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  • '71 (2014)
    Review preview for '71

    Burke is interested in people not politics, keeping the focus on the sudden outbreaks of inhumanity and humanity in the madness, expertly crafting his thriller from the swirling fog of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A young British soldier is accidentally left behind by his unit on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.
  • Calibre (2018)
    Review preview for Calibre

    It's not that it's bad - if anything it's just upsetting - but it's also disappointing. There could have been more.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A weekend hunting trip goes badly awry.
  • Closing The Ring (2007)
    Review preview for Closing The Ring

    Closing The Ring delivers romance on an epic scale and seems destined to be the pride of some people's DVD collections, but beneath the gloss and the carefully crafted performances, it's lacking something.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A widow's carefully constructed life unravels following the discovery of the ring worn by the man she loved 50 years before.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.

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