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  • Bad Hurt (2015)
    Review preview for Bad Hurt

    The film hinges on a powerful central performance by Karen Allen.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A family struggles with two grown up children who have complex mental health needs.
  • Cruising (1980)
    Review preview for Cruising

    Aided by a bug-eyed, intensely committed turn from Al Pacino, Cruising is a startling and haunting film.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A detective goes undercover in New York's gay S&M scene to try and catch a serial killer.
  • Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2009)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

    As each of the Indiana Jones films has demonstrated, iconic talismans from the past can still conceal an awesome power.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    The whip-cracking archaeologist hero returns.
  • In The Bedroom (2000)
    Review preview for In The Bedroom

    The first thing you notice about In The Bedroom is that it looks ravishing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Trouble brews in small town Maine.
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
    Review preview for National Lampoon's Animal House

    'Pedestrian' is too racy a word to describe it.

    Martin Gray · 1 out of 5
    Grandaddy of teen gross-out comedies takes a chainsaw to college frat house conformity.
  • The Perfect Storm (2000)
    Review preview for The Perfect Storm

    There is no room for quirky individualism, as writer Bill Wittliff shovels on the sentimentality. Even the dialogue is highlighted with italics.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Soggy disaster flick.
  • Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
    Review preview for Raiders Of The Lost Ark

    Demonstrates what an action movie ought to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the lost Ark of the Covenant.
  • Scrooged (1988)
    Review preview for Scrooged

    Richard Donner shoots the film as a supernatural fantasy and gives it a superior shine.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    A stunningly cynical Bill Murray finds the true spirits of Christmas visiting him thrice.

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