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  • Despicable Me (2010)
    Review preview for Despicable Me

    Would be a serious examination of the family in the postmodern age, were it not so laugh-out-loud funny.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A super-villain plots to steal the Moon.
  • The End Of The Tour (2015)
    Review preview for The End Of The Tour

    Ponsoldt's film is more interested in what lies beneath the skin of the men than the covers of the book.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of a five-day interview between a Rolling Stone journalist and David Foster Wallace.
  • The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
    Review preview for The Five-Year Engagement

    The problem isn’t that we seen it all before – it’s that we’ve seen it all done better. Much better.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    A young couple find it's tough to make it down the aisle.
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
    Review preview for Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    Finding out that your girlfriend is leaving you for another man is humiliating enough, but finding out that he's Russell Brand is another story.

    Craig McFarlane · 3 out of 5
    Trying to get over his girlfried, a depressed young man goes on holiday only to discover that she's booked into the same resort with her new love.
  • Gulliver's Travels (2010)
    Review preview for Gulliver's Travels

    Every one of the Lilliputian characters is so bland and personality-free that they could have been played by the creepy CG Jeff Bridges from TRON: Legacy.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 1 out of 5
    A travel writer gets shipwrecked and finds himself in a land full of really small people.
  • I Love You, Man (2009)
    Review preview for I Love You, Man

    Ultimately, I felt really good watching it.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Repressed bloke needs a best man, but finds his best friend.
  • Jeff, Who Lives At Home (2011)
    Review preview for Jeff, Who Lives At Home

    This is a change of pace for Segel and it allows him to showcase the full breadth of his talent, creating a very full-on character who, beneath his bluster, has a surprising amount of depth.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Jeff believes that all things are interconnected and everything happens for a reason. Perhaps he's right.
  • Knocked Up (2006)
    Review preview for Knocked Up

    Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Comedy about an unplanned pregnancy after a one-night stand.
  • The Muppets (2011)
    Review preview for The Muppets

    As long as this zany crew of misfits continues to raise a smile, a laugh, even a tear, there remains a place for their alchemic power to turn on- and off-stage mishaps, arch pop-culture commentary and sly self-parody into entertainment gold.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    When the Muppet Theatre is theatened, three fans must reunite its former stars to save it.

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