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  • Adoration (2008)
    Review preview for Adoration

    Like vintage Egoyan, and the better for it.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    An orphaned boy reimagines the mysterious death of his parents as a terrorist atrocity.
  • Barney's Version (2010)
    Review preview for Barney's Version

    More often than not, when emotion is called for, Michael Konyves lays on the scripting far too thick.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Four decades in one man's life, told as a personal confessional.
  • 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.
  • Crimes Of The Future (2022)
    Review preview for Crimes Of The Future

    Cronenberg, a seemingly gentle soul on the surface, remains tortured by the possibilities of technology and how it may tear us apart.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    In a near-future human evolution has accelerated, a situation embraced by a performance artist.
  • Dark Blue (2002)
    Review preview for Dark Blue

    Feels like the real thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Corruption amongst the LAPD during the period of street violence after the Rodney King trial.
  • Duets (2000)
    Review preview for Duets

    The plot swithers this way and that.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Ensemble road movie sees Gwyneth (and others) compete at karaoke.
  • The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride (2009)
    Review preview for The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride

    A rather dull action Western.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    Outrageous comedy Western about a young woman taking her murdered lover back to his home to be buried.
  • My Life Without Me (2003)
    Review preview for My Life Without Me

    The performances break your heart, not because the subject matter has a built in Love Story factor, but because they are so good.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Young mother dying of cancer plans for life after her death.
  • Out Of The Dark (2014)
    Review preview for Out Of The Dark

    Seemingly aware of its narrative limitations, director Quílez invests this film with a depth of character and intense sense of place that lift it above most other entries in the genre.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A young couple and their child move to Colombia to start a new life, but old legacies could threaten everything they hold dear.
  • Sharp Stick (2022)
    Review preview for Sharp Stick

    Dunham is constantly looking for laughs and does deliver quite a few, but you never fully believe these people are living in the real world.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A naive 26-year-old finds herself on a sexual odyssey.
  • The Strangers (2008)
    Review preview for The Strangers

    Bertino introduces a parade of cardboard characters whose psychological reflexes only extend to squealing when something goes bang.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A young couple are terrorised by a group of masked home invaders.
  • Underworld: Evolution (2006)
    Review preview for Underworld: Evolution

    Delivers in spades what the first film only hinted at.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    The vicious mythology of wars between Vampires and Lycans continues.
  • Underworld (2003)
    Review preview for Underworld

    Absense of personality leaves Beckinsale's character in a limbo, where sex appeal is not the same as charisma.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Vampires and werewolves battle for supremacy.
  • Weirdsville (2007)
    Review preview for Weirdsville

    Instantly forgettable but enjoyable enough.

    Darren Amner · 2.5 out of 5
    The unlikely lives of Canadian junkies.

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