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  • All The King's Men (2006)
    An ordinary man enters politics and finds himself drawn into corruption.
  • Ammonite (2020)
    Review preview for Ammonite

    The good work in Ammonite is so good that one longs for it to pick up the pace, to function more successfully overall.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
  • Avatar: Fire And Ash (2025)
    Review preview for Avatar: Fire And Ash

    Where the story stumbles, the film is carried forward by action.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Our heroes grapple with grief and encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, as the conflict on Pandora escalates.
  • Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
    Review preview for Avatar: The Way Of Water

    Ponderous but glorious.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Carnage (2011)
    Review preview for Carnage

    Unlike many of his other films where there are underlying touches of humor, Polanski plays this one more as a straight comedy.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The Brooklyn bourgeoisie under the microscope in Roman Polanksi's adaptation of The God of Carnage.
  • Collateral Beauty (2016)
    Review preview for Collateral Beauty

    Is this a film about loss and how (not) to cope with it?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Retreating from life after tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death.
  • Christmas Carol - The Movie (2001)
    Dickens' classic tale gets an animated makeover, chagal-style.
  • Divergent (2014)
    Review preview for Divergent

    It's not war with an aggressor. It's war within.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
  • Eating Our Way To Extinction (2021)
    Review preview for Eating Our Way To Extinction

    If you are already tuned into the issues, you will likely nod along in agreement with almost every sentence uttered in the polished Winslet tones.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    The threat to the planet generated by our eating habits.
  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
    An ex-couple delete each other from their memories after a painful split.
  • Enigma (2001)
    Review preview for Enigma

    toppard and director Michael Apted weave a web of intrigue, suspicion and, for God's sake, romance into what might have been as incomprehensible as a computer hacker's notebook.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A complex World War Two tale of intrigue, romance and code-breaking.
  • Finding Neverland (2004)
    Review preview for Finding Neverland

    It is difficult to find anything bad to say about a film that treats an interesting subject with such respect and ingenuity.

    Emma Slawinski · 5 out of 5
    Loose biopic of Peter Pan author JM Barrie.
  • Flushed Away (2006)
    Review preview for Flushed Away

    Exciting, adventurous, and flush with visual and verbal gags

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A pet mouse flushed down a toilet struggles to find his way home, encountering all manner of adventures along the way.
  • The Fox And The Child (2007)
    Review preview for The Fox And The Child

    The term 'gentle' is too harsh a word to describe the pace of this tale, which is so slow in places it's a wonder moss isn't growing on it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An unusual friendship develops in rural France.
  • The Holiday (2006)
    Review preview for The Holiday

    The Holiday is a romantic comedy. You know what that means.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    An American woman and an Englishwoman swap houses for a holiday and discover romance.
  • Holy Smoke (1999)
    Review preview for Holy Smoke

    Jane Campion sets herself high standards... To say that Holy Smoke feels less of a whole than her previous work is not to dismiss it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A man who reprogrammes cult victims meets his match in an Aussie from an ashram.
  • Iris (2001)
    Review preview for Iris

    Eyre does nothing with the camera except place it in line with an actor.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Biopic of the novelist who succumbed to Alzheimer's.
  • Labor Day (2013)
    Review preview for Labor Day

    The ingredients may look to be all there but Reitman's effort feels too full of studio additives and overcooked.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A depressed woman and her son find their lives changed by an encounter with a convict on the run.
  • The Life Of David Gale (2003)
    Review preview for The Life Of David Gale

    This race for life never fails to stimulate excitement, but Parker takes it easy, too easy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Kevin Spacey tells his story to Kate Winslet four days before being executed for murder.
  • A Little Chaos (2014)
    Review preview for A Little Chaos

    Too niche to reach

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A landscape gardener is employed by King Louis XIV to transform the gardens at Versailles.
  • Little Children (2006)
    Review preview for Little Children

    Brimming with superb performances.

    Steve Harwood · 4.5 out of 5
    The hopes, dreams and secrets of a group of young parents whose lives intersect in small-town America.
  • Lee (2023)
    Review preview for Lee

    Winslet performance holds a powerful sway, embracing Lee’s abrasive and conflicted personality and viewing the horrors with an analytical eye and a sense of bravado as well as despair.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during the Second World War.
  • Quills (2000)
    Review preview for Quills

    Kaufman's recreation of early 19th century Paris is more theatrical than real.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Loose biopic of the final years of the Marquis de Sade.
  • The Reader (2008)
    Review preview for The Reader

    Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A law student re-encounters an old lover as she faces a war-crimes trial.
  • Revolutionary Road (2008)
    Review preview for Revolutionary Road

    Winslet delivers her lines with scalpel-like precision. DiCaprio plays off her with the fire of a young Brando.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A young couple in an apparently perfect marriage turn on each other as they struggle to communicate.
  • Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
    Review preview for Romance & Cigarettes

    A hilarious, shocking, and in the end, moving film.

    Sarah Artt · 5 out of 5
    Blue Collar musical comedy about infidelity, redemption, romance and cigarettes.
  • Steve Jobs (2015)
    Review preview for Steve Jobs

    Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    A biopic of the computing entrepeneur.
  • Triple 9 (2016)
    Review preview for Triple 9

    The film is confused about what it is trying to be - is it a high octane thriller, a gritty police drama or a tragedy? It certainly isn't all three.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
  • Titanic (1997)
    Review preview for Titanic

    What raises Cameron's creation above costumed action spectacle is the quality of the writing and the chemistry of its juve leads.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    An epic disaster movie, with added passion and icebergs. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
  • Wonder Wheel (2017)
    Review preview for Wonder Wheel

    When Allen foregoes his crutches, any kind of movie seems possible.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife.

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