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  • 9 (2009)
    Review preview for 9

    Ideas of fascism, loss of the soul and post-apocalyptic existence, all ripe for exploration, are given a body swerve in favour of muddled new-age nonsense.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The post-apocalypse world is back... and this time its animated.
  • Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Review preview for Alita: Battle Angel

    With its CGI clever-dickery the kick boxing is controlled and packed. T

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A woman with no memories tries to uncover the secrets of her past.
  • Aloft (2014)
    Review preview for Aloft

    There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief systems of Peru that flow through Llosa's earlier works.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A son goes in search of his estranged mother.
  • American Pastoral (2016)
    Review preview for American Pastoral

    McGregor's character paradoxically gets too much and not enough. Swede feels clogged with sentiment for his daughter, with little room for other emotions.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Seymour “Swede” Levov, a once legendary high school athlete, is now a successful businessman married to Dawn, a former beauty queen. But turmoil brews beneath the polished veneer of Swede’s life.
  • Bad Behaviour (2023)
    Review preview for Bad Behaviour

    Englert’s script is an actor’s dream. Connelly, who has matured magnificently in recent years and now ranks among the best in her generation, gives it all she’s got.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan.
  • A Beautiful Mind (2001)
    Review preview for A Beautiful Mind

    Russell Crowe carries the can and he does so with honour and the can becomes a trophy, richly deserved.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    True story with Russell Crowe as a schizophrenic mathematical genius who overcomes inner turmoil to complete Nobel prize-winning theory.
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
    Review preview for Blood Diamond

    There is a healthy streak of cynicism running through Blood Diamond.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Diamonds are a smuggler’s best friend during Sierra Leone’s vicious civil war.
  • Creation (2009)
    Review preview for Creation

    This is a film which seeks to convey emotional truth rather than historical accuracy.

    Val Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A look at the personal conflicts Charles Darwin experienced when deciding whether or not to publish his theory of evolution.
  • Dark Water (2005)
    Review preview for Dark Water

    For those who have seen the originals, stay away.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    So-so adaptation of Hideo Nakata's Japanese horror movie.
  • The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
    Review preview for The Day The Earth Stood Still

    Save the planet, buy Citizen Quartz watches and eat at McDonalds!

    Tony Sullivan · 2 out of 5
    Klaatu barada nikto, anyone? Remake of the seminal 50s sci-fi thriller.
  • Dark City (1998)
    Review preview for Dark City

    What [director Proyas] does here is juggle genres and lop the dead cells from the brains of old cliches.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Film noir plotting meets a fiendish science fiction underworld in an extravagant fantasy.
  • Dark City: Director's Cut (1998)
    Review preview for Dark City: Director's Cut

    A stylish and engrossing mystery - an immature, yet energetic explosion of storytelling ideas.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Extravagant sci-fi fantasy about a hunted man struggling with his memory gets a directorial polish.
  • The Dilemma (2011)
    Review preview for The Dilemma

    There are a couple of good laughs but they certainly don't carry two hours of film.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    A socially awkward guy agonises over whether or not to tell his business partner that his wife is unfaithful.
  • Hulk (2003)
    Review preview for Hulk

    The first thing to say about the film is that it looks stunning. The second thing is that it takes forever before transformation time.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Ang Lee directs summer blockbuster of the Marvel Comics scientist who turns green with anger.
  • House of Sand and Fog (2003)
    Review preview for House of Sand and Fog

    The performances are exquisite.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An evicted woman begins a feud with her old house's new owner.
  • Little Children (2006)
    Review preview for Little Children

    Brimming with superb performances.

    Steve Harwood · 4.5 out of 5
    The hopes, dreams and secrets of a group of young parents whose lives intersect in small-town America.
  • Labyrinth (1986)
    Review preview for Labyrinth

    There are many scenes delightful to young children which older viewers will find shallow and gimmicky, whilst the younger ones will be left puzzled and bored by the strange romance between Sarah and her enemy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenage girl enters a mysterious maze to try and win back her baby brother from the Goblin King.
  • A New York Winter's Tale (2014)
    Review preview for A New York Winter's Tale

    It would be difficult to exaggerate the piffling absurdity of this film

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A fantasy romance between an Irish burglar and an ill heiress with violent interruptions from Lucifer's gangster henchmen.
  • Noah (2014)
    Review preview for Noah

    Noah 2014 seems terrified of anything not spelled out.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2 out of 5
    A man believes that he was chosen to build an ark to save the world's animals and end human cruelty.
  • Only The Brave (2017)
    Review preview for Only The Brave

    Half way through you ask yourself, why am I watching this film?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A group of firefighters try to protect a town from a wildfire.
  • Phenomena (1985)
    Review preview for Phenomena

    This rarely seen Argento gem has it all. We're on ground he's covered before, but it's constantly shifting beneath us.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A girl who has a strange relationship with insects attends boarding school in a small town where a killer is at large.
  • Pollock (2000)
    Review preview for Pollock

    As a directorial debut, the film is patchy, but intense.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The agony and the ecstasy of Jackson Pollock breaking new ground in American painting.
  • Requiem For A Dream (2000)
    Review preview for Requiem For A Dream

    What Aronofsky has done with Selby's script is remarkable. With the use of split screen, hip-hop montage and every trick in the cinematographer's bag, he has forged a work of considerable significance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Study of dysfunction, addiction, loneliness and love amongst four characters in Coney Island
  • Reservation Road (2007)
    Review preview for Reservation Road

    Reservation Road is really only ever going from A to B and, despite the offer of some intriguing ideas, never moves far from its initial premise.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Two fathers cope with the consequences of tragedy.
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    Review preview for Top Gun: Maverick

    Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Maverick, now a trainer, encounters the son of his old friend Goose.
  • Virginia (2010)
    Review preview for Virginia

    Jennifer Connelly has never been more subtle and astute.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A psychiatrically troubled woman trying to move on with her teenage son, finds her way blocked by a sheriff with whom she has had a long-standing affair.

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