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  • Ali (2000)
    Review preview for Ali

    A sensitive, intelligent and captivating performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Intelligent biopic of the famous boxer.
  • Anaconda (1997)
    Review preview for Anaconda

    How can you refuse a movie that offers a POV shot of inside a snake's belly?

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    Jennifer Lopez and assorted B-list actors are attacked by a giant snake in the Amazon rain forest.
  • Bratz: The Movie (2007)
    Review preview for Bratz: The Movie

    Whilst the actresses are convincing as the original Bratz characters, those characters don't really make sense in this environment.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The Bratz girls go to high school.
  • Deliverance (1972)
    Review preview for Deliverance

    Deliverance works brilliantly as both film entertainment and in exposing and critiquing the condition of the white middle-class American male in the wake of Vietnam and all that.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4.5 out of 5
    Men on a bonding session find it's murder on the river.
  • Enemy Of The State (1998)
    Review preview for Enemy Of The State

    If you like thrillers high roasted, this will keep you awake.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A wildlife ranger gets caught up in a political conspiracy.
  • Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016)
    Review preview for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

    There is meat and crunch and intelligent plotline.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    The year is 1926 and Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures when things go awry in New York.
  • Hal (2018)
    Review preview for Hal

    Ashby's daughter Leigh MacManus is one of the few contributors to offer an off-set perspective of the man - and it comes with a poignancy and beat of heartfelt truth that is lacking elsewhere.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of the director of Harold And Maude.
  • Heat (1995)
    Review preview for Heat

    Mann’s film is a stone-cold masterpiece.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    A cop and a career thief end up on a collision course.
  • Holes (2003)
    Review preview for Holes

    What on earth Weaver thinks she's doing in such a tangled mess is difficult to understand.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Teenagers dig holes in the Texas desert while doing time at a correctional camp for naughty boys.
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
    Review preview for The Manchurian Candidate

    Jonathan Demme directs with utter simplicity.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Gulf War soldiers are brainwashed.
  • Megalopolis (2024)
    Review preview for Megalopolis

    It is described simply as “A Fable”, but there is nothing simple about this over-ambitious allegorical sprawl.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Power play and corruption unfold in a futuristic city.
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
    Review preview for Midnight Cowboy

    There are still very few films that make room for male characters to be emotionally honest to this degree.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A fresh-faced Texan arrives in New York, determined to become the new stud in town. His plan to woo the wealthy ladies of Manhattan is as naive as it is ridiculous but along the way he finds an unlikely ally in a seedy, small time con man who dreams of escaping to Florida.
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible

    For those who cannot follow the plot there are some really good set pieces, with enough tension and excitement to carry the movie.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt, Special Agent, in the first of his TV spin off action extravaganzas.
  • National Treasure (2004)
    Review preview for National Treasure

    National Treasure is just plain boring. There is no mystery, or sense of discovery.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Treaure hunt for kids and soft-centred adults who like watching Nicolas Cage sleep walking.
  • National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)
    Review preview for National Treasure: Book Of Secrets

    With an unchallenging plot, some interesting facts thrown in for history fans, and likable characters, this is an unpretentious, entertaining film which adults as well as kids can enjoy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A treasure hunter pursues a series of clues in an attempt to clear the name of a famous ancestor.
  • Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Review preview for Pearl Harbor

    Not so much From Here To Eternity as From Here To This Time Next Week, which is a terrible waste.

    Symon Parsons · 3 out of 5
    The three-hour, $139 million take on the historical event that launched the USA into the Second World War.
  • Pride And Glory (2008)
    Review preview for Pride And Glory

    While on the surface Pride And Glory seems to have cynicism coming out of every pore and revolves around the world of dirty officers, at its core it's actually a love-letter to honest cops.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    A family of New York cops is caught up in corruption.
  • The Rainmaker (1997)
    Review preview for The Rainmaker

    Not typical Grisham, it is closer to autobiography than fiction.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young lawyer with high ideals takes on a corrupt insurance firm.
  • Reagan (2024)
    Review preview for Reagan

    Quaid and Miller's performances do a lot to carry a film that seeks neither to deify or demonise. If it weren't for their chemistry some sections would fall flat.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of the former US president, told through the voice of a former KGB agent.
  • Transformers (2007)
    Review preview for Transformers

    High-octane nonsense for those who suffer from permanently arrested development.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Robots in disguise!
  • U Turn (1997)
    Review preview for U Turn

    Oliver Stone directs like a grasshopper on amphetamines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A drifter cuckolds a rich man in a small town while on the way to deliver goodies for the mob.
  • Varsity Blues (1999)
    Review preview for Varsity Blues

    The plot has been round the block so often, it makes itself sick.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Small town football coach attempts to lead his team to victory.
  • Zoolander (2001)
    Review preview for Zoolander

    The humour exaggerates the worst excesses of Saturday Night Live.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Ben Stiller spoofs the fashion world and adds on a political assassination subplot.

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