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  • 30 Minutes Or Less (2011)
    Review preview for 30 Minutes Or Less

    Like a sort of laughter thong, it covers very little and doesn't save the blushes of anyone involved.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
  • Circus (1999)
    Review preview for Circus

    To call this Brit flick too clever by half, flatters it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    The con is on... but it's too clever by half.
  • The Honest Courtesan (1998)
    Review preview for The Honest Courtesan

    Marshall Herskovitz, who made Legends Of The Fall into a remedy for insomnia, directs from the sitting position.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A Venetian who is too low-class to marry the man she loves, becomes a courtesan.
  • Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
    Review preview for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

    As for the laughs, they keep coming to the point it is tough to keep track of why you are in hysterics.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    Frank Drebin returns, this time attempting to foil a bomb plot at the Oscars.
  • Southern Comfort (1981)
    Review preview for Southern Comfort

    The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    National Guardsmen on an remote exercise run into trouble on the bayou.
  • Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
    Review preview for Sweet Home Alabama

    The film is so false, it's all cardboard and frills.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Reese Witherspoon is a New York fashion designer, with a downhome Southern past.
  • Tremors (1990)
    Review preview for Tremors

    The action sequences are properly thrilling yet just silly enough to remind us that the film appreciates its cheap and cheerful origins.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Horror comedy about a desert town, with mysterious monsters underneath the ground.

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