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  • Aberdeen (2000)
    Review preview for Aberdeen

    It is the journey, not the arrival, that matters.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman is forced to confront her past and present on a trip to see her dying mum.
  • Beyond (2014)
    Review preview for Beyond

    MacGregor delivers a tour de force.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    As an object of uncertain origin hurtles towards Earth, a young couple struggle to face the future.
  • Breakfast On Pluto (2005)
    Review preview for Breakfast On Pluto

    Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

    Richard Mellor · 4 out of 5
    An Irish transvestite, searching for the mother who abandoned him, is caught up in terrorist violence and hilarious goings on in London.
  • Blind Flight (2003)
    Review preview for Blind Flight

    It is a brave decision by the filmmakers to record Keenan and McCarthy's experience entirely from their perspective.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's kidnap in Beirut.
  • Born Romantic (2000)
    The tangled love lives of unrequited men and feisty women in London.
  • A Boy Called Dad (2009)
    Review preview for A Boy Called Dad

    Sentimentality is rough hewn and barely sophisticated, given the storyline, but the performances are first rate.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Kid on the run with baby son.
  • A Cock And Bull Story (2005)
    Review preview for A Cock And Bull Story

    That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

    Themroc · 4 out of 5
    The difficulty of being Steve Coogan playing Tristram Shandy in a film directed by Jeremy Northam.
  • The Closer You Get (2000)
    The unmarried men in a Donegal village advertise for women in a Miami newspaper.
  • Dad's Dead (2003)
    Review preview for Dad's Dead

    Chris Shepherd... reflects history's distorted mirror particularly well.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Nostalgia for a working-class Liverpudlian childhood turns sour.
  • The End Of The Affair (1999)
    Review preview for The End Of The Affair

    Julianne Moore, as Sarah Miles, is a revelation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Tale of adultery during the blitz.
  • Enemy Of The State (1998)
    Review preview for Enemy Of The State

    If you like thrillers high roasted, this will keep you awake.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A wildlife ranger gets caught up in a political conspiracy.
  • Escape From Pretoria (2020)
    Review preview for Escape From Pretoria

    This is a thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat but that also has something going on upstairs.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In 1979 apartheid-era South Africa, two men imprisoned in Pretoria Prison plot to escape.
  • Eroica (2003)
    Review preview for Eroica

    The decision to concentrate on the music is both a blessing and a curse.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    The birth of Romance.
  • Finding Neverland (2004)
    Review preview for Finding Neverland

    It is difficult to find anything bad to say about a film that treats an interesting subject with such respect and ingenuity.

    Emma Slawinski · 5 out of 5
    Loose biopic of Peter Pan author JM Barrie.
  • God's Own Country (2017)
    Review preview for God's Own Country

    Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.
  • Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
    Review preview for Hard Boiled Sweets

    Ty Glaser, who looks like Sally Hawkins dipped in Footballers Wives, purrs along with devilish charm and Adrian Bower is superbly brutish.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 3 out of 5
    Gangsters exchange arch lines and hatch desperate plans under the bright lights of Southend.
  • Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

    No surprises. Nothing to write home about. And yet thoroughly entertaining.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The boy wizard's first adventure.
  • Killing Me Softly (2002)
    Review preview for Killing Me Softly

    A poseur's wet dream.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Heather Graham falls for Joseph Fiennes, who likes kinky sex and might have killed someone.
  • Modern Life Is Rubbish (2017)
    Review preview for Modern Life Is Rubbish

    If you were a fan of Blur, Oasis or Radiohead, there is much here to like and relate to.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    Rom-com sees a couple whose relationship is on the rocks who find a shared love of music makes breaking up hard to do.
  • Morris: A Life With Bells On (2009)
    Review preview for Morris: A Life With Bells On

    A great first step for screenwriter Oldham and actress turned director Lucy Akhurst, and a fun watch.

    Yusuf Javed · 3.5 out of 5
    Morris dancing mockumentary.
  • Rag Tale (2005)
    Review preview for Rag Tale

    After 15 minutes of fast zooms, sliced cuts, topsy pans and turvy close ups you want to be sick... after 40 minutes, you have eaten your words and are beginning to think this is original and thrilling.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Poisonous cynicism and manipulative scheming at the heart of a national tabloid.
  • Strictly Sinatra (2001)
    Review preview for Strictly Sinatra

    Kelly Macdonald has retained the one thing that actors would kill for, the ability to be natural.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A comedy drama about a pub crooner in Glasgow who is adopted by the Mob.
  • Strings (2004)
    Review preview for Strings

    The musical accompaniment is powerful and one feels the viewer is in for a treat, but soon the wooden puppets become, well, very wooden and the wonderful aesthetic loses its attraction, with each movement taking too long.

    Koukla Maclehose · 2.5 out of 5
    The son of a king sets out to find the truth behind his father's death.
  • This Year's Love (1999)
    Review preview for This Year's Love

    The acting has a richness that sparkles.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Musical beds in Camden Town.
  • Wonderland (1999)
    Review preview for Wonderland

    There are too many characters doing not very much.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Ensemble drama about the lifes and loves of the working class in London.

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