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  • Blinded (2003)
    Review preview for Blinded

    All credibility and tension, manifested during the bulk of the film, is completely robbed at the final hurdle by a ludicrous ending.

    David Stanners · 2.5 out of 5
    A Danish backpacker faces sinister consequences after his work on a rundown farm leads to romance.
  • Copying Beethoven (2006)
    Review preview for Copying Beethoven

    An honest musical understanding is displayed throughout and it provides a refreshing undercurrent in what might otherwise be a stiflingly familiar tale.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The last year in the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, seen through the eyes of a young copyist.
  • Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)
    Review preview for Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

    A saccharine mess, bereft of wit, originality or purpose.

    Andrew Robertson · 1 out of 5
    An mysterious creature is threatened by oil workers looking for lost machinery in the remote lake where it lives.
  • Milk (1999)
    Review preview for Milk

    Despite the cast's efforts, the film is a bit of a nothing.

    Nicholas Dawson · 3 out of 5
    Black comedy about a man who inherits a dairy farm.
  • The Time Machine (2002)
    Review preview for The Time Machine

    Guy Pearce is a puzzling lead, at times desperately out of his depth, mostly getting away with it due to his skill at looking lost and miserable as he mumbles his lines and does a bizarre impression of Nick Cave.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An inventor travels through time to try to change the past.
  • Tooth (2004)
    Review preview for Tooth

    Imagine the worst children's TV programme you've ever seen. Now remove any residual plot, replace the professional crew with children and halve the effects budget.

    David Haviland · 1 out of 5
    A wayward tooth fairy accidentally jeopardises Christmas and sets off to salvage it with the help of two children.
  • Unleashed (2004)
    Review preview for Unleashed

    Unusually powerful, due to Besson's ability to interweave shockingly brutal violence with intimate human storylines.

    Nick Jones · 4 out of 5
    A Jet Li martial arts extravaganza, with sensitive side issues and Bob Hoskins in bully mode.

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