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  • Adam's Apples (2005)
    A priest who believes in the essential goodness of everything struggles to deal with a neo-Nazi in his church.
  • Another Round (2020)
    Review preview for Another Round

    Shot with a loose but observant style that captures energy and thoughtfulness in all the right places.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday.
  • Arctic (2018)
    Review preview for Arctic

    Joe Penna's thriller is as lean and spare as life up in the Arctic wilderness.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A tragic accident leaves a man stranded in the Arctic with no hope of rescue.
  • At Eternity's Gate (2018)
    Review preview for At Eternity's Gate

    For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The last days of Vincent van Gogh.
  • After The Wedding (2006)
    Review preview for After The Wedding

    An astonishingly powerful story.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    After a shocking discovery at an investor's family wedding, the supervisor of an orphanage finds himself facing a complex dilemma.
  • Bleeder (1999)
    A man becomes violent after his girlfriend gets pregnant.
  • Casino Royale (2006)
    Review preview for Casino Royale

    By focusing on the journey of how a spy becomes the Bond, James Bond we all know, the movie manages the impossible task of coping with all the baggage laid before it and reinvigorating our interest.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    James Bond earns his double zero status and relaxes at the poker table with a mass murderer.
  • Chaos Walking (2021)
    Review preview for Chaos Walking

    The high concept - that the thoughts of everyone on the dystopian New World appear as a cloud of "noise" about their head - does, ironically, take some getting your head around.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    On a dystopian futuristic planet, all men's thoughts appear as "noise" around their heads... a problem for young Todd when he runs across a space girl.
  • Clash Of The Titans (2010)
    Review preview for Clash Of The Titans

    If you’re looking for big-budget, popcorn entertainment, then Titans certainly won’t disappoint.

    Maria Realf · 4 out of 5
    Let the battle between men and the ancient gods begin...
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
    Review preview for Doctor Strange

    The most mind-bending, spectacular visuals of the entire series.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
  • Flickering Lights (2000)
    Review preview for Flickering Lights

    Jokes are low-brow but delight audiences easily enough to give the film international appeal.

    Chris · 2.5 out of 5
    A group of gangsters on the run hide out in an old country house and fall in love with it, dreaming of a different life; but their past is out to get them.
  • Flame And Citron (2008)
    Review preview for Flame And Citron

    It is refreshing to see a film which refuses to romanticise this subject matter.

    Val Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Two resistance fighters face treachery and are torn over their feelings for a beautiful woman.
  • The Hunt (2012)
    Review preview for The Hunt

    An intense performance from Mads Mikkelsen, who is an actor rarely bettered when it comes to playing men in savage situations.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A much loved teacher's world is shattered when a pupil accuses him of sexual molestation.
  • Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (2023)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

    There's a difficult place between homage and pastiche, between nostalgia and the new.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    As the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artefact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
  • King Arthur (2004)
    Review preview for King Arthur

    The dialogue has a tendency to forget what century it is.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Pre-legend Arthurian back story of samurai-style Romans in Britain.
  • The Last Viking (2025)
    Review preview for The Last Viking

    At times it feels as if Jensen is trying to spin too many plates at once, but in the moments when it all comes together, it’s a delight to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Black comedy about a man hunting for the spoils from a heist with his brother... who can't remember where it is buried.
  • Men And Chicken (2015)
    Review preview for Men And Chicken

    Its disgusting surface is supported by a framework that’s more intelligent than in plenty of prettier films.

    Luke Shaw · 3.5 out of 5
    Black comedy about a pair of brothers who discover a dark family secret.
  • Open Hearts (2002)
    Review preview for Open Hearts

    Dogme's restrictions become strengths in the hands of a creative masterbuilder like Jensen.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman falls for the husband of the woman who hospitalised her fiance.
  • The Promised Land (2023)
    Review preview for The Promised Land

    There is a redemption arc here, but it’s not the whole of the story, and Arcel uses it to highlight the deep inequities so normalised at the time as to be almost invisible, even the most desperate characters tending to take them for granted.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
  • Pusher (1996)
    Review preview for Pusher

    he film does everything right in its portrayal of a character on the run... the characters are searingly real.

    Tim Bryant · 4 out of 5
    Seminal gangster film about an unrepentant drug dealer. Out to own as part of the European Mavericks Heart Of Darkness box set.
  • Prague (2006)
    Review preview for Prague

    For all its sadness of theme, Prag is a strangely beautiful and moving film.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple travel to Prague to bring back the husband's deceased father, only to find their marriage in trouble.
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Review preview for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Whatever expectations are carried in are brought to a stop, hard.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Rebels set out to steal the plans for the Empire's deadly Death Star.
  • Riders Of Justice (2020)
    Review preview for Riders Of Justice

    Mikkelsen anchors this movie with a performance that allows emotional turmoil to glint through Markus' regimented facade, playing off the impressive combination of anger and grief that Gaderberg brings to Mathilde.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Markus has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident - or so it seems until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
  • A Royal Affair (2012)
    Review preview for A Royal Affair

    The historical reality was as much about political as personal liberty, and the film reflects that.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Romance and politics become entangled in this historical drama about the Queen of Denmark falling for her husband's physician.
  • The Salvation (2014)
    Review preview for The Salvation

    War by any other name

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A man who kills his family's murderer faces the wrath of a violent gang - with nobody to help him.
  • Torremolinos 73 (2003)
    Review preview for Torremolinos 73

    It treads a fine line between the serious and the comic.

    George Williamson · 4 out of 5
    Comedy in which an encyclopedia salesman and his wife start shooting “scientific reproduction” Super 8 films.
  • Valhalla Rising (2009)
    Review preview for Valhalla Rising

    The difficulty with sustaining intensity for any period of time is that it so easily becomes ridiculous, but there is absolutely nothing in this brutal, at times violent film that will have you laughing.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Early medieval epic about a mute warrior who escapes his captors with the slave who tends him.
  • Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself (2002)
    Review preview for Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself

    Reality takes a back seat in this oddball comedy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A suicide addict, a bookish brother and a single mother emotionally interact in Glasgow.

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