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  • Baby Mama (2008)
    Review preview for Baby Mama

    The runt of a bountiful litter.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives.
  • Beautiful Boy (2018)
    Review preview for Beautiful Boy

    The performances are a tribute to a screenplay that avoids the worst indulgences of the urban jungle.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A father tries to help his son break his cycle of drug addiction.
  • ER - The Complete 11th Season (2005)
    Review preview for ER - The Complete 11th Season

    This show has great drama, writing and it’s as funny as it is moving.

    Darren Amner · 4 out of 5
    More trials and tribulations in the emergency room.
  • Forces of Nature (1999)
    Review preview for Forces of Nature

    [Bullock] stretches those irresponsible muscles. It suits her. Affleck still can't match his performance in Chasing Amy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A man ends up on a road trip to try to reach his wedding with a lap dancer in tow.
  • Insomnia (2002)
    Review preview for Insomnia

    With some awesome location shots of the Arctic circle and a brooding score from David Julyan, Nolan’s picture oozes atmosphere.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Al Pacino is an LA detective come to Alaska to solve a teenage murder.
  • The Iron Claw (2023)
    Review preview for The Iron Claw

    Efron...brings patience and grace to a role which could have been played much more conventionally, and elevates the whole.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
  • Instinct (1998)
    Review preview for Instinct

    Gooding and Hopkins give it the works... pity the script lets them down.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A psychiatric student tries to find out what makes a killer ape expert tick.
  • Liar Liar (1997)
    Review preview for Liar Liar

    It’s a one-man showcase where Carrey’s shouty, motormouth antics are the whole dog-and-pony show

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    A boy's wish that his dad won't be able to tell a lie for 24 hours comes true.
  • The Report (2019)
    Review preview for The Report

    The problem with The Report is that despite this ongoing relevance, its powerful subject matter, the capable cast and an impressive script, it never builds up the impetus it ought to have.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
  • Semi-Pro (2008)
    Review preview for Semi-Pro

    A strange, tepid mixture of basketball drama and comedy set in what television and dull popular culture remembers as being the 70s.

    Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
    Basketball comedy with a loud mouth.
  • Twisters (2024)
    Review preview for Twisters

    It's big and loud and works very hard to signify nothing, but like the eye of a hurricane, gaps can be important.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
  • Welcome To Mooseport (2004)
    Review preview for Welcome To Mooseport

    A middle of the road rom-com, with decent laughs sprinkled throughout.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    Small town comedy romance, featuring a former US president pitted against a blue collar worker for mayor.

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