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  • Ali (2000)
    Review preview for Ali

    A sensitive, intelligent and captivating performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Intelligent biopic of the famous boxer.
  • Collateral (2004)
    Review preview for Collateral

    Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Hitman hires a taxi driver in L.A to drive him to his human targets.
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
    Review preview for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    Those anarchic avians, the penguins, steal every scene they are in making them, to my way of thinking, the best additions to animated film since that coyote fancied roadrunner for dinner.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews when the New York Zoo animals try to head back to the Big Apple.
  • Madagascar (2005)
    Review preview for Madagascar

    Formulaically funny and kids will adore every derivative minute.

    Kotleta · 4 out of 5
    Four animated animals from Central Park Zoo are shipwrecked on the wild shores of Madagascar.
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
    Review preview for The Matrix Reloaded

    The second in the trilogy is less innovative and more windy in the speechifying department.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Neo must save the underworld city of Zion from destruction by the machines.
  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
    Review preview for The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Trilogy began with such energy and originality... now it seems more like an expensive video game.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Final instalment of The Matrix Trilogy, in which The Machines attack Zion and Neo fights Smith.
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)
    Review preview for Princess Mononoke

    In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A prince becomes caught up in a battle between a mining town and a forest.
  • Reign Over Me (2007)
    Review preview for Reign Over Me

    Sandler turns in one of the most convincing portraits of a mentally ill person seen on our screens for years.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man approaching a mid-life crisis has his life changed by an old friend who lost his family in the 9/11 attacks.
  • Return to Paradise (1998)
    Review preview for Return to Paradise

    Tightly written (Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson) and directed (Joseph Ruben), with strong performances all round.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    After an old acquaintance is sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug possession, two people face a moral dilemma.
  • Scream 2 (1997)
    Review preview for Scream 2

    When murder-most-foul becomes murder-most-samey, goose bumps flatten.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Maniac serial killer is back for a second dose of scares.
  • The Women (2008)
    Review preview for The Women

    As a cinematic experience it’s as dull and maddening as a bad dose of PMT.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A woman turns to her friends for support after discovering her husband is having an affair.

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