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  • Captain Fantastic (2016)
    Review preview for Captain Fantastic

    Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A dad who has raised his kids in the forest is forced to take them on a road trip.
  • Cowboys (2020)
    Review preview for Cowboys

    Rather than following somebody raised a girl who is learning to live as a boy, it's about a boy who, all too quickly, has to start learning to be a man.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
  • Chicken Little (2005)
    A story of misfits who save their high school (and the world) from alien invasion.
  • Daddy Day Care (2003)
    Review preview for Daddy Day Care

    One of the reasons why Daddy Day Care fails is because it is so predictable, so unthreatening and so bland.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Eddie Murphy opens a day centre for pre-school kids in an opulent suburb of Los Angeles.
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
    Review preview for Dallas Buyers Club

    McConaughey's performance is a tour de force.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    When a fast-living heterosexual redneck develops AIDS, he refuses to take it lying down, and in his struggle makes some unlikely friends.
  • Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 2 (2011)
    Review preview for Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 2

    Even though it might not seem obvious to discerning adults, lots of care and attention to detail has been lavished upon this film.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Two brothers have to deal with their parents' attempts to persuade them to be best friends.
  • Escape From Planet Earth (2013)
    Review preview for Escape From Planet Earth

    The script encourages smiley faces and it's this, more than the storyline, that helps you love these little guys

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Astronaut Scorch Supernova from Baab finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from The Dark Planet (Earth's nom-de-death)
  • Forces of Nature (1999)
    Review preview for Forces of Nature

    [Bullock] stretches those irresponsible muscles. It suits her. Affleck still can't match his performance in Chasing Amy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A man ends up on a road trip to try to reach his wedding with a lap dancer in tow.
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
    Review preview for The Good Dinosaur

    Child childs will love it

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend
  • Hamlet (2000)
    Review preview for Hamlet

    The actors (or director) clearly only have half a clue what they're saying.

    Nicola Osborne · 3 out of 5
    Modern re-examination of Shakespeare's Prince of Denmark.
  • Happy, Texas (1999)
    Review preview for Happy, Texas

    Is this Frank Capra Goes To Sundance? Almost. The sentiment surely flows.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Ex-cons get mistaken for beauty pageant pros.
  • LaRoy (2023)
    Review preview for LaRoy

    Ray feels like a real person plunged into an increasingly absurd situation, which is ultimately the source of a lot of the film’s comedy and its sometime tragedy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    After discovering his wife’s affair, Ray Jepsen plans to kill himself, but fate intervenes. Through a bizarre turn of events, he is mistaken for a low-rent hired killer and decides to become one.
  • National Security (2003)
    Review preview for National Security

    The action is packed and the gags keep coming.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn are mismatched security guards on the trail of killers.
  • Out Of Sight (1998)
    Review preview for Out Of Sight

    Even Jim Carrey couldn't get away with a plot as daft as this and since it's based on an Elmore Leonard novel, you wonder whose to blame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    An escaped con and a sexy Miami federal marshal have good chemistry in a tight situation.
  • A Perfect Getaway (2009)
    Review preview for A Perfect Getaway

    This is a fun film, genuinely exciting, twisty like the mountain trails, with uncertain footing throughout.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two couples walking on a remote trail hear over the radio that a couple of psychopaths are on the loose.
  • Riding In Cars With Boys (2001)
    Review preview for Riding In Cars With Boys

    There is something here that strikes home.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Bev is an ordinary girl in a small town who gets pregnant at 15 and has to make a life for herself
  • Roadkill (2001)
    Review preview for Roadkill

    On one level, it is taut, exciting and highly effective. On another level, it is absurd because the man in the truck is much too smart.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Steve Zahn and Paul Walker are brothers, who are chased by a psycho trucker driver.
  • Rescue Dawn (2006)
    Review preview for Rescue Dawn

    Beneath the cover of portraying the generalised horrors of war, the film is more subtly critical of America's conduct in both the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

    Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
    A US fighter pilot shot down in the Vietnamese jungle must go to extraordinary lengths to survive.
  • Sahara (2005)
    Review preview for Sahara

    Push the plot too hard and it collapses. Best to sit back and do what you do with James Bond. If nothing else, the locations are breathtaking.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An adventure yarn, with extreme treasure hunters and a beautiful doctor on a life saving mission.
  • Stuart Little (1999)
    Review preview for Stuart Little

    Stuart is a great guy, when he's not feeling sorry for himself. The filmmakers let him down by not being daring enough.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A family adopt a mouse... much to the upset of the household cat.
  • Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
    Review preview for Sunshine Cleaning

    While Adams and Blunt scrabble for subtext and a depth that simply isn’t there, the movie congeals around them.

    The Exile · 3 out of 5
    Two sisters try to forge a career in crime scene clean-up.
  • Strange Wilderness (2008)
    Review preview for Strange Wilderness

    When the final scene fizzles out to nothing, you know it's been a wasted journey.

    Keith Dudhnath · 1 out of 5
    Wildlife TV presenters go in search of Bigfoot with a crew of idiots and stoners.
  • 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.
  • War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)
    Review preview for War For The Planet Of The Apes

    While the last of the trilogy succeeds in preserving its substantial core, the coating this time feels forced and overpowering.

    Evelin Toth · 3 out of 5
    As the apes suffer catastrophic losses, Caesar wrestles with his desire for revenge.
  • You've Got Mail (1998)
    Review preview for You've Got Mail

    The Tom & Meg Show is feelgood and sugar coated, which is expected, but not witty, funny or original enough.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Two bookshop rivals fall for one another over the internet.

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