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  • 3 Days With Dad (2019)
    Review preview for 3 Days With Dad

    Clarke puts a lot of trust in his actors, allowing room for personalities to emerge naturally.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A man who reluctantly returns to his hometown to see his dying father is confronted with news that changes his whole perspective on life.
  • Americons (2015)
    Review preview for Americons

    Director Avgerinos has an editing background and it shows in a surfeit of visual ideas which communicate Jason's disordered mental state very effectively but sometimes threaten to overwhelm the viewer.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A former college sportsman is drawn into exploitative real estate scamming in the run-up to the US housing market crash.
  • Durant's Never Closes (2016)
    Review preview for Durant's Never Closes

    Durant's Never Closes is unlikely to be a breakthrough film, but where Durant is remembered as a local force to be reckoned with, it will have strong audience appeal.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A biopic of bar owner Jack Durant.
  • Get Shorty (1995)
    Review preview for Get Shorty

    Over the years, people have tried and failed to be as cool as Travolta.

    The Dude · 4.5 out of 5
    A Miami loan shark discovers even more bizarre characters in Hollywood.
  • Glass Jaw (2018)
    Review preview for Glass Jaw

    The best part of the film is the actual boxing.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    After a champion boxer loses everything and goes to prison, he becomes determined to win back his life and the one he loves.
  • The Last Survivors (2014)
    Review preview for The Last Survivors

    Richardson shines in what was her first major film role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenage girl fights to protect the last working well in a valley stricken by drought.
  • Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
    Review preview for Napoleon Dynamite

    The movie is eccentric and wild in one respect and positive and cool in another.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    In praise of small town high school losers who discover their skills.
  • Terrorvision (1986)
    Review preview for Terrorvision

    Whilst very, very cheap, Terrorvision goes beyond standard spoof territory and fleshes out its characters into people the viewer can care about.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A monster beamed away as unwanted waste from an alien planet finds its way into a suburban American home through a satellite dish.
  • Taken (2008)
    Review preview for Taken

    Zips along so fast that you don’t really have time to question the morality of it.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A former spy gets back into action after his daughter is kidnapped by sex traffickers.
  • Taken 2 (2012)
    Review preview for Taken 2

    There is a lot of action but it is tame, predictable and repetitious.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Ex-CIA man Bryan finds himself taken hostage by a man bent on revenge.
  • Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
    Review preview for Twin Falls Idaho

    The overall effect is not unlike watching a delicate and subtle poem slowly turn into something altogether more clumsy and prosaic.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Conjoined twins find their world turned upside down by the love of a call girl.
  • We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (2013)
    Review preview for We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

    The young cast all excel in roles which require the utmost duplicity

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    Three Texas teenager get embroiled in the world of a local gangster.
  • Welcome To The Jungle (2003)
    Review preview for Welcome To The Jungle

    The plot may be a pot-pourri of action cliches, but the film has a healthy sense of humour and an easy way with itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The Rock goes to Brazil to bring Seann William Scott back from the rainforest.
  • You're So Cool Brewster! The Story Of Fright Night (2016)
    Review preview for You're So Cool Brewster! The Story Of Fright Night

    There is the same sense of warmth and humour that made the film so endearing.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the cult horror comedy.

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