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  • Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
    Review preview for Ae Fond Kiss

    Unfortunately, though all the performances are strong, there's simply not enough chemistry between the leads to make their struggle believable.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Dangerous liaison between a lapsed Irish Catholic and a first generation Pakistani Muslim.
  • Breakfast On Pluto (2005)
    Review preview for Breakfast On Pluto

    Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

    Richard Mellor · 4 out of 5
    An Irish transvestite, searching for the mother who abandoned him, is caught up in terrorist violence and hilarious goings on in London.
  • The Children (2008)
    Review preview for The Children

    A creepy genre treat that is damn-near perfect in its execution.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A seasonal house party turns sour after the children are hit by a virus that leads to violence.
  • Day Of The Flowers (2012)
    Review preview for Day Of The Flowers

    Always charmingly frothy, even when the narrative threatens to salsa off with the fairies.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Two sisters take their late father's ashes to Cuba, encountering comic complications and romance on the way.
  • The Last Enemy (2008)
    Review preview for The Last Enemy

    Into this miasmic mess of muddled make-believe stumbles mathematician Stephen Ezard, surely the most inept protagonist ever invented.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A futuristic security force attempts to contain and cover up a man-made deadly virus.
  • Wake Wood (2010)
    Review preview for Wake Wood

    Its plot borrows wholesale from “bringing back the dead” tales of yesteryear.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A Pagan ritual offers a grieving couple the chance to spend three more days with their dead daughter, but when the moment comes, they will do anything to keep from letting her go again.

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