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  • Benediction (2021)
    Review preview for Benediction

    Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Siegfried Sassoon biopic.
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (2000)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones's Diary

    The ending is a pastiche of the worst kind of Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks wet hanky job and a sop to the American market.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Overweight middle-class secretary has trouble with men and other appetites in London. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason

    Firth is immaculately buttoned up and Grant delightfully flirtatious, although there is not enough of either.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Bridget continues to put her fat foot in it, ending up in a Thai prison.
  • Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones's Baby

    Zellweger has impeccable comedic timing and the many small and big risks she takes with Bridget pay off.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Bridget Jones' life plan goes awry when she discovers she's pregnant - and not sure who the father is.
  • The Devils (1971)
    Review preview for The Devils

    It’s a frenetic ride, but one that builds to a sombre climax.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    A rebellious priest in 17th-century France is falsely accused of witchcraft.
  • God's Own Country (2017)
    Review preview for God's Own Country

    Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.
  • Good (2008)
    Review preview for Good

    We feel rather as if we're watching Springtime For Hitler but with real gas chambers.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    An examination of the people who thought of themselves as 'good', yet allowed the Nazis to rise to power.
  • Hysteria (2011)
    Review preview for Hysteria

    It's rare to see a film that is at once so playful and so openly political.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of the young doctor who invented the vibrator without understanding what it was really for.
  • Inspector Morse - Pack 1 - The Dead Of Jericho/The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn (1987)
    Review preview for Inspector Morse - Pack 1 - The Dead Of Jericho/The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn

    John Thaw's portrayal of Morse stands amongst the truly great.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The Oxford tec solves two more murders.
  • Radiator (2013)
    Review preview for Radiator

    A towering performance from veteran actor Richard Johnson dominates the film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Blackly comic drama about the strain of coping with ageing parents in a long troubled family.
  • The Winslow Boy (1999)
    Review preview for The Winslow Boy

    David Mamet's adaptation is short on surprises.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    After his son is expelled from school for stealing, his father risks everything to restore his good name.
  • You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
    Review preview for You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

    This is far from vintage Allen, yet it's still a cut above most similar dramatic work.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Moving through difficult life changes, a group of people discover that illusions can be as significant as reality.

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