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  • The 355 (2022)
    Review preview for The 355

    There is a solid certainty amongst its crosses and doubles and that's that it isn't very good.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
  • Coriolanus (2011)
    Review preview for Coriolanus

    The film also looks great, with a rich and varied colour palette and costume array, plus crisp camerawork from Barry Ackroyd combined with nifty editing.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's play of political power and intrigue.
  • Crimson Peak (2015)
    Review preview for Crimson Peak

    An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    Gothic romance in which a young American woman becomes ensnared by the machinations of a pair of British siblings.
  • The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (2021)
    Review preview for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

    The real and the performed run so close together that, by the end of the film, it's not entirely clear if even Tammy knows where one ends and the other starts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
  • Eleanor Rigby (2013)
    Review preview for Eleanor Rigby

    How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Two people struggle to stay together after the death of their child.
  • The Forgiven (2021)
    Review preview for The Forgiven

    Lorne Balfe’s magnificent, melodic score shapes our sense of time passing, just as shots of the open desert, of the emptiness around the palace, add to our sense that all that history is present and immediate.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A getaway for a couple visiting Morocco turns deadly after their car hits and kills a local boy, with consequences which spiral out of control.
  • The Good Nurse (2022)
    Review preview for The Good Nurse

    Chastain is its saving grace.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
  • The Help (2011)
    Review preview for The Help

    If you are willing to accept that this is an exploratory snapshot that seeks to confine itself to the times it is portraying and leave any consideration of modern-day echoes to the conscience of the viewer, this is a good story, well told.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American Maid's point of view on the White families they work for.
  • Interstellar (2014)
    Review preview for Interstellar

    Not many films are as important to the future of humanity as Interstellar.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    Humanity's last hope lies in a journey into space.
  • Lawless (2012)
    Review preview for Lawless

    Compelling stuff.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Three brothers go all out to protect their small bootlegging business from corrupt lawmen during Prohibition.
  • Mama (2013)
    Review preview for Mama

    While there are plenty of lush gothic flourishes, there are also too many ridiculous horror tropes, but the quality of the acting - especially from child leads Megan Charpenter and Isabelle Nelisse - leads to several genuinely emotional scenes that distin

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Two feral children recovered from the forest are placed in the care of their aunt and uncle. But something has been caring for them, and it wants them back.
  • 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.
  • Miss Sloane (2016)
    Review preview for Miss Sloane

    One admires the cleverness of it, while wondering if there really are people who live like this.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A ruthless Washington lobbyist takes on gun control.
  • Molly's Game (2017)
    Review preview for Molly's Game

    The tension is too tight to touch

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
  • Mother's Instinct (2024)
    Review preview for Mother's Instinct

    Chastain and Hathaway have tremendous chemistry, screen presence.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice and Celine live a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age. Life's perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.
  • A Most Violent Year (2014)
    Review preview for A Most Violent Year

    2014's best film of the year.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    An ambitious immigrant tries to survive and protect his family and business in New York City.
  • Take Shelter (2011)
    Review preview for Take Shelter

    An astounding film.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    After experiencing visions of impending catastrophe, an ordinary man takes extraordinary measures - but can he trust the evidence of his own senses?
  • The Tree Of Life (2011)
    Review preview for The Tree Of Life

    A stunning film, Malick's greatest work to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The loss of a son and brother leads to a journey back through memory and the past in search of answers.
  • 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.
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
    Review preview for Zero Dark Thirty

    If you've read the paper during the last ten years, you won't get much new insight here.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2.5 out of 5
    A recreation of the ten year hunt by US agents for Osama bin Laden.

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