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  • The Girl Is In Trouble (2015)
    Review preview for The Girl Is In Trouble

    The Girl Is In Trouble may not have many new things to say, but it says them well.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
  • House MD: Season Six (2009)
    Review preview for House MD: Season Six

    The writers are crafty enough to stick to a formula yet still keep things fresh, with the 'central' diagnosis often kept very much on the fringes, so that the relationships within the story are allowed free reign.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    The doctor tries to fight his psychological demons.
  • Swimming Upstream (2003)
    Review preview for Swimming Upstream

    The performances are excellent, with Spencer conveying the emotions and suffering Tony endures admirably and Rush, as his alcoholic, abusive father is wonderful.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    Drama, based on the true-life story of Aussie swimmer Tony Fingleton.
  • Uptown Girls (2003)
    Review preview for Uptown Girls

    The characters have no backbone, the story little credibility or substance.

    Monica Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A little rich girl becomes a nanny and faces the tribulations of love after being swindled out of the family fortune.

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