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  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
    Review preview for 24 Hour Party People

    What the film achieves, better than any other rock music movie, is how unorganised and stupid so much of what went on behind the scenes was.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The short history of Madchester and the club scene, with Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson.
  • Human Traffic (1999)
    Review preview for Human Traffic

    Comparisons only categorise originality and this one stands alone.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    The weekend is here and the ravers are wasted.
  • Life On Mars (2006)
    Review preview for Life On Mars

    Worth getting nicked for.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A police detective in 2006 finds himself in Manchester in 1973.
  • Life On Mars: The Complete Second Series (2007)
    Review preview for Life On Mars: The Complete Second Series

    Many layers of fascination and enjoyment here and on every level subtleties of perception, not least with the central premise.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    At last a conclusion for the injured DI in a coma who lives and works in a politically incorrect police station 30 years in the past.
  • Miranda (2002)
    Review preview for Miranda

    This is a film that defies logic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A con artiste meets a librarian and has mad passionate sex in a London flat.
  • Tuesday (2008)
    Review preview for Tuesday

    Bennett gives the film a polished look that belies its low budget.

    Steve Harwood · 3 out of 5
    Heists collide as a bank is simultaneously targeted by different sets of thieves.
  • Understanding Jane (1998)
    Review preview for Understanding Jane

    Director Caleb Lindsay tries in vain to create something out of nothing...His attempts only cheapen already empty scenes.

    Josh Morrall · 1.5 out of 5
    Romantic adventure between two men and women who meet through a personal ad.
  • Wonderland (1999)
    Review preview for Wonderland

    There are too many characters doing not very much.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Ensemble drama about the lifes and loves of the working class in London.

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