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  • America's Sweethearts (2001)
    Review preview for America's Sweethearts

    The movie is fun, without being furious.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Marketing boss of film studio attempts to placate warring husband-and-wife acting team.
  • Beauty And The Beast (2017)
    Review preview for Beauty And The Beast

    You see the money on the screen, which is good, but not the love

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Live action version of the Disney animated fairy tale in which a spoilt prince is turned into a beast and a pretty girl from the village proves that looks aren't everything
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
    Review preview for Captain America: The First Avenger

    It feels like you're watching the trailer for the much better movie you wish they'd made.

    Max Crawford · 2.5 out of 5
    After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.
  • The Children Act (2017)
    Review preview for The Children Act

    Intelligent, disciplined, elegant and closely guarded in matters of privacy

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A high court lady judge has an agonising decision to make when a teenage boy refuses a life saving transfusion while at home her marriage is freezing over
  • Conclave (2024)
    Review preview for Conclave

    Director Edward Berger and his director of photography Stephane Fontaine have made every frame art.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
  • The Core (2003)
    Review preview for The Core

    As an old-fashioned disaster movie, with state-of-the-art effects and a script that floats, The Core definitely does the business.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Scientists and astronauts bore to the centre of the earth to repair faulty electro magnetic field.
  • The Daytrippers (1996)
    Review preview for The Daytrippers

    Made wondrous by an inventive script.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Discovery of a 'love letter' sparks razor-sharp road trip.
  • The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
    Review preview for The Devil Wears Prada

    Despite the costumes being ab fab, darling, the plot's no blazing trendsetter.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    A young journalist struggles to survive in the cut-throat world of fashion.
  • The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)
    Review preview for The Devil Wears Prada 2

    What made the original feel like a breath of fresh air makes the sequel feel like just another entry in a crowded field of contemporary institutional satires

    Edin Custo · 3 out of 5
    Miranda Priestly tries to deal with the decline of print journalism.
  • The Hunger Games (2012)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games

    Ross avoids the hyperbole of gore and mayhem to keep the emotions of what is happening so near the bone it hurts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Set in a dystopian future, a young boy and girl must fight to the death on live television.
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    It's easy to forgive the fact that nothing's happening when it's not happening around Jennifer Lawrence.

    Max Crawford · 2.5 out of 5
    The stakes are raised for survivor Katniss as she is forced join a champion of champions tournament.
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Jennifer Lawrence's expressions stretch from worried to confused

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Now the games are over, it's civil war in Part 1 of the final chapter
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The plot stutters into absurdity

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The rebels escort Katniss Everdeen into the Capital to assassinate President Snow, or die trying.
  • The Hoax (2006)
    Review preview for The Hoax

    Hallström successfully captures the style of the Seventies, aided by a breezy original score by Carter Burwell. He also shows us the dark undercurrents of the period.

    Val Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A writer creates a media sensation with his fake biography of Howard Hughes.
  • The Imposters (1998)
    Out-of-work actors pose as ship's stewards after accidentally stowing away.
  • The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers (2004)
    Review preview for The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers

    Schizophrenic in its approach and vicious in its intent.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Critical biopic of The Goon Show master-of-voices who became a Hollywood movie star.
  • A Little Chaos (2014)
    Review preview for A Little Chaos

    Too niche to reach

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A landscape gardener is employed by King Louis XIV to transform the gardens at Versailles.
  • A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
    Review preview for A Life Less Ordinary

    While both McGregor and Diaz are watchable enough as a likeable loser and a redemptive bitch, there's never any sense that they're 'made for each other'.

    Stephen Carty · 1.5 out of 5
    A sacked caretaker takes his bosses daughter hostage... but two fallen angels are determined to make the pair fall in love.
  • The Lovely Bones (2009)
    Review preview for The Lovely Bones

    If Jackson was hoping for ethereal over corny, he’s failed decisively

    Nick Da Costa · 1 out of 5
    A murdered young girl observes her family from limbo.
  • Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
    Review preview for Lucky Number Slevin

    It's the pace of the film that wins the day.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A case of mistaken identity in a fast-paced gangster milieu.
  • Maid In Manhattan (2002)
    Review preview for Maid In Manhattan

