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  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
    Review preview for The Amazing Spider-Man

    A competent effort that ensures the franchise - and [Webb's] reputation - are safe, it's just a shame it doesn't soar.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Peter Parker tries to get to the bottom of his parents' disappearance.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
    Review preview for The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    It just all feels like too much of what we expect and not enough we haven't seen before.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    More adventures for Peter Parker's alter-ego.
  • Bicentennial Man (1999)
    A robot strives to be human.
  • Europa Report (2013)
    Review preview for Europa Report

    As the action progresses, this quickly becomes Marinca's film, as she uses her body language as much as the script to suggest more subtle forms of angst.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An international crew hunt for life on a moon of Jupiter.
  • Fracture (2007)
    Review preview for Fracture

    Fracture is clever, masterfully controlled by an actor whose love affair with the camera never seems to wane.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An attempted murder leads to legal mind games in a Los Angeles courtroom.
  • The Gingerbread Man (1998)
    Review preview for The Gingerbread Man

    In the end, the story twists itself stupid.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A lawyer falls for a one-night stand girl and tries to protect her from her father.
  • The Hole (2000)
    Review preview for The Hole

    The signposts are misleading. This is an intelligent thriller.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Things turn nasty for teens locked in a disused bomb shelter.
  • Junebug (2004)
    Review preview for Junebug

    Creates hauntingly evocative, empty spaces that bleed history.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    Love and understanding are tested in a Southern comedy-romance-tragedy.
  • Mansfield Park (1999)
    Review preview for Mansfield Park

    Rozema has freed costume drama from the shackles of tradition.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Classic Jane Austin adaptation gives the crinoline a good airing.
  • Simon Magus (1999)
    Review preview for Simon Magus

    Another example of a film which looks good, sounds good, has a great cast, and is utterly boring.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    A new railroad spells trouble for a small town.
  • Simon Magus And The Nine Lives Of Thomas Katz (1999)
    Review preview for Simon Magus And The Nine Lives Of Thomas Katz

    The acting performances, without exception, are excellent.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    Two films by director Ben Hopkins.
  • Schindler's List (1993)
    Review preview for Schindler's List

    It is not a happy ending, but an affirming one, in that it shows that it is possible to reject mass genocide and that good men can save the world entire.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    A lone man determines to use his factory as a means of rescuing Jews from Nazi concentration camps, risking his life in the process.
  • Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
    Review preview for Thirteen Ghosts

    The only fear is the fear of boredom.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A house full of ghosts spooks Tony Shalhoub and family.

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