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  • The Box (2009)
    Review preview for The Box

    Kelly should be praised to the heavens for his willingness to juggle very big ideas and to engage with the thorniest of ethical questions, taking one couple's seemingly straightforward dilemma and transforming it into a crux of apocalyptic dimensions.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    A skint couple are given them a box that will give them a million dollars if they open it... but it comes with a catch.
  • Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Review preview for Captain Fantastic

    Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A dad who has raised his kids in the forest is forced to take them on a road trip.
  • The Deadly Trap (1973)
    Review preview for The Deadly Trap

    Clément signposts the action too far in advance, so that with the tension gone, all that's left is to enjoy his craft.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Paranoia brews for a couple of Americans in Paris.
  • Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Review preview for Frost/Nixon

    It’s Frank Langella’s towering interpretation of Nixon that eventually makes every other character real.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Timely restaging of the Frost/Nixon televised interview and duel of wits.
  • Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
    Review preview for Good Night, And Good Luck

    Good Night, And Good Luck proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    The integrity of journalism is pitted against the politics of the Cold War in Fifties America.
  • Grace Of Monaco (2014)
    Review preview for Grace Of Monaco

    Kidman is 47. She's an actress playing an actress, not a Catholic girl from Philly with all the enthusiasm of youth

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco.
  • Love, Antosha (2019)
    Review preview for Love, Antosha

    The inevitable sadness is balanced by so much joy and energy that it's a delight to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A portrait of the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
  • Lolita (1997)
    Review preview for Lolita

    This version is better than Kubrick's.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Jeremy Irons takes on Nabokov's dirty old man out to corrupt a young girl.
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
    Review preview for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of Muhammed Ali's fight with the US government after he refused to participate in the Vietnam War.
  • The Ninth Gate (1999)
    Review preview for The Ninth Gate

    Polanski and Depp conspire to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of the audience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    In search of the book that the Devil wrote.
  • Robot And Frank (2012)
    Review preview for Robot And Frank

    Jake Schreier and scriptwriter Christopher Ford go well beyond the initial fun of the robot conceit to craft a thoughtful film musing on both the ageing process and our relationship with technology.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A curmudgeonly OAP's kids install a robot as his caretaker.
  • Starting Out In The Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Starting Out In The Evening

    In scenes filled with wit and intelligence, Langella and Ambrose perform an exquisite dance of power.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    A grad student convinces an ageing writer to let her write a thesis on him.
  • Superman Returns (2006)
    Review preview for Superman Returns

    A wonderful movie with a nice clear story, good good guys, bad bad guys, rather special effects . . . really, every department is on top form here.

    Martin Gray · 4 out of 5
    The Man of Steel returns to save lives - but can he salvage his own?
  • Sweet November (2001)
    Review preview for Sweet November

    The story is so predictable you wait for that running-through-the-spray on the beach scene with dread and could choose the girly ballads on the soundtrack with pinpoint accuracy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A zany blonde with a mysterious illness invites a workaholic ad exec to live with her for a month.
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
    Review preview for The Trial of the Chicago 7

    This is a clean-cut, old school script that has no time for messy interludes or spare chat, but this is a feature film not a documentary and the polish adds pace.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Retelling of the conspiracy trial that occurred following protests at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention
  • Unknown (2011)
    Review preview for Unknown

    A classic example of a workmanlike piece given enough polish to make it stand out.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A man fights back after his identity is stolen.
  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
    Review preview for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    There are loads of characters, tonnes of things going on, and little to no reason to invest.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Gordon Gecko is back, and this time he's predicting financial disaster.

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