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  • Adam (2009)
    Review preview for Adam

    Rose Byrne just gets better and better.

    Tony Sullivan · 2 out of 5
    A man with Asperger's syndrome falls in love and has to face his girlfriend's disapproving family.
  • Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
    Review preview for Basic Instinct 2

    Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Sharon Stone reprises her role as sexy author with possible murderous streak.
  • Black Hawk Down (2001)
    Review preview for Black Hawk Down

    Scott surpasses himself. The visual quality of the action sequences is exceptional.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Attempt by US Special Forces to arrest Somali war lords in Mogadishu goes hideously wrong.
  • Blood And Chocolate (2007)
    The forbidden romance between an American artist and a wolf girl in the historic city of Bucharest.
  • Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009)
    Review preview for Confessions Of A Shopaholic

    I can hardly remember a movie more spectacularly ill-timed.

    Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
    Ditzy farce about fiscally irresponsible journalist.
  • David Copperfield (2000)
    Review preview for David Copperfield

    The adaptation is heavy-handed and crushes the life out of the story.

    Andrea Mullaney · 2 out of 5
    Sharp-looking but dull American adaptation of the Dickens classic.
  • Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Evening

    Evening has all the advantages one might hope for. It's a shame, then, that it doesn't quite fulfill its potential.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A dying woman recounts her past romances to her daughters, who are struggling with their own love lives.
  • Ella Enchanted (2004)
    A girl who is cursed to obey orders goes on a quest to lift the spell.
  • 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.
  • The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
    Review preview for The Jane Austen Book Club

    Pleasing enough for those seeking nothing deeper than formulaic romance, but the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The members of a Jane Austen book club find their lives beginning to resemble her stories.
  • King Arthur (2004)
    Review preview for King Arthur

    The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Pre-legend Arthurian back story of samurai-style Romans in Britain.
  • Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)
    Review preview for Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return

    It ranks in the higher echelons of the second division for the quality of its animation and vocal support

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Dorothy finds herself whisked back to Oz.
  • Late Night (2019)
    Review preview for Late Night

    Memo to filmmakers: If you’re looking for a failsafe plan to make a delightful film, try showcasing the breadth of Emma Thompson’s talents.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    A late-night talk show host’s world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
    Review preview for Martha Marcy May Marlene

    As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman is traumatised after fleeing a cult.
  • Shooting Dogs (2005)
    Review preview for Shooting Dogs

    It's shocking that a fictional story, based on true events, is more emotionally affecting than watching the reality on the news.

    Kotleta · 5 out of 5
    The Rwanda genocide revisited.

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