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  • Adventureland (2009)
    Review preview for Adventureland

    At its core, Adventureland is a surprisingly sweet and tender coming-of-age romance.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A recent graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers it's perfect preparation for the real world.
  • The Amityville Horror (2005)
    Review preview for The Amityville Horror

    Too bad nothing really happens in this film.

    Gator MacReady · 1 out of 5
    Remake of axe-wielding angry dad in true-life adaptation of horror in haunted house.
  • Blade: Trinity (2004)
    Review preview for Blade: Trinity

    Blade has no sense of humour - you knew that already - but Snipes is made to look iconic, which means he's a dull date.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Comic franchise gets a comedy revamp(ire).
  • Buried (2010)
    Review preview for Buried

    The film's chief virtue is that it remains true to itself - there are no sly cutaways to phones ringing in empty apartments or flashbacks to happier times, just Reynolds stuck underground and hoping for rescue.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A contractor awakes to find he is buried alive.
  • 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.
  • The Change-Up (2011)
    Review preview for The Change-Up

    It's an unbridled pleasure to see Bateman off the leash for once.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A harried husband and father finds himself in the body of his freewheeling, promiscuous best friend.
  • Criminal (2016)
    Review preview for Criminal

    There are two stories running side by side. When they reach the junction they collide. It's a Hollywood disaster

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    The memories of a dead CIA operative are implanted in a dangerous convict.
  • The Croods: A New Age (2020)
    Review preview for The Croods: A New Age

    Like its predecessor, this film relies heavily on fast-firing jokes with easy punchlines. Supported by the quirky animation, these are a lot of fun, but older viewers may quickly find themselves feeling worn out.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The stone age family encounter another family with a very different way of life who remember Guy from his early childhood.
  • The Croods (2013)
    Review preview for The Croods

    One for keeping the little ones happy on a damp afternoon.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A prehistoric family leaves the comfort of the cave.
  • Deadpool (2016)
    Review preview for Deadpool

    For fans of the various franchises given nods and winks, and elbow nudges, and telegraphed air quotes by the Meta Merc, there’s a lot to like here.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    After being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, Wade Wilson adopts the alter ego Deadpool and goes looking for revenge.
  • Deadpool 2 (2018)
    Review preview for Deadpool 2

    That it manages to get away with this at all is largely down to the supernatural likeability of Ryan Reynolds.

    Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
    Deadpool brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from time-travelling mutant Cable.
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
    Review preview for Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine is more of the same.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
    Review preview for Definitely, Maybe

    Not as sophisticated a film as it likes to think, but it does the basics very well indeed.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A doting father discusses his relationship history with the child whose mother he's about to divorce.
  • Free Guy (2021)
    Review preview for Free Guy

    It's entertaining, no doubt.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game.
  • Finder's Fee (2001)
    Comedy of conscience, concerning a poker game and a winning lottery ticket
  • Fireflies In The Garden (2008)
    Review preview for Fireflies In The Garden

    Has the feel of an authentic autobiography, where nothing is straightforward.

    Val Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A son struggles to deal with his abusive father.
  • Green Lantern (2011)
    Review preview for Green Lantern

    Dismal.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A fighter pilot is called upon by a league of intergalactic defenders to help them fight evil through the use of a powerful ring.
  • Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies (2004)
    Review preview for Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies

    Doesn't take itself any more seriously than is necessary to sell itself as a funny stoner flick.

    The Dude · 3.5 out of 5
    Weed, junk food and diarrhoea: can this movie get any funnier?
  • The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
    Review preview for The Hitman's Bodyguard

    A high octane, low credibility caper

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A top professional bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who is required to testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
  • The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
    Review preview for The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

    Reynolds has proved he's the king of dry delivery in everything from Deadpool to Pokemon Detective Pikachu but even his comedy Kevlar can't protect him from this script.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A bodyguard and two assassins team up to stop the destruction of Europe.
  • If (2024)
    Review preview for If

    While Framestore and Cadence have notionally brought the various creatures to 'life' they've not got that vital spark one would hope for.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
  • The In-Laws (2003)
    Review preview for The In-Laws

    As an example of comic timing, Brooks is flawless.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A foot doctor, father of the bride gets caught up in the spy shenanigans of the father of the groom.
  • Just Friends (2005)
    Review preview for Just Friends

    Just Friends is less crude than many films of its kind and even made me laugh.

    Stephen McMorland · 3 out of 5
    High school fatty becomes slim womanising record exec in role reversal comedy, with hot girls vs hometown sweetheart.
  • Mississippi Grind (2015)
    Review preview for Mississippi Grind

    As a road movie it is surprisingly static

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    On the road with gambling addicts who live high and lose loads.
  • The Nines (2007)
    Review preview for The Nines

    After all the care taken in this film, it's sad that the resolution is so cliched.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Alternative reality comedy thriller about a man who may or may not be a celebrity.
  • Paper Man (2009)
    Review preview for Paper Man

    Despite offering a handful of touching moments, this quirky indie effort feels a bit messy and never properly finds it's rhythm.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    The unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen, under the watchful eye of his imaginary Superhero friend.
  • Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
    Review preview for Pokémon Detective Pikachu

    The noir element, however, is lightened considerably by the film's other big debt - to the antics of Warner Brothers' cartoons past - with the characters frequently finding themselves in enjoyably absurd situations.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A young man tries to solve the mystery of what happened to his dad, with some help from a talking Pikachu.
  • The Proposal (2009)
    Review preview for The Proposal

    Follows a standard rom-com formula and there won’t be anything you haven’t seen a hundred times before.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    In order to get leave to remain in the US, a boss bullies her assistant into agreeing to marry her.
  • R.I.P.D. (2013)
    Review preview for R.I.P.D.

    Reynolds is the weak element, as usual.

    Paul Logan · 2.5 out of 5
    Mismatched cops whose job it is to track down ghosts in human form discover a plot to destroy all life on Earth.
  • Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Review preview for Smokin' Aces

    Treat it as a live action cartoon, with dramatic pretensions, and you will not be disappointed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A contract killing at Lake Tahoe with an assortment of assassins and the FBI blundering along behind.
  • Safe House (2012)
    Review preview for Safe House

    The role of Frost, enigmatic, dangerous, with added unfathomable moral compass, is something Washington excels at and can do in his sleep, but he's played that card perhaps too many times for it to seem fresh.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    When a safe house is attacked, a young agent finds himself on the run with the man who was hiding there.
  • Turbo (2013)
    Review preview for Turbo

    Visually colourful but narratively bland.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A snail dreams of winning the Indy 500
  • The Voices (2014)
    Review preview for The Voices

    For a while, at least, The Voices rattles along like a charming slasher comedy of errors.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A disturbed factory worker dreams of romance... but will he take advice from his dog or his cat?
  • Waiting... (2005)
    Review preview for Waiting...

    This movie demonstrates in nauseating detail how chefs garnish a dish with excreta and pubic hairs, because a customer has complained too loudly, and you watch them eat it and laugh till you're sick (or should that be the other way round?).

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Low grade genitalia humour in a restaurant kitchen.
  • Woman In Gold (2015)
    Review preview for Woman In Gold

    Elegantly put together and watchable throughout, but falling short of the potential offered by this fascinating case, Woman In Gold has the shiny appeal of Klimt's work but none of the depth.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A Jewish refugee takees on the government to recover artwork she believes was stolen from her family.
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
    Review preview for X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    It’s not a washout, it’s just a mixed bag.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    An exploration of the origins of X-men mutant Wolverine.

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