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  • Emelie (2015)
    Review preview for Emelie

    It's likely to be most appealing to people just too young to be officially allowed to see it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A replacement babysitter seems to have sinister intentions towards her young charges.
  • End Of Sentence (2019)
    Review preview for End Of Sentence

    All praise to the acting here, as each star deliver characters with depth and meaning, without the encumbrance of lengthy self-exposition.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A widower embarks on a journey to fulfil his wife's wish to have her ashes scattered in Ireland, taking his estranged son along for the trip.
  • A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (2019)
    Review preview for A Good Woman Is Hard To Find

    Beautifully observed and with a terrific central performance from Bolger, this is a film that takes a simple story and gives it real power.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder.
  • In America (2002)
    A family of Irish immigrants tries to find their feet in New York.
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
    Review preview for The Spiderwick Chronicles

    One of the best children's films for years.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Moving to a creepy old house after their parents split up, three children encounter a dangerous but enchanting supernatural world.
  • Stormbreaker (2006)
    Review preview for Stormbreaker

    The film will appeal perfectly to its age group. There is nothing too violent and nothing too serious.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Alex Rider is a junior James Bond for the 21st century
  • Tara Road (2005)
    Review preview for Tara Road

    The plot is as real as a bouquet of silk roses.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love hurts for an innocent wife in Dublin and a grieving mother in New England.
  • Things Will Be Different (2024)
    Review preview for Things Will Be Different

    Where other such tales have become overly enmeshed in their own structural entanglements, Felker has the good sense to focus on character.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.

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