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  • The Affair Of The Necklace (2001)
    Hilary Swank is an unlikely countess in the court of Marie Antoinette just before the revolution.
  • Amelia (2009)
    Review preview for Amelia

    The script is weak, relying heavily on travelogue-style scenes of Earhart’s flights, passages from her diaries and newsreel footage and headlines.

    Leanne McGrath · 2 out of 5
    Biopic of pilot Amelia Earhart.
  • Boys Don't Cry (1999)
    Review preview for Boys Don't Cry

    Kimberly Peirce has taken a newspaper story and given it style.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of a transgender teen.
  • The Black Dahlia (2006)
    Review preview for The Black Dahlia

    Everything is so hurried that the wheels begin to come off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Two cops hunt a killer in 1940s LA.
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Review preview for Buffy The Vampire Slayer

    There are some killer one-liners to enjoy here and lots of great one-off gags interjected in what is, to be fair, a very silly story.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The original stake-wielding cheerleader.
  • The Core (2003)
    Review preview for The Core

    As an old-fashioned disaster movie, with state-of-the-art effects and a script that floats, The Core definitely does the business.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Scientists and astronauts bore to the centre of the earth to repair faulty electro magnetic field.
  • Conviction (2010)
    Review preview for Conviction

    We shouldn’t feel so obviously manipulated and steered away from everything else towards the leads’ performances.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    Based on a true story, this drama tells of a sister's struggle to prove her brother's innocence.
  • Freedom Writers (2007)
    Review preview for Freedom Writers

    Where the film succeeds beyond expectation is in its depiction of the kids and how the tribal lines are drawn in areas of this city where drive-bys are as common as parking tickets.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    How an idealistic, inexperienced teacher makes a difference in a Los Angeles ghetto high school.
  • 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.
  • The Homesman (2014)
    Review preview for The Homesman

    Jones spares none of the gory details in his depiction of the way the West really was.

    Richard Mowe · 3.5 out of 5
    Two pioneers unite to escort three mentally ill women from Nebraska to Iowa.
  • Insomnia (2002)
    Review preview for Insomnia

    With some awesome location shots of the Arctic circle and a brooding score from David Julyan, Nolan’s picture oozes atmosphere.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Al Pacino is an LA detective come to Alaska to solve a teenage murder.
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    Review preview for Million Dollar Baby

    A tour de force of stark, pared-to-the-bone craftsmanship.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    A young female boxer persuades an old-timer to train her as a contender.
  • New Year's Eve (2011)
    Review preview for New Year's Eve

    It's as though Marshall gathered together all the subplots from films that never got made or were left on the cutting-room floor and sticky-taped them together end on end to create this horror of a holiday centipede.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    Ensemble sentiment at Hogmanay.
  • P.S. I Love You (2007)
    Review preview for P.S. I Love You

    It will definitely appeal to women rather than men, but it will also touch anyone, male or female, who has had to or is having to face a terminal illness.

    Caro Ness · 3 out of 5
    A widow is guided through her bereavement by a series of letters her husband wrote to surprise her with.
  • The Reaping (2007)
    Review preview for The Reaping

    Gives 300 a run for its money as one of the funniest films this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Plagues, pestilence and another faithless person of the cloth.
  • The Resident (2011)
    Review preview for The Resident

    Overall, The Resident is a solid step in the right direction for Hammer, being an archetypal genre piece made with care and some style, distinguished by solid acting from reliable leads.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Hammer Horror returns with a thriller about a young woman whose new apartment may not be as secure as it seemed.
  • Spark (2016)
    Review preview for Spark

    Offered the galaxy screenwriters and animators can't help themselves. They indulge and then overindulge until nothing makes sense anymore

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Cheeky monkey seeks revenge for the damage done to his star by the galactic bad guy, a Farquaad sized power maniac in the other world of animation
  • What They Had (2018)
    Review preview for What They Had

    Danner...does an excellent job with the material she is given and makes very clear the fact that her character is losing her memory, not her mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Bridget returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together.

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