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  • American Hustle (2013)
    Review preview for American Hustle

    Bradley Cooper as Richie gives the finest madcap performance of his career.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A con man is forced to work for a rogue FBI agent.
  • The Beaver (2011)
    Review preview for The Beaver

    By and large Foster keeps things straight, but the film does wobble tonally between psychodrama and whimsy.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A depressed executive finds solace in a hand puppet.
  • Die, My Love (2025)
    Review preview for Die, My Love

    Ramsay's style takes no prisoners.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A woman battles her demons.
  • Don't Look Up (2021)
    Review preview for Don't Look Up

    We see the pernicious and warped modern US in all its glory, turning common sense and science on its head and it's hilarious.

    Max Blinkhorn · 5 out of 5
    Two low-level astronomers face a wall of indifference as they go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth.
  • The Hunger Games (2012)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games

    Ross avoids the hyperbole of gore and mayhem to keep the emotions of what is happening so near the bone it hurts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Set in a dystopian future, a young boy and girl must fight to the death on live television.
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    It's easy to forgive the fact that nothing's happening when it's not happening around Jennifer Lawrence.

    Max Crawford · 2.5 out of 5
    The stakes are raised for survivor Katniss as she is forced join a champion of champions tournament.
  • 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.
  • House At The End Of The Street (2012)
    Review preview for House At The End Of The Street

    The fact that this isn't the screamer it appears to be is both pleasantly surprising at the outset and deeply disappointing by the end.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    Moving in next door to a house where a girl murdered her parents proves a bad idea.
  • Joy (2015)
    Review preview for Joy

    As wild as it seems at times, the film is deeply grounded in an emotional truth for each of the protagonists.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop.
  • Like Crazy (2011)
    Review preview for Like Crazy

    Offers plenty of uncomfortably familiar observations for anyone engaged in a relationship that is either long-distance, or just long-term.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A British student and an American find their love tested by a long-distance relationship.
  • Love, Antosha (2019)
    Review preview for Love, Antosha

    The inevitable sadness is balanced by so much joy and energy that it's a delight to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A portrait of the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
  • Mother! (2017)
    Review preview for Mother!

    In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Uninvited guests threaten a couple's relationship.
  • Passengers (2016)
    Review preview for Passengers

    The concept of being trapped in solitary confinement for the rest of your natural is a goose bump reversal experience

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An odd romance develops on a transport spaceship.
  • Red Sparrow (2018)
    Review preview for Red Sparrow

    The lady can't keep her clothes on. It's part of the training

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A former ballerina is recruited into Russia's spy school where students learn the artifice of the honey trap
  • Serena (2014)
    Review preview for Serena

    The film spirals towards the inevitable like a Greek tragedy written in crayon.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Melodrama about a logging magnate who discovers his wife can't have children.
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
    Review preview for Silver Linings Playbook

    Russell impressively couples gambling strategies with self-help mantras to expose the machinations of searching minds who don't know how to flee the ugly banal lives of most common betrayals and economic anxieties.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A man trying to reconcile with his wife after a stint in a mental institution finds things get complicated when he meets a mystery girl.
  • Winter's Bone (2010)
    Review preview for Winter's Bone

    An unrelenting, yet utterly mesmerising cinematic vision.

    Nick Da Costa · 5 out of 5
    An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    Review preview for X-Men: Apocalypse

    Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    An ancient, super-powerful mutant arises, planning to kill all humans and with a nasty fate in mind for Charles.
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
    Review preview for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

    This was a great chance to cover one of the most iconic storylines in the history of comics, squandered by not handing the script to a five-year-old child in order to iron out some of the more egregious errors prior to filming.

    Max Crawford · 3 out of 5
    Jean Grey struggles with her cosmic powers, tearing the X-Men family apart.
  • X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014)
    Review preview for X-Men: Days Of Future Past

    What makes this film so enjoyable is the chemistry that holds its ensemble together.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    Wolverine travels back in time in a bid to change history.
  • X-Men: First Class (2011)
    Review preview for X-Men: First Class

    It's not only the best X-Men film yet, it's a fantastic piece of cinema in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The origins of the X-Men are explained as they struggle to thwart a villain with nuclear ambitions.

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