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  • An American Haunting (2005)
    Review preview for An American Haunting

    So flagrantly derivative are its set-pieces that it is a struggle to find anything original in the film at all.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A 19th century Tennessee ghost story, "based on true events"
  • 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.
  • Dunkirk (2017)
    Review preview for Dunkirk

    This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Dramatic rescue of British soldiers, trapped on the beaches in France, at a critical moment in WWII.
  • LX 2048 (2020)
    Review preview for LX 2048

    LX 2048 is at its best when exploring the ways in which two people who have obviously loved each other - and perhaps, on some level, still do - can seek so wilfully to destroy each other, even when they know that they too will be hurt in the process.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    After being told that his heart is failing, a man living in a dystopian future world tries to resolve family issues and deal with an insurance policy that would see him replaced by a clone.
  • Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
    Review preview for Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

    Has the courage of its convictions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Life at sea on a fighting ship of the Royal Navy in South American waters at the time of Nelson.
  • Six Minutes To Midnight (2020)
    Review preview for Six Minutes To Midnight

    Six Minutes To Midnight is a labour of love and it shows us how innocence can be lost.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews for a teacher who has taken a last minute and controversial role teaching English to the daughters of high-ranking Nazis.
  • The Trench (1999)
    Review preview for The Trench

    The performances by mainly young unknowns are excellent and the script is the best Boyd has done.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The 48 hours in the trenches leading up to the Battle of the Somme.
  • W.E. (2011)
    Review preview for W.E.

    Watching the film, which refreshingly tells the story from Wallis's perspective, you begin to wonder what on earth Madonna was thinking when she decided to tack on a framing device involving a modern Manhattanite's abusive relationship.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Romantic drama spread across two time periods to tell the story of Wallis Simpson's love affair with Edward VIII.

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