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  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
    Review preview for Churchill: The Hollywood Years

    Alas, the writing lets both film and actors down tremendously.

    Martin Drury · 1 out of 5
    A conspiracy is revealed: Churchill was really an American G.I.
  • City Of Ember (2008)
    Review preview for City Of Ember

    Good as Caroline Thompson's script is this is a City Of Ember that could do with a little stoking.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    Can a pair of teens save their world by finding a time capsule?
  • Eat Locals (2016)
    Review preview for Eat Locals

    An ambitious film that suffers from a visibly stretched budget, Eat Locals fails to live up to the promise of its wonderful title but does have some great moments.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Britain's vampires gather together for their once-every-50-years meeting. Others will be joining them too: an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with an older woman, and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers...
  • Ironclad (2011)
    Review preview for Ironclad

    For those who've always found Robin Hood yarns a trifle lightweight, this rufty-tufty beer-swilling, limb-lopping examination of King John attempting to quash a rebellion after being forced to sign the Magna Carta is worth a look.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A small group of fighters try stop Rochester Castle falling into the tyrannical hands of King John.
  • I Am Tom Moody (2012)
    Review preview for I Am Tom Moody

    A confident and assured portrayal of a distinct lack of confidence and assurance.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A peek inside the mind of a singer with musician's block.
  • The Merchant Of Venice (2004)
    Review preview for The Merchant Of Venice

    You are unlikely to see stronger performances in a costume drama for a very long time.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Shakespeare's tale of usuary and romance in Italy.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean

    Basing his character largely on Keith Richards and looking like a refugee from Adam Ant's Dog Eat Dog video, Johnny Depp crashes through the film, chewing up scenery and spitting it out with aplomb.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Epic romp with supernatural pirates and Johnny Depp mincing about with an Essex accent
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End

    Visually, as well as in certain performances, the final instalment of Disneyworld Goes Hollywood has a healthy infusion of surrealism and a sense of humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Action packed finale to the supernatural swashbuckling saga from Disneyworld.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    The film bogs down in incomprehensible ya-ya. There are three or four plotlines going off in different directions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The continuing saga of comic pirates, a posh totty in drag, a ghost ship and the buried heart of Davy Jones.
  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
    Review preview for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    As the film progresses through bouts of selfishness and success, you learn to dislike him more.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The life and wild times of Ian Dury - pop singer, artist, hell raiser.
  • Solomon Kane (2009)
    Review preview for Solomon Kane

    Solomon Kane has a respect for its source material and a willingness to balance its money shots with proper story-telling that transcend its genre limitations.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A pirate who forfeits his soul to the Devil renounces evil but is forced to take up arms again to protect a Puritan family.
  • Three And Out (2008)
    Review preview for Three And Out

    Worth a look if you appreciate four top actors giving better performances than the material really deserves.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A Tube driver accidentally runs over two people, then hears of the ‘three and out’ rule, which offers a huge financial incentive to find someone suitably suicidal...
  • Tales From The Lodge (2019)
    Review preview for Tales From The Lodge

    A solid little film which delivers well within the scope of its simple ambition.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    When a group of old friends spend the night telling stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions they soon become aware of another tale unfolding around them. And this one is real.

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