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  • 28 Weeks Later (2007)
    Review preview for 28 Weeks Later

    28 Weeks Later... makes for scorching horror. Like the original, it offers a perfect blend of well-drawn characters, political allegory, grand guignol, flesh-crawling tension and very fast-moving zombies.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Six months after the events of 28 Days Later a US-led force begins a tentative attempt to repopulate Britain.
  • Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Review preview for Berlin, I Love You

    A series of pieces that each, in its own right, has some merit, but which together never quite gels.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    Ten stories of romance play out against the backdrop of the German capital.
  • Daphne (2017)
    Review preview for Daphne

    It's an unfairness to the quality of her supporting cost to mention how good Beecham is again and again, but life isn't fair.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A young woman finds herself thrown off balance after she saves the life of a shopkeeper.
  • Little Joe (2019)
    Review preview for Little Joe

    If you're going to do science fiction, you really need to get the science right, because otherwise all you're doing is attacking straw men.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced - especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination?
  • My Mother's Wedding (2023)
    Review preview for My Mother's Wedding

    In casting its net My Mother's Wedding has just a few too many gaps.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. The mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colourful group of unexpected wedding guests.
  • The Old Man And The Land (2023)
    Review preview for The Old Man And The Land

    Viewers … must be patient and wait for their rewards – but like the old man, we are sometimes caught be surprise, confronted with sudden moments of exquisite beauty.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    As the old man goes about his day to day toil on the land, his children squabble over its future.
  • Rise Of The Footsoldier (2007)
    Review preview for Rise Of The Footsoldier

    This is an excellent attempt to bring something new to the crime genre.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The brutal true story of a London gangster.
  • William Tell (2024)
    Review preview for William Tell

    An ostensibly rousing speech is aiming for Braveheart but has all the grip one would expect from an address to an adhesive sales conference.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    William Tell has returned home weary after fighting with the Knights Templar in the Holy Land. Now he is called upon to help a farmer who is seeking revenge against the villains of the Hapsburg court.

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