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  • Anaconda (1997)
    Review preview for Anaconda

    How can you refuse a movie that offers a POV shot of inside a snake's belly?

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    Jennifer Lopez and assorted B-list actors are attacked by a giant snake in the Amazon rain forest.
  • Armageddon (1998)
    Review preview for Armageddon

    The film goes for broke. No safety net. No apologies. Believing in itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A drill team head to space to stop an asteroid destroying Earth.
  • Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
    Owen Wilson is shot down in Bosnian Serb territory and Gene Hackman tries to rescue him.
  • Cars (2006)
    Review preview for Cars

    Let's hope that Pixar hasn't run out of gas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A rookie racing car learns humility and down-home values in a rusty old town as Pixar's CGI animators wipe away a tear.
  • Cars 3 (2017)
    Review preview for Cars 3

    It has a kick in its heel and a nice surprise at the end

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Will Lightning McQueen retain pole position as the young bloods race to take him down? Has new technology made the old hometown garage a sentimental memory?
  • Cars 2 (2011)
    Review preview for Cars 2

    Oddly, Pixar don't seem to have many fresh ideas for wringing humour out of their what-if-we-were-all-cars idea, as a result of which it feels as if it has been awkwardly sandwiched together with the plot from another film.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    Can the motoring heroes foil a plot to scupper the grand prix?
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    Review preview for The Darjeeling Limited

    Chaotic, funny, beautifully shot and performed with a childlike deadpan.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Three brothers take a 'spiritual journey' across India by train.
  • Drillbit Taylor (2008)
    Review preview for Drillbit Taylor

    Remarkable for delivering pointed observations with a comic touch.

    Jennifer McGillan · 3.5 out of 5
    Two kids hire a low-rent bodyguard to protect them from bullies.
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
    Review preview for Fantastic Mr. Fox

    A fantastic adaptation that manages to surpass its source material while staying entirely true to its spirit.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Animated version of Roald Dahl's tale about a wily fox.
  • The French Dispatch (2021)
    Review preview for The French Dispatch

    It all has a very particular flavour. Even a new one.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th Century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in the French Dispatch magazine.
  • Free Birds (2013)
    Review preview for Free Birds

    The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history and get turkey off the holiday menu for good
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    Review preview for The Grand Budapest Hotel

    An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    The adventures of a concierge and a lobby boy who becomes his friend.
  • Hall Pass (2011)
    Review preview for Hall Pass

    If the plot is poor, the direction takes dull to new levels of blandness.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Two men go on the prowl after being the week off marriage by their wives.
  • Haunted Mansion (2023)
    Review preview for Haunted Mansion

    While the chase scenes are effective, the jokes feel like the ghost of much better one-liners.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A mum and son enlist the help of a priest, a psychic and a scientist in a bid to rid their new home of ghosts.
  • The Haunting (1999)
    Review preview for The Haunting

    Remakes don't have to be ten times the size. They usually are. And ten times worse.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Awful remake of the 1963 classic chiller.
  • Inherent Vice (2014)
    Review preview for Inherent Vice

    This is the tail end of the good times, Doc and his cohort seem as though they are fading out.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A drug-fuelled detective investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
  • I Spy (2002)
    Review preview for I Spy

    The script is weak and tackles the story with such superficial lightness that nothing makes an impact.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy team up is spoof action thriller, involving an invisible plane.
  • The Life Aquatic (2004)
    Review preview for The Life Aquatic

    Anderson creates sealed, self-supporting worlds, crammed with excruciating detail.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    An ageing oceanographer gathers a crew to hunt a shark that killed his partner.
  • Marley & Me (2008)
    Review preview for Marley & Me

    The strength of this story is its simplicity, yet, at a full two hours, that's also its weakness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A family struggle to live with the world's worst dog, who is loveable but just won't behave.
  • Meet The Fockers (2004)
    Review preview for Meet The Fockers

    As painful as a kick in the pants.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Comedy sequel sees clash of the in-laws.
  • Meet The Parents (2000)
    Review preview for Meet The Parents

    The farce is underplayed, which is exactly right.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Stiller's would-be husband discovers his potential father-in-law is a nightmare.
  • Midnight In Paris (2011)
    Review preview for Midnight In Paris

    For some, Midnight In Paris will be first love; for others, a delicious encounter with an old flame.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A struggling writer visiting Paris with his fiancee explores the city's illustrious past in order to find his real passions.
  • Night At The Museum 2 (2009)
    Review preview for Night At The Museum 2

    The film’s biggest strength is its imaginative special effects.

    Maria Realf · 3 out of 5
    Colourful sequel sees the world’s largest museum complex spring to life.
  • Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2014)
    Review preview for Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb

    The special effects are truely magic

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The magic comes to London with Teddy, Attila, the neanderthals and Larry.
  • No Escape (2015)
    Review preview for No Escape

    The feeling of making it up as they go along is well done

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An American family get caught up in an overseas coup.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Review preview for The Royal Tenenbaums

    Stiller, Paltrow, Murray and Luke Wilson needn't have bothered. Their characters are stuck in ruts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A family of eccentric geniuses is shaken when their caddish estranged father re-appears in their lives.
  • Shanghai Knights (2003)
    Review preview for Shanghai Knights

    Victorian London is as phoney as some of the accents.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Sequel to Shanghai Noon, in which Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson go to London.
  • She's Funny That Way (2014)
    Review preview for She's Funny That Way

    The cast are terrific, and the comic set pieces are handled with precision and impeccable timing, even if not all of the jokes hit home.

    Robert Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    A married director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress.
  • Shanghai Noon (2000)
    Review preview for Shanghai Noon

    Chan's fight choreography is always imaginative...The extent of his skill continues to amaze.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Imperial guard from The Forbidden City, Peking, has comic adventures in wild, wild West.
  • Starsky And Hutch (2004)
    Review preview for Starsky And Hutch

    t's a slight premise, but it's played for laughs throughout, pastiching not only the TV show, but the buddy genre and the Seventies in general.

    David Haviland · 4.5 out of 5
    Comedy remake of the Seventies most infamous TV cop double act.
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
    Review preview for Wedding Crashers

    Will have you laughing until you're sore.

    John Gallagher · 4 out of 5
    A womanising duo, who specialise in trawling weddings, take on their last, hilarious challenge.
  • The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
    Review preview for The Wendell Baker Story

    Low-budget charmer shows a different side and range to Owen Wilson.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    Feelgood romp with a positive message for old folks.
  • Wonder (2017)
    Review preview for Wonder

    The film has predictability sewn into its DNA

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Auggie has a facial deformity which means he looks odd and people stare and kids are cruel. He comes from a loving home. Will that help in the real world?
  • You, Me And Dupree (2006)
    Review preview for You, Me And Dupree

    American comedies are going through a bad patch. Wit is in short supply.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Irresponsible best man moves in with newly weds and causes havoc
  • Zoolander (2001)
    Review preview for Zoolander

    The humour exaggerates the worst excesses of Saturday Night Live.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Ben Stiller spoofs the fashion world and adds on a political assassination subplot.

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