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  • Aquaman (2018)
    Review preview for Aquaman

    Aquaman is a far from bad way to pass a couple of hours at the cinema

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
  • Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (2023)
    Review preview for Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom

    What I most noted the return of was not kings but pacing issues.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding. Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor. Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison.
  • Australia (2008)
    Review preview for Australia

    Australia undercuts its cinematic insecurities with heart, soul and imagination.

    James Benefield · 2.5 out of 5
    Sprawling epic sees English toff and drover bond over cattle and kids.
  • Babygirl (2024)
    Review preview for Babygirl

    Halina Reijn's film is a rewarding piece of work, in no small part because of how it challenges its subjects and its audience.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
  • Being The Ricardos (2021)
    Review preview for Being The Ricardos

    Not only does she get the tone of Ball right, Kidman also captures the comedy star's forthright energy, an essential fearlessness and truthfulness about herself that Sorkin also evidently admires.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Lucille Ball biopic set across a single week of crisis.
  • Bombshell (2019)
    Review preview for Bombshell

    Bombshell is a finely crafted film which benefits from one of the best acting ensembles of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
  • Boy Erased (2018)
    Review preview for Boy Erased

    This is, as a whole, a finely crafted piece of cinema which handles its explosive subject with great delicacy.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
  • Before I Go To Sleep (2014)
    Review preview for Before I Go To Sleep

    Who do you trust?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman wakes up each day with no memory of what has gone before
  • The Beguiled (2017)
    Review preview for The Beguiled

    Coppola’s desire for a new “soft” approach seems to have emasculated the original material while failing to engross our senses with her storytelling techniques.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Civil War drama about an injured Yankee soldier who seeks refuge in girls' boarding school.
  • Bewitched (2005)
    What would you do if you had magic powers?
  • Birth (2004)
    Review preview for Birth

    A disappointing, mundane psychological drama.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman is convinced that a boy is the reincarnation of her husband.
  • Birthday Girl (2001)
    Review preview for Birthday Girl

    Kidman continues to amaze.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Nicole Kidman is a Russian internet bride who ends up with a St Albans bank clerk.
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
    Epic, romantic journey of a Confederate deserter during the last year of the American civil war.
  • Dead Calm (1989)
    Review preview for Dead Calm

    Phillip Noyce directs a tense thriller from the skeleton of old ideas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A couple find themselves in trouble after stopping their yacht to take a stranger onboard.
  • Destroyer (2018)
    Review preview for Destroyer

    It's essentially a character study - the trouble is that there's not much character there.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An LAPD detective whose undercover work ended in tragedy is faced to confront her past when the leader of the gang she was embedded in re-emerges.
  • Dogville (2003)
    Review preview for Dogville

    Nicole Kidman, as the mysterious fugitive Grace, is luminous and breathtaking, capable of evoking strong emotions from the basis of an enigmatic outline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A beautiful fugitive hides out in a Rocky Mountain village.
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
    Review preview for Eyes Wide Shut

    You are never sure what is actually happening, what is real and what is pretending to be real.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A doctor embarks on a sexual adventure after a chance remark by his wife leads him to question monogamy.
  • Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
    Review preview for Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

    An intriguing and genuinely inventive piece of cinema of the sort which doesn't come along very often.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The bored wife of a successful photographer becomes intrigued by her unusual new neighbour.
  • The Golden Compass (2007)
    Review preview for The Golden Compass

    Easily the most imaginative, energetic and engaging children's film to hit cinemas this Christmas.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A bold young girl with a mysterious destiny sets off to rescue endangered children from the frozen north.
  • The Goldfinch (2019)
    Review preview for The Goldfinch

    The story moves like treacle, with the action bogged down and emotions bottled up.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A boy steals a painting in the wake of a terror attack, a decision that will go on to shape his life.
  • Grace Of Monaco (2014)
    Review preview for Grace Of Monaco

    Kidman is 47. She's an actress playing an actress, not a Catholic girl from Philly with all the enthusiasm of youth

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco.
  • Happy Feet (2006)
    Review preview for Happy Feet

    The originality of Happy Feet is a genuine surprise. Whether the script will hold the attention of the under-nines is less easy to judge.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Adventures of a toe-tapping penguin.
  • The Hours (2002)
    Review preview for The Hours

    It would be difficult to overestimate the quality of this film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Three women from different decades connect through the writing of Virginia Woolf.
  • How To Talk To Girls At Parties (2017)
    Review preview for How To Talk To Girls At Parties

    The energy is electric

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Three teenage punks gatecrash a party on the Queen's jubilee night in London and have an unexpected experience that feels out of this world
  • The Human Stain (2003)
    Review preview for The Human Stain

    The twisted story spans decades, but a series of consistently strong performances give the plot the cohesion it needs.

