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  • Avatar (2009)
    Review preview for Avatar

    There is much in Avatar that is broadly drawn, clichéd even – but it is also these very things which might just earn it the status of a classic.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A wheelchair- using former marine is conscripted to travel to a jungle moon via a biological 'avatar' to infiltrate the local aliens who are standing in the way of plans to mine ore. Being re-released with additional footage.
  • Avatar: Fire And Ash (2025)
    Review preview for Avatar: Fire And Ash

    Where the story stumbles, the film is carried forward by action.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Our heroes grapple with grief and encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, as the conflict on Pandora escalates.
  • Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
    Review preview for Avatar: The Way Of Water

    Ponderous but glorious.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Grassroots (2012)
    Review preview for Grassroots

    Perhaps wisely, Grassroots never really seems especially engaged with ideology.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A jaded journalist helps his friend stand for the local city council.
  • The Guest (2014)
    Review preview for The Guest

    Slick, tense, darkly funny and very genre-aware.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A man inveigles his way into a family home by saying he is a friend of a dead soldier.
  • Shark Night 3D (2011)
    Review preview for Shark Night 3D

    Smart enough in the right places and dumb enough in others to be a worthwhile waste of your time.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    A group of holidaymakers find their trip a private lake has rather more bite than they were looking for.

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