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  • The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (2011)
    Review preview for The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

    A rollicking, humorous rollercoaster ride with stunning set pieces.

    Paul Logan · 4 out of 5
    A young globetrotting journalist partners with an old alcoholic sea Captain to unravel a mystery.
  • Attack The Block (2011)
    Review preview for Attack The Block

    That it succeeds is due to Cornish's lightness of touch and terrifically naturalistic performances from all the young people involved.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A gang of dissolute teenagers protect their block of flats from an alien attack.
  • The Boat That Rocked (2009)
    Review preview for The Boat That Rocked

    Feeling like watered-down Curtis, the jokes frequently fall flat and you keep waiting for the big laughs that we know he can deliver.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a boat-based pirate radio station which the government tries to ban.
  • The Boxtrolls (2014)
    Review preview for The Boxtrolls

    Having set a scene of intriguing grotesquery the plot falls victim of its own invention

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
  • Cuban Fury (2014)
    Review preview for Cuban Fury

    Nick Frost's limited comedic talent cannot stretch to a faux South American dance devil with fire in his heels.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A former salsa star attempts a comeback.
  • Fighting With My Family (2018)
    Review preview for Fighting With My Family

    What comes across more than anything is how the American way dominates.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Saraya is part of a tight-knit Norwich family who scrape a living on the local wrestling scene. Her dream is to become a bright new WWE star. When opportunity knocks, does she have what it takes to make the grade?
  • Get Away (2024)
    Review preview for Get Away

    Frost said that when he wrote the film it took him a while to recognise that he was in horror territory, and indeed the film works equally well as a culture clash comedy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Looking forward to spending a vacation on the small Swedish island of Svälta, the Smith family is unsettled by the unfriendly mainlanders who advise them to avoid it at all costs, especially during the Karantan festival. But the family is in deep need of some time away and stubbornly decides to take the ferry anyway.
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Review preview for Hot Fuzz

    Formulaic but exuberant, packed with quirky humour and very difficult not to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tongue-in-cheek British twist on the buddy cop genre.
  • Kinky Boots (2005)
    Review preview for Kinky Boots

    It's the same old sentimental tripe that gets rolled out again and again.

    George Williamson · 2.5 out of 5
    Shoemaker opts for drastic footwear design in a bid save family business.
  • Monster Family (2017)
    Review preview for Monster Family

    The plot stumbles into an abyss early. There is nothing left because there was nothing here in the first place

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A family is cursed by a witch and transformed into monsters.
  • Paul (2011)
    Review preview for Paul

    Though it's not on a par with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's best work, it's hard to imagine anybody not enjoying it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Two British comic book geeks visiting America pick up a hitchhiking alien and determine to help him return to his mothership, but the FBI are on their tail.
  • Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
    Review preview for Shaun Of The Dead

    George Romero has stated that he loves this film. It's easy to see why.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Rom-Zom-Com.
  • Snow White And The Huntsman (2012)
    Review preview for Snow White And The Huntsman

    A gripping, exhilarating rollick through a medieval wasteland.

    Merlin Harries · 4 out of 5
    The huntsman ordered by a jealous queen to kill the young princess Snow White instead trains her as a warrior who can lead a rebel army.
  • Timestalker (2024)
    Review preview for Timestalker

    Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman continuously seeks out the presumed love of her life across time, in one incarnation after another.
  • The World's End (2013)
    Review preview for The World's End

    While there are plenty of laughs, the film might be victim of a too-linear, too-literal and too-revealing trailer, and the impact of its funnier moments are dampened by familiarity.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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