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  • 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.
  • Chill Factor (1999)
    Review preview for Chill Factor

    The film is a reminder of how well directed Speed was and that James Bond stunts can't be replicated on the cheap.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A couple of regular Joes find themselves on the run from terrorists after they come into possession of a top-secret weapon.
  • Mighty Joe Young (1998)
    Review preview for Mighty Joe Young

    It is exciting, sentimental, fast moving and utter twaddle.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Adventures of a girl and her gorilla
  • Risen (2016)
    Review preview for Risen

    In the colonial tradition there is only one course of action, unreasonable force and the hard hand of authority pressing down upon the throats of the protesters

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A Roman tribune is sent to find the missing body of an executed Jew rumored to have risen from the dead.
  • Shadowlands (1993)
    Review preview for Shadowlands

    A quiet, moving film.

    Sarah Artt · 4 out of 5
    A late flowering of romance for the dry academic who created Narnia

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