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  • 7 Keys (2024)
    Review preview for 7 Keys

    McDonald is excellent.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    When Lena learns Daniel has the keys to every place he’s ever lived, she wants to use them. But what starts as a romantic tour soon takes a sinister turn.
  • Amistad (1998)
    Review preview for Amistad

    Amistad is one of [Spielberg's] deeply felt niche pictures that won't cause ripples on the stock market because of its uncompromising nature.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Courtroom drama about a mutiny on a slave ship.
  • Aeon Flux (2005)
    Futuristic sci-fi post-animated superagent is acrobatic in her desire to save paradise from reactionary forces.
  • The Age Of Stupid (2009)
    Review preview for The Age Of Stupid

    The differing perspectives of the participants show that our relationship with oil is complex.

    Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
    Docudrama about a future archivist looking back on the events that devastated Earth.
  • Closing The Ring (2007)
    Review preview for Closing The Ring

    Closing The Ring delivers romance on an epic scale and seems destined to be the pride of some people's DVD collections, but beneath the gloss and the carefully crafted performances, it's lacking something.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A widow's carefully constructed life unravels following the discovery of the ring worn by the man she loved 50 years before.
  • Dark Water (2005)
    Review preview for Dark Water

    For those who have seen the originals, stay away.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    So-so adaptation of Hideo Nakata's Japanese horror movie.
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
    Review preview for Distant Voices, Still Lives

    A rich tapestry, which delves into how our reminiscences work.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Memories of a working-class Liverpudlian family during and after the Blitz.
  • Inception (2010)
    Review preview for Inception

    You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    DiCaprio's dream spy takes on the ultimate inside job.
  • The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
    Review preview for The Last Of The Mohicans

    Mann creates a perfect balance of action and mood.

    Nick Da Costa · 4.5 out of 5
    The adopted son of a chief tries to protect the daughter of a British colonel.
  • The Omen (2006)
    Review preview for The Omen

    Little hints that something disturbing is happening build up well, though the film never really grips the way it should.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The Antichrist rises again to terrify a new generation and bring about the Apocalypse... now
  • A Private Function (1984)
    Review preview for A Private Function

    Bennett's script gently mocks his characters, while also maintaining a level of understanding.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    In post-war Britain, a couple become involved in the bacon black market.
  • The Shipping News (2001)
    Review preview for The Shipping News

    Spacey gives a remarkable performance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Kevin Spacey, a social misfit hitting hard times, finds salvation as a journalist in a small town in Newfoundland, Canada.
  • Solomon Kane (2009)
    Review preview for Solomon Kane

    Solomon Kane has a respect for its source material and a willingness to balance its money shots with proper story-telling that transcend its genre limitations.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A pirate who forfeits his soul to the Devil renounces evil but is forced to take up arms again to protect a Puritan family.
  • Strange Bedfellows (2004)
    Two macho Aussies learn tolerance and respect after pretending to be a gay couple.
  • The Town (2010)
    Review preview for The Town

    The Town sets aside stylish thriller tropes in favour of realism, which makes the action scenes a lot more visceral and the characters rougher round the edges.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Events spiral out of control after a bank robber falls for a woman he has previously held hostage.
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
    Review preview for The Usual Suspects

    Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Five criminals thrown together in a police line-up decide to team up for a high-stakes job.
  • When The Sky Falls (1999)
    Review preview for When The Sky Falls

    John Mackenzie, who made the neo-classic Brit mobster movie, The Long Good Friday, 21 years ago, directs with a similar degree of commitment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Fictionalised retelling of the life and assassination of Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin.
  • 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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