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  • Another Day in Paradise (1999)
    Junkies go on a spree of devastation.
  • Any Given Sunday (1999)
    Oliver Stone takes a gladiatorial look at the world of American football.
  • Be Cool (2005)
    Review preview for Be Cool

    The only flair exhibited in Be Cool belongs to the set designer.

    The Exile · 2 out of 5
    Sequel to Get Shorty moves into the music business.
  • Casino (1995)
    Review preview for Casino

    [Casino] will dazzle and seduce you. The stand-out performance belongs to Stone.

    Nick Jones · 4 out of 5
    The rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino-running mobster.
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
    Review preview for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

    It is the closest thing to an artistic masterpiece in the field of computer generated optical illusion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A select group of scientist soldiers search for earth spirit in devasted America after alien colonisation.
  • The General's Daughter (1998)
    Review preview for The General's Daughter

    The casting is so unimaginative that you know who the dodgy characters are by checking the names on the billboard.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A warrant officer investigates the bizarre murder of a woman, whose body is left staked out on an army base.
  • John Q (2002)
    Review preview for John Q

    The tendency to set up dramatic moments only to drown them in sentiment hurts the integrity of the film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Denzel Washington takes law into his hands to force James Woods to operate on his dying son.
  • John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
    Review preview for John Carpenter's Vampires

    A yukfest of superatural proportions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A vampire hunter goes on the prowl.
  • Northfork (2003)
    Review preview for Northfork

    It's a small film - it was shot on a shoestring in 24 days - that tackles big themes, such as love, loss, life and death, and never takes itself too seriously.

    Gary Duncan · 4 out of 5
    The town of Northfork, Montana, is about to be dammed and flooded, but some of the residents are determined to stay in their surreal American fairytale.
  • The Onion Field (1979)
    Review preview for The Onion Field

    Wambaugh seeks after truth and in so doing deflates the dramatic impact, as real life does not employ an editor to slice facts into exciting shapes.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Retelling of an infamous cop killing case in Los Angeles, 1963.
  • Pretty Persuasion (2005)
    A clever girl in a Beverly Hills private school has no inhibitions about causing emotional havoc.
  • Riding In Cars With Boys (2001)
    Review preview for Riding In Cars With Boys

    There is something here that strikes home.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Bev is an ordinary girl in a small town who gets pregnant at 15 and has to make a life for herself
  • Scary Movie 2 (2001)
    Review preview for Scary Movie 2

    The secret, by the way, is that there is nothing to say about this film, except 'Don't go'.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Horror movie parody sequel with squealy teenagers.
  • Straw Dogs (2011)
    Review preview for Straw Dogs

    This new incarnation won't linger in your head like its predecessor, but it remains a hugely affecting and effective experience.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    Remake sees a couple under siege in an isolated farmhouse.
  • Stuart Little 2 (2002)
    Review preview for Stuart Little 2

    A slow burner.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The mouse who lives like a boy makes friends with a bird.
  • Surf's Up (2007)
    Review preview for Surf's Up

    The animation which has gone into these characters is magnificent, giving them lots of subtle facial expressions and body language.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A lonely young penguin pursues his dream of becoming the world's greatest surfer.
  • Videodrome (1983)
    Review preview for Videodrome

    Nothing else has captured quite so succinctly the dynamics of the information revolution or its impact on what it means to be human.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Looking for the next big thing, a cable TV station programmer finds himself losing control in the grip of a phenomenon that is ready to alter reality forever.
  • The Virgin Suicides (1999)
    Review preview for The Virgin Suicides

    Coppola demonstrates remarkable confidence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of sisters and suicide in the American suburbs.
  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
    Review preview for Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    An affectionate, touching piece.

    Darren Amner · 3 out of 5
    Documentary about the ground-breaking TV channel.

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