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  • The Amateur (2025)
    Review preview for The Amateur

    As a spy story it's not great and as a revenge thriller it's not new and between them there's not much else to say.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands.
  • Baby Driver (2017)
    Review preview for Baby Driver

    This is not a serious film, rather a parody. Every attribute of style over content is here

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    His name is Baby and he’s a young and exceptionally talented getaway driver for a criminal gang. Pedal to the metal, music cranked up on his headphones, and flashing lights in the rear-view mirror. Just one last job and Baby can make a fresh start.
  • Fury (2014)
    Review preview for Fury

    Ayer’s film doesn’t really have the script or plot to back up all the hardware.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A battle-hardened sergeant takes a crew on a deadly mission in the last days of the Second World War.
  • King Richard (2021)
    Review preview for King Richard

    This unexpected emphasis on the entire clan and, particularly, its eccentric patriarch offers an interesting change from more straightforward biopics.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Story of the Williams sisters rise to tennis fame under the tutelage of their father.
  • Le Mans '66 (2019)
    Review preview for Le Mans '66

    The film avoids the easy route to Clicheville and stays on the dark side of the road.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Dramatisation of a friendship that shaped motor racing in the Sixties.
  • Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)
    Review preview for Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

    As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    How to be a teenager without losing your life and why helping a friend who is sick need not be an exercise in sentimental wishwash
  • Origin (2023)
    Review preview for Origin

    [DuVernay is] not here to tell people what to think – rather, she’s presenting them with the tools to start thinking for themselves and making their own discoveries.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An exploration of the roots of racism as experienced in the US.
  • Pilgrimage (2017)
    Review preview for Pilgrimage

    Muldowney takes things seriously, with cinematographer Tom Comerford using the lowering skies and boggy heaviness to his advantage

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    In 13th-century Ireland, a cadre of monks travel through the war-torn countryside on a mission to bring their land’s most sacred relic to Rome.
  • Rampart (2011)
    Review preview for Rampart

    Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A dirty cop in LA struggles to keep his job.
  • Sicario (2015)
    Review preview for Sicario

    Villeneuve sustains the knife-edge tension without a blip.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
  • Sharp Stick (2022)
    Review preview for Sharp Stick

    Dunham is constantly looking for laughs and does deliver quite a few, but you never fully believe these people are living in the real world.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A naive 26-year-old finds herself on a sexual odyssey.
  • Snitch (2013)
    Review preview for Snitch

    A serious pile of nonsense.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    A father goes undercover for the DEA in exchange for the release of his wrongfully imprisoned son.
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
    Review preview for Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    I had to step aside to try to enjoy it as a thing itself and I'm not convinced I succeeded.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change and a powerful new enemy emerges.
  • Sweet Virginia (2017)
    Review preview for Sweet Virginia

    Sweet Virginia is a simple story told very, very well.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A burglary-homicide rattles the residents of a small Alaska town.
  • Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
    Review preview for Those Who Wish Me Dead

    Taylor Sheridan's latest action flick has a workmanlike solidity but despite the repeated presence of physical infernos it never manages to get beyond a low heat in terms of tension.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A traumatised firefighter tries to help a young boy on the run from assassins in rural Montana.
  • We Are Your Friends (2015)
    Review preview for We Are Your Friends

    Zac Efron portrays Cole as appealingly handsome, talented and gregarious and it’s safe to say that his performance rescues what could have been an irredeemably obnoxious film.

    Luke Shaw · 1.5 out of 5
    An aspiring DJ is caught between forbidden romance and his friends.
  • Wind River (2017)
    Review preview for Wind River

    The film is well-served by its genre action sequences but it's the traces of grief that linger longest, like footsteps in the snow.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
  • Widows (2018)
    Review preview for Widows

    Recent Hollywood heist films - typified by the Ocean's franchise - have been largely concerned with shiny surfaces, gloss and froth but British director Steve McQueen is much more interested in what lies beneath.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Women left in debt by their dead husbands' crimes conspire to pull off a heist.
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
    Review preview for The Wolf of Wall Street

    This is how you destroy people's dignity and make them yours, Scorsese seems to say.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Based on the true story of the rise and fall of a financial high roller.

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