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  • 28 Years Later (2025)
    Review preview for 28 Years Later

    Alfie Williams is tremendous. In a cast that includes figures like Ralph Fiennes and Jodie Comer he more than holds his own.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
  • Anna Karenina (2012)
    Review preview for Anna Karenina

    Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A married aristocrat embarks on a tragic affair.
  • Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
    Review preview for Avengers: Age Of Ultron

    Save your grey matter for coordinating the movement of your hand to your mouth, or your jaw to the sticky cinema floor.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    Tony Stark and his team take on rogue AI Ultron.
  • The Fall Guy (2024)
    Review preview for The Fall Guy

    Film is an assemblage, a team effort, and in foregrounding the unsung The Fall Guy gets its mix wrong.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A battle-scarred stuntman, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie - directed by his ex - goes missing.
  • Godzilla (2014)
    Review preview for Godzilla

    The eventual climactic monster showdown is everything a Godzilla fan could hope for.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    Monsters from the deep confront each other and pesky US forces in a special effected fight to the death - in 3-D
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
    Review preview for Kick-Ass 2

    Wadlow's sequel flails about like a bar room drunk in a brawl - despite hitting out in all directions, very few of its punches strike their target.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    The high school wannabe superhero returns for another dose of ass kicking.
  • Kraven The Hunter (2024)
    Review preview for Kraven The Hunter

    A film doesn't have to have a message, or a moral; indeed if its only motive is mercenary then that's fine, as long as it entertains. Kraven just doesn't.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
  • Nosferatu (2024)
    Review preview for Nosferatu

    Remake is perhaps less apt than revisitation, if not outright revision.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A Gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the vampire who is infatuated with her, which brings untold horrors in its wake.
  • Nocturnal Animals (2016)
    Review preview for Nocturnal Animals

    This is a study of bitter, sorry people hurting each other using ancient memories, propelled like bullets via the power of fiction.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A woman is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, which she interprets as a veiled threat.
  • Outlaw King (2018)
    Review preview for Outlaw King

    When it comes to action, the film doesn't disappoint, and the final scenes of men running around in mud are up there with the best.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Historical drama about Robert The Bruce.
  • Savages (2012)
    Review preview for Savages

    Leads and support cast alike march their talents off a cliff like the most earnest of lemmings.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 1 out of 5
    A pair of pot growers clash with a drug cartel after their girlfriend is kidnapped.
  • Tenet (2020)
    Review preview for Tenet

    Whether you ultimately like the end result or not, you'll definitely feel something, even if it's only the booming bass of Richard King's sound design and Ludwig Göransson's score rattling your seat at key moments.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A CIA agent is recruited to save the world.
  • The Truman Show (1998)
    Review preview for The Truman Show

    Jim Carrey throws off his clownish mannerisms and gives a sympathetic performance of a naive man discovering a little knowledge.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Happiness is a man made creation.

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