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  • 9 (2009)
    Review preview for 9

    Ideas of fascism, loss of the soul and post-apocalyptic existence, all ripe for exploration, are given a body swerve in favour of muddled new-age nonsense.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The post-apocalypse world is back... and this time its animated.
  • The Aviator (2004)
    Review preview for The Aviator

    The Aviator is a beautiful picture with flawless performances, wonderful cinematography and extravagant mise-en-scene.

    Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
    The early years of movie mogul and planemaker, Howard Hughes.
  • The Anniversary Party (2001)
    Review preview for The Anniversary Party

    Enjoyable and witty, all the more impressive when you discover that it took only 19 days to shoot.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A couple's anniversary proves to be a test of their fidelity as well as of friendship.
  • Carnage (2011)
    Review preview for Carnage

    Unlike many of his other films where there are underlying touches of humor, Polanski plays this one more as a straight comedy.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The Brooklyn bourgeoisie under the microscope in Roman Polanksi's adaptation of The God of Carnage.
  • Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
    Review preview for Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    Scruffy and scarred and only inadvertently dashing, Crepsley has none of the glamour generally associated with vampires today, though John C. Reilly has no difficulty in making him compelling.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A teenager gets in over his head with vampire politics and finds temporary refuge with a freak show.
  • Cyrus (2010)
    Review preview for Cyrus

    If the plot development lurks on cusp of credibilty, the characters feel genuinely complex and are given a real sense of humanity by Tomei Reilly and Hill.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A recently divorced guy meets a new woman... and her son.
  • The Extra Man (2010)
    Review preview for The Extra Man

    So overloaded with oddball characters that it never finds an even keel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    An aspiring author forms an unusual friendship with an oddball older playwright.
  • For The Love Of The Game (1999)
    Review preview for For The Love Of The Game

    Costner is running on empty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A pitcher in the twilight of his career finds himself torn between the game and the woman he loves.
  • Hard Eight (1996)
    Review preview for Hard Eight

    As a director, he captures the seedy glamour of the gambling world perfectly and as a writer he propels a taut, no-frills story along with a screenplay that’s literate and believable.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A veteran gambler takes a young drifter under his wing.
  • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
    Review preview for Kong: Skull Island

    Boggles the mind and stretches credibility to the outer reaches of imagination

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Scientists, soldiers, a photo journalist and an English toff explore a hidden island stuffed with dangerously large preditors
  • Life After Beth (2014)
    Review preview for Life After Beth

    Feels less experimental and alternative than, well, the zombie genre demands.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Beth dying makes life hard. Beth coming back makes it harder.
  • The Lobster (2015)
    Review preview for The Lobster

    Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    In a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.
  • Stan & Ollie (2018)
    Review preview for Stan & Ollie

    The performances by Steve Coogan (Stan) and John C Reilly (Ollie) are above and beyond the call of duty. They give the film heart.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    True story of the late years of the comedy double-act.
  • Step Brothers (2008)
    Review preview for Step Brothers

    You'll watch, you'll laugh, you'll have a great time, you'll quote the cheesy lines with your friends afterwards.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    Comedy about adult siblings sharing a room.
  • Tale Of Tales (2015)
    Review preview for Tale Of Tales

    On balance, the dexterity of Garrone’s vision papers over the cracks and finds the poetic dimensions of the magical material.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Collection of fairy tales. In one, Salma Hayek is a jealous queen and in another Vincent Cassel plays a king who encounters two mysterious sisters. In a third a king raises a gigantic flea.
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006)
    Review preview for Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

    The humour is so basic, it doesn't need a spell check.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A NASCAR comedy of fast cars and stupid drivers.
  • We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
    Review preview for We Need To Talk About Kevin

    Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of the book perfectly matches its intimacy, too close for comfort for some, and manages to make aspects of it even darker.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The much-anticipated film based on Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel about a mother at odds with her dangerous son.
  • Year Of The Dog (2007)
    Review preview for Year Of The Dog

    One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    Offbeat fairytale about a woman who tries to fill a void in her life after her dog dies.

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