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  • American Psycho (1999)
    Review preview for American Psycho

    What matters here is what is real and what is the figment of a sick imagination.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Tales of a yuppie serial killer.
  • Best Laid Plans (1999)
    Review preview for Best Laid Plans

    Builds beautifully before losing its nerve, leaving a bitter taste of irony.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Film noir about a teacher who sleeps with an underage girl.
  • Cruel Intentions (1999)
    Review preview for Cruel Intentions

    Roger Kumble's screenplay lacks the finesse, charm and wit of Choderlos de Laclos's 18th century classic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Les Liaisons Dangereuses reimagined in 1990s Manhattan.
  • Devil's Knot (2013)
    Review preview for Devil's Knot

    An involving mystery which, alongside its immediate concerns, asks questions about human nature and the inherent mystery of mortality.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Drama based on the 1993 West Memphis Three murders.
  • Election (1999)
    Review preview for Election

    Witherspoon gives one of those performances that obliterates all before her.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Scathing high school comedy.
  • The Good Lie (2014)
    Review preview for The Good Lie

    Feels as real as the sand under their feet

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Escape of Sudanese children from the devastation of civil war ends years later in the USA where fresh culture shocks await
  • Home Again (2017)
    Review preview for Home Again

    What is Reese Witherspoon doing here? That's a loaded question, safety catch off

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Divorcee with kids returns to L.A from New York and hitches up with three likely lads who want to break into the movie biz.
  • Hot Pursuit (2015)
    Review preview for Hot Pursuit

    Somewhere down the road the film dies and the director hasn't noticed

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A strict, by-the-book cop is assigned to protect the widow of a drug boss, who likes to live it up.
  • The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002)
    Review preview for The Importance Of Being Earnest

    But the real disappointment is Everett, who gives a lazy performance, as if he knows he can do this backwards and simply can't be bothered.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Wilde's tale of love and identity gets saddled with unfortunate dream sequences.
  • Inherent Vice (2014)
    Review preview for Inherent Vice

    This is the tail end of the good times, Doc and his cohort seem as though they are fading out.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A drug-fuelled detective investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
  • Just Like Heaven (2005)
    Review preview for Just Like Heaven

    A love story that, despite my sincerest cynicism, allowed me to invest for the slender 90-minute runtime.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Ghostly love story that explores the difference between bumping into furniture and walking through walls
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
    Review preview for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

    Witherspoon treads water. It's a shame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Reese Witherspoon repeats her Californian shopping mall babette-now-attorney in Washington DC
  • Legally Blonde (2001)
    Review preview for Legally Blonde

    Reese Witherspoon is irresistibly wonderful.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A sassy rich girl from LA gets into Harvard Law School to win back the boyfriend who dumped her.
  • Mud (2012)
    Review preview for Mud

    In Nichols' world, understanding isn't taught but something that comes with experience.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Two teenagers try to reunite a fugitive with his long-term love.
  • My Darling Vivian (2020)
    Review preview for My Darling Vivian

    There's a sense of tragedy underlying all this but it doesn't overwhelm the narrative, and we get a distinct sense of who Vivian was as a person.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
  • 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.
  • Penelope (2006)
    Review preview for Penelope

    As a modern fairy tale Penelope has a gentle touch, and while flat in places it's definitely more silk purse than sow's ear.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young heiress is disfigured by a curse which only true love can lift.
  • Pleasantville (1998)
    Review preview for Pleasantville

    The film springboards into carefully balanced comedy, and surprising social commentary.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    A couple of Californian teens are transported into a Fifties televisual adventure.
  • Rendition (2007)
    Review preview for Rendition

    By opening up his story Hood may reach a wider audience and this is a subject which certainly cries out for more attention.

    Val Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After a man is disappeared by the government, his wife fights to save him and a CIA analyst questions the morality of his job.
  • Sing (2016)
    Review preview for Sing

    If this sounds like a corn fed carbon copy of a Debbie Reynolds standard, it's not

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Fast talking koala bear with a great line in bull and a cool idea to save his theatre from bankruptcy organises a talent contest with hilarious, disaster prone results
  • Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
    Review preview for Sweet Home Alabama

    The film is so false, it's all cardboard and frills.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Reese Witherspoon is a New York fashion designer, with a downhome Southern past.
  • Twilight (1998)
    Review preview for Twilight

    The film suffers from oldness.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A washed-up private eye gets dragged into a murder mystery by an old friend.
  • Vanity Fair (2004)
    Review preview for Vanity Fair

    The film looks magnificent and the performances, particularly from Witherspoon and Atkins, are exemplary.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The gallant adventures of a social mountaineer in the drawing rooms of 18th century England.
  • Water For Elephants (2011)
    Review preview for Water For Elephants

    The film’s an unashamedly full-on exercise in manipulating your emotions, giving you an event every five minutes and keeping Kleenex in business.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    An old man recounts his experiences with a travelling circus in the 1930s – and his love for the ringmaster’s wife.
  • Wild (2014)
    Review preview for Wild

    Witherspoon completely inhabits the role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of the best-selling memoir of Cheryl Strayed, a young woman attempts the gruelling 1,100-mile hike across the Pacific Crest Trail.
  • Walk The Line (2005)
    Review preview for Walk The Line

    Although the plot is a tired one, Walk The Line avoids hitting any dud notes, thanks to the excellence of the two leads.

    Josh Morrall · 4 out of 5
    Johnny Cash biopic that feels the lurve.

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