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  • The Bank Job (2008)
    Review preview for The Bank Job

    The fun in the film comes from the heroes' banter, and one can't help but think that watching them take a bus trip to Alton Towers might have been just as enjoyable.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    The true story of a group of bank robbers who stole more than they'd bargained for.
  • Cold Lazarus (1996)
    Review preview for Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus ends writer Dennis Potter's career on an elegiac note. But, as ever for Potter, this elegy is played out in bitter minor chords.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    In 2368, scientists tap into the memory of a man who died in the 1990s.
  • Dangerous Parking (2007)
    Review preview for Dangerous Parking

    The overall effect is an awkward patchwork of a film that tries to cover a lot of ground, to little effect.

    Emma Slawinski · 2 out of 5
    An alcoholic film-director on the road to self-destruction.
  • Deep Blue Sea (1999)
    Review preview for Deep Blue Sea

    As a look-what-we-can-do-with-animatronics showcase, the movie has its cheesy moments.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Research scientists may end up swimming with the fishes after sharks fight back.
  • Enigma (2001)
    Review preview for Enigma

    toppard and director Michael Apted weave a web of intrigue, suspicion and, for God's sake, romance into what might have been as incomprehensible as a computer hacker's notebook.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A complex World War Two tale of intrigue, romance and code-breaking.
  • Gangster No 1 (2000)
    Review preview for Gangster No 1

    Perhaps not as good as the sum of it’s parts, McGuigan’s second effort is visually impressive, a great comeback for McDowell and a launching pad for Bettany.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    As his former mentor is due for release from jail a gangster considers his life.
  • Karaoke (1996)
    Review preview for Karaoke

    Underlying everything is a sense of nihilism and borderline amorality in the face of destruction.

    James Benefield · 3.5 out of 5
    A playwright is struck by cancer while working on the post-production of a TV drama.
  • Klimt (2006)
    Review preview for Klimt

    A shallow portrayal.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 2 out of 5
    A portrait of the artist as a middle aged man.
  • Miss Julie (1999)
    Review preview for Miss Julie

    The sex scene, like so much else in this film, is faintly ludicrous.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A count's daughter is seduced by a footman.
  • Perfect Creature (2007)
    Review preview for Perfect Creature

    An admittedly brave shift away from the standard expectations but there’s not really that much of any weight or innovation going on to be pondered.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Vampires and humans are co-existing peacefully, until the killings start.
  • Reign Over Me (2007)
    Review preview for Reign Over Me

    Sandler turns in one of the most convincing portraits of a mentally ill person seen on our screens for years.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man approaching a mid-life crisis has his life changed by an old friend who lost his family in the 9/11 attacks.
  • Timecode 2000 (2000)
    Review preview for Timecode 2000

    Within the confines of this technically complex idea, Figgis has created a work of considerable artistic merit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Experimental film, using split-screen to tell its story about the day in the life of Hollywood folk.
  • Troy (2004)
    Review preview for Troy

    Ultimately, there is no depth to the drama and precious little soul.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The ultimate war over a woman, as the ancient Greeks lay siege to Troy.
  • Welcome II The Terrordome (1995)
    Review preview for Welcome II The Terrordome

    What comes across most clearly is the anger at its core.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In a future where all black people have been forced to live inside a compound, one woman's quest for revenge sparks civil war.

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