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  • Batman Begins (2005)
    Review preview for Batman Begins

    Nolan has gone beyond DC Comics into a psychological no-man's land where lessons can be learned.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The evolution of mixed up rich kid Bruce Wayne into the Dark Knight of Gotham City.
  • Before The Rains (2007)
    Review preview for Before The Rains

    Roache acquits himself well, but the rest of the cast clearly struggle with the awful dialogue.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    A sweeping period romance set in Colonial India.
  • Beyond Borders (2003)
    American socialite becomes infatuated with British aid worker in Ethiopia.
  • Blind Flight (2003)
    Review preview for Blind Flight

    It is a brave decision by the filmmakers to record Keenan and McCarthy's experience entirely from their perspective.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's kidnap in Beirut.
  • A Call To Spy (2019)
    Review preview for A Call To Spy

    Pilcher strikes a good balance between interpersonal drama, nerve-racking action scenes and focus on the cat and mouse game that the women are caught up in.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A drama inspired by true stories of women recruited as spies during the Second World War, who were sent to occupied France to disrupt the Nazis.
  • The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004)
    Review preview for The Chronicles Of Riddick

    There's a new Conan on the block, and he's in space!

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The continuing story of the escaped convict from the sci-fi thriller Pitch Black.
  • The Chronicles Of Riddick: Director's Cut (2004)
    Review preview for The Chronicles Of Riddick: Director's Cut

    The Director's Cut, as expected, beefs up the storyline with more established characters and small scenes to make sense of previously disorientating sub-plots.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    David Twohy beefs up his sci-fi fantasy and makes it less disorientating.
  • The Forgotten (2004)
    Review preview for The Forgotten

    An odd mixture of psychological thriller and sci-fi gobbledegook.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A grieving mother goes on the run from childnappers with special powers.
  • Hart's War (2002)
    Review preview for Hart's War

    To be frank, it's more awful than odd.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    American PoW movie, with a court-martial at its centre and Bruce Willis in reserve.
  • Hochelaga, Land Of Souls (2017)
    Review preview for Hochelaga, Land Of Souls

    Although it is technically beautifully realised and features an impressively varied and supportive score from Terry and Gyan Riley, not all of Girard’s connections fully work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An interconnected series of encounters between Native peoples and European settlers in and around modern-day Montreal.
  • Mandy (2018)
    Review preview for Mandy

    The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Pacific Northwest. 1983. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their haven is savagely destroyed by a cult, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance.
  • Non-Stop (2014)
    Review preview for Non-Stop

    It rocks the chocks and never allows tension to slacken for a second

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Blackmail and murder on a long haul transatlantic flight with 150 passengers on board
  • Pandaemonium (2000)
    Review preview for Pandaemonium

    The facts are twisted out of recognition.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Friendship and rivalry between Romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.
  • Siam Sunset (1999)
    Review preview for Siam Sunset

    As an example of comic ideas going to waste, Aussie actor John Polson's directorial debut is a good one.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A man hooks up with a group of eccentrics on a roadtrip after the death of his wife.
  • Twelve And Holding (2005)
    Review preview for Twelve And Holding

    The performances from the central three child actors are refreshingly good.

    George Williamson · 4 out of 5
    A tragic accident changes the course of three children's lives.

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