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  • 25th Hour (2002)
    Review preview for 25th Hour

    No filmmaker since Woody Allen has loved New York like this, but Lee is prepared to show it in all its stark ugliness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A drug dealer Edward Norton has 24 hours to make amends with his high school buddies.
  • Alexander (2004)
    An epic portrait of the legendary conqueror.
  • The Captive (2014)
    Review preview for The Captive

    Egoyan has made an edgy and contemporary psychological thriller.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A father tries to find his kidnapped daughter.
  • Clerks II (2006)
    The clerks start life anew in another miserable retail job.
  • Death Proof (2007)
    Review preview for Death Proof

    Death Proof is as much an experience as it is a movie for those who love movies.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Quentin Tarantino's glorious grindhouse send-up.
  • Eagle Eye (2008)
    Review preview for Eagle Eye

    Rarely has a film been so serious in its underlying implications and intent, and yet so moronic in its execution.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    Two innocent people find themselves framed in a bizarre military conspiracy.
  • A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
    Review preview for A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints

    What rescues A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints from bland conventionality is Montiel's bravura approach to direction.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A man haunted by a summer from his past, returns to his old stamping ground to confront old ghosts.
  • Haunted Mansion (2023)
    Review preview for Haunted Mansion

    While the chase scenes are effective, the jokes feel like the ghost of much better one-liners.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A mum and son enlist the help of a priest, a psychic and a scientist in a bid to rid their new home of ghosts.
  • He Got Game (1997)
    Review preview for He Got Game

    The film is uneven and, at times, sentimental, with a terrific performance from Washington in a less than glamorous role.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A jailbird dad tries to reconnect with his basketball prodigy son, so that he can broker a shorter sentence.
  • Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
    Review preview for Josie And The Pussycats

    As well as being brain-dead, the plot is nasty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Brainless satire on the manipulation of teenagers through their music.
  • The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
    Review preview for The LEGO Batman Movie

    In crash bang lingo this would be dubbed explosivimo

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Batman takes on The Joker and just about every other super (weird) villain in Legoland's latest animated comic extravaganza, otherwise dubbed product placement
  • Men In Black II (2002)
    Review preview for Men In Black II

    The Black is back and it feels like fun.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are covert agents saving the world from a new alien threat.
  • Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief (2010)
    Review preview for Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

    This is an entertaining time passer which should keep the kids happy.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Teenage gods and monsters - classical, but not a classic
  • Pluto Nash (2002)
    Review preview for Pluto Nash

    The late 21st century moonscape resembles Las Vegas in a bubble and the hoods behave like they've never left straight-to-video.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Eddie Murphy is chased by mobsters in the late 21st century on the moon.
  • Ratchet & Clank (2016)
    Review preview for Ratchet & Clank

    Somewhere the plot hangs by a thread. All you have to do is find it. But you can't

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The worlds in an unstable galaxy are threatened by a master villain. A happy-go-quite-lucky squirrel of sorts and his mini robot mechanic friend join the defense team
  • Rent (2005)
    Review preview for Rent

    One of Rent's better-known songs, Seasons of Love, tells us that a year is 525,600 minutes, but believe me, this film seemed an awful lot longer than that.

    Martin Gray · 1 out of 5
    Big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical.
  • Reign Of The Supermen (2019)
    Review preview for Reign Of The Supermen

    The fights are amazing.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    After the death of Superman, several new people present themselves as possible successors.
  • Sidewalks Of New York (2001)
    Review preview for Sidewalks Of New York

    The humour is acerbic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ensemble New York social comedy about the impossibility of finding the right sexual partner.
  • Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)
    Review preview for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

    You don't venture into this steaming snake pit without balls of steel

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The Senator's power may be challenged and the femme fatale's allure may be slipping but Old Town remains a dangerous place in the neon nightscape of the graphic novel
  • Seven Pounds (2008)
    Review preview for Seven Pounds

    It’s refreshing to see an unconventional plot in a Hollywood feature, especially with an actor such as Smith involved.

    Rick Derisz · 3.5 out of 5
    A man tries to atone for the lives he took accidentally by sacrificing himself for seven others before dying.
  • Sin City (2005)
    Review preview for Sin City

    I know it will mostly appeal to comic book fans like myself, but people should give it a chance, if only to experience its style.

    The Remote Viewer · 5 out of 5
    Stylised graphic novel adaptation shows three men on a mission.
  • Top Five (2014)
    Review preview for Top Five

    It hurts to watch

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A comedian wants to be taken seriously and so agrees to spend half a day with a New York Times journalist.
  • Trance (2013)
    Review preview for Trance

    Boyle makes excellent use of London's roofscape and some dazzling modern apartments whose glass provides both reflective and transparent surfaces which help confuse dream and reality.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An art auctioneer and a hypnotherapist try to recover a stolen painting.
  • Unstoppable (2010)
    Review preview for Unstoppable

    By the time Frank and Chris are taking on the train - complete with running, dangling and some large chunks of that back story you had rather hoped they'd forgotten about - the tension begins to hum.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An engineer and a conductor try to stop an unmanned runaway train.
  • Welcome To The Jungle (2003)
    Review preview for Welcome To The Jungle

    The plot may be a pot-pourri of action cliches, but the film has a healthy sense of humour and an easy way with itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The Rock goes to Brazil to bring Seann William Scott back from the rainforest.
  • Zookeeper (2011)
    Review preview for Zookeeper

    It's the film's sheer lack of charm that proves terminal.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A group of zoo animals decide to break their code of silence in order to help their lovable zoo keeper find love - without opting to leave his current job for something more illustrious.

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