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  • Alice In Wonderland (2010)
    Review preview for Alice In Wonderland

    Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Re-imagining of Alice as a teenager.
  • Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)
    Review preview for Alice Through The Looking Glass

    Anything can happen and nothing makes sense and reality is a word as plain as it is pointless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter.
  • All Or Nothing (2002)
    Review preview for All Or Nothing

    Despite the depressing nature of the subject matter, the film is heartfelt and uplifting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Mike Leigh investigates the sad, heartfelt lives of high-rise South Londoners.
  • Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: Series One (1983)
    Review preview for Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: Series One

    Brilliantly-written, expertly-observed and just as well acted.

    Stephen Carty · 4.5 out of 5
    First season of the comedy drama about brickies abroad.
  • Chicken Run (2000)
    Review preview for Chicken Run

    The beauty of Chicken Run is its refusal to accept modernity as having squatting rights in a Yorkshire state of mind. Park's heart is with the comics his dad read.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Plucky chicken caper sees farm birds bid for freedom.
  • 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
  • Death Defying Acts (2007)
    Review preview for Death Defying Acts

    Much of the story is smoke and mirrors in terms of fact, but this is pitched more at romance fans than Houdini addicts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Harry Houdini falls for a gypsy 'psychic' in an Edinburgh-set period romance.
  • Denial (2016)
    Review preview for Denial

    This is a grown-up film not ashamed to ask its audience to think rather than mindlessly emote.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A film about a real life libel suit that became critical to proving that the Holocaust really happened.
  • Eating For Two (2003)
    Trying for a baby over fish and chips.
  • Early Man (2018)
    Review preview for Early Man

    Despite a star studded voice cast it lacks the comic invention required to make an impossible dream memorable

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Stop motion animated cave men and a hog learn to play football and take on the best team in the known universe
  • Enchanted (2007)
    Review preview for Enchanted

    A simple idea delivered so cleverly that it holds your attention from the opening of the storybook right up to its fairytale ending.

    Val Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Exiled to modern New York City, a fairytale princess collides with the real world.
  • The Enfield Haunting (2015)
    Review preview for The Enfield Haunting

    Whatever one's take on the story, there's no disputing that the series has a terrific cast.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A retelling of one of the UK's most famous real life paranormal investigations.
  • Finding Your Feet (2018)
    Review preview for Finding Your Feet

    A cast to die for? Certainly. And they almost do.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    When a snobbish woman discovers her husband has been having an affair, she takes exile with her bohemian sister on a council estate.
  • From Time To Time (2009)
    Review preview for From Time To Time

    This haunting ghost story is an old-fashioned family film that will delight both kids and adults. S

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    Ghostly goings on ensue when a youngster is sent to live with his grandma at Green Knowe.
  • The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
    Review preview for The Grand Duke Of Corsica

    Spall commits himself fully to the role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A celebrated architect is commissioned by a dying billionaire to build a mausoleum.
  • Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

    Deserving of the hype.

    Robyn Jankel · 4 out of 5
    This long-delayed movie about Harry's sixth form year reveals secrets about Lord Voldemort's fractured soul.
  • Heartless (2009)
    Review preview for Heartless

    The amount of creativity and ideas on display is astonishing.

    James Benefield · 4 out of 5
    A photographer's son with an unusual birthmark comes to suspect that demons are murdering the people of London.
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

    For the first time in what has become known as The H P Experience, you feel genuine emotion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    It's darker now and Voldemort is close. Can Harry triumph at the Tri-wizard Tournament and save the world?
  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

    It's such a pleasure to see a real children's film by a real filmmaker.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    Harry returns to Hogwarts to find he is being pursued by the escaped murderer Sirius Black.
  • The Hunger: Season 1 (1997)
    Review preview for The Hunger: Season 1

    The designers are caught in an unfortunate time loop that keeps dragging them back to the Eighties.

    Kotleta · 3 out of 5
    Twenty-two tales of supernatural thrills in half hour chunks, with bad sex and Terence Stamp.
  • Intimacy (2000)
    Review preview for Intimacy

    Chereau should be congratulated for his honesty, rather than reviled as a purveyor of soft porn.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A divorced barman has sexual liaison with wife of London cabbie.
  • Jackboots On Whitehall (2010)
    Review preview for Jackboots On Whitehall

    Jackboots On Whitehall isn't afraid of stomping on a few tender sensibilities and its smut level is set to 'stun