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  • 892 (2022)
    Review preview for 892

    The filmmakers are so wrapped up in the importance of the social issues, that they forget to come up with anything to say about them.

    Jeremy Mathews · 2.5 out of 5
    When Brian Brown-Easley’s disability check fails to materialise from Veterans Affairs, he finds himself on the brink of homelessness and breaking his daughter’s heart. With no other options, he walks into a Wells Fargo Bank and says, "I've got a bomb".
  • Attack The Block (2011)
    Review preview for Attack The Block

    That it succeeds is due to Cornish's lightness of touch and terrifically naturalistic performances from all the young people involved.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A gang of dissolute teenagers protect their block of flats from an alien attack.
  • Detroit (2017)
    Review preview for Detroit

    The film is orchestrated at perfect pitch

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Amid the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
  • Half Of A Yellow Sun (2013)
    Review preview for Half Of A Yellow Sun

    A film worth shouting about.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Civil war shatters the comfortable illusions of Nigeria’s middle class in this 1960s-set love story.
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
    Review preview for Pacific Rim: Uprising

    At the most basic level, giant robots fighting monsters in the middle of Tokyo. Ultimately everything else sort of falls by the wayside.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Kaiju return to threaten human civilisation, and once again only giant robots can stop them.
  • Red, White And Blue (2020)
    Review preview for Red, White And Blue

    Each scene builds on the next to illuminate the specifics as well as the universal quality of experiences.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A drama set in London's West Indian community.
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

    The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a new threat has emerged and new heroes must arise to save the day.
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    It's that old magic again.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
  • The Woman King (2022)
    Review preview for The Woman King

    Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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