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  • Bloodstorm (2012)
    Review preview for Bloodstorm

    Yes, the acting is suspect, the script hit and miss and the whole endeavor undertaken on a wing and a prayer, but Bloodstorm never outstayed its welcome.

    Neil Mitchell · 2 out of 5
    Scientific researchers in Antarctica uncover a surviving Nazi colony.
  • The Carer (2016)
    Review preview for The Carer

    Though it is Cox's turn that grabs, it is Konig's that delights.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An ageing actor strikes up a relationship with his Hungarian emigre carer.
  • Dog Altogether (2007)
    Review preview for Dog Altogether

    Mullan, as usual, blends his trademark emotional rawness and understatement of gesture to powerful effect.

    Dylan Matthew · 4 out of 5
    A man has to deal with the outcome of his rage. Screening alongside Somers Town at many venues.
  • The Illusionist (2006)
    Review preview for The Illusionist

    The strength of the film is its ability to suspend disbelief and engage the audience with its mastery of mystery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A dangerous love story infused by the magic of assumed reality.
  • I Know You Know (2008)
    Review preview for I Know You Know

    Sometimes funny, sometimes very tense, and ultimately poignant too.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A young boy harbours suspicions that his father is a spy.
  • Kaleidoscope (2016)
    Review preview for Kaleidoscope

    Serious acting, but it becomes something other, something smaller than its stage.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Psychological thriller sees an ex-con trying to adjust to freedom, whose life is challenged by his controlling mother.
  • Love Is The Devil (1998)
    Review preview for Love Is The Devil

    Where is the anguish and the anger of this man whose paintings screamed at life’s abuse and the absence of love?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The artist as gay icon and the thief who stayed.
  • Peterloo (2018)
    Review preview for Peterloo

    In his desire to inform our heads, Leigh often forgets that he needs to engage our hearts us as well.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Dramatisation of events surrounding hte 1819 Peterloo Massacre when a pro-democracy rally turn bloody as forces stormed the crowd.

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