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  • 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.
  • Bobby (2006)
    Review preview for Bobby

    Estevez uses Bobby’s words too much, but you can’t blame him, because Kennedy’s compassion and sympathy for the underprivileged shines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Who was in the hotel on the night that Robert Kennedy was shot?
  • Birth (2004)
    Review preview for Birth

    A disappointing, mundane psychological drama.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman is convinced that a boy is the reincarnation of her husband.
  • Cast Away (2000)
    Tom Hanks plays a modern-day Robinson Crusoe stranded on a desert island with a punctured football for a friend.
  • The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion (2001)
    Review preview for The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion

    The plot is borrowed from a Sexton Blake penny dreadful, with fresh gags and terrific performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An insurance investigator and efficiency tsarina are hypnotised into a heist.
  • Dr T And The Women (2000)
    A successful Dallas gynaecologist comes up against problems in his private life.
  • A Good Woman (2004)
    Review preview for A Good Woman

    It's all very messy and in the real world would clearly end in tears, but Hunt gives a bittersweet and witty performance that has you crossing your fingers for a happy ending.

    Kotleta · 4 out of 5
    Film adaptation of Lady Windemere's Fan.
  • Pay It Forward (2000)
    Review preview for Pay It Forward

    There are so many sub-plots jostling for position that some are ditched almost before they appear.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A schoolkid tries to change the world with one small action.
  • Ride (2014)
    Review preview for Ride

    For a film whose lead character makes a hobby of worrying about weak plots and clichéd endings, Ride pulls out all the stops to follow formula.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A frustrated mother trying to understand her drop-out son finds that her life changes when she learns to surf.
  • The Sessions (2012)
    Review preview for The Sessions

    It takes messy and unresolved dynamics and finds their poetry. Can’t say sexier than that.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4.5 out of 5
    A man in an iron lung hires a sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity.
  • Then She Found Me (2007)
    Review preview for Then She Found Me

    A fertility flick for women whose feet and minds seldom leave the stirrups.

    The Exile · 1.5 out of 5
    A childless teacher takes stock of her life after her husband leaves, her adoptive mum dies and her birth mother shows up.
  • What Women Want (2000)
    Review preview for What Women Want

    Helen Hunt looks more ravishing by the movie... Her acting is never lazy, nor lightweight.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A chauvinist has an accident which leaves him able to hear what women think.

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