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  • 8 Mile (2002)
    Review preview for 8 Mile

    Produced and directed by middle-class white men, the movie crawls through sewage to appear genuine.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Eminem plays a budding white trash rapper in a black ghetto of Detroit
  • The Book Of Eli (2010)
    Review preview for The Book Of Eli

    The set-pieces are sporadic – but always exciting and kinetic.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    In a post-nuclear landscape, one man guards the world's last bible.
  • Den Of Thieves (2018)
    Review preview for Den Of Thieves

    This is power unchained and unfiltered as the two protagonists position themselves for the final shootout like in an urban Western

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A maverick cop takes on the most dangerous and cunning thief in the bank robbery capital of the world.
  • The Dry Land (2010)
    Review preview for The Dry Land

    Ryan O'Nan is good value. He is ably supported by Ferrera, as the long-suffering spouse. They're stuck with a script that can't quite find the right voice for its concerns.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    A US soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
  • The Homesman (2014)
    Review preview for The Homesman

    Jones spares none of the gory details in his depiction of the way the West really was.

    Richard Mowe · 3.5 out of 5
    Two pioneers unite to escort three mentally ill women from Nebraska to Iowa.
  • Jarhead (2005)
    Review preview for Jarhead

    It is to the film's great credit that its politics remain subtle.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Waiting for war, with Albert Camus, in Operation Desert Shield.

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