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  • Beautiful Creatures (2000)
    Review preview for Beautiful Creatures

    The body count is Shakespearean and the plot twists wicked.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Pitch black comedy about an unlikely friendship.
  • Darkness (2002)
    An American family move into a haunted house in Spain.
  • Eye In The Sky (2015)
    Review preview for Eye In The Sky

    A simple idea, beautifully executed

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The moral and practical outcome of a drone strike in rural Kenya is thrashed out at British HQ as an American pilot in Nevada awaits orders to fire the missiles that may cause unacceptable collateral damage
  • The Flood (2019)
    Review preview for The Flood

    This is often made of smaller moments, questions, answers, the unasked, the unsaid.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A hardened immigration officer decides the fate of a potentially dangerous asylum seeker.
  • Gabriel And Me (2001)
    Review preview for Gabriel And Me

    There is a word for this. Icky.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A boy tries to become an angel so he can save his dad from dying.
  • Harry Brown (2009)
    Review preview for Harry Brown

    While Caine’s no nonsense heroics will captivate, however, this is ultimately a single-minded affair, manipulating and twisting its way around audience heartstrings with unremitting sentimentality.

    Adam Woodward · 3 out of 5
    An elderly widower takes on a group of teenagers who are terrorising the estate.
  • The Last Legion (2007)
    Review preview for The Last Legion

    There's a proper sense of adventure and the scale of the story is appropriate for a great legend. Unfortunately the sword it all revolves around looks as if it came from Poundstretcher.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    As a young emperor flees the fall of Rome, he encounters a mysterious sword which will shape his destiny.
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
    Review preview for Lara Croft Tomb Raider

    This is a half-decent Episode 1 of an action summer blockbuster.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    Bringing the video game adventurer to life.
  • The Last Front (2024)
    Review preview for The Last Front

    Hayet-Kerknawi has cast the small roles well and the film remains involving throughout.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Amidst World War I's chaos, a grieving father turns hero, leading villagers to safety while evading a relentless enemy driven by vengeance.
  • Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
    Review preview for Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution

    The trouble is there’s not that many laughs for a comedy, and the few there are trade on stereotypes.

    Jeff Robson · 2 out of 5
    In 1968, an idealistic schoolteacher moves his family to East Germany in order to experience life in a Communist paradise. But his family, especially his wife, are not so eager.
  • My Cousin Rachel (2017)
    Review preview for My Cousin Rachel

    This should carry you to Christmas on a wave of nostalgia... but it doesn't.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
  • Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
    Review preview for Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

    Every theatrical device in the book is here and everything that makes a film interesting is not.

    David Stanners · 2 out of 5
    Tom Stoppard directs his first play about minor characters from Hamlet.
  • The Racer (2020)
    Review preview for The Racer

    The Racer strikes a good balance between teasing out issues around doping and delivering on character-driven drama.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Summer 1998 – the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom has been one of the best support riders on the Tour for the last 20 years but he secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey just once before his career is over.
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
    Review preview for Resident Evil: Apocalypse

    Full of shocks, but disappointingly light on horror.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2 out of 5
    Return of Mila Jovovich and the city of slavering zombies.
  • Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
    Review preview for Resident Evil: Extinction

    The Resident Evil movies have never been above looting from the cinematic back catalogue, and Extinction is no exception.

    Tony Sullivan · 2.5 out of 5
    Sci-fi sequel sees survivors again battling Umbrella Corp.
  • Song For A Raggy Boy (2003)
    Review preview for Song For A Raggy Boy

    Aisling Walsh's film is a cry from the wilderness, which in the past would have fallen on deaf ears.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Autobiographical account of life as a boy offender in an Irish Catholic reform school.
  • Small Engine Repair (2006)
    Review preview for Small Engine Repair

    There are issues here and there are positive messages if you care to look, but the darkness before dawn lingers like a late mist and subplots tend to remain unresolved.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A forklift driver strives reluctantly to become a country-and-western singer on the pub circuit in Northern Ireland.
  • Tara Road (2005)
    Review preview for Tara Road

    The plot is as real as a bouquet of silk roses.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love hurts for an innocent wife in Dublin and a grieving mother in New England.
  • Wives And Daughters (1999)
    Review preview for Wives And Daughters

    The performances are crucial to the success of the production. They exceed expectation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    How the good daughter of a country doctor becomes involved in scandal and gossip.

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