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  • Blackbird (2022)
    Review preview for Blackbird

    Like a reduced for quick sale ham and cheese sandwich from a garage.

    Andrew Robertson · 1 out of 5
    A troubled secret agent abruptly retires from service and opens a luxurious nightclub in the Caribbean to escape the dark shadows of his past. An old flame arrives and reignites love in his life, but brings danger with her.
  • Child Of Satan (2017)
    Review preview for Child Of Satan

    Even in these days when the straight-to-online-viewing market has expanded on the potential of straight-to-VHS, it's rare to see a film this incoherent reach an audience.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A pregnant woman battles the evil lurking within as her adulterous husband hides a dark secret that may lead to human extinction.
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
    Review preview for The Dark Knight

    An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    The Caped Crusader isn't the only batty one in Gotham... The Joker's also in town.
  • DOA: Dead Or Alive (2006)
    Beautiful women beating each other up in a video game spin-off.
  • The Expendables (2010)
    Review preview for The Expendables

    This is a giant, proud B-movie, the kind of movie that Hollywood doesn’t put into multiplexes much any more.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    A group of mercenaries is hired to overthrow a dictator.
  • A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
    Review preview for A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints

    What rescues A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints from bland conventionality is Montiel's bravura approach to direction.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A man haunted by a summer from his past, returns to his old stamping ground to confront old ghosts.
  • Hunt To Kill (2010)
    Review preview for Hunt To Kill

    Strangely entertaining fun.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A border patrol agent takes on a group of criminals who are holding his daughter hostage.
  • Inside The Rain (2019)
    Review preview for Inside The Rain

    Fisher has not taken the easy route, of creating Ben as pure victim to rage against the evil and conventional.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    College film student Benjamin Glass (played by writer-director Aaron Fisher) has it all: ADHD, OCD, borderline personality. And he’s also bipolar. When a misunderstanding threatens to expel him from college, Glass pushes back.
  • Inherent Vice (2014)
    Review preview for Inherent Vice

    This is the tail end of the good times, Doc and his cohort seem as though they are fading out.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A drug-fuelled detective investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
  • National Security (2003)
    Review preview for National Security

    The action is packed and the gags keep coming.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn are mismatched security guards on the trail of killers.
  • Narrow Gauge (2010)
    Review preview for Narrow Gauge

    The small cast (and the rat) offer good performances.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple struggling with their inability to have a baby are haunted by a rat in the walls.
  • One Way (2006)
    Review preview for One Way

    Overall this is a film which bravely takes on an extremely sensitive issue, and doesn’t do it an injustice.

    Ricky Derisz · 3 out of 5
    Intense thriller about a man blackmailed into providing a false alibi against a rape victim in order to save his career and relationship.
  • Sharktopus (2010)
    Review preview for Sharktopus

    It will not win any awards for its hammy acting or merely adequate effects, but again, these shortcomings seem an integral part of the overall desired effect.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    A hybrid monster menaces Mexico.
  • Spookt (2023)
    Review preview for Spookt

    The two leads have good chemistry...and it’s really this which drives the film.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    When a paranormal investigator and a sceptic join forces to discover the truth behind a girl's disappearance, they are confounded by unexplained events.
  • Surge Of Power: Revenge Of The Sequel (2016)
    Review preview for Surge Of Power: Revenge Of The Sequel

    A joyous low budget romp.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Surge leaves his home town, Big City, to pursue his arch enemy headed to Las Vegas to find mysterious crystals key to the diabolical plan of an even greater super villain, which erupts in a battle on the Hoover Dam and back in Big City.

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