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  • Anna Karenina (2012)
    Review preview for Anna Karenina

    Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A married aristocrat embarks on a tragic affair.
  • Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
    Review preview for Bend It Like Beckham

    Bend It Like Beckham understands the rules of feelgood and will do well for that reason.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An 18-year-old football-mad girl defies her parents' wishes to conform by pursuing her dream to play footie like David Beckham.
  • Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Review preview for Berlin, I Love You

    A series of pieces that each, in its own right, has some merit, but which together never quite gels.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    Ten stories of romance play out against the backdrop of the German capital.
  • Begin Again (2013)
    Review preview for Begin Again

    It feels right, it feels good, it feels as sweet as a summer's day

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
  • Colette (2018)
    Review preview for Colette

    This evocation of Colette in 2018 knows that its heroine will always be larger than what is on screen.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The story of author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's rise to fame.
  • 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.
  • A Dangerous Method (2011)
    Review preview for A Dangerous Method

    Keira Knightley... will be tough to beat at next year's Academy Awards for her portrayal of Spielrein

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley star in David Cronenberg's look at the early days of psychoanalysis.
  • Domino (2005)
    Review preview for Domino

    As a crime caper, it is complicated enough to make even Guy Ritchie go dizzy.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Action movie, loosely based on the life of glamour model turned bounty hunter.
  • The Duchess (2008)
    Review preview for The Duchess

    Ultimately, the film suffers from the same problem as the marriage it depicts: a lack of sizzling passion.

    Maria Realf · 3.5 out of 5
    The true story of an aristocrat who came into conflict with the political and moral system of her day.
  • The Edge Of Love (2008)
    Review preview for The Edge Of Love

    Possibly the best British film of the year.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Wartime drama about two women who form an unlikely friendship, united by their feelings for poet Dylan Thomas.
  • Everest (2015)
    Review preview for Everest

    The grandeur and beauty of the place is set against figures of climbers, like black ants, across a white wilderness

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.
  • The Hole (2000)
    Review preview for The Hole

    The signposts are misleading. This is an intelligent thriller.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Things turn nasty for teens locked in a disused bomb shelter.
  • The Imitation Game (2014)
    Review preview for The Imitation Game

    The kind of period drama that screams “festival launch” but doesn’t trust its audience enough to tell its story subtly or with any surprises.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Alan Turing helps crack the Enigma code.
  • The Jacket (2005)
    Review preview for The Jacket

    Brody's concentrated performance, as a man who may, or may not, be going out of his mind, creates a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere that pervades the film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A casualty of war returns to a world that appears strange and unreal.
  • Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
    Review preview for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

    The script is clunky and the plot cannot be taken seriously

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Jack Ryan uncovers a plot to wreck the US economy.
  • King Arthur (2004)
    Review preview for King Arthur

    The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Pre-legend Arthurian back story of samurai-style Romans in Britain.
  • Last Night (2010)
    Review preview for Last Night

    Worthington is so wooden it's a wonder rubbing up against Mendes doesn't cause him to spontaneously combust.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A married couple find their fidelity tested on a night apart.
  • Love Actually (2003)
    Review preview for Love Actually

    It feels middle-aged, lazy and reliant on stereotype.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Frightfully English ensemble rom-com about middle-class, emotionally dysfunctional Londoners.
  • Misbehaviour (2020)
    Review preview for Misbehaviour

    Apart from the women/cattle cliche it is difficult to tell where the dagger of disapproval is directed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A group of women targets the 1970 Miss World beauty competition.
  • Never Let Me Go (2010)
    Review preview for Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go arrives trailing a lot of hype and carrying a considerable weight of expectation. Happily, it more than delivers.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's best-selling novel about love and loss.
  • New Year's Eve (2002)
    Caddish behaviour at an upper-class London party for bright young things
  • Official Secrets (2019)
    Review preview for Official Secrets

    There’s a refreshing straight-forwardness to Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    The true story of British Intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret memo.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean

    Basing his character largely on Keith Richards and looking like a refugee from Adam Ant's Dog Eat Dog video, Johnny Depp crashes through the film, chewing up scenery and spitting it out with aplomb.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Epic romp with supernatural pirates and Johnny Depp mincing about with an Essex accent
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End

    Visually, as well as in certain performances, the final instalment of Disneyworld Goes Hollywood has a healthy infusion of surrealism and a sense of humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Action packed finale to the supernatural swashbuckling saga from Disneyworld.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    The film bogs down in incomprehensible ya-ya. There are three or four plotlines going off in different directions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The continuing saga of comic pirates, a posh totty in drag, a ghost ship and the buried heart of Davy Jones.
  • Pride & Prejudice (2005)
    Review preview for Pride & Prejudice

    This is the first time in ages - perhaps ever - that the hot-blooded delights of a country house ball have been shown to be fun.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The camera loves Keira as Jane Austen's famous and fabulous writing flows to life.
  • Silk (2007)
    Review preview for Silk

    When it comes to Japanese slo-mo sensuality, there is nothing you can do but admire the photography, because arousal has been dulled to death long before.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    19th century travels in search of silk worms introduces the perfectly naked Japanese concubine.
  • Silent Night (2021)
    Review preview for Silent Night

    Plays out like a high spirited seasonal version of Threads.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Nell, Simon and their son Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

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