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  • Away We Go (2009)
    Review preview for Away We Go

    Once they hit the road, the script goes away with the pixies.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Indie comedy about a couple who go on a road trip to help them decide where is best to bring up baby.
  • Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
    A lonely girl finds companionship in a scraggy mutt.
  • Blood Work (2002)
    Review preview for Blood Work

    As in so many loosely bound thrillers, the denouement doesn't add up and the final shoot-out is farcical.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Clint Eastwood is a retired FBI profiler who investigates a serial killer, just like Dirty Harry.
  • The Catcher Was A Spy (2018)
    Review preview for The Catcher Was A Spy

    Berg's dilemma requires him to try and solve logical and ethical puzzles, and cannot be alleviated through the easy process of having him find Heisenberg likeable.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The true story of a baseball player recruited as a spy and sent to assassinate the physicist Werner Heisenberg before he can build the Nazis an atomic bomb.
  • Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
    Review preview for Good Night, And Good Luck

    Good Night, And Good Luck proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    The integrity of journalism is pitted against the politics of the Cold War in Fifties America.
  • The Hours (2002)
    Review preview for The Hours

    It would be difficult to overestimate the quality of this film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Three women from different decades connect through the writing of Virginia Woolf.
  • Howl (2010)
    Review preview for Howl

    The real standout performance is Franco’s.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    The story of Allen Ginsberg’s ground-breaking poem is told through a mixture of reconstruction and animation.
  • Imaginary Heroes (2004)
    Review preview for Imaginary Heroes

    Struggles with pacing.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A family struggles to find its way after the death of its eldest son.
  • Infamous (2006)
    Truman Capote researches the Clutter murders for In Cold Blood.
  • The Lookout (2007)
    Review preview for The Lookout

    Certain scenes feel too glib and stagey, as though they’ve been doused with pop video gloss – particularly the snow, which surely had its own assistant, make-up artist and trailer.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A young man with head trauma gets involved in a heist.
  • The Martian (2015)
    Review preview for The Martian

    The Martian’s real strength lies in its good-natured attitude.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    An astronaut becomes stranded on a mission to Mars.
  • My Favourite Martian (1999)
    Review preview for My Favourite Martian

    This is a special effects bonanza on the lines of The Mask, with Lloyd hamming it outrageously and Daniels blundering about like a walrus in a tea shop.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A reporter befriends an alien.
  • Paper Man (2009)
    Review preview for Paper Man

    Despite offering a handful of touching moments, this quirky indie effort feels a bit messy and never properly finds it's rhythm.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    The unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen, under the watchful eye of his imaginary Superhero friend.
  • Pleasantville (1998)
    Review preview for Pleasantville

    The film springboards into carefully balanced comedy, and surprising social commentary.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    A couple of Californian teens are transported into a Fifties televisual adventure.
  • RV (2006)
    Review preview for RV

    Leave your prejudices at the door. This family adventure might surprise you.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The holiday from hell becomes a wild adventure.
  • Space Chimps (2008)
    Review preview for Space Chimps

    Listing the things which are wrong with this film would take more space than Eye For Film allows.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A group of chimps travel through a wormhole to another world.
  • Speed (1994)
    Review preview for Speed

    A heart-in-your-mouth experience.

    James Benefield · 4 out of 5
    A blackmailer places a bomb on a bus. The bomb will explode if the bus slows down.
  • The Squid And The Whale (2005)
    Review preview for The Squid And The Whale

    A tragically funny glimpse of a family in meltdown, made all the more excruciating by the veneer of sophistication blanketing everyone involved.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    Breaking up is hard to do - especially for the kids.
  • State Of Play (2009)
    Review preview for State Of Play

    The producers have kept what was best about the original, added some interesting touches and resisted the temptation to pile on the contrivances and explosions.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    An investigative reporter finds his loyalties conflicted when a story involving murder, blackmail and conspiracy centres on his old friend, now an up-and-coming Congressman.
  • Steve Jobs (2015)
    Review preview for Steve Jobs

    Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    A biopic of the computing entrepeneur.
  • Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1991)
    Review preview for Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael

    Ryder conveys alienation with an authenticity that puts the rest of the movie to shame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A small town prepares for the return of a local girl made good, while a girl becomes convinced she is her secret daughter.

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