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  • Along Came A Spider (2000)
    Review preview for Along Came A Spider

    If serial killers are the new rock'n'roll, Gary Soneji is heavy metal.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Morgan freeman is back as cop Dr Alex Ross... this time on the trail of a nutty serial killer.
  • The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (2004)
    Review preview for The Assassination Of Richard Nixon

    Being a loser is like dying by degrees. Mueller, with co-writer Kevin Kennedy, reflects this most accurately and Penn's performance runs contrary to anything he has done before.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A bad salesman with a broken marriage loses the plot and buys a gun.
  • Before Night Falls (2000)
    The life of homosexual Cuban writer, from poverty through persecution to freedom.
  • The Crow (1994)
    Review preview for The Crow

    Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    A restless soul comes back from the dead to seek vengeance.
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
    Swashbuckling adaptation of Dumas' story of a vengeful count.
  • Dead Man (1995)
    Review preview for Dead Man

    A western for sleepwalkers and dreamers.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Road movie about the friendship of a wounded young man in the western frontiers, who hooks up with a Native American.
  • The Doors (1991)
    Review preview for The Doors

    Stone emphasises the loss of innocence to an extent beyond credibility.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of Jim Morrison and his Sixties iconic rock band.
  • Forsaken (2015)
    Review preview for Forsaken

    The film is enjoyable enough, but unfortunately Kiefer Sutherland is not Alan Ladd.

    Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
    A disillusioned former gunslinger tries to reconcile with his father but finds their frontier town terrorised by a brutal gang.
  • Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)
    Review preview for Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

    Despite some obvious cheese and more than a few slices of ham, this is popcorn of the best kind.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Kevin Costner stars as the noble rogue in this reimagining of the Nottinghamshire legend.
  • Seraphim Falls (2006)
    Review preview for Seraphim Falls

    Its vision of the western frontier is a bleak one, full of grim railroad towns and the dusty bones of unsuccessful settlers, a place where even missionaries cannot be trusted.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    One man hunts another across the treacherous landscapes of the old west.
  • Strange Days (1995)
    Review preview for Strange Days

    Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

    Stephen Carty · 4.5 out of 5
    Forbidden memories on disk, yours for the right price.
  • Treasure Planet (2002)
    Review preview for Treasure Planet

    The sentimental stuff works for a change.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Robert Louis Stephenson's reimagined classic, in outer space?!
  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Review preview for What Just Happened?

    It’s the cinematic equivalent of Morris dancing: there’s lots going on, it’s entertaining enough – but you’re not entirely sure what the point is.

    Maria Realf · 3 out of 5
    A desperate film producer tries to stop his latest project (and himself) from going into meltdown.

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