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  • Churchill (2017)
    Review preview for Churchill

    The film breaks the rule that says Winston saved us, he cannot be criticised

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The British prime minister in the run-up to D-Day.
  • Dominion (2004)
    Review preview for Dominion

    Long-winded, overwrought and totally without a climax.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Before The Exorcist came the demon Pazuzu.
  • The English Patient (1996)
    Review preview for The English Patient

    Seldom has passion felt so primed, or sex so explosive.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Love and war expose the vulnerability of hope for a passion that seeks solitude in the desert.
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
    Review preview for Exorcist: The Beginning

    'The best view of God is from Hell.' The best view of Exorcist: The Beginning is not at all.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    Prequel to The Exorcist, in which Father Merrin discovers the demon Pazuzu.
  • Goya's Ghosts (2006)
    Review preview for Goya's Ghosts

    Forman loses direction and the two halves of the film remain indifferent to each other. Portman overacts to a degree that simplifies madness to a stereotype.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Spain's most revered artist observes the Inquisition and European wars and keeps on painting.
  • The Happy Prince (2018)
    Review preview for The Happy Prince

    A mixed bag, as while Everett the actor masterfully evokes the mournful mix of decadence and decay of the last years of Wilde, Everett the filmmaker is, like so many before him, too much in love with the brilliant old rogue for his own good.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The last days of Oscar Wilde.
  • Outpost (2008)
    Review preview for Outpost

    In short, Outpost is exactly what a horror film should be.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of soldiers find themselves facing an ancient and seemingly unstoppable enemy.
  • Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
    Review preview for Outpost: Black Sun

    The film's biggest asset is Steadman, who approaches her character in a much more rounded way that we are used to seeing in films of this sort.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The daughter of a Nazi hunter is looking for revenge and stumbles across an undead Nazi army.
  • Victoria And Abdul (2017)
    Review preview for Victoria And Abdul

    Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Queen Victoria's friendship with a young Indian clerk.
  • Wah-Wah (2005)
    Review preview for Wah-Wah

    A delight from beginning to end.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A boy grows up in a broken family as the winds of change blow through Swaziland.

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