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  • Annihilation (2018)
    Review preview for Annihilation

    Garland takes us into a world as beautiful as it is alien, a dazzling cinematic landscape that deserves to be seen on the big screen.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A biologist joins a team exploring a quarantine zone after her husband goes missing there, and finds something very different from what she expected.
  • At Eternity's Gate (2018)
    Review preview for At Eternity's Gate

    For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The last days of Vincent van Gogh.
  • Balibo (2009)
    Review preview for Balibo

    Despite its structural instability, Connolly still manages to find plenty of poignancy and to gather an emotional head of steam.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing, a month later a veteran correspondent follows them, determined to find out the truth.
  • Body Of Lies (2008)
    Review preview for Body Of Lies

    This is an extremely well made movie, with exacting performances of the highest quality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Counter-terrorist thriller about a CIA operative in the Middle East and his US-based 'handler'.
  • The Card Counter (2021)
    Review preview for The Card Counter

    Tightly wrapped doesn't begin to cover it.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    William Tell, a for­mer ser­vice­man who became a pok­er play­er, leads a soli­tary exis­tence on the casi­no trail. His path cross­es with Cirk, a vul­ner­a­ble and angry young man obsessed with his plan for revenge and he tries to steer him away from violence.
  • Drive (2011)
    Review preview for Drive

    Drive is cool. Really cool. In fact this will probably be the coolest film you will see this year.

    Owen Van Spall · 4.5 out of 5
    A stuntman who moonlights as a wheelman finds he is the target of a hit.
  • Dune (2021)
    Review preview for Dune

    It is pretty.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A young man must survive on the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.
  • Ex Machina (2015)
    Review preview for Ex Machina

    The pleasure of Garland's film lies more in the deeper questions of what makes us 'human' and in the tensions generated between Caleb, Nathan and Ava than in the plot, which suffers from predictability.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A programmer goes on retreat to his boss' hideaway and is asked to help evaluate an artificial intelligence android.
  • Frankenstein (2025)
    Review preview for Frankenstein

    There is a magnetism to it all.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation
  • The Letter Room (2020)
    Review preview for The Letter Room

    Oscar Isaac’s poignant performance pulls us in from the get-go.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Corrections officer Richard starts in a new position as director of prisoner communications and finds his world opening up in unexpected ways.
  • A Most Violent Year (2014)
    Review preview for A Most Violent Year

    2014's best film of the year.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    An ambitious immigrant tries to survive and protect his family and business in New York City.
  • The Nativity Story (2006)
    Review preview for The Nativity Story

    Released to coincide with seasonal spending sprees, it will help to float modern day Herods' coffers.

    Chris · 1 out of 5
    A simple retelling of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ.
  • The Promise (2016)
    Review preview for The Promise

    Scenes are set up and played out as if rehearsing for a mud sculpture

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Complex love triangle against a backdrop of Armenian genocide in Turkey during the Great War
  • Robin Hood (2010)
    Review preview for Robin Hood

    The film is at its strongest in the scenes between Crowe and Blanchett, as Marion - both no-nonsense in attitude - as they spar verbally and bring some much-needed humour to the discourse.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Robin goes back to his roots before the hood.
  • Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
    Review preview for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

    There are some astonishing sequences that leverage the freedom animation has to move perspective.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-people charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Review preview for Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

    The Force Awakens manages to stop one thinking about how disbelief is suspended and instead carry one along.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a new threat has emerged and new heroes must arise to save the day.
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    Review preview for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    It's that old magic again.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
  • The Two Faces Of January (2014)
    Review preview for The Two Faces Of January

    Patricia Highsmith on a low flame

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Death in Greece involves a fraudulent investment banker, a tour guide and a young wife. There are no certainties and nowhere to run.
  • W.E. (2011)
    Review preview for W.E.

    Watching the film, which refreshingly tells the story from Wallis's perspective, you begin to wonder what on earth Madonna was thinking when she decided to tack on a framing device involving a modern Manhattanite's abusive relationship.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Romantic drama spread across two time periods to tell the story of Wallis Simpson's love affair with Edward VIII.
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    Review preview for X-Men: Apocalypse

    Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    An ancient, super-powerful mutant arises, planning to kill all humans and with a nasty fate in mind for Charles.

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