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  • Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
    Review preview for Aaaaaaaah!

    Aaaaaaaah! is a beautifully crafted piece of work masquerading as an ethnological study made by chimpanzees.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions run high and deep-seated grudges resurface amongst the tribe. Are we not men?
  • Albert's Speech (2008)
    Review preview for Albert's Speech

    A rather crummy cop-out ending spoils the good-natured laughs

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A look at a best man's plight from the inside out.
  • Cerebrum (2022)
    Review preview for Cerebrum

    Though it shifts its focus into something much darker towards the end, the meat of it is in the father-son relationship, in their interactions and the ways that they observe each other.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After waking up from a year-long coma, an insecure young man must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him.
  • Crushed (2025)
    Review preview for Crushed

    What is interesting here is that Olivia is never objectified.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    In suburban Bangkok, a family's faith is thrown into crisis when their daughter is kidnapped.
  • A Dark Song (2016)
    Review preview for A Dark Song

    Walker's performance as a woman mentally imprisoned by the strength of her own feelings is painful to watch, in a good way.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A grieving mother sets out to contact her dead child.
  • In Fabric (2018)
    Review preview for In Fabric

    You might not think you're in the mood for buying, but his extravagant sales pitch is likely to win you over by the end.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Two stories about a cursed dress and its victims.
  • Justine (2021)
    Review preview for Justine

    Haddon is excellent in the lead.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young woman struggles with her demons.
  • The Kindred (2021)
    Review preview for The Kindred

    The psychological drama, which Pearson handles with impressive assurance, is the strongest part of the film.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him.
  • Members Club (2024)
    Review preview for Members Club

    This is the kind of film that could easily be a disaster, but despite obvious budgetary limitations it acquits itself well.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Wet Dreams, a middle-aged male stripper group, has hit rock bottom when they get an offer of a mysterious gig that might change everything. What they don't know is that they have become caught up in a plot to raise a murderous witch from the dead.
  • Mind-Set (2022)
    Review preview for Mind-Set

    A beautifully observed portrait of a couple in crisis.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A disillusioned office clerk who lives in a dysfunctional relationship with her slovenly partner is surprised to find herself on the cusp of a none-too-secret affair.
  • Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
    Review preview for Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

    One of the cleverest and most entertaining comedies of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A charity shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of five selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge.
  • Sightseers (2012)
    Review preview for Sightseers

    If Malick's lands were bad, then Wheatley's are sad, as small injustices, petty jealousies and perceived slights lead to cold blooded murder and childish revenge.

    Neil Mitchell · 4 out of 5
    A young couple on a caravan holiday find themselves going on a killing spree.
  • Sky Peals (2023)
    Review preview for Sky Peals

    An unusually intimate, exploratory film underscored by dry humour, Sky Peals has an atmosphere that you won’t find anywhere else.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A lonely man starts to piece together the story of his estranged father after his death and discovers the older man didn't believe he was human.
  • The Toll (2021)
    Review preview for The Toll

    Much of the humour in the film depends on contrasting viewers' expectations of rural life with the paraphernalia of Sixties spy movies and Seventies cop shows.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A toll booth operator's secret past comes back to haunt him.
  • Tucked (2018)
    Review preview for Tucked

    Nesbitt is magnificent, letting us see the weight of all those years of regret and self-hatred but also the joy that comes from approaching life in a new way and helping somebody else gain confidence.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A ageing drag queen who has just received a terminal cancer diagnosis discovers a new love for life when he befriends a younger queen who is just starting out.

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