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  • Appaloosa (2008)
    Review preview for Appaloosa

    Harris the director handles both the personal moments and the action sequences well.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two professional ‘peace-keepers’ try to bring law and order to a town run by a murderous rancher. But matters are complicated when a young widow arrives.
  • The Bachelor (1999)
    Confirmed bachelor has two days to find a bride or lose his inheritance.
  • Bee Movie (2007)
    Review preview for Bee Movie

    There's plenty in Bee Movie for people of all ages.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    A recently graduated bee decides to sue humans for eating honey.
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (2000)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones's Diary

    The ending is a pastiche of the worst kind of Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks wet hanky job and a sop to the American market.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Overweight middle-class secretary has trouble with men and other appetites in London. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason

    Firth is immaculately buttoned up and Grant delightfully flirtatious, although there is not enough of either.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Bridget continues to put her fat foot in it, ending up in a Thai prison.
  • Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
    Review preview for Bridget Jones's Baby

    Zellweger has impeccable comedic timing and the many small and big risks she takes with Bridget pay off.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Bridget Jones' life plan goes awry when she discovers she's pregnant - and not sure who the father is.
  • Chicago (2002)
    Review preview for Chicago

    Screenwriter Bill Condon and director Rob Marshall have retained the spirit of the original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Big screen adaptation of the hit stage musical about murderous dames on death row fighting for the limelight.
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
    Epic, romantic journey of a Confederate deserter during the last year of the American civil war.
  • Down With Love (2003)
    Pastiche comedy romance about a philandering journalist and a feminist best selling author.
  • Jerry Maguire (1996)
    Review preview for Jerry Maguire

    What's remarkable about Crowe's cinematic high-point is how he achieves conventional things in unconventional ways.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    A sports agent tries to go it alone... with just one client.
  • Judy (2019)
    Review preview for Judy

    This is a mainstream consideration of Garland's life but Zellweger brings fine art to its more broad brush moments.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Biopic focusing on the life of Judy Garland six months before her death.
  • Leatherheads (2008)
    Review preview for Leatherheads

    A treat for the senses from beginning to end.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    It's 1925, and an aging American football pro trying to make the sport a success falls for a journalist out to bring down one of its biggest stars.
  • Liar (1997)
    Review preview for Liar

    The Pates use flashback, like postcards from the pit, exploring aspects of character that contradict and expose.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    When a prostitute is found dead and diced, a textile heir finds himself under suspicion of murder.
  • Me, Myself And Irene (2000)
    Review preview for Me, Myself And Irene

    The film is patchy. The funny parts are inspired. Others... fall flat.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Split personalities lead to a love triangle with a twist in a reasonably funny gross-out caper with Jim Carrey.
  • Miss Potter (2006)
    Review preview for Miss Potter

    Renée Zellweger inhabits the role of Beatrix with the warmth of a fluffy bunny and the perspicacity and determination of a woman artist struggling to be recognised in a man's world.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    The creator of Peter Rabbit meets Mr McGregor.
  • Nurse Betty (1999)
    Review preview for Nurse Betty

    A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A waitress becomes obsessed with chasing her soap opera dreams after witnessing her husband's murder.
  • Shark Tale (2004)
    Review preview for Shark Tale

    The creative spark lights no fires in this crib.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A gay shark and a fast talkin' tongue scrubber at the whale wash make waves in animated Undertown.

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