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  • Assassin's Creed (2016)
    Review preview for Assassin's Creed

    This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Two factions struggle for control of mankind's destiny.
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    Review preview for The Kite Runner

    There's no denying the Taliban are and were horrible people, but here they are grotesque, even to the point of comedy.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Epic tale of friendship and family, set in Afghanistan.
  • Our Kind Of Traitor (2016)
    Review preview for Our Kind Of Traitor

    You have to know your enemy. If everyone is an enemy, where's the tension?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Caught between the British Secret Service and the Russian mafia, an oligarch with nefarious secrets uses an English teacher on holiday in Morocco to help secure political asylum.
  • Tigers (2014)
    Review preview for Tigers

    There is no flab in the telling of this story, nor any excess sentiment either.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he's peddling, a young salesman takes on a multinational corporation.
  • Undergods (2020)
    Review preview for Undergods

    The dystopian stories in Spanish director Chino Moya's feature debut nest within one another like a series of Russian dolls - dolls that have been carved by someone with a soft-spot for JG Ballard.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
  • United 93 (2006)
    Review preview for United 93

    Maintains a fierce and continuous tension... like mainlining adrenaline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A recreation of events surrounding the hijacking of United Airlines flight 93 on the 11th of September, 2001.

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