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  • Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
    Review preview for Beverly Hills Cop

    For all the charm on show, there’s still too much cheese.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    When his friend is murdered, rough-around-the-edges Detroit cop heads to Beverley Hills. Culture clashes abound!
  • Donnie Brasco (1997)
    Review preview for Donnie Brasco

    I think this is the best film made about the Mafia.

    Symon Parsons · 5 out of 5
    An FBI man faces conflicted loyalties after infiltrating the mob.
  • Miss Bala (2011)
    Review preview for Miss Bala

    Naranjo never lets the tension slip and finds ways to make the situation worse for his hapless heroine while still keeping the narrative firmly in the realms of fact not fantasy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    An aspiring beauty queen finds herself mixed up with a drug lord.
  • Motherhood (2009)
    Review preview for Motherhood

    This is ‘day from hell’ territory, but none of the comedy rises to the occasion.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A harrassed mum tries to prepare for her daughter's birthday.
  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    Review preview for My Own Private Idaho

    The sense that Van Sant is being too clever by half doesn't diminish the power of his imagery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A friendship that develops between two teenage hustlers.
  • The Ninth Gate (1999)
    Review preview for The Ninth Gate

    Polanski and Depp conspire to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of the audience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    In search of the book that the Devil wrote.
  • Open Range (2003)
    Review preview for Open Range

    For the second time, Costner has bet the farm and found his strength in cattle country.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Kevin Costner returns to the wide open spaces of cattle country.
  • The Postman (1997)
    Review preview for The Postman

    As an actor, Costner plays his trademark laid-back, soppy-hearted loner, offering nothing new. As a director, he is so casual with detail he might not have been there.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A man restarts the postal service in post-apocalyptic America.
  • Public Enemies (2009)
    Review preview for Public Enemies

    Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The FBI is charged with hunting down Public Enemy No. 1: John Dillinger.
  • Trauma (1993)
    Review preview for Trauma

    Too American to really succeed as a giallo, yet too European and personal to work as an American slasher in the Friday the 13th mould, Trauma is neither one thing nor the other.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    Italian horror maestro Dario Argento's American venture.

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