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  • American Dresser (2018)
    Review preview for American Dresser

    On and on it goes, none of it actually bad, none of it actually adding anything.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    After his wife dies, an elderly man decides to ride across America on his American Dresser motorbike.
  • Agent Cody Banks (2003)
    Review preview for Agent Cody Banks

    The boy has style.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenage CIA agent attempts to thwart a dastardly plan to set metal-eating robots loose in US.
  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
    In this second instalment, Cody Banks jet sets to London, in an attempt to thwart a lethal mind-controlling device.
  • Barbershop (2002)
    Review preview for Barbershop

    As an ensemble movie with a social agenda, it speaks the gospel of community over commercialism.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ensemble feelgood soap operatic take on life in a Chicago East Side hair cutting joint.
  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Review preview for Cloud Atlas

    This is a film that will be enjoyed most by people who haven't seen many other films.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    The story of souls across the centuries.
  • Coraline (2009)
    Review preview for Coraline

    Perfectly captures the eerie atmosphere of Neil Gaiman's much loved story.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A lonely girl discovers a fantastic hidden world, but all is not as it seems - 15th anniversary reissue.
  • Crash (2004)
    Review preview for Crash

    Haggis weaves his tapestry with infinite skill, aided by exquisite performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Slice of Los Angeles paranoia, incorporating fear, anger, racial tension and a miracle.
  • The Fifth Commandment (2008)
    Review preview for The Fifth Commandment

    Yune’s not just wooden, he’s a charisma vacuum.

    James Benefield · 1 out of 5
    An assassin-for-hire finds his latest job cuts close to home.
  • Free Birds (2013)
    Review preview for Free Birds

    The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history and get turkey off the holiday menu for good
  • Hollywood Homicide (2003)
    Review preview for Hollywood Homicide

    Because of a multitude of sub-plots, the main one gets overlooked, until suddenly there's a car chase, or guns go off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Detectives with second jobs on the side, investigate the death of a rap star.
  • Meet Monica Velour (2010)
    Review preview for Meet Monica Velour

    Fails to do anything that hasn’t been done before or better.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    A young dork seizes the chance of a lifetime to meet the former porn star he idolises.
  • Mr & Mrs Smith (2005)
    Review preview for Mr & Mrs Smith

    The concept is halfway interesting, the production so overburdened with explosive devices it might have been made in Iraq and the screenplay is as appetising as damp toast.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Husband and wife assassins find themselves targeting each other.
  • Novocaine (2001)
    Review preview for Novocaine

    The script is tight, the gags nurtured, the performances disciplined.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Steve Martin is a dentist who discovers that illicit sex leads to murder,
  • The Oh in Ohio (2006)
    Review preview for The Oh in Ohio

    A gloriously enjoyable light comedy.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    An all-American wife pursues elusive orgasm.
  • Pitch Black (2000)
    Review preview for Pitch Black

    David Twohy [uses] imagination as an alternative energy source.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Survivors of crashed space craft fight for survival against themselves and prehistoric beasts.
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)
    Review preview for Princess Mononoke

    In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A prince becomes caught up in a battle between a mining town and a forest.
  • The Princess And The Frog (2009)
    Review preview for The Princess And The Frog

    The revolution in MouseLand, though tantalisingly glimpsed, proves to be short-lived.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A retelling of the classic fairytale set in Jazz Age New Orleans.
  • Spork (2010)
    Review preview for Spork

    Spork may pluck the heartstrings but its does so with an askew sense of humour free of Hollywood schmaltz.

    Neil Mitchell · 3.5 out of 5
    Foul-mouthed, musical coming-of-age tale
  • Shelby Oaks (2024)
    Review preview for Shelby Oaks

    Stuckmann and co-writer Sam Liz keep it all under tight control, even when the imagery suggests chaos or excess.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman's desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realising that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.
  • Superhero Movie (2008)
    Review preview for Superhero Movie

    Superhero Movie follows almost exactly in the footsteps of its forebears, the Scary Movie films; this time the parody is aimed at the bloated belly of comic book hero movies.

    George Williamson · 2 out of 5
    A parody of the superhero genre.
  • Transporter 2 (2005)
    Review preview for Transporter 2

    The Transporter franchise suffers from some serious engine failure in this too-slickly produced sequel and only just makes it over the finishing line.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    The return of the ass-kicking courier in a convoluted tale of a kidnapped kid and a deadly virus.
  • There's Something About Mary (1998)
    Review preview for There's Something About Mary

    The film has a great beginning, an okay middle and a stupid ending.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A former high-school loser tries to win over the girl of his dreams.
  • They Live (1988)
    Review preview for They Live

    With gusto and humour John Carpenter delivers a steady stream of explosive gun fights and brutal action.

    Daniel Hooper · 4 out of 5
    Alien conspiracy to brainwash California is exposed by looking at life through "magic" sunglasses.
  • The Thing (1982)
    Review preview for The Thing

    A classic white-knuckle ride.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A group of scientists at an Antarctic research station discover a killer alien that can mutate into any life-form it touches. See it in all its glory in big-screen re-release.
  • Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox (2024)
    Review preview for Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox

    Successful films like this are few and far between, whilst the genre is littered with the bones of those that didn’t make it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A scientist creates a time machine and kills his younger self to see what would happen. That self-obsessed, misanthrope, mad genius of a scientist is Tim Travers, and the universe was bad enough with only one of him.
  • Volcano (1997)
    Review preview for Volcano

    Caution - and science - are thrown to the wind, and it's all action.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A volcano erupts in the heart of Los Angeles.
  • Where The Heart Is (2000)
    Review preview for Where The Heart Is

    The oozy sentiment pollutes the integrity of Natalie Portman's performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A teenage mother-to-be is abandoned in rural Oklahoma to make a life for herself and the baby.

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