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  • Dark Blood (2012)
    Review preview for Dark Blood

    Dark Blood is an offbeat film no one would call formally perfect, yet the depths it gutsily goes for and its strange vein of comedy make it one to think about and enjoy

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
    When a couple's car breaks down at an former nuclear test site they are rescued and imprisoned by a local hermit.
  • Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
    Review preview for Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

    Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Indiana Jones battles Nazis for the holy grail - with his father in tow.
  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    Review preview for My Own Private Idaho

    The sense that Van Sant is being too clever by half doesn't diminish the power of his imagery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A friendship that develops between two teenage hustlers.
  • Stand By Me (1986)
    Review preview for Stand By Me

    A thoroughly feel-good movie.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 4.5 out of 5
    Four young friends journey into the woods to investigate a death.

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