    Richardson overacts outrageously and Bob Hoskins, as the hotel's butler-in-chief, is embarrassingly obsequious.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ralph Fiennes is a prospective senator who falls for Jennifer Lopez, as a hotel maid.
  • Margin Call (2011)
    Review preview for Margin Call

    Chandor makes good use of his acting assets and there's no doubt that he knows how to direct, but ultimately, the dullness of the script is just a little too toxic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A day in the life of a investment firm's meltdown.
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    Review preview for A Midsummer Night's Dream

    This is one of those films where you wait for someone to fall off a horse.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Shakespearean story of star-crossed lovers gets Tuscan treatment.
  • Mr Peabody & Sherman (2014)
    Review preview for Mr Peabody & Sherman

    There's nothing stale, nor been-there about this animated pooch's fizzy brainstorms

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A genius dog and his adopted son have time travelling adventures with hilarious animated results
  • Murder One - Series 1 (1995)
    Review preview for Murder One - Series 1

    The crime is only half the reason why Murder One becomes addictive.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Heartthrob soap star is accused of strangling a 15-year-old Hollywood wannabee.
  • Night Hunter (2018)
    Review preview for Night Hunter

    You're going to want to break out your crime cliche bingo card early, lest you miss the full house.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A serial killer with multiple personalities takes on the cops who have caught him.
  • Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013)
    Review preview for Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters

    The action sequences are reasonably handled - although shelling out for the 3D unecessary - but there's nothing here that most kids won't have seen before and it lacks the emotional bite of franchises such as Harry Potter.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Percy and his pals go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.
  • A Private War (2018)
    Review preview for A Private War

    Heineman’s docu-style fits perfectly into the look and sound of things.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Biopic of The Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin while on assignment in Syria.
  • Robots (2005)
    Review preview for Robots

    Robots has a glittering voice cast and astonishing CGI animation and yet is over endowed with too much of this, too much of that and too much of everything.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Animated idealism meets corporate ruthlessness in Rivet Town.
  • Road To Perdition (2002)
    Review preview for Road To Perdition

    Sam Mendes creates a mood of menace by avoiding obligatory violence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Tom Hanks is a hitman for the Chicago mob in 1931, who goes on the run with his 12-year-old son.
  • Shall We Dance (2004)
    Review preview for Shall We Dance

    The film's tameness is undoubtedly its downfall.

    Emma Slawinski · 2 out of 5
    A family man in a mid-life crisis spices up his life by secretly learning ballroom dancing.
  • Sidewalks Of New York (2001)
    Review preview for Sidewalks Of New York

    The humour is acerbic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ensemble New York social comedy about the impossibility of finding the right sexual partner.
  • Show Dogs (2018)
    Review preview for Show Dogs

    The film may be a dog trainer's day out but as entertainment it sucks on wood

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Rottweiler, working undercover for the NYPD, is flown to Florida to catch the thieves of a panda cub.
  • Spotlight (2015)
    Review preview for Spotlight

    Spotlight does not fall into the trap of explanatory flashbacks. We do not need to see the protagonists' past because we can tell so much from what they are wearing.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child abuse and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese.
  • Supernova (2020)
    Review preview for Supernova

    With eloquent, understated performances from both leads and a willingness to take its time, Supernova explores not merely the issues they face but the life they share.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Old friends Sam and Tusker go on a road trip to make the most of their time together two years after Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
  • The Tale Of Despereaux (2008)
    Review preview for The Tale Of Despereaux

    I found myself transported back to a time when I truly believed there was every possibility that I would grow up to be a princess.

    Robyn Jankel · 4 out of 5
    A brave little mouse sets out to rescue a princess.
  • Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
    Review preview for Transformers: Age Of Extinction

    The reality of enduring this 165-minute car-wreck is depressing in the extreme.

    David Graham · 2 out of 5
    A mechanic hooks up with Optimus Prime as alien robots trick humans into hunting down the Autobots.
  • The Terminal (2004)
    Review preview for The Terminal

    Spielberg's direction is delicate, but very relaxed.

    Josh Morrall · 4 out of 5
    Tom Hanks is stateless, Eastern European and living in a big American airport.
  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Review preview for What Just Happened?

    It’s the cinematic equivalent of Morris dancing: there’s lots going on, it’s entertaining enough – but you’re not entirely sure what the point is.

    Maria Realf · 3 out of 5
    A desperate film producer tries to stop his latest project (and himself) from going into meltdown.

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