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  • 12 Years A Slave (2013)
    Review preview for 12 Years A Slave

    One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A free black man is abducted and sold into slavery.
  • Argo (2012)
    Review preview for Argo

    Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes to mixing genre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A CIA agent attempts to rescue six trapped Americans during the 1979 Iranian revolution.
  • Black Sea (2014)
    Review preview for Black Sea

    Retains a tight grip on your imagination

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A skeleton crew in a decommissioned submarine launch a clandestine search for Nazi gold under Russian waters.
  • A Complete Unknown (2024)
    Review preview for A Complete Unknown

    The world Dylan and the others inhabit...feels properly lived in.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Biopic - following Bob Dylan from folk-singer to a worldwide sensation
  • Destroyer (2018)
    Review preview for Destroyer

    It's essentially a character study - the trouble is that there's not much character there.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An LAPD detective whose undercover work ended in tragedy is faced to confront her past when the leader of the gang she was embedded in re-emerges.
  • East Of Wall (2025)
    Review preview for East Of Wall

    There’s a particularity about this place that is etched into the screen.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After the death of her husband, Tabatha - a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer - wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands.
  • Frank (2014)
    Review preview for Frank

    His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant garde rock band led by the enigmatic Frank - a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head.
  • Gone Girl (2014)
    Review preview for Gone Girl

    Rosamund Pike is a revelation as the woman who can be everything you want her to be - and, especially, what you definitely don't want her to be.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A man finds himself in the media spotlight after his wife disappears.
  • In Search Of A Midnight Kiss (2007)
    Review preview for In Search Of A Midnight Kiss

    This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    Lonely in the run-up to New Year, a young man decides to post a personal ad to find someone with whom to spend that special midnight moment.
  • Killing Them Softly (2012)
    Review preview for Killing Them Softly

    It's hard not to recommend Killing Them Softly as there is plenty of Tarantino-esque vim to its icy world of contracts and crims, but the mix of styles and muddled message ultimately rob the film of greatness.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    Things turn nasty when the mob feels cheated over a gambling racket.
  • Monsters (2010)
    Review preview for Monsters

    If this is what the British director can achieve on a shoestring, one can only look forward to what a bigger budget may bring with monster expectation.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A human/extra-terrestrial love story cum road movie.
  • Nightbitch (2024)
    Review preview for Nightbitch

    Nightbitch is of an ilk that is off-kilter. It is unreliable and unstable. It is visceral and dark. It is taxidermy and what I think are freezer potato pancakes.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mother, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.
  • Non-Stop (2014)
    Review preview for Non-Stop

    It rocks the chocks and never allows tension to slacken for a second

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Blackmail and murder on a long haul transatlantic flight with 150 passengers on board
  • The Rover (2014)
    Review preview for The Rover

    Only the gun speaks

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    In the near future, a man tracks the gang who stole his car across the outback, forcing the injured man they left behind to help him.

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