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  • About Time (2013)
    Review preview for About Time

    This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.
  • Afterlife (2003)
    Review preview for Afterlife

    Without wanting to sound like the marketing director for Cliché City, the film is heartwarming, life enhancing and full of love.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A man goes on a personal voyage of discovery with his Down Syndrome sister.
  • Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)
    Review preview for Alice Through The Looking Glass

    Anything can happen and nothing makes sense and reality is a word as plain as it is pointless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter.
  • An Ideal Husband (1999)
    Review preview for An Ideal Husband

    The performances are rapier sharp

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Stilted Oscar Wilde adaptation.
  • A Banquet (2021)
    Review preview for A Banquet

    Directing with confidence and misdirecting with grace, Paxton draws us into a world where the absence of apparent solutions becomes compelling in itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young woman undergoes a disturbing transformation after her daughter's newfound faith threatens her health.
  • Gifted (2017)
    Review preview for Gifted

    Without the girl the film might have slipped under the radar. With the girl it takes off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
  • H Is For Hawk (2025)
    Review preview for H Is For Hawk

    An early piece of Levienaise-Farrouch's score profoundly conveys the dance between beauty and sadness or beauty and pain.

    Paul Risker · 4 out of 5
    After a woman's father dies, she takes solace in training a goshawk.
  • Little Joe (2019)
    Review preview for Little Joe

    If you're going to do science fiction, you really need to get the science right, because otherwise all you're doing is attacking straw men.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced - especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination?
  • Longford (2006)
    Review preview for Longford

    Excellent acting alone can’t stop the nagging suspicion that things are being grossly simplified.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Docudrama about penal reform campaigner Lord Longford, with particular reference to Moors murderer Myra Hindley.
  • Made In Italy (2020)
    Review preview for Made In Italy

    There's plenty of room here for an interesting story. Unfortunately, first time writer/director James D'Arcy has no interest in developing one.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A father and son renovate an Italian property together.
  • November 1st (2019)
    Review preview for November 1st

    Emotional tension bristles from almost every frame of Charlie Manton's short drama.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A mother and daughter take a fractious road trip to an execution.
  • Starter For Ten (2006)
    Review preview for Starter For Ten

    Starter for Ten is not searing drama, but it does make for a pleasant and worthwhile trip down nostalgia lane.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    A love triangle amongst university quizers and class-conscious students.
  • Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)
    Review preview for Under The Tuscan Sun

    It's a sense of humour failure that finally sinks the movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Divorced American writer buys rundown villa in Italy.
  • Le Week-End (2013)
    Review preview for Le Week-End

    Likely to strike the strongest chord with couples who understand there's a double meaning to enduring love.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple take a make or break trip to Paris.

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