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  • The 51st State (2001)
    Review preview for The 51st State

    Unoriginal and formulaic it may be, but the movie is great fun.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    Sam Jackson in a kilt comes to Liverpool to sell his formula for the new club scene wonder drug.
  • Bright Young Things (2003)
    Review preview for Bright Young Things

    Where Fry succeeds so well is allowing the intrinsic innocence of these brittle butterflies to be exposed without mockery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Biting satire on the Thirties party circuit in London.
  • 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?
  • Dear Frankie (2004)
    Mother of a nine-year-old deaf boy pays a stranger to be dad for a day.
  • Elizabeth (1998)
    Review preview for Elizabeth

    The performances walk up and touch you.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Events leading up to and following the crowning of the Virgin Queen.
  • Harry Brown (2009)
    Review preview for Harry Brown

    While Caine’s no nonsense heroics will captivate, however, this is ultimately a single-minded affair, manipulating and twisting its way around audience heartstrings with unremitting sentimentality.

    Adam Woodward · 3 out of 5
    An elderly widower takes on a group of teenagers who are terrorising the estate.
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
    Review preview for Howl's Moving Castle

    Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    A magical tale in a troubled kingdom on the brink of war.
  • Hugo (2011)
    Review preview for Hugo

    referential re-enactments of everything from Harold Lloyd to Fritz Lang will massage the ego of the informed but like most modern remakes, these scenes lack the heart and soul of their inspirations, and aren't imaginative or exciting enough out of context

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
  • Jay Kelly (2025)
    Review preview for Jay Kelly

    It cannot be denied that Jay Kelly is interested in exploring the human condition through the lens of fame and fatherhood, but the romantic, sentimental, and saccharine tones come with a risk.

    Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
    Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
  • The Kid (2000)
    Review preview for The Kid

    The Kid has a considerable amount of charm.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A workaholic image consultant meets his eight-year-old self.
  • Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
    Review preview for Lars And The Real Girl

    Every performance in it is perfect.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    A quiet young man falls in love with a woman who is perfect in every way - except that she's inflatable.
  • Lovely And Amazing (2001)
    Review preview for Lovely And Amazing

    The performances are an absolute joy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Family traumas for an artist, an actress, an adopted black girl and mum (Brenda Blethyn) in LA.
  • Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
    Review preview for Mary Poppins Returns

    The stakes are high and the fears tangible in this return, which invites discussion and doesn't protect parents from uncomfortable questions. This is the power of the film. Mary Poppins herself wouldn't want it any other way.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins at a difficult time.
  • Match Point (2005)
    Review preview for Match Point

    This is comedy in the Shakespearean sense, the whole story revolving around the importance of luck.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A tennis pro marries a posh girl but fancies an actress, which skewers his game.
  • Paris Je T'Aime (2006)
    Review preview for Paris Je T'Aime

    It is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    Twenty different glimpses of Paris.
  • The Pink Panther (2006)
    Review preview for The Pink Panther

    Although some elements don't work too well, namely the lacklustre, almost prosaic direction of Levy, it survives with a lot of positives, not least the return to maniacal form of its star, The Grey Haired One.

    Scott Davis · 3 out of 5
    Steve Martin attempts to emulate Peter Sellers as incompetent French policeman.
  • Pink Panther 2 (2009)
    Review preview for Pink Panther 2

    Steve Martin is actually quite good at times, but he's let down mostly by a wafer-thin script and misguided direction.

    Darren Amner · 2 out of 5
    The bungling inspector investigates the theft of some historical artifacts.
  • Rabbit Fever (2006)
    Review preview for Rabbit Fever

    The main weakness of the film is that the idea is not enough to sustain 85 minutes

    Chris · 1 out of 5
    Mockumentary dedicated to the most popular vibrator in the boudoir.
  • Rio, I Love You (2014)
    Review preview for Rio, I Love You

    It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A series of short films set in the Brazilian metropolis.
  • Redbelt (2008)
    Review preview for Redbelt

    Both gripping morality tale and satisfying thriller.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    A martial arts instructor who has avoided prize-fighting to maintain his ethical code, finds debt may force him into the ring.
  • Relic (2020)
    Review preview for Relic

    Director Natalie Erika James, still only in her twenties, draws viewers into her astonishing debut feature by externalising the horrors of a disease that will be all too familiar to many.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
  • The Sense Of An Ending (2017)
    Review preview for The Sense Of An Ending

    No defense against a life less lived

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A second-hand camera dealer remembers his university years when relationships were scarred with tragedy and desire while living a life of selfish isolation.
  • Scream 3 (1999)
    Review preview for Scream 3

    The humour is never allowed to knock the fear.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Scary and sassy slasher sequel.
  • Shutter Island (2010)
    Review preview for Shutter Island

    Even when one has a rough idea of where this mystery thriller is headed, the devil is in the detail, and each turn of the screw is handled with the sort of deft craftsmanship that becomes a pleasure unto itself.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Two US marshalls are sent to a remote island to investigate the disappearance of an inmate from a mental asylum.
  • Transsiberian (2008)
    Review preview for Transsiberian

    One increasingly unlikely incident follows another, saddling the characters with exceptionally dumb behaviour and silly dialogue until the whole thing goes off the rails.

    Tony Sullivan · 1.5 out of 5
    Mystery on the Tran Siberian Express.
  • Write When You Get Work (2018)
    Review preview for Write When You Get Work

    There's an adequate set-up here for a heist story but what actually unfolds is a series of schemes that seem confused, inconsistent and sometimes altogether unnecessary.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A petty con artist infiltrates the life of an old flame after discovering that she's working at a school patronised by the wealthy.
  • Young Adam (2003)
    Review preview for Young Adam

    Emotion stains the walls of this period film like gutter waste.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Rootless drifter working on Scottish canal barge discovers a dead woman in the water.

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