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  • Everything Must Go (2010)
    Review preview for Everything Must Go

    There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    Tale of a middle-aged suburbanite whose life is crumbling.
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
    Review preview for Finding Nemo

    [Pixar] have stuck to the golden rule - 'It's the story, stupid!'

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Underwater Pixar animated adventure of a clown fish who searches for his only son.
  • Four Good Days (2020)
    Review preview for Four Good Days

    Kunis’ performance is raw and ugly in just the way it needs to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Ten years of opioids have left Molly’s life in shambles. A new drug may give her a chance to break free if she is able to stay clean for four days, with the help of her mother Deb, a tough, clear-eyed woman. Their love will be tested to the limits.
  • Get Out (2017)
    Review preview for Get Out

    There is something wrong, something odd about this place

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend's mysterious family estate.
  • Gretchen (2006)
    An awkward teenager seeks revenge for a broken heart.
  • Jersey Girl (2004)
    Review preview for Jersey Girl

    Surprisingly good.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    A high-flying Manhattan music publicist is forced to reassess his life.
  • Just Friends (2005)
    Review preview for Just Friends

    Just Friends is less crude than many films of its kind and even made me laugh.

    Stephen McMorland · 3 out of 5
    High school fatty becomes slim womanising record exec in role reversal comedy, with hot girls vs hometown sweetheart.
  • Leatherheads (2008)
    Review preview for Leatherheads

    A treat for the senses from beginning to end.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    It's 1925, and an aging American football pro trying to make the sport a success falls for a journalist out to bring down one of its biggest stars.
  • Miles (2016)
    Review preview for Miles

    An astute, intelligent character study which neatly captures what may prove to be an important turning point in social history.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In a desperate bid to get the college scholarship he needs, a teenage boy joins the girls’ volleyball team.
  • The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
    Review preview for The Men Who Stare At Goats

    An enjoyable if uneven feel-good swipe at both US military and human endeavours.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    A reporter stumbles on the story of a lifetime when he meets a former 'psychic soldier'.
  • No Country For Old Men (2007)
    Review preview for No Country For Old Men

    Against the whisper of wind and buzz of flies, the Coens manage to find tension in the subtlest of movements and cut the dialogue through with humour as arid as the landscape.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A man goes on the run from a psychopath in Texas after coming across a briefcase of stolen cash.
  • On The Basis Of Sex (2018)
    Review preview for On The Basis Of Sex

    What could have been preachy is fascinating.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • Rango (2011)
    Review preview for Rango

    It is admirable that Verbinski has chosen to forgo 3D, as the spectacle he conjures in his various set-pieces is enough to have you ducking and diving already.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    A chameleon finds himself in a Wild West town that is desperate for a new sheriff.
  • Trumbo (2015)
    Review preview for Trumbo

    Despite this period being so rich in potential subject matter, this admittedly handsomely mounted, nimble and quite funny film chooses to take a pretty much conventional ride to a victory-lap finish.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Story of the career of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in 1947.
  • Uncle Frank (2020)
    Review preview for Uncle Frank

    Despite its dense plot, the story is as predictable as the route back to Creekville and it is testimony to Bettany and Lillis that Ball gets as much mileage out of it as he does.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A teenage girl and her uncle go on a road trip to a family funeral, with his boyfriend in tow, as her uncle tries to come to terms with his past.

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