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  • The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
    Review preview for The 40 Year Old Virgin

    The film gets an impressive amount of mileage and you never really feel like it's dragging.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    American Pie for grown ups.
  • Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018)
    Review preview for Ant-Man And The Wasp

    Small of scale but big of heart, Ant-Man And The Wasp is a light and charming outing for a staggering film juggernaut.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
  • Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
    Review preview for Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania

    It's okay. Relentlessly okay. Non-stop, wall-to-wall okay.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Review preview for Avengers: Endgame

    Directors Joe and Anthony Russo use the length to explore more than one significant theme in depth and to shift tone markedly from hour to hour.

    Jane Fae · 4.5 out of 5
    The remaining Avengers take a final stand.
  • All Is Bright (2013)
    Review preview for All Is Bright

    Like the advent calendar Rene gives to Michi to count down the days to Christmas, the film holds a surprising number of sweet treats, despite its austere veneer.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    An ex-con and his erstwhile partner bicker and bond as they try to get rich before Christmas.
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
    Review preview for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

    Burgundy's ability to survive cockups on an industrial scale is impressive

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    San Diego's 70s TV newscaster and his team of idiots take on the graveyard shift on a new 24hour New York channel with surprising (manic) results
  • Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Review preview for Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

    This is what used to be known in the sixth form lavs as bike shed humour - infantile male gags about the female anatomy, genitalia, show-off swaggering and sexual innuendos, so broad they flatten subtlety and boil boob gags until they pop.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    TV news channel farce, with bike shed humour and sexist innuendo.
  • Ant-Man (2015)
    Review preview for Ant-Man

    Ant-Man’s weirdness and goofy tangents mean that it’s definitely on its way to alleviating the fatigue of the larger pictures.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    A con man with the power to decrease in size and increase in strength must pull off a daring heist in order to save the world.
  • The Catcher Was A Spy (2018)
    Review preview for The Catcher Was A Spy

    Berg's dilemma requires him to try and solve logical and ethical puzzles, and cannot be alleviated through the easy process of having him find Heisenberg likeable.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The true story of a baseball player recruited as a spy and sent to assassinate the physicist Werner Heisenberg before he can build the Nazis an atomic bomb.
  • Clueless (1995)
    Review preview for Clueless

    Silverstone immerses herself in the character of Cher.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A rich high school student tries to give a fellow student a makeover but finds herself falling in love.
  • The Chateau (2001)
    Review preview for The Chateau

    At its best early on as it plays the culture clashes.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    Decent culture clash comedy in which two very different American brothers inherit a dilapidated French chateau.
  • The Cider House Rules (1999)
    Coming of age story about a boy raised in an orphanage, who seeks answers in an orchard.
  • Death Of A Unicorn (2025)
    Review preview for Death Of A Unicorn

    The alchemy of film means that sometimes this amount of gold can still feel leaden.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where the father's billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
    Review preview for Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    Finding out that your girlfriend is leaving you for another man is humiliating enough, but finding out that he's Russell Brand is another story.

    Craig McFarlane · 3 out of 5
    Trying to get over his girlfried, a depressed young man goes on holiday only to discover that she's booked into the same resort with her new love.
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
    Review preview for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    The latter part of the movie labours as Reitman aims firmly for the rose-tinted jugular of parents courtesy of cameo appearances that don't sit comfortably within the fabric of the film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    After the death of Egon Spengler, his daughter and grandkids find themselves bustin' a whole new army of ghosts.
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
    Review preview for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Painting by numbers and staying comfortably within the lines might pass time but I wouldn't call it entertainment.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    When the discovery of an ancient artefact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
  • Ideal Home (2018)
    Review preview for Ideal Home

    Ideal Home isn't perfect, but 'lovely' doesn't do it justice.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A bickering gay couple find their lives turn upside down when a young boy arrives on their doorstep saying he is the grandson of one of them.
  • I Love You, Man (2009)
    Review preview for I Love You, Man

    Ultimately, I felt really good watching it.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Repressed bloke needs a best man, but finds his best friend.
  • Knocked Up (2006)
    Review preview for Knocked Up

    Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Comedy about an unplanned pregnancy after a one-night stand.
  • Monsters Vs Aliens (2009)
    Review preview for Monsters Vs Aliens

    The best gags, at least for the over 20s, subvert 50s sci-fi movie convention.

    Tony Sullivan · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman's brush with a meteor supersizes her and soon, she finds herself and a team of other monsters taking on a bad guy from outer space.
  • 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.
  • Power Ballad (2026)
    Review preview for Power Ballad

    Taking care of business is rarely as emotional, but it's part of Power Ballad's exploration of authenticity.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    When a past-his-prime wedding singer meets a fading boy-band star during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session, but then the former star turns one of the wedding singer’s songs into the hit that reignites his career.
  • Prince Avalanche (2013)
    Review preview for Prince Avalanche

    The end result is a kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Odd couple comedy about two road workers in the backwaters of Texas.
  • P.S. (2004)
    Review preview for P.S.

    The plot revelations are interesting and not easily guessed beforehand, making this film more than your simple romantic drama .

    Skyline · 3 out of 5
    Surprisingly intense romantic drama following a 39-year-old and her battle with past secrets that resurface when she gets herself a toy-boy.
  • Role Models (2008)
    Review preview for Role Models

    There's nowt of substance, or wit to last more than a 30-minute sitcom, but the script's tone is affectionate and likable.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A pair of misanthropic manchildren learn mentoring responsibility.
  • Sausage Party (2016)
    Review preview for Sausage Party

    If you’ve ever wanted to see a bagel and a lavash engaging in homosexual activity used as an argument for why Israel and Palestine should just y’know, smoke some weed and get on with each other, here’s your chance!

    Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
    A sausage tries to find meaning in the world as well as carnal knowledge.
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet (1996)
    Review preview for William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

    Danes deftly avoids making her character appear at all weak or insipid, instead showing us a young woman of great courage and agency, in spite of how little control Juliet seems to have over her life.

    Seph Shewell-Brockway · 4 out of 5
    Star crossed teenage lovers in Hawaiian shirts, under neon lights.

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