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  • Being Julia (2004)
    Rumpy-pumpy and Pimms in Thirties theatre-land.
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
    Review preview for Cats & Dogs

    So silly only a certified boring person would not enjoy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Evil cats try to take over the world.
  • Early Man (2018)
    Review preview for Early Man

    Despite a star studded voice cast it lacks the comic invention required to make an impossible dream memorable

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Stop motion animated cave men and a hog learn to play football and take on the best team in the known universe
  • End Of Days (1999)
    An ex-cop tries to protect a girl from Satan's sexual attentions.
  • Flushed Away (2006)
    Review preview for Flushed Away

    Exciting, adventurous, and flush with visual and verbal gags

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A pet mouse flushed down a toilet struggles to find his way home, encountering all manner of adventures along the way.
  • A Friend Of Dorothy (2025)
    Review preview for A Friend Of Dorothy

    Nwachukwu...is a stand-out talent, and brings a real delicacy to this role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A lonely widow's quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
  • The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship (1990)
    Review preview for The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship

    This Emmy-winning fable of piety rewarded makes a virtue of its own simplicity.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Russian fairytale about a woodcutter who wins the heart of a princess.
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

    Is it familiarity that makes the heart grow fonder? Or magic?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
  • Holy Days (2026)
    Review preview for Holy Days

    Whilst some parts of the story feel a bit too contrived, the film’s mixture of good-heartedness and fierce humour carries it easily over most of the bumps in the road

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A Maori boy who misses his deceased mum goes on a road trip with three nuns who are trying to save their convent from developers.
  • The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers (2004)
    Review preview for The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers

    Schizophrenic in its approach and vicious in its intent.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Critical biopic of The Goon Show master-of-voices who became a Hollywood movie star.
  • Ladies In Lavender (2004)
    Review preview for Ladies In Lavender

    If you can tolerate the soft focus and picture postcard shots in return for a pleasant, feelgood movie, by all means go see it.

    Emma Slawinski · 2.5 out of 5
    Two elderly sisters befriend a shipwrecked foreigner.
  • Mulan (1998)
    Review preview for Mulan

    It isn't daring enough.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A young Chinese girl pretends she is a boy and enlists in the army, with the help of a cricket and a small red dragon.
  • Sunshine (1999)
    Review preview for Sunshine

    Szabo's saga is a reminder of how great European cinema used to be.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Sobering and powerful film that follows three generations in upper-class Jews amid the early 20th Century.

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