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  • Awake (2007)
    Review preview for Awake

    Extremely well done.

    Val Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man wakes up during surgery, unable to move, and hears doctors plotting his murder.
  • Casanova (2005)
    Review preview for Casanova

    Go, to enjoy the expensive shots of Venice and its spectacular interiors and the camped up performances from Irons, Ledger and Platt.

    Sarah Artt · 3 out of 5
    Has the serial seducer finally met his match?
  • Chocolat (2000)
    Review preview for Chocolat

    The character is more sentimental, than exacting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Fairy story about a woman who provides a breath of fresh air to a small French town.
  • Darkness (2002)
    An American family move into a haunted house in Spain.
  • Hilma (2022)
    Review preview for Hilma

    It’s a shame he wasn’t bolder in his use of the canvas of Hilma’s life, opting more for a careful still life approach to her history than the abstract adventurousness she merits.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of abstract artist Hilma af Klint.
  • 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.
  • The Hypnotist (2012)
    Review preview for The Hypnotist

    Everything is wreathed in snow and the crisp air seems to make the stark absence of clues even crueller,.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A detective pairs up with a hypnotist to try to solve a brutal murder.
  • Maya Dardel (2016)
    Review preview for Maya Dardel

    The most enjoyable aspects of Maya Dardel lie away from its pseudy centre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A successful writer invites young male authors to compete to be her heir.
  • The Ninth Gate (1999)
    Review preview for The Ninth Gate

    Polanski and Depp conspire to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of the audience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    In search of the book that the Devil wrote.
  • Queen Of The Damned (2002)
    Review preview for Queen Of The Damned

    Frankly, it's pathetic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Stuart Townsend plays a vampire as rock star who brings the stone statue of a queen to life.
  • Spaceman (2024)
    Review preview for Spaceman

    While the lo-fi production design on the spaceship - with its man-made webbing and items from food tins to tools strapped down left right and centre - is absorbing in its detail, there's only so long it can distract you from the film's bloated running time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An astronaut, has been on a space mission for months. He realises that his wife might not be waiting for him once he returns to Earth. In his desperation, he turns for help to a mysterious creature lurking deep in the bowels of his spaceship.
  • The United States of Leland (2003)
    Review preview for The United States of Leland

    An accomplished feature about sin and redemption.

    Ben Sillis · 3.5 out of 5
    A disaffected US teen searches for meaning through murder.

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