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  • 42 (2013)
    Review preview for 42

    A handsome and suprisingly sturdy undertaking that explores the insidious effects of racism with a sharp eye.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the first African American baseball player Jackie Robinson.
  • Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
    Review preview for Apocalypse Now Redux

    Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Coppola adds 50 mins and re-edits his classic Vietnam war movie, based on The Heart Of Darkness.
  • 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
  • Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
    Review preview for Blade Runner 2049

    It is Blade Runner.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An LAPD officer makes a discovery that leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who has been missing for 30 years
  • Blade Runner: The Director's Cut (1982)
    Review preview for Blade Runner: The Director's Cut

    It is among the most unwavering make-believe worlds I have ever seen in cinema... I can only wish the film's story lingered anywhere near as much as it's artistry.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner, an elite cop trained to hunt down and ‘retire’ rogue replicants, android beings designed to be ‘…more human than human’.
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
    Review preview for Blade Runner: The Final Cut

    Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to see it on the biggest screen you can find.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    The final cut is the deepest for Ridley Scott's remastered sci-fi epic.
  • Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
    Review preview for Captain America: Brave New World

    There comes a point where ingredients stop being a recipe and start resembling a shopping list.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.
  • Clear And Present Danger (1994)
    Review preview for Clear And Present Danger

    There are several kinds of thriller nested here.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
  • The Conversation (1974)
    Review preview for The Conversation

    Coppola may have made films of a more spectacular nature but here he makes a virtue of a introversion - so that the film's horror moment is all the more vibrantly terrible when set in relief.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A surveillance expert's conscience starts to trouble him after a particularly difficult job.
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
    Review preview for Cowboys & Aliens

    With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Groups of Wild West settlers, outlaws and native tribespeople have to band together when faced with an alien threat.
  • Ender's Game (2013)
    Review preview for Ender's Game

    Ender's Game is a cut above a lot of sci-fi action films for teenagers, confronting them not just with special effects, but with a decent debate concerning the morality and politics of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young boy is trained to lead his fellow soldiers into battle against an alien race.
  • The Expendables 3 (2014)
    Review preview for The Expendables 3

    You get what you pay for with a little bit of humour to lubricate the violence

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Action packed fire fight for these sell-by-dated mercenaries as they take on a ruthless international arms dealer
  • Extraordinary Measures (2010)
    Review preview for Extraordinary Measures

    Tears will be shed as you watch.

    Katy Carter · 3 out of 5
    Two parents race to find a cure for their children's genetic illness.
  • Firewall (2006)
    Review preview for Firewall

    A creaky thriller with less suspense than Reese Witherspoon and an awards ceremony.

    The Exile · 1 out of 5
    Kidnap blackmail thriller has aging action star battling with a computer.
  • Hollywood Homicide (2003)
    Review preview for Hollywood Homicide

    Because of a multitude of sub-plots, the main one gets overlooked, until suddenly there's a car chase, or guns go off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Detectives with second jobs on the side, investigate the death of a rap star.
  • Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (2023)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

    There's a difficult place between homage and pastiche, between nostalgia and the new.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    As the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artefact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
  • Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2009)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

    As each of the Indiana Jones films has demonstrated, iconic talismans from the past can still conceal an awesome power.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    The whip-cracking archaeologist hero returns.
  • Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

    Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Indiana Jones battles Nazis for the holy grail - with his father in tow.
  • Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

    This second part of the Indiana Jones trilogy is undoubtedly its weakest link, yet it contains a number of classic scenes and some first class thrills and spills which will appeal to audiences of all ages.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Indiana Jones takes on Kali-worshiping cultists with the aid of a resourceful young boy and a highly strung nightclub singer.
  • Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
    Review preview for Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

    It is always wonderful when a film about a writer you admire produces sentences - be it in dialogue, commentary or excerpts you overlooked or forgot from the published texts - that are so poignant in the here and now and feel brand new.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A documentary portrait of the filmmaker's aunt.
  • K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
    Review preview for K-19: The Widowmaker

    The film is well made, without being innovative.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    True story of Russia nuclear sub that experienced possible catastrophic radiation leak in the Sixties.
  • Milius (2013)
    Review preview for Milius

    It is the duality in the myth that makes Milius so fascinating, regardless of what you think of his politics.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A look at the life of filmmaker, John Milius.
  • Presumed Innocent (1990)
    Review preview for Presumed Innocent

    Presumed Innocent has all the ingredients of classic noir and plays out as a courtroom drama that hinges on the complexity of its characters.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A prosecutor finds himself in the frame when the woman he was having a secret affair with is murdered.
  • Random Hearts (1998)
    Review preview for Random Hearts

    Scott Thomas is a revelation. Few actors work from the inside out with such delicacy and focus.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    After a plane crash exposes his wife's affair with a congresswoman's hubby, Harrison Ford's cop gets on the case.
  • Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
    Review preview for Raiders Of The Lost Ark

    Demonstrates what an action movie ought to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the lost Ark of the Covenant.
  • 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.
  • Six Days Seven Nights (1997)
    Review preview for Six Days Seven Nights

    A sense of having been here before, as well as the suspicion that Ivan Reitman keeps everything light and frothy for commercial reasons, nags at the pleasure.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    After a magazine hack crash lands in an electrical storm, she must team up with the gruff captain to survive.
  • Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope (1977)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope

    Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Cult space opera.
  • Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back

    It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Superior sequel, to Lucas's space hit.
  • Star Wars: Episode 6 - Return Of The Jedi (1983)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 6 - Return Of The Jedi

    The best-looking and orchestrated space battle ever committed to film.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Finale to the space saga.
  • Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

    This is perhaps less a swansong than a familiar sunset

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

    The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a new threat has emerged and new heroes must arise to save the day.
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
    Review preview for What Lies Beneath

    The best thing that director Robert Zemeckis does in this tribute-to-Hitchcock is create a feeling of unease surrounding Michelle Pfeiffer.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Michelle Pfeiffer is haunted by the ghost of a murdered student.
  • Working Girl (1988)
    Review preview for Working Girl

    Its deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A humble secretary, betrayed by her boss, makes the most of a brief time left in charge to pursue her own ambitions in the world of high finance.
  • Witness (1985)
    Review preview for Witness

    A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

    Antoni Konieczny · 4 out of 5
    When an Amish boy witnesses the murder of an undercover cop, a detective seeks refuge in the community as he tries to protect the child and his mother.

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