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  • Antlers (2021)
    Review preview for Antlers

    Variously Antlers lets what might have been subtext break the surface but in doing so undermines subtlety and overmines tapped out seams.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.
  • August Rush (2007)
    Review preview for August Rush

    The film's sugar content is off the scale and it doesn’t help that everyone who comes in contact with Evan are sooo nice it reaffirms your belief in human nature – well, almost.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Boy on the run discovers he is a musical prodigy.
  • Austenland (2013)
    Review preview for Austenland

    This is a warm-hearted pleasure for comedy romance lovers - Austen readers or not - everywhere.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A Pride & Prejudice obsessive goes on a kill or cure Austen-themed holiday.
  • Bedtime Stories (2008)
    Review preview for Bedtime Stories

    When you're relying on cameos from Carmen Electra you should know you're in trouble.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A hotel handyman glimpses the prospect of success when the bedtime stories he tells his nephew and niece start to come true.
  • Cocaine Bear (2023)
    Review preview for Cocaine Bear

    It should be pretty clear from the outset whether or not this is your sort of film.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
  • Dark Skies (2013)
    Review preview for Dark Skies

    A surprisingly engaging mystery thriller, anchored by convincing performances and a confident build-up of suspense.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    Something is haunting the Barrett family residence and it seems to be after the Barretts themselves.
  • Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
    Review preview for Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

    Distrust is a dangerous and volatile thing and Reeves' film shows how it is this rather than grandstanding gestures that often lead to conflict.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Caesar's apes find themselves on the brink of war with human survivors of simian flu.
  • Dead Man's Curve (1998)
    Review preview for Dead Man's Curve

    Rosen's script is dazzlingly witty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Black comedy sees teens find it's murder to get into college.
  • Extraordinary Measures (2010)
    Review preview for Extraordinary Measures

    Tears will be shed as you watch.

    Katy Carter · 3 out of 5
    Two parents race to find a cure for their children's genetic illness.
  • Free State Of Jones (2016)
    Review preview for Free State Of Jones

    "Every man is a man. It's as simple as that."

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves, and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
  • The Girl In The Park (2007)
    Review preview for The Girl In The Park

    A deceptively simple story, formulaic in places, but full of intriguing undercurrents.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A woman whose daughter went missing 16 years ago becomes obsessed with a young woman she meets by chance.
  • Mission: Impossible III (2006)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible III

    Abrams combines kinetic action sequences with internal logic-fuelled storytelling to give us an impossible mission head, shoulders and a rabbit's foot above the previous two instalments.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    The Ethan Hunt franchise gets personal, while chasing a psychopathic arms dealer half way round the globe.
  • Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

    This is perhaps less a swansong than a familiar sunset

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.
  • The Upside Of Anger (2005)
    Review preview for The Upside Of Anger

    Acting of this calibre can change the world, if only for a moment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Deflecting the fury of a woman scorned with frequent showers, Bloody Marys and a little light humour.
  • Waitress (2007)
    Review preview for Waitress

    One-liners come thick and fast in this bittersweet, whistle-stop romp, with Shelly almost always managing to undercut her syrup with something more stringent.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Offbeat comedy about the trials and tribulations of an unhappily married waitress in small-town America.
  • We Were Soldiers (2001)
    Review preview for We Were Soldiers

    A true fan is reluctant to give up on a movie and yet 20 minutes into this, the need to escape is almost irresistible.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Mel Gibson leads 400 men into a Vietnam ambush and fights his way out again.

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