dave (2008)
    Review preview for Meet Dave

    It’s a pleasure to report that Meet Dave, while by no means a total career resuscitation, is surprisingly bearable, despite having a ‘back of an envelope’ premise.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A spaceship in human form, crewed by tiny aliens, comes to earth to retrieve an orb vital to the future of their planet.
  • The Next Three Days (2010)
    Review preview for The Next Three Days

    A classic case of an intriguing film concept gone to waste.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    A man tries to break his suicidal wife out of jail.
  • Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
    Review preview for Pitch Perfect 2

    A college fanzine rub that doesn't leave a mark on your conciousness.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    The Bellas are disgraced at Lincoln Centre but return to (subjective) greatness in Amsterdam
  • Role Models (2008)
    Review preview for Role Models

    There's nowt of substance, or wit to last more than a 30-minute sitcom, but the script's tone is affectionate and likable.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A pair of misanthropic manchildren learn mentoring responsibility.
  • Seabiscuit (2003)
    Review preview for Seabiscuit

    The film's formula is as neat as a well-pressed suit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    True story of the little horse with the big talent, set against the backdrop of the American Depression.
  • Slither (2006)
    Review preview for Slither

    Accompanying the ample gore of Slither is dialogue that, without ever resorting to cheap gags, or deviating from the integrity of the story, is laugh-out-loud funny.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Alien spawn turns a small Southern town into a monstrous menu.
  • What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
    Review preview for What To Expect When You're Expecting

    Clichéd, predictable and hugely sexist.

    Stephen Carty · 1.5 out of 5
    Ensemble comedy about pregnant couples.
  • W (2008)
    Review preview for W

    In the end I found myself won over by the charm of this film's various creative idiosyncrasies and by the charisma of Brolin’s performance.

    Themroc · 3 out of 5
    The life of US President George W Bush, as seen by Oliver Stone.
  • Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008)
    Review preview for Zack And Miri Make A Porno

    All the abusive repartee between staff and customers should gladden the hearts of minimum wage workers everywhere.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    Fairly recently, in a land far far away (well, Pittsburgh) a porno is born.

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