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  • Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
    Review preview for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    The hapless presenter is caught up in a hostage negotiation situation.
  • 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.
  • Dog Soldiers (2002)
    Review preview for Dog Soldiers

    Very easy to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Soldiers on training exercise in Scotland meet hungry werewolves.
  • Duchess (2024)
    Review preview for Duchess

    Marshall is, first and foremost, an action director, and the various fight scenes in the film are well distributed so that we never have to wait too long before it gets back on track.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A tough, working class petty criminal morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.
  • Equilibrium (2002)
    Review preview for Equilibrium

    Equilibrium is that rarest of cinematic entities, a film which succeeds both as intelligent science fiction and as action drama.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Brave New World by any other name, with Christian Bale as a cop who sees the light.
  • Event Horizon (1997)
    Review preview for Event Horizon

    Way too inspired for the end result to be intentional.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    Deep space rescue mission crew are tormented by evil from another dimension.
  • Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
    Review preview for Greyfriars Bobby

    It was lovely to see the film... I want to get the DVD so I can see it again.

    JessPeeps (aged four) · 4 out of 5
    Story of the little dog with the big heart.
  • Love, Honour And Obey (2000)
    Review preview for Love, Honour And Obey

    No one really acts, except Ifans, who can't help being funny, even when he's mad with rage.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Cockney gangland drama shows business and buddies don't mix.
  • Mutant Chronicles (2008)
    Review preview for Mutant Chronicles

    The Mutant Chronicles is a mutant film, apparently stitched together from the still-steaming corpses of others.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A monk brings together a desperate band of soldiers in a last ditch bid to save the Earth from a mutant menace.
  • Renaissance (2006)
    Review preview for Renaissance

    Renaissance is blessed with a script that not only feels like genuine noir rather than a hastily written pastiche, but also is not subordinated to all the visual razzle-dazzle.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Ground-breaking animated film noir in which a hard-boiled detective hunts a kidnapped dame.
  • The Reckoning (2020)
    Review preview for The Reckoning

    The various torture devices used here are all real but lose much of their horrific impact because the film is so over the top.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A period thriller set in 1665 during the Great Plague and subsequent witch hunts.
  • The Seasoning House (2011)
    Review preview for The Seasoning House

    One of the grimmest 'horror' films of the year.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    Girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military.
  • Shopping (1993)
    Review preview for Shopping

    Everything hangs on Billy, but he's empty.

    Gary Duncan · 2.5 out of 5
    Joyriding action with Jude Law and Sadie Frost.
  • Stiff Upper Lips (1997)
    Review preview for Stiff Upper Lips

    The humour is less subtle than a fat lady in a small swimsuit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Satirical sideswipe at Merchant Ivory dramas.
  • When Evil Calls (2006)
    Review preview for When Evil Calls

    If Evils calls, my advice would be not to pick up.

    Darren Amner · 2 out of 5
    Clowning around with people's wishes.
  • Wilderness (2006)
    Review preview for Wilderness

    If what you're looking for in a movie is a collection of chase sequences and some grisly violence, Wilderness does deliver, but there are plenty of films out there which do it better

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A group of young offenders find themselves being hunted on a remote island.

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