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  • Battle For Terra (2007)
    Review preview for Battle For Terra

    There are some nice set pieces here and there but, like the air on Terra, everything feels stodgier than normal.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An alien girl on an idyllic planet must save her homeland from human invaders.
  • Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Review preview for Berlin, I Love You

    A series of pieces that each, in its own right, has some merit, but which together never quite gels.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    Ten stories of romance play out against the backdrop of the German capital.
  • Best Men (1998)
    A groom ends up in a bank heist with his Shakespeare-spouting pal.
  • Blue Streak (1999)
    Review preview for Blue Streak

    Lawrence doesn't have the style of Will Smith or the manic range of Chris Tucker.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A safe-cracker returns to retrieve a diamond after a stretch in jail... only to discover the place he stashed it is now a cop HQ.
  • Brad's Status (2017)
    Review preview for Brad's Status

    Brad is a painstakingly developed character and one who is often sympathetic, if not exactly likeable, but he's also a character we've seen many times before.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.
  • Charlie's Angels (2000)
    Review preview for Charlie's Angels

    The script has a sense of humour that doesn't dazzle with punchy one-liners, but is consistently witty, without showing off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Can girls kick it in big-screen adaptation? Course they can.
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
    Review preview for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

    As a visual piece of pop video-influenced whambammery, it is perfectly pitched.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Sequel with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu making mincemeat of bad guys.
  • Fingernails (2023)
    Review preview for Fingernails

    There’s something inherently endearing about the way that Nikou always managed to conjure timelessness in his worlds. They’re more analogue than futuristic but ultimately hang in a sort of limbo of ‘here but not quite now’.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman who is increasingly unsure about her relationship secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples.
  • The Goldfinch (2019)
    Review preview for The Goldfinch

    The story moves like treacle, with the action bogged down and emotions bottled up.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A boy steals a painting in the wake of a terror attack, a decision that will go on to shape his life.
  • Idiocracy (2006)
    Review preview for Idiocracy

    A film well worth seeking out, or rediscovering, if you like stupid films that are actually made by very clever – and very funny – people.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A soldier who took part in a hibernation programme reawakens to discover he is the most intelligent person left alive.
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
    Review preview for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

    Witherspoon treads water. It's a shame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Reese Witherspoon repeats her Californian shopping mall babette-now-attorney in Washington DC
  • Legally Blonde (2001)
    Review preview for Legally Blonde

    Reese Witherspoon is irresistibly wonderful.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A sassy rich girl from LA gets into Harvard Law School to win back the boyfriend who dumped her.
  • Meadowland (2015)
    Review preview for Meadowland

    The splintered pain of grief interrupted marks out the directorial debut of Reed Morano.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple find their lives shattered by the disappearance of their son.
  • Miranda's Victim (2023)
    Review preview for Miranda's Victim

    Makes an important contribution to the conversation around sexual violence.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of the young woman caught in the middle when her rapist was released due to police failings in the case which led to the creation of Miranda rights.
  • My Dog Skip (1999)
    Review preview for My Dog Skip

    If those were the days, boy, they moved slow.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A shy boy grows up in Mississippi with a dog.
  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
    Review preview for My Super Ex-Girlfriend

    At heart a deeply misogynistic view of female empowerment.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Super-charged break-up leads to powerful problems.
  • Old School (2003)
    Review preview for Old School

    Wilson has not one, but two expressions - miserable and embarrassed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Three men who should know better start a college fraternity to get close and personal with girls.
  • Ride (2014)
    Review preview for Ride

    For a film whose lead character makes a hobby of worrying about weak plots and clichéd endings, Ride pulls out all the stops to follow formula.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A frustrated mother trying to understand her drop-out son finds that her life changes when she learns to surf.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Review preview for The Royal Tenenbaums

    Stiller, Paltrow, Murray and Luke Wilson needn't have bothered. Their characters are stuck in ruts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A family of eccentric geniuses is shaken when their caddish estranged father re-appears in their lives.
  • Rushmore (1998)
    Review preview for Rushmore

    What gives this film an edge over conventional rites-of-passage movies is its oddity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Comic look at life in a private school.
  • The Skeleton Twins (2014)
    Review preview for The Skeleton Twins

    The end product of a long and dismal trend in American indies, where the effort to create art just like the art one saw last week has produced a formula that is exponentially recursive.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A restless young woman reconnects with her brother while he is recovering from a suicide attempt.
  • Soul Survivors (2001)
    Review preview for Soul Survivors

    Empathy with a victim is the key to scaring the living daylights out of an audience. Carpenter fails to do this, because his heroine spends the entire movie as confused as everyone else.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Weird, ghostly things happen to Melissa Sagemiller after her boyfriend is killed in a car crash.
  • Vacancy (2007)
    Review preview for Vacancy

    A solid and unpretentious piece of genre cinema.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A young couple take a room in a motel only to discover that they've been set up to star in a snuff film.
  • The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
    Review preview for The Wendell Baker Story

    Low-budget charmer shows a different side and range to Owen Wilson.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    Feelgood romp with a positive message for old folks.
  • You Kill Me (2007)
    Review preview for You Kill Me

    You Kill Me is light-hearted, never really laugh out loud funny but always amusing.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    An alcoholic hitman means a dangerous woman.

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