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  • About A Boy (2002)
    Review preview for About A Boy

    What makes About A Boy so refreshing is the surprise factor - surprisingly funny, surprisingly unsentimental, surprisingly enjoyable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Hugh Grant, who hates kids and loves their mums, becomes friends with an odd 12-year-old boy.
  • American Dreamz (2006)
    Review preview for American Dreamz

    Daft the plot may be, but all concerned do a splendid job.

    Andrea Mullaney · 4 out of 5
    Satire of American Idol, George Dubya and suicide bombers.
  • Bitter Moon (1992)
    Review preview for Bitter Moon

    An enjoyably salacious, seedy experience.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    An Englishman gets more than he bargained for when an American on his cruise ship offers to tell him the story of his relationship with a beautiful but dangerous woman.
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (2000)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones's Diary

    The ending is a pastiche of the worst kind of Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks wet hanky job and a sop to the American market.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Overweight middle-class secretary has trouble with men and other appetites in London. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason

    Firth is immaculately buttoned up and Grant delightfully flirtatious, although there is not enough of either.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Bridget continues to put her fat foot in it, ending up in a Thai prison.
  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Review preview for Cloud Atlas

    This is a film that will be enjoyed most by people who haven't seen many other films.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    The story of souls across the centuries.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
    Review preview for Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

    We're told you can't do everything with magic, but the film does manage to make much magical.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
  • Extreme Measures (1996)
    Review preview for Extreme Measures

    There isn't a massive amount of 'action' per say, but Apted's expertly-paced tale throbs with genuine suspense as the net progressively closes in on Guy.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A surgeon begins to suspect one of his eminent colleagues may be in the business of harming rather than healing people.
  • Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
    Review preview for Florence Foster Jenkins

    The embarrassment levels are high

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite being unable to carry a tune in a bucket.
  • Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
    Review preview for Four Weddings And A Funeral

    The audience is taken from delight to despair, while never truly losing its grin.

    Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
    Comic observations of the emotionally cauterised English upper-middle-classes at play.
  • Heretic (2024)
    Review preview for Heretic

    An intense pop-cultural awareness permeates Heretic. This is the doctrinal dialogue of our age.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.
  • Lair Of The White Worm (1988)
    Review preview for Lair Of The White Worm

    As with so much of Russell's work, the film is let down by atrocious editing and tries to excuse its own failures with a desperate humour that only sometimes works.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    An archaeologist discovers that an ancient snake cult may not be as dead as he thought.
  • Love Actually (2003)
    Review preview for Love Actually

    It feels middle-aged, lazy and reliant on stereotype.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Frightfully English ensemble rom-com about middle-class, emotionally dysfunctional Londoners.
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
    Review preview for The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

    Car chases and retro dialogue clog up the machinery

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Napoleon Solo teams up with a KGB operative for a joint mission.
  • Maurice (1987)
    Review preview for Maurice

    What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
  • Merchant Ivory (2023)
    Review preview for Merchant Ivory

    Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of cinema's longest lasting partnership.
  • Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
    Review preview for Mickey Blue Eyes

    Continuous self-effacement leads to indifference.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Comedy in which a British auctioneer becomes embroiled in the mob after proposing to a gangster's daughter.
  • Music And Lyrics (2007)
    Review preview for Music And Lyrics

    By any mainstream yardstick, Music And Lyrics is a success.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A has-been pop star makes beautiful music with the potted plant maintenance girl.
  • Notting Hill (1999)
    Review preview for Notting Hill

    Being English and Hugh and frightfully-actually, the jokes have a cringe factor above the blush line.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A world famous film star falls for a bookseller.
  • Paddington 2 (2017)
    Review preview for Paddington 2

    This is exactly what a sequel should be, respectful, goose bumpy and warm hearted

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Paddington gets into a scrape over his Aunt Lucy's birthday present.
  • The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (2012)
    Review preview for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

    These particular pirates may not be the greatest at, well, pirating, but if you're ready to set sail for adventure, they're the crew to join.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In his quest to become Pirate of the Year, the Pirate Captain leads his crew into peril and risks losing a treasured shipmate.
  • The Remains Of The Day (1993)
    Review preview for The Remains Of The Day

    The ideas are presented in a crisp, unfussy way by James Ivory. He’s working with an intelligent script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and two impeccable central performances by Hopkins and Thompson.

    James Benefield · 4.5 out of 5
    A butler realises late in life the folly of his devotion to the household he has served.
  • The Rewrite (2014)
    Review preview for The Rewrite

    Don't expect enlightenment or character finesse

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Scriptwriter who can't sell his movie ideas to Hollywood ends up in a small town education facility as a teacher.
  • Two Weeks Notice (2002)
    Review preview for Two Weeks Notice

    Five minutes into the movie and you know how it's going to end.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    An idealistic young lawyer locks horns with a wealthy property developer.
  • Wonka (2023)
    Review preview for Wonka

    Sweet, light, funny and perhaps most merrily, musical.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

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