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  • Always Shine (2016)
    Review preview for Always Shine

    Davis clearly relishes this role and delivers a standout performance, really letting rip.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Psychological drama about obsession, fame, and femininity follows two friends, both actresses, on a trip to Big Sur, to reconnect with one another.
  • Breathe In (2013)
    Review preview for Breathe In

    Director Drake Doremus handles the material superbly, aware of its pitfalls and sensitive to all the vagaries of human behaviour which make these characters so intriguing.

    Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
    The arrival of an exchange student reawakens a middle aged man's musical ambitions.
  • The Martian (2015)
    Review preview for The Martian

    The Martian’s real strength lies in its good-natured attitude.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    An astronaut becomes stranded on a mission to Mars.
  • Swimming Home (2024)
    Review preview for Swimming Home

    A highly mannered approach, a staccato script and deliberate emotional distance mean that the drama never really comes alive, but the whole thing looks and sounds divine.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The presence of a mysterious houseguest exposes subtle fractures in the marriage between a poet and a war correspondent.
  • Tully (2018)
    Review preview for Tully

    Making a movie about a suffering mother who cannot admit that her tether has snapped is a brave endeavor

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The exhaustion of being a wife, mother and now having another baby is saved by a young, optimistic, attractive night nanny who loves everything, especially her job
  • We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (2013)
    Review preview for We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

    The young cast all excel in roles which require the utmost duplicity

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    Three Texas teenager get embroiled in the world of a local gangster.
  • What If (2013)
    Review preview for What If

    The script is as flat as Monday morning

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Can friends be lovers? Is Toronto a better venue for romance than New York? What would Harry Potter do?

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