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  • Big (1988)
    Review preview for Big

    The film has immense charm and skates skillfully across the surface of sentiment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A 13-year-old boy makes a wish at a fairground and becomes a man overnight.
  • Cutter's Way (1981)
    Review preview for Cutter's Way

    Unfortunately, for all its strong ideas and well developed themes, Cutter's Way never quite succeeds in engaging with the viewer.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A drifter who witnesses a murder tries to forget about it, but his injured war veteran friend sees it as an opportunity to fight back against the system.
  • Edison (2005)
    Review preview for Edison

    The surprise here is Cool J, who puts in perhaps his best performance to date.

    Steve Harwood · 2 out of 5
    Police corruption in the ex-murder capital of America is exposed by a rookie reporter.
  • Home Alone (1990)
    Review preview for Home Alone

    There are some movies that work best at Christmas and this is one of them

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Macaulay Culkin is left in a big house in Chicago at Christmas time to fend off comic burglars.
  • Prison Break: Complete Season 1 (2005)
    A man gets sent to jail to mastermind a breakout that will save his brother's life. Out to own on DVD now.
  • Prisoner Of War (2014)
    Review preview for Prisoner Of War

    Though both Moran and Abtahi deliver effective performances, the script is hampered by what feels like a lack of confidence in its own narrative.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A young US soldier posted to an Iraqi prison forms a forbidden friendship with a detainee.
  • Rambling Rose (1991)
    Review preview for Rambling Rose

    The film is like a work of art that exists outside movements and influence, perfectly formed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Teenage innocent nymphomanic orphan captivates Southern family during the Thirties.
  • Sharknado (2013)
    Review preview for Sharknado

    Sharknado pulls out all the stops and delivers one of the best B-movies for years.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    During a hurricane, swirling winds pick up thousands of sharks from the ocean. By the time they reach land, they're very angry.
  • Snake Eyes (1998)
    Review preview for Snake Eyes

    The problem is neither Cage, nor the concept. It is the story.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A corrupt cop gets caught up in a murder conspiracy.
  • Searching For Fortune (2017)
    Review preview for Searching For Fortune

    Once the motor of the film is running, though, it settles to a more welcome pace, with Smolensky slowly allowing a gentle soulfulness to surface beneath Michael's rough-cut exterior.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A roughneck re-examines his life after hearing about the life and death of the brother he never new.
  • The Trip To Bountiful (1985)
    Review preview for The Trip To Bountiful

    Foote's script is intelligent and well paced.

    Emma Slawinski · 2.5 out of 5
    A sassy lady from Houston takes a bus ride back to her old home town, with surprising results.
  • The Tale (2018)
    Review preview for The Tale

    The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that makes the message she delivers all the more devastating.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    An investigation into one woman's memory as she’s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
  • White Chicks (2004)
    Review preview for White Chicks

    One of the crudest, most low-brow films you'll ever see.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    Two black FBI agents dress up as white girls to track down kidnappers.

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