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  • 16 Years Of Alcohol (2003)
    Review preview for 16 Years Of Alcohol

    Richard Jobson's debut is full of abiding images that linger long after the final credits.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Life and times of a budding drunk in the mean streets of Edinburgh.
  • The Acid House Trilogy (1998)
    Review preview for The Acid House Trilogy

    Instead of curbing Welsh's excesses, he platforms them. The result, with the exception of The Granton Star Cause, is unwatchable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Three stories told atypically - through Irvine Welsh's prose.
  • Alien Vs Predator (2004)
    Review preview for Alien Vs Predator

    The over-abundance of cliched and banal action movie situations - the would-be witty one-liners, the should-have-been-impressive set-pieces etc - that never seem to have quite the impact the film-makers desired.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    Alien vs Predator, with man in the middle.
  • Around The World In 80 Days (2004)
    Chop-socky remake of Jules Verne classic.
  • Black Hawk Down (2001)
    Review preview for Black Hawk Down

    Scott surpasses himself. The visual quality of the action sequences is exceptional.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Attempt by US Special Forces to arrest Somali war lords in Mogadishu goes hideously wrong.
  • Death At A Funeral (2007)
    Review preview for Death At A Funeral

    For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    Funeral farce.
  • Exchange And Mart (2014)
    Review preview for Exchange And Mart

    Directors Martin Clark and Cara Connolly have an eye for detail.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A girl boarding at a remote highland school undertakes a challenging self-defence test, but things don't go according to plan.
  • Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014)
    Review preview for Exodus: Gods And Kings

    Throw away The Bible and let's look at this thing afresh

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of Moses, the adopted orphan who becomes a prince of Egypt and leads the Hebrew slaves to freedom
  • Faintheart (2008)
    Review preview for Faintheart

    This is director Vito Rocco’s feature film debut and he passes with flying colours.

    Craig Mcfarlane · 4 out of 5
    A battle re-enactor struggles to recover the affections of his wife.
  • Fool's Gold (2008)
    Review preview for Fool's Gold

    Ray Winstone really should have known better, though his accent – American Deep South via London East End – is possibly the funniest thing in the film.

    Val Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    An estranged couple rock the boat while treasure hunting.
  • Get Santa (2014)
    Review preview for Get Santa

    The plot becomes tangled in its own loose ends

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Santa Claus is on the run.
  • Hallam Foe (2007)
    Review preview for Hallam Foe

    A terrific soundtrack and Jamie Bell’s perfectly judged performance and charismatic persona holds it together throughout.

    Dylan Matthew · 4 out of 5
    A teenage misfit struggles to come to terms with his mum's death.
  • Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
    Review preview for Julien Donkey-Boy

    The film's saving grace are the performances.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    A potrait of a young schizophrenic.
  • 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.
  • Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Review preview for Pearl Harbor

    Not so much From Here To Eternity as From Here To This Time Next Week, which is a terrible waste.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    The three-hour, $139 million take on the historical event that launched the USA into the Second World War.
  • Perfect Sense (2010)
    Review preview for Perfect Sense

    There's an awareness here that's missing from many such tales, a more astute take on how disability and society interact.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A chef and an epidemiologist fall in love, just as the world is falling apart.
  • Snowpiercer (2013)
    Review preview for Snowpiercer

    The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

    Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4.5 out of 5
    In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
  • T2 Trainspotting (2017)
    Review preview for T2 Trainspotting

    A unique piece of cinema, superbly performed and dangerously directed

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Renton returns to Edinburgh after running off with the money to find the city changed and his mates in various degrees of rage and despair.
  • Trainspotting (1996)
    Review preview for Trainspotting

    Its comedy leaps barricades.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Black comic drama about the Edinburgh drugs scene. On re-release.
  • Wide Open Spaces (2009)
    Review preview for Wide Open Spaces

    This is a sad little film that makes two thick planks look interesting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Two young men are recruited to develop a tourist attraction celebrating the Irish potato famine.
  • Welcome To The Jungle (2003)
    Review preview for Welcome To The Jungle

    The plot may be a pot-pourri of action cliches, but the film has a healthy sense of humour and an easy way with itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The Rock goes to Brazil to bring Seann William Scott back from the rainforest.
  • Wonder Woman (2017)
    Review preview for Wonder Woman

    Sometimes a film is more, much more, than the sum of its parts.

    Jane Fae · 5 out of 5
    An Amazon princess ventures into the outside world to try and end a war.

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