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  • Ali (2000)
    Review preview for Ali

    A sensitive, intelligent and captivating performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Intelligent biopic of the famous boxer.
  • American Fiction (2023)
    Review preview for American Fiction

    A film which is as playful with its own structure as with its subject.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    English professor and author Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, with the intention of exposing the hypocrisies of the publishing industry.
  • Asteroid City (2023)
    Review preview for Asteroid City

    Anderson has absolute command of his craft and his cast are moulded to it.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
  • The Batman (2022)
    Review preview for The Batman

    This feels leaden, not just due to its length, but in the attempt to be heavy, to be worthy.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    When sadistic serial killer the Riddler, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
  • Broken City (2013)
    Review preview for Broken City

    The cardboard characters' motivations and agendas are clearly signposted, often in unintentionally hilarious ways.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    A private detective gets caught up in a conspiracy involving elected officials and murder.
  • Broken Flowers (2005)
    Review preview for Broken Flowers

    Unpredictable, offbeat and peppered with absurdist humour

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    Journey of self-discovery for dead-pan, retired Lothario.
  • Casino Royale (2006)
    Review preview for Casino Royale

    By focusing on the journey of how a spy becomes the Bond, James Bond we all know, the movie manages the impossible task of coping with all the baggage laid before it and reinvigorating our interest.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    James Bond earns his double zero status and relaxes at the poker table with a mass murderer.
  • D-Tox (2001)
    Review preview for D-Tox

    The scriptwriters commit hari-kari, leaving the movie up to its neck in hokum.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Sylvester Stallone plays a cop who fights off a serial killer at a rehab unit in the wilds of Wyoming.
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
    Review preview for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

    The strongest features of the of the film are the performances by Max von Sydow and by Sandra Bullock as Linda, Oskar's mother.

    Donald Munro · 2.5 out of 5
    A boy trying to come to terms with the death of his father on 9/11 finds a mysterious key.
  • The Goldfinch (2019)
    Review preview for The Goldfinch

    The story moves like treacle, with the action bogged down and emotions bottled up.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A boy steals a painting in the wake of a terror attack, a decision that will go on to shape his life.
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
    Review preview for The Good Dinosaur

    Child childs will love it

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Jennifer Lawrence's expressions stretch from worried to confused

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Now the games are over, it's civil war in Part 1 of the final chapter
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The plot stutters into absurdity

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The rebels escort Katniss Everdeen into the Capital to assassinate President Snow, or die trying.
  • The Invasion (2007)
    Review preview for The Invasion

    Run, stay awake, run harder, stay awa…zz…longer until an antidote can be found.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A psychiatrist stumbling upon an alien invasion fears that her small son may be the only one who can stop it.
  • Lady In The Water (2006)
    Review preview for Lady In The Water

    If you don't believe in parallel universes, fairy stories or the power of the puzzle, Story's story will leave you as cold as her skin.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A lonely janitor struggles to save a lost fairytale creature.
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
    Review preview for The Manchurian Candidate

    Jonathan Demme directs with utter simplicity.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Gulf War soldiers are brainwashed.
  • The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
    Review preview for The Phoenician Scheme

    The real challenge is to keep up with the pace as well as the information overload.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of a family and a family business.
  • Quantum Of Solace (2008)
    Review preview for Quantum Of Solace

    Quantum of Solace is lacking the unique 007 vibe.

    Robyn Jankel · 3 out of 5
    Bond is back... and this time it's personal.
  • Ride With The Devil (1999)
    Review preview for Ride With The Devil

    There are arduous stretches, between ill-organised sorties, in which conversation dries in the mouth.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    American Civil War epic.
  • Shaft (2000)
    Review preview for Shaft

    This is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. It has a definite signature and a real blackness to it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The NYPD dective who won't play by the rules gets a millennium makeover.
  • Source Code (2011)
    Review preview for Source Code

    Ben Ripley's script is far less interested in the technical aspects of its own apparatus than in the human condition itself – our desperate search for big answers and satisfying closure, and the mortality that both delimits and perhaps ennobles this very

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    A man discovers he's part of an experiment that lets him inhabit another man's body for the last eight minutes of the man's life - his task is to stop a terror attack.
  • Syriana (2005)
    Review preview for Syriana

    An action-packed, critically intelligent thriller...the effect is both breathtaking and harrowing.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    A high-octane thriller for adults that exposes US dirty tricks in the Gulf oil business

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