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  • Afterwards (2008)
    Review preview for Afterwards

    As technically accomplished as it might be, this is a ponderous and interminable experience.

    James Benefield · 1.5 out of 5
    An attorney is haunted by his past.
  • Art School Confidential (2006)
    An artist learns to adapt his vision to the world around him.
  • Being John Malkovich (1999)
    Review preview for Being John Malkovich

    It is a triumph of imagination. The real-life Malkovich is put through appalling humiliations, to which he subjects with grace and humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    "New York City, a puppeteer, a tragic marriage, a chimp, a boss, a receptionist, another woman, an actor, the New Jersey Turnpike, and a plate of lasagne." - Spike Jonze
  • Beyond The Clouds (1995)
    Review preview for Beyond The Clouds

    Showcases the venerable maverick’s directorial style at is best and its worst.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    Love, lust and naked women in a quartet of linked tales.
  • Burn After Reading (2008)
    Review preview for Burn After Reading

    It is not as though we have not seen this sort of comic crime-gone-wrong chaos from the Coens before, but there is no-one who does it better.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    When a disc believed to contain sensitive information falls into the wrong hands, the intelligence services rush headlong into a comedy of errors.
  • Beowulf (2007)
    Review preview for Beowulf

    Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An imaginative retelling of the Old English story about a hero who saves a kingdom from a monster and its mother.
  • Casanova Variations (2014)
    Review preview for Casanova Variations

    How much of this is about Casanova? How much about Malkovich and his continuing public self-examination?

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    Two stories about the legendary seducer.
  • Changeling (2008)
    Review preview for Changeling

    Straczynski's script is a masterpiece of understatement and restraint, and Angelina Jolie is riveting in the central role.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    True crime story about a mother whose problems are compounded when she is reunited with a boy police claim is her missing 10-year-old son.
  • Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
    Review preview for Colour Me Kubrick

    John Malkovich at his most endearingly camp.

    Chris · 2 out of 5
    A biopic of a man who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick.
  • Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
    Review preview for Dangerous Liaisons

    As the story glides gracefully from pitch-black comedy to complicated tragedy, you are in no doubt this is a film which happened at the right time in the careers of its two central stars, and for cinema.

    James Benefield · 4 out of 5
    Making a game out of sex, love and relationships has dire consequences in eighteenth century France.
  • Death Of A Salesman (1985)
    Review preview for Death Of A Salesman

    A sterling, if uncinematic adaptation, without pretence or frippery which could dilute the potency of performances or writing.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    The definitive telling of Arthur Miller's classic play.
  • Deepwater Horizon (2016)
    Review preview for Deepwater Horizon

    You cannot begin to understand what's going on, or not going on

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in US history.
  • Disgrace (2008)
    Review preview for Disgrace

    Detached rather than indifferent.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    The complex social life of an English professor forms a mirror for a complex country.
  • Eragon (2006)
    Review preview for Eragon

    The film has more violent action than a PG-certificate dares admit to and looks suitably legendary.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    When a simple farm boy discovers a dragon's egg, he also finds his destiny: to recover the lost art of dragon riding and save the kingdom from evil.
  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile (2019)
    Review preview for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile

    By avoiding serial cliches, director Joe Berlinger touches on a different level of revelation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
  • Gardens Of The Night (2007)
    Review preview for Gardens Of The Night

    A testament to harrowing real-life experiences.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    A harrowing account of child abduction and survival.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
    Douglas Adam's classic end of the world comedy finally makes it to the silver screen.
  • I'm Going Home (2001)
    Michel Piccoli plays a famous actor, who suffers a personal tragedy and loses his confidence.
  • Johnny English (2003)
    Review preview for Johnny English

    The true weakness of the film is the script - a single gag runs through it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A spoof James Bond adventure, with Rowan Atkinson playing the accident prone secret agent.
  • The Killing Fields (1984)
    Review preview for The Killing Fields

    Himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, lucky to have escaped with his life, Ngor subsumes himself in the role in a way that makes one wonder that he made it through filming without losing his mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A journalist and photographer are separated when the Khmer Rouge takes power in Cambodia, one winning awards, the other struggling to survive.
  • Klimt (2006)
    Review preview for Klimt

    A shallow portrayal.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 2 out of 5
    A portrait of the artist as a middle aged man.
  • The Libertine (2004)
    Review preview for The Libertine

    Morton continues to show her acting talents with a substantial - if not substantial enough - role and Malkovitch is an adequate counter balance to the very considerable presence of Depp.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    The tragic, promiscuous, defiant world of a 17th century philandering philosopher earl.
  • The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999)
    Review preview for The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc

    The only thing of quality is the poster. Its artistic imagination outstrips anything in the movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Tale of the French peasant girl who rose to oust the English.
  • Les Miserables (2000)
    Review preview for Les Miserables

    The production's lavish attention to detail in its recreation of the poverty and luxury of the time shows up crisply on this DVD, which is a visual feast.

    Andrea Mullaney · 3.5 out of 5
    Rise and fall of ex-housebreaker who becomes mayor during the period of the French revolution.
  • The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)
    Review preview for The Man In The Iron Mask

    As a rookie director, he lacks visual flair and tends to hug clichés for safety's sake.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Musketeers show their age in adaptation of the Dumas classic about a man who is incarcerated without knowing why.
  • Mutant Chronicles (2008)
    Review preview for Mutant Chronicles

    The Mutant Chronicles is a mutant film, apparently stitched together from the still-steaming corpses of others.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A monk brings together a desperate band of soldiers in a last ditch bid to save the Earth from a mutant menace.
  • Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
    Review preview for Penguins of Madagascar

    The pace accelerates through 15 stages of excitement without stopping to refuel

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Four young penguins become embroiled in an animated power play between an evil octopus and a grey wolf.
  • Red 2 (2013)
    Review preview for Red 2

    The reason this franchise succeeds is that it never takes itself too seriously.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Frank Moses finds he and his girlfriend on a mission to save the world.
  • Ripley's Game (2002)
    Review preview for Ripley's Game

    Everything Hannibal failed to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    John Malkovich plays the enigmatic Tom Ripley in a new tale of multiple murders
  • Rounders (1998)
    Review preview for Rounders

    The film has an authenticity that cuts deep.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A gambler who has turned his back on the game, has to pick up the cards again to help out a pal.
  • Shadow Of The Vampire (2000)
    Review preview for Shadow Of The Vampire

    A true original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Gothic comedy that revises the story of the making of silent film classic Nosferatu.
  • Time Regained (1998)
    Review preview for Time Regained

    As a comedy of manners, it is exquisite.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A dying Marcel Proust, looks back at his life.
  • Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (2011)
    Review preview for Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

    The comedy is not funny, the action is exhausting, and by the time its 156 minutes are over, you too will have been transformed into a dead-eyed machine that has lost the power or will to care.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    The Decepticons and Autobots battle once again.
  • Warm Bodies (2013)
    Review preview for Warm Bodies

    Warm Bodies overcomes any cynicism horror fans might harbor towards it through genuine affability and winning performances.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    When a zombie falls for a human, there could be consequences for all the living dead.
  • Wild Horse Nine (2026)
    Review preview for Wild Horse Nine

    Malkovich and Rockwell are magnetic.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Rapa Nui.

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