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  • 8 Mile (2002)
    Review preview for 8 Mile

    Produced and directed by middle-class white men, the movie crawls through sewage to appear genuine.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Eminem plays a budding white trash rapper in a black ghetto of Detroit
  • Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
    Review preview for Dawn Of The Dead

    The direction is different, but appropriate.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Flesh-eating zombies inhabit the city centre, forcing the few remaining mortals to take cover.
  • Divergent (2014)
    Review preview for Divergent

    It's not war with an aggressor. It's war within.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
  • 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.
  • Flypaper (2011)
    Review preview for Flypaper

    It's not quite as slick or sexy as the Ocean's movies, but it is steeped in personality.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    A man gets embroiled in two simultaneous attempted bank heists.
  • Honey (2003)
    Review preview for Honey

    Despite cliches lining up in rows, Honey has real energy, emanating as much from Jessica Alba's performance as the exhilerating hip hop routines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Nice girl from urban badlands teaches ghetto kids how to dance.
  • Impostor (2002)
    Futuristic chase thriller in which Gary Sinese is accused of being a robot suicide bomber.
  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
    Review preview for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

    Makes no sense whatsoever.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Spoof slasher sequel.
  • 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.
  • The Silent Hour (2024)
    Review preview for The Silent Hour

    The film soundtrack contributes neatly to the sense of alienation; of setting apart from the hearing world, with background track alternating conventional melody with something far more ominous.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A detective with hearing loss and a Deaf witness to a murder must lean on each other to outsmart killers they can't hear coming when cornered in an abandoned apartment block.

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