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  • Blood Moon (2014)
    Review preview for Blood Moon

    The film is rarely actually scary but it contains enough gore to please the average genre fan.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of travellers captured by outlaws face a bigger threat - a creature known by natives as a skinwalker.
  • Eden Lake (2008)
    Review preview for Eden Lake

    Not so very far from where we all live today.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A young couple spending a romantic weekend in the woods fall foul of an angry group of teenagers.
  • Junkhearts (2011)
    Review preview for Junkhearts

    It is a striking audiovisual style which rescues this production from many of the more hackneyed tropes of British social realism and urban grit.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An unlikely group of people are drawn together by shared loneliness.
  • Kandahar Break: Fortress Of War (2009)
    Review preview for Kandahar Break: Fortress Of War

    Heavy handed, clunkily scripted and framed like an episode of Eastenders.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A British landmine removal expert working in Afghanistan struggles to remain calm and professional as the Taliban rise to power and his love for a local woman puts them both in danger.
  • The Kármán Line (2014)
    Review preview for The Kármán Line

    The Kármán Line packs a punch in the emotional stakes thanks to an excellent cast who all invest their characters with warmth and humour.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    A woman develops a rare illness causing her to lift off the ground at a slow but increasing rate.
  • The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim (2024)
    Review preview for The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim

    To mix courtly and cavalry intrigue requires stable footing and the film is well poised.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.
  • Official Secrets (2019)
    Review preview for Official Secrets

    There’s a refreshing straight-forwardness to Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    The true story of British Intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret memo.
  • Salvage (2008)
    Review preview for Salvage

    Salvage does a lot with limited means.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A divorced mum faces trouble when a military experiment goes wrong.

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