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  • Awaydays (2008)
    Review preview for Awaydays

    While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Tragic romance, based on Kevin Sampson's book about Tranmere Rovers hooligans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • Boiling Point (2020)
    Review preview for Boiling Point

    Given the state of the things, it's fair to say that some of the situations that will arise are telegraphed ahead of time, but that adds rather than detracts from the tension - after all, aren't all satisfying meals in some ways connected to anticipation?

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The shift has hardly begun for head chef Andy and he’s already behind with everything. His restaurant is overbooked, there’s a disgruntled inspector combing the kitchen and, if that weren’t enough, a culinary icon and a respected food critic have turned up for dinner.
  • The Damned United (2009)
    Review preview for The Damned United

    It’s Sheen’s ability to humanise the brilliant-yet-volatile legend that hits the back of the net hardest.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Partially fictionalised biopic of the outspoken manager, Brian Clough
  • Downtime (1997)
    Review preview for Downtime

    Belief is beggared and patience exhausted.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A psychologist finds himself trapped in a lift with a girl he talked out of suicide.
  • Doghouse (2009)
    Review preview for Doghouse

    Doghouse offers a lot of shouting, a ton of gore and a male wish-fulfilment fantasy where all women really ARE nothing but trouble and the only way to deal with them is to hit them round the head.

    Jeff Robson · 2 out of 5
    A ‘lads’ weekend’ turns into a nightmare when the boys arrive in a village where the women have turned into flesh-eating zombies.
  • Funny Cow (2017)
    Review preview for Funny Cow

    The film is in danger of resembling a caricature of working class life, circa 1960

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A woman tries to make it as a stand-up in the Northern clubs at a time when sexism and alcohol and bad jokes prevailed.
  • Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool (2017)
    Review preview for Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool

    Annette Bening plays a different character, raging against the truth, a bitch angel feeding her emotions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A faded romance between a young British actor and an aging Hollywood star is rekindled as her terminal illness draws a veil over the sunset finale
  • Get Santa (2014)
    Review preview for Get Santa

    The plot becomes tangled in its own loose ends

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Santa Claus is on the run.
  • Greyhound (2020)
    Review preview for Greyhound

    Much of the film rests on what Hanks can deliver as an actor, and here he does not disappoint.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Several months after his country's entry into World War Two, an inexperienced US Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.
  • Hyena (2014)
    Review preview for Hyena

    Bent copper. Check. A liking for the charlie. Check. Shady gangsters operating out of shady strip clubs. Check.

    Robert Munro · 1 out of 5
    The story of a corrupt cop caught up in the London crime scene.
  • The Irishman (2019)
    Review preview for The Irishman

    Scorsese shoots at what is truly important in life and does so, miraculously, by putting the spotlight on organised crime

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Story of the union official with mob ties, Frank Sheeran, and the part he claims to have played in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
  • A Patch Of Fog (2015)
    Review preview for A Patch Of Fog

    Despite the considerable talents of the two leads it all ends up feeling rather flat.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A security guard blackmails a TV host.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    A genuinely entertaining outing for the series, managing to generate both novelty and surprise while preserving all the best features of the preceding pictures.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Jack Sparrow is forced to accompany a dangerous woman and her still more dangerous ally on a daring quest to find the legendary Fountain of Youth.
  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge (2017)
    Review preview for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

    Visually the film excels. There are scenes that lavish the mind's eye

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Sparrow is drunk. Salazar is dead. Barbossa takes charge. The young ones are searching for the trident of Poseidon. There's a lot of water. And magic. If you wait long enough you might glimpse Keira Knightley running.
  • Public Enemies (2009)
    Review preview for Public Enemies

    Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The FBI is charged with hunting down Public Enemy No. 1: John Dillinger.
  • Rocketman (2019)
    Review preview for Rocketman

    Fletcher and his star Taron Egerton fling themselves flamboyantly into John’s life, riffing on events, giving them a surreal spin but always keeping how John is feeling about each moment front and centre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A musical fantasy reimagining of Elton John's early success, addiction and rehab.
  • Season Of The Witch (2011)
    Review preview for Season Of The Witch

    For a short while I thought this might be an entertainingly bad film. It isn't.

    Val Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Two men escort a prisoner who may or may not be a witch on a perilous journey through a land ravaged by the black death.
  • Snatch (2000)
    Review preview for Snatch

    Snatch is way over the top, like Lock Stock was, only second time around it doesn't feel so fresh.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Diamond heist causes mayhem amongst London gangland hard men.
  • Take Rabbit (2018)
    Review preview for Take Rabbit

    We all know the riddle solution, so Peake is inviting us to guess what will happen in the interim, which we don't.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A man tries to transport a fox, rabbit and cabbage across a river without getting into trouble.
  • This Is England (2006)
    Review preview for This Is England

    This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young boy adopted by a group of skinheads struggles to find his own identity in a world dominated by racism and war. Now out to own on two-disc DVD.
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
    Review preview for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    The cool colours and muted emotions of this John Le Carré adaptation fit the 1973 Cold War backdrop perfectly and are appropriate for the murky world of moralistic shades of grey.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A spy has to root out a mole at the top of the civil service.
  • Walk Like A Panther (2018)
    Review preview for Walk Like A Panther

    Predictability is the name. Wrestling is the game.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Geriatric wrestlers return to the ring to save their favourite pub in a Yorkshire village from greedy developers.
  • Yardie (2018)
    Review preview for Yardie

    The performances are powerful and Idris Elba's ability to recreate the feel of the times is impressive.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Gang wars in Kingston in the Seventies are imported into Hackney in the Eighties affecting the life of a Jamaican boy who seeks vengeance for the murder of his brother

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