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  • 13 Going On 30 (2004)
    Review preview for 13 Going On 30

    The sheer predictability of the plot means it doesn't really stand up to the scrutiny of anyone older than 15.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Age swop rom-com, as a feisty 13-year-old high school girl goes Big and wakes up as a man-eating magazine executive.
  • All The King's Men (2006)
    An ordinary man enters politics and finds himself drawn into corruption.
  • Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
    Review preview for Avengers: Age Of Ultron

    Save your grey matter for coordinating the movement of your hand to your mouth, or your jaw to the sticky cinema floor.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    Tony Stark and his team take on rogue AI Ultron.
  • Begin Again (2013)
    Review preview for Begin Again

    It feels right, it feels good, it feels as sweet as a summer's day

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
  • Blindness (2008)
    Review preview for Blindness

    A bold piece of film-making that's daring, dramatic and different - even if it won't be to everyone's taste.

    Maria Realf · 4 out of 5
    Chaos reigns as an epidemic of blindness starts to spread with alarming speed.
  • The Brothers Bloom (2008)
    Review preview for The Brothers Bloom

    For some viewers the build up of devious plot twists may be a little overwrought but it is nevertheless an effective way of skewering the cynical viewer.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 4 out of 5
    Swindling siblings lure an eccentric heiress into their elaborate scheme.
  • Collateral (2004)
    Review preview for Collateral

    Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Hitman hires a taxi driver in L.A to drive him to his human targets.
  • Chicago 10 (2006)
    Dramatised reconstruction and archival footage concerning the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago the subsequent “civil unrest” and trials that followed.
  • Date Night (2010)
    Review preview for Date Night

    Painfully self-conscious, trying ultra hard to be wacky and repeatedly missing the mark.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A married couple's plan to hit the town goes badly awry.
  • Dark Waters (2019)
    Review preview for Dark Waters

    Haynes is at least as interested in the cultural issues at play here and the psychological impact of living in such an unbalanced world.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A corporate defence attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
    An ex-couple delete each other from their memories after a painful split.
  • Foxcatcher (2014)
    Review preview for Foxcatcher

    Bennett Miller has secured his place at the forefront of directors who excel at character studies.

    Owen Van Spall · 5 out of 5
    The story of wrestling stars Mark and Dave Schultz and their poisonous relationship with John du Pont.
  • Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
    Review preview for Infinitely Polar Bear

    Ruffalo is astonishing. He makes Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook look easy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility for their two young daughters.
  • In The Cut (2003)
    Review preview for In The Cut

    As raw as an open wound.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A serial killer at large in the strip clubs off Broadway terrorises a collector of language.
  • Just Like Heaven (2005)
    Review preview for Just Like Heaven

    A love story that, despite my sincerest cynicism, allowed me to invest for the slender 90-minute runtime.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Ghostly love story that explores the difference between bumping into furniture and walking through walls
  • The Kids Are All Right (2010)
    Review preview for The Kids Are All Right

    A whip-smart, often very funny family drama, presenting observations on domestic life that are all too uncomfortably recognisable.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    The children of a lesbian couple hunt down their biological dad with comic results.
  • The Last Castle (2001)
    Review preview for The Last Castle

    For all its flaws and soppy side issues... the film certainly has its moments.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Robert Redford plays a US general, who ends up in a brutal army prison, run by James Gandolfini.
  • Marvel Avengers Assemble (2012)
    Review preview for Marvel Avengers Assemble

    There is the air of a dysfunctional family agreeing to get together for Auntie Sheila’s wedding.

    Sophie Monks-Kaufman · 3 out of 5
    Marvel Superheros assemble to fight dastardly demigod Loki who’s only gone and stolen the Tesseract.
  • Margaret (2011)
    Review preview for Margaret

    Divorced by many years from the context of its original conception, the film might easily be viewed as just another rites-of-passage indie – albeit an unusually multi-faceted one.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A young woman find herself embroiled in the blame game after a bus accident.
  • My Life Without Me (2003)
    Review preview for My Life Without Me

    The performances break your heart, not because the subject matter has a built in Love Story factor, but because they are so good.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Young mother dying of cancer plans for life after her death.
  • Now You See Me (2013)
    Review preview for Now You See Me

    It's just clever enough to keep you guessing.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    A quartet of magicians turns its hand to crime.
  • Now You See Me 2 (2016)
    Review preview for Now You See Me 2

    Any attempt to explain the detailed confusion of the storyline will cause brain damage.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
  • Poor Things (2023)
    Review preview for Poor Things

    Lanthimos skillfully transforms this lustful carnival into a coming-of-age drama, emphasising the protagonist's mastery of sexuality as a connotation of her mental evolution.

    Levan Tskhovrebadze · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of a young woman who has been brought back to life.
  • Reservation Road (2007)
    Review preview for Reservation Road

    Reservation Road is really only ever going from A to B and, despite the offer of some intriguing ideas, never moves far from its initial premise.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Two fathers cope with the consequences of tragedy.
  • Rumor Has It (2005)
    Review preview for Rumor Has It

    Aniston... spends much of the picture grimacing and stroking her stomach, rather as if she is about to be ill. Perhaps this is because she realised she was now contractually obligated to finish the picture.

    Sarah Artt · 1.5 out of 5
    The Graduate - 20 years on? Or boring and uneventful rubbish.
  • Shutter Island (2010)
    Review preview for Shutter Island

    Even when one has a rough idea of where this mystery thriller is headed, the devil is in the detail, and each turn of the screw is handled with the sort of deft craftsmanship that becomes a pleasure unto itself.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Two US marshalls are sent to a remote island to investigate the disappearance of an inmate from a mental asylum.
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
    Review preview for Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    I had to step aside to try to enjoy it as a thing itself and I'm not convinced I succeeded.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change and a powerful new enemy emerges.
  • Spotlight (2015)
    Review preview for Spotlight

    Spotlight does not fall into the trap of explanatory flashbacks. We do not need to see the protagonists' past because we can tell so much from what they are wearing.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child abuse and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese.
  • Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Review preview for Thor: Ragnarok

    This really is the funniest, campest mainstream superhero film I can remember since the Adam West incarnation of Batman.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    Imprisoned, Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally.
  • Windtalkers (2002)
    Review preview for Windtalkers

    John Woo specialises in the spectacle of violent death and, after a while, this becomes monotonous.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Nicolas Cage babysits radio operators during at attack on a Japanese island in WWII.
  • We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
    Review preview for We Don't Live Here Anymore

    A thoughtful but dreary examination of narcissism, disconnection and emotional dishonesty.

    The Exile · 3 out of 5
    Dysfunctional marriages encourage indiscretion amongst lazy, summer academics.
  • You Can Count On Me (2000)
    Review preview for You Can Count On Me

    It avoids sentimentality and explores layers of damage beneath the surface of family relations.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A drifter brother returns home to stay with sister and eight-year-old son in upstate New York.
  • Zodiac (2007)
    Review preview for Zodiac

    If you're a fan of tense crime thrillers full of scares and mystery, then it may not be for you - but it's certainly about you.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A cop, a reporter and a cartoonist become obsessed with a serial killer in 1970s San Francisco.

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