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  • The Aggression Scale (2012)
    Review preview for The Aggression Scale

    This film is an impressive contribution to the genre and marks out its two young leads as ones to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When a gang of criminals on the hunt for missing money attack a remote family home, they get more than they bargained for from a troubled teenage boy.
  • Beast Mode (2020)
    Review preview for Beast Mode

    Apparently it's supposed to satirise Hollywood bad behaviour, but it's fundamentally too tame for that.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    An actor lets fame get to his head and turns into a ferocious beast, ripping Hollywood to shreds.
  • The Blue Rose (2023)
    Review preview for The Blue Rose

    Baron, who at just 18-years-old is a prodigy by anyone’s standards, weaves a tapestry of Lynchian threads through this gorgeously presented film but ends up with something which works on its own merits.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Two rookie cops are determined to solve a seemingly clear-cut homicide, only to find themselves in an alternate reality of their worst nightmares.
  • CSI: 6.2 (2006)
    Review preview for CSI: 6.2

    While many a primetime drama has ended up drowning in soap, CSI could do to take a shower in it a little more often.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Second half of the sixth season, sees Brass run into trouble. Out to own from June 4.
  • Digging Up The Marrow (2014)
    Review preview for Digging Up The Marrow

    Smart, witty and genuinely scary in places, Digging Up The Marrow delivers much more than you'd expect.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Documentarians exploring monster art meet a man who claims the monsters are real - and that he knows where to find them.
  • Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
    Review preview for Good Night, And Good Luck

    Good Night, And Good Luck proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    The integrity of journalism is pitted against the politics of the Cold War in Fifties America.
  • God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
    Review preview for God's Not Dead 2

    Though it does distinctly better than most work in the genre, the film still has a problem with sensationalism.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A US teacher finds herself on trial after talking about Jesus in the classroom.
  • Halloweed (2016)
    Review preview for Halloweed

    Both leads flounder around with low level racist and misogynistic lines that were probably intended to be daring but are in fact more likely to cause offence just because they're so badly written.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Two stoners move to a small town just as a series of brutal murders begins, and one of them soon finds himself a suspect.
  • Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
    Review preview for Jeepers Creepers 2

    The story has built-in limitations.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Return of the winged creepy guy with long raincoat and wide-brimmed hat who feeds off teenagers.
  • Night Of The Living Deb (2015)
    Review preview for Night Of The Living Deb

    Thayer's unrelenting impression of nails scraping down a blackboard meas that by the end of an hour and a half you'll be ready to kill Deb yourself if the zombies haven't.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    When an awkward girl wakes up with a pretty boy, she soon finds herself rejected - until he realises they're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
  • RoboCop (1987)
    Review preview for RoboCop

    A cross-pollination of tough Dirty Harry and Frankenstein - often startles the viewer with imagery and ideas.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Cyborg cop tackles bad guys on the streets and in the boardrooms of Detroit.
  • RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop (2023)
    Review preview for RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop

    This has been a huge undertaking on the part of Eastwood Allen and Christopher Griffiths.

    Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
    A journey into the making of the seminal sci-fi movie RoboCop (1987).
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
    Review preview for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

    This film hinges on a powerhouse performance from Sheryl Lee the like of which has rarely been committed to celluloid.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The last seven days in the life of Laura Palmer - a young woman's desperate attempt to reclaim her identity after years of abuse.

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