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  • Breakfast On Pluto (2005)
    Review preview for Breakfast On Pluto

    Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

    Richard Mellor · 4 out of 5
    An Irish transvestite, searching for the mother who abandoned him, is caught up in terrorist violence and hilarious goings on in London.
  • Blackthorn (2011)
    Review preview for Blackthorn

    Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    What would have happened to Butch Cassidy if he hadn't died in Bolivia?
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
    A boy's childhood in Ireland with a depressed mum, an alcoholic dad and a vivid imagination.
  • The Crying Game (1992)
    Review preview for The Crying Game

    Jordan's film stands out as a beacon of humanity.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An IRA man questions his ways after befriending a captured soldier, then flees to London and finds himself out of his depth in the soldier's world.
  • The End Of The Affair (1999)
    Review preview for The End Of The Affair

    Julianne Moore, as Sarah Miles, is a revelation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Tale of adultery during the blitz.
  • Evelyn (2002)
    Review preview for Evelyn

    Courtroom drama dressed up to look like something more.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Pierce Brosnan plays a working-class Dubliner who changed the law in Ireland.
  • FeardotCom (2002)
    Review preview for FeardotCom

    Death might be a release.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Stephen Dorff and Natascha McElhone investigate a website that kills.
  • The Good Shepherd (2004)
    Hip priest turns detective.
  • In Dreams (1999)
    Review preview for In Dreams

    Downey is juicy, Bening is brave, the rest are out to lunch.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A girl's dreams take her into the mind of a killer.
  • I Didn't Know You Cared (1975)
    Seventies sitcom about an extended family.
  • I Didn't Know You Cared: Season 2 (1976)
    A Nothern family sitcom, in which the men slag off the women and the women moan about the men.
  • The Musketeer (2001)
    Dumas' musketeer gets a chop-socky makeover.
  • Ondine (2009)
    Review preview for Ondine

    Annie is played by newcomer Alison Barry, and she's amazing.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A fisherman drags up a woman in his net, but she's not dead - is she a supernatural creature?
  • 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.
  • The Reaping (2007)
    Review preview for The Reaping

    Gives 300 a run for its money as one of the funniest films this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Plagues, pestilence and another faithless person of the cloth.
  • River Queen (2005)
    Review preview for River Queen

    A hauntingly beautiful piece of cinema.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A young Irish woman searches for her kidnapped half-Maori son.
  • Still Crazy (1998)
    Review preview for Still Crazy

    Spall skuttles about like a rodent. Connolly is wasted and Bergstrom shouts a lot.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A group of middle-aged rockers hit the road again.
  • Stuck (2007)
    Review preview for Stuck

    The gore factor is rammed to the max, with some truly stomach-churning scenes.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    A young woman hits a man with his car – and drives off with him dying in her windscreen rather than call for help.
  • Tara Road (2005)
    Review preview for Tara Road

    The plot is as real as a bouquet of silk roses.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love hurts for an innocent wife in Dublin and a grieving mother in New England.
  • Tasting Menu (2013)
    Review preview for Tasting Menu

    As is often the case in ensemble films, certain storylines are better served than others and the constant juxtapositions unavoidably highlight that.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
    On closing night of an acclaimed restaurant, the lives of the final set of guests intertwine as the courses are served.
  • V For Vendetta (2005)
    Review preview for V For Vendetta

    In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    In the near future, Britain is a fascist state into which a mysterious, masked terrorist dares to fight fear with flames

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