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  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
    Review preview for The Amazing Spider-Man

    A competent effort that ensures the franchise - and [Webb's] reputation - are safe, it's just a shame it doesn't soar.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Peter Parker tries to get to the bottom of his parents' disappearance.
  • The American President (1995)
    Review preview for The American President

    Occasionally veers into trite territory and the climax involves a big rousing speech, but it’s all very charming and intelligent.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A widowed president falls for a lobbyist.
  • Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
    Review preview for Apocalypse Now Redux

    Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Coppola adds 50 mins and re-edits his classic Vietnam war movie, based on The Heart Of Darkness.
  • Badlands (1973)
    Review preview for Badlands

    The cinematography, making the most of stark landscapes and wide open spaces, is often breathtaking.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young couple fall in love and do terrible things in a story based on the Starkweather Fugate killings of 1959.
  • Bobby (2006)
    Review preview for Bobby

    Estevez uses Bobby’s words too much, but you can’t blame him, because Kennedy’s compassion and sympathy for the underprivileged shines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Who was in the hotel on the night that Robert Kennedy was shot?
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
    Review preview for Catch Me If You Can

    It's never dull and always looks good, although the Sixties have become the Fifties - not a hippie, or civil rights marcher in sight

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    True story of a boy who conned his way into being an airline pilot.
  • The Departed (2006)
    Review preview for The Departed

    After messy, overblown mishaps like Gangs Of New York, the maestro of Mean Streets is back. With a vengeance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Two cops in Boston go undercover on either side of organised crime.
  • The Execution Of Private Slovik (1974)
    Review preview for The Execution Of Private Slovik

    Martin Sheen is superb in the central role, delivering a carefully judged, downbeat performance that emphasises Slovik's ordinariness.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of the only US soldier executed for desertion since the country's civil war.
  • Gandhi (1982)
    Review preview for Gandhi

    Ben Kingsley excels as the unassuming hero who leads his countrymen to freedom from British rule using peaceful means, however you can't help but be disappointed by other aspects of the film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Richard Attenborough’s epic tracing the rise of Gandhi from lawyer in South Africa to an Indian leader who won independence for his people.
  • Judas And The Black Messiah (2021)
    Review preview for Judas And The Black Messiah

    Plemons’s performance captures the unease and guilt Mitchell feels, while reminding us that the agent is also putting on a performance during his meetings with O’Neal.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    The story of FBI informant William O’Neal, who infiltrated the Illinois Black Panther party when J Edgar Hoover feared charismatic leader Chairman Fred Hampton would emerge as a Black Messiah.
  • Kennedy (1983)
    Review preview for Kennedy

    This is a largely tasteful, delicate look at the legend.

    Andrea Mullaney · 3 out of 5
    TV mini-series on the life and death of an American president.
  • Love Happens (2009)
    Review preview for Love Happens

    The most romantic thing about this movie is the lovingly shot images of Seattle.

    Leanne McGrath · 2 out of 5
    A florist falls for a bereaved self-help guru... but will love blossom?
  • O (2001)
    Review preview for O

    The film is appallingly directed, exposing the actors to scenes of baffling embarrassment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Othello gets a high-school makeover.
  • Rules Don't Apply (2016)
    Review preview for Rules Don't Apply

    Every time we are afforded a glimpse of the outrageous figure, the film crackles with energy.

    Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
    An unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and the eccentric billionaire whom they work for.
  • Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
    Review preview for Tell Them Who You Are

    A truly rare opportunity to take a very personal journey into the life of one of Hollywood’s greats.

    Merlin Harries · 5 out of 5
    Acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler is the subject of his son Mark’s documentary focussing on their complex relationship and his father’s illustrious career.
  • The Way (2010)
    Review preview for The Way

    Quirky, moving and reflective, The Way also offers a long-overdue opportunity for a true screen icon to deliver a star turn.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    An American optician is prompted by family tragedy to undertake the ‘Camino’ pilgrimage to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
  • The West Wing: Season 1 (2000)
    Review preview for The West Wing: Season 1

    Aaron Sorkin's scripts are witty, informative and character-driven.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Behind the scenes at The White House when Martin Sheen is President.
  • Wall Street (1987)
    Review preview for Wall Street

    A morality tale where the theme of loyalty looms large, but which also skewers the materialistic Eighties and the yuppie, money-obsessed brace-wearing capitalists who dominated it.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A young stock market trader will stop at nothing to succeed, little knowing wealth comes with a price.

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