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  • Alligator (1980)
    Review preview for Alligator

    Forster pours himself into the role as if it were Oscar-worthy material, playing it with dedication and sincerity throughout, and this gives the film a touch of class even in its silliest moments.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A discarded baby alligator grows into a giant in the sewers of Chicago and then emerges to go on a rampage.
  • Autómata (2014)
    Review preview for Autómata

    The audience should be warned that the film boasts a cliche level that could also be hazardous to health.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    An insurance investigator finds himself on the trail of intelligent robots in a future dystopia.
  • The Case For Christ (2017)
    Review preview for The Case For Christ

    If you're going to build a story around a conversion, you really need to be able to relate to your character on both sides of that process.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A journalist sets out to investigate the origins of Christianity after his wife becomes a convert.
  • The Code (2009)
    Review preview for The Code

    Ridiculous doesn’t quite cover it.

    Leanne McGrath · 1 out of 5
    A renowned thief enlists the help of a petty thief to pull of one last heist.
  • Damsel (2018)
    Review preview for Damsel

    The Zellner brothers...enter into a fascinating structural dialogue with the history of the genre.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Several suitors pursue a young woman in the Wild West.
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films (2014)
    Review preview for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films

    A breezy, captivating and balanced tale of a studio whose rise and fall is perhaps the only story actually more bizarre than the plots of the films that came out of it.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Examination of exploitation cinema.
  • Firewall (2006)
    Review preview for Firewall

    A creaky thriller with less suspense than Reese Witherspoon and an awards ceremony.

    The Exile · 1 out of 5
    Kidnap blackmail thriller has aging action star battling with a computer.
  • Finder's Fee (2001)
    Comedy of conscience, concerning a poker game and a winning lottery ticket
  • Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009)
    Review preview for Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past

    There's some good material about how getting hurt changes you as a person, but the problem is its too often trapped underneath overly-trite sentiment and the need to please impatient teen girls.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    An eternal bachelor finds himself haunted by romance past, present and future.
  • Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
    Review preview for Grand Theft Parsons

    Don't let Knoxville's Jackass pedigree put you off - he can be subtle as well as gross.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    True story of a biker's journey into the desert with a coffin to fulfil Gram Parsons' last request.
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
    Review preview for Jackie Brown

    The language is street smart, rather than clever chic and the acting inspires.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An air hostess becomes involved in a plot to take down a drug dealer.
  • Like Mike (2002)
    Review preview for Like Mike

    The Hollywood take on magic sporting footwear is the cinematic equivalent of fast food - easily digestible, too sweet, utterly predictable, well packaged, bland and bad for you.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A boy finds a pair of trainers that give him the power to play basketball like Michael Jordan.
  • London Has Fallen (2016)
    Review preview for London Has Fallen

    "The plot is bollocks."

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Mike Banning tries to foil an assassination plot.
  • 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.
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
    Review preview for Mulholland Drive

    Lynch creates unease with every camera angle and glitch in the storyline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Special two-disc edition of David Lynch's psychedelic dream.
  • Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Review preview for Olympus Has Fallen

    24-carat, high pressure excitement

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Terrorists take the White House, and only a disgraced former Presidential guard can stop them.
  • Psycho (1998)
    Review preview for Psycho

    In remake heaven, where all clones meet, the only question is 'Why?'

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Colour, shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's classic.
  • What They Had (2018)
    Review preview for What They Had

    Danner...does an excellent job with the material she is given and makes very clear the fact that her character is losing her memory, not her mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Bridget returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together.

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