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  • Cowboy Dave (2017)
    Review preview for Cowboy Dave

    It's an almost entirely true story, apart from the lies. It's great.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An English folk tale set in the suburbs of Manchester that charts the coming together of a drifter, a war party and a hustler.
  • The Hurt Locker (2008)
    Review preview for The Hurt Locker

    An unrelenting, absolutely riveting and often unflattering portrait of frontline action through the eyes of brave people doing their best to survive.

    Trinity · 4.5 out of 5
    An elite bomb disposal unit struggles to function in the heart of the Iraq war.
  • H Is For Hawk (2025)
    Review preview for H Is For Hawk

    An early piece of Levienaise-Farrouch's score profoundly conveys the dance between beauty and sadness or beauty and pain.

    Paul Risker · 4 out of 5
    After a woman's father dies, she takes solace in training a goshawk.
  • K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
    Review preview for K-19: The Widowmaker

    The film is well made, without being innovative.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    True story of Russia nuclear sub that experienced possible catastrophic radiation leak in the Sixties.
  • London To Brighton (2006)
    Review preview for London To Brighton

    Verbally, physically and emotionally brutal. You'll come out melted like ice cream.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two prostitutes flee a murderous gang boss.
  • The Martian (2015)
    Review preview for The Martian

    The Martian’s real strength lies in its good-natured attitude.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    An astronaut becomes stranded on a mission to Mars.
  • Mangrove (2020)
    Review preview for Mangrove

    The ease with which McQueen shifts the tone from very serious argument to light-hearted banter is sterling.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    The true story of the Mangrove Nine, the group of black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970 and their highly publicised trial that followed.
  • 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.
  • Snow White And The Huntsman (2012)
    Review preview for Snow White And The Huntsman

    A gripping, exhilarating rollick through a medieval wasteland.

    Merlin Harries · 4 out of 5
    The huntsman ordered by a jealous queen to kill the young princess Snow White instead trains her as a warrior who can lead a rebel army.
  • Starred Up (2013)
    Review preview for Starred Up

    Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A young offender is relocated to the adult prison where his father is locked up.
  • The Thing With Feathers (2025)
    Review preview for The Thing With Feathers

    A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

    Jeremy Mathews · 2.5 out of 5
    Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
  • Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets (2017)
    Review preview for Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets

    A film that from its outset immerses you totally in the world of city Alpha, as well as the humans and aliens that throng its crowded streets.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    Two special operatives go on a mission to Alpha, where species from across the galaxy meet to share knowledge, and where an evil force is gathering its strength.

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