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  • Animal Attraction (2001)
    Review preview for Animal Attraction

    As a romantic comedy, this slips into the smile zone easier than you might expect.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ashley Judd gets dumped by Greg Kinnear, so she takes revenge.
  • As Good As It Gets (1997)
    Review preview for As Good As It Gets

    Nicholson gathers his bag of tricks and succeeds in making a terrible man endearing. Hunt is a wonder.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An unlikely relationship between a obssessive compulsive, his gay neighbour and a waitress.
  • Auto Focus (2002)
    Review preview for Auto Focus

    The film's attempt at softcore titillation fails; it's like a tacky home movie, masquerading as social comment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Biopic of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane.
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
    Review preview for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

    Burgundy's ability to survive cockups on an industrial scale is impressive

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    San Diego's 70s TV newscaster and his team of idiots take on the graveyard shift on a new 24hour New York channel with surprising (manic) results
  • Baby Mama (2008)
    Review preview for Baby Mama

    The runt of a bountiful litter.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives.
  • Brian Banks (2018)
    Review preview for Brian Banks

    Shadyac and screenwriter Doug Atchison really over-egg the pudding.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A football player's dreams of playing in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.
  • Brigsby Bear (2017)
    Review preview for Brigsby Bear

    Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
  • Crisis (2021)
    Review preview for Crisis

    There's the sort of amount of material here that used to form the basis for an entire series of The Shield, so even with a running time of two hours, it's difficult for anything to be dwelt on in detail.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Interlocking stories shine a spotlight on America's opioid crisis.
  • Fast Food Nation (2006)
    Review preview for Fast Food Nation

    Despite all the blood on screen, Fast Food Nation is a strangely anaemic movie.

    The Exile · 3.5 out of 5
    Exposing the beef burger industry as bacteria friendly, with blood in the boardroom and illegals in the slaughterhouse.
  • Flash Of Genius (2008)
    Review preview for Flash Of Genius

    See it for Kinnear’s career-best performance and a few effective scenes and pithy lines.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A part-time inventor devotes his life to suing the Ford Motor Company for stealing his idea.
  • Godsend (2004)
    Review preview for Godsend

    Godawful more like.

    David Haviland · 1.5 out of 5
    A teacher has his murdered son cloned, with frightening results.
  • Ghost Town (2008)
    Review preview for Ghost Town

    A fine start to Ricky Gervais’ silver screen career.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    After a brush with mortality a dentist finds himself haunted by ghosts desperate for him to help them with unfinished business.
  • The Gift (2000)
    Review preview for The Gift

    When the daughter of the richest man in town is dragged from the bottom of a muddy pond because of the psychic's premonition, you know this can be no ordinary thriller.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A psychic becomes involved in a small town murder mystery in the Deep South.
  • Little Men (2016)
    Review preview for Little Men

    The film could be called "old fashioned" but that is rarely a bad thing.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Caught up in a family feud over rent, two boys respond with a vow of silence.
  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    Review preview for Little Miss Sunshine

    Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family's road trip to a beauty pageant.
  • Loser (2000)
    Review preview for Loser

    The potential for good times is wasted.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Country boy goes to college in the Big Apple and is treated like a hick.
  • The Matador (2005)
    Review preview for The Matador

    It is hard not to be entertained.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    The last fling of a burned out hitman and his uncommon friendship with a failing businessman.
  • Misbehaviour (2020)
    Review preview for Misbehaviour

    Apart from the women/cattle cliche it is difficult to tell where the dagger of disapproval is directed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A group of women targets the 1970 Miss World beauty competition.
  • Mystery Men (1999)
    Review preview for Mystery Men

    The film doesn't know what it's doing, or where it's going.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A team of useless superheroes try to save the day.
  • Nurse Betty (1999)
    Review preview for Nurse Betty

    A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A waitress becomes obsessed with chasing her soap opera dreams after witnessing her husband's murder.
  • Robots (2005)
    Review preview for Robots

    Robots has a glittering voice cast and astonishing CGI animation and yet is over endowed with too much of this, too much of that and too much of everything.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Animated idealism meets corporate ruthlessness in Rivet Town.
  • Sabrina (1995)
    Review preview for Sabrina

    Delightful to watch.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 4 out of 5
    Two brothers fall in love with the same girl that they have known all their lives, but she only has eyes for one of them.
  • Strange But True (2019)
    Review preview for Strange But True

    As the film digs into psychological stress, Athale crafts the sharp, unspoken parts of grief into shards that cut at his characters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A family grieving for the loss of a son face trouble when his girlfriend shows up five years later, claiming she is pregnant with the dead boy's child.
  • Stuck On You (2003)
    Review preview for Stuck On You

    It's unclear whether we're supposed to be laughing at, or with, the protagonists - a fatal mistake.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are Siamese twins who go to Hollywood to become actors.
  • Unknown (2006)
    Review preview for Unknown

    A smart, twisty little thriller of the sort which don't come along very often.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Five men wake up in a deserted warehouse with no memories. There has been a kidnapping - but who committed it, and who are the victims?
  • We Were Soldiers (2001)
    Review preview for We Were Soldiers

    A true fan is reluctant to give up on a movie and yet 20 minutes into this, the need to escape is almost irresistible.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Mel Gibson leads 400 men into a Vietnam ambush and fights his way out again.
  • You've Got Mail (1998)
    Review preview for You've Got Mail

    The Tom & Meg Show is feelgood and sugar coated, which is expected, but not witty, funny or original enough.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Two bookshop rivals fall for one another over the internet.

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