    Claire Sawers · 4 out of 5
    An ageing professor hides a terrible secret from his past, as he begins an affair with a woman 30 years younger.
  • The Invasion (2007)
    Review preview for The Invasion

    Run, stay awake, run harder, stay awa…zz…longer until an antidote can be found.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A psychiatrist stumbling upon an alien invasion fears that her small son may be the only one who can stop it.
  • The Interpreter (2005)
    Review preview for The Interpreter

    Kidman has the sensitivity of a fawn and the tenacity of a dingo.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A political thriller at the UN headquarters in New York.
  • I Have Never Forgotten You - The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
    Review preview for I Have Never Forgotten You - The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal

    Few documentaries can ever have been put together with the same level of meticulous care as this one, clearly the product of exhaustive research.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about famous Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.
  • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017)
    Review preview for The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

    Lanthimos confirms his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most original and unsettling directors

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
  • Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
    Review preview for Lagerfeld Confidential

    There’s really not a great deal to this documentary - it is flimsy in build. But then so is fashion.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    A peek behind the mysterious shades of Chanel’s iconic front man.
  • Lion (2016)
    Review preview for Lion

    To its great merit, the film does not go for romanticizing or exploiting this child's life-threatening dilemma and the impossibly difficult decision-making process can be felt throughout.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An Indian man who was adopted by an Australian couple as a boy heads off to find his real family.
  • Margot At The Wedding (2007)
    Review preview for Margot At The Wedding

    Margot ought to be a plum rôle, but Kidman withers it to a prune.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A neurotic woman undermines her whole family and her sister's impending marriage.
  • Moulin Rouge! (2001)
    Modern romantic musical based around the mythology of a famous Parisian nightclub in 1900. On re-release.
  • Nine (2009)
    Review preview for Nine

    It reminds me of a series of auditions where actresses, lighting experts, choreographers and so on, all demonstrate their impeccable skills. What is totally lacking is any semblance of a film upon which to apply them.

    Chris · 1.5 out of 5
    A famous film director struggling for inspiration is torn between the influences of the different women in his life.
  • The Northman (2022)
    Review preview for The Northman

    You genuinely feel how much his characters have faith in their gods and their folk tales as an extension of their everyday lives

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The son of a Viking king is out for vegeance.
  • The Others (2001)
    Review preview for The Others

    The less you see, the more you believe. Chilean born writer/director Alejandro Amenabar, who is still in his twenties, knows this.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Nicole Kidman stars in this ghost story about an isolated mansion on the island of Jersey at the end of the war.
  • Paddington (2014)
    Review preview for Paddington

    Paddington is irresistible, funny and smartly constructed with a disarmingly big heart.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A small bear from darkest Peru tries to adjust to life in London.
  • The Paperboy (2012)
    Review preview for The Paperboy

    The references are messy, the gestures grand.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
    A reporter heads back to his Florida hometown to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice.
  • Practical Magic (1998)
    Review preview for Practical Magic

    The ladies act their socks off. To no avail. The plot saws itself in half... forever.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Two white witches are shackled with a curse that makes men who fall in love with them meet an untimely demise.
  • The Prom (2020)
    Review preview for The Prom

    The Prom's heart is in the right place but its beat never quite finds a strong rhythm.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A group of Broadway stars try to revive their popularity by helping a lesbian teenager who is facing discrimination over her school's prom dance.
  • Rabbit Hole (2010)
    Review preview for Rabbit Hole

    The acting is good - particularly from Eckhart and Teller - but director John Cameron Mitchell never quite finds a way to reach beyond the boundaries of its original stage work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Eight months after the death of their son, a couple are still trying to cope with grief.
  • The Railway Man (2013)
    Review preview for The Railway Man

    It is a story of courage, redemption and forgiveness. And it's true

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of Eric Lomax, a victim of the Second World War's "Death Railway", who later in life sets out to find the Japanese soldier responsible.
  • The Stepford Wives (2004)
    Review preview for The Stepford Wives

    Featuring an up to scratch all-star cast, it is Close who really shines, with a cracking quirky little performance, again demonstrating her range.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    Sci-fi/comedy thriller where a seemingly perfect American suburb, with unfeasibly obedient women, raises suspicious eyebrows amongst the latest newcomers.
  • Stoker (2013)
    Review preview for Stoker

    The heightened sense of India's reality is mimicked by Park's style and Miller's creations, who are pushed into the realm of melodrama and perilously close to caricature in pursuit of gothic thrills.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A bereaved girl's charismatic uncle spells trouble when he comes to stay.
  • Strangerland (2015)
    Review preview for Strangerland

    Kidman hasn't turned in a performance like this for some years.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When two teenage children go missing in the desert, their parents' lives begin to unravel.
  • Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer (2022)
    Review preview for Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer

    Whilst it’s never intrusive, the film makes room for the personal and, perhaps more importantly, for Herzog to meander, interlinking diverse ideas in his inimitable way.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A portrait of the celebrated filmmaker.

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