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  • 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.
  • Deserted (2016)
    Review preview for Deserted

    For all its harshness, the landscape of Death Valley is beautiful and makes a stunning impression on the big screen.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of young people gets lost in the desert.
  • Notting Hill (1999)
    Review preview for Notting Hill

    Being English and Hugh and frightfully-actually, the jokes have a cringe factor above the blush line.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A world famous film star falls for a bookseller.
  • The Oh in Ohio (2006)
    Review preview for The Oh in Ohio

    A gloriously enjoyable light comedy.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    An all-American wife pursues elusive orgasm.
  • The Sixth Sense (1999)
    Review preview for The Sixth Sense

    The pace is slow, not that that matters, because Osment is such a compelling actor.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Psychologist tries to help a boy with a spooky secret.
  • St Trinian's (2007)
    Review preview for St Trinian's

    Everett almost single-handedly sustains the film, thanks to a nicely pitched turn as the headmistress with a heart.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Trouble is brewing at the anarchic girls' school thanks to a zealous education minister.
  • The Toybox (2018)
    Review preview for The Toybox

    Only Denise Richards attempts any kind of ongoing emotional shift and her acting would look over the top in a silent film.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A family find themselves in peril after going on a roadtrip in a possessed RV.
  • Virgin Territory (2007)
    Review preview for Virgin Territory

    Littered with sexual innuendo that is about as funny as drowning kittens.

    Darren Amner · 1 out of 5
    A young buck in mediaeval Italy tries to rescue his love from the clutches of a dastardly Tim Roth... at the same time as avoiding the plague.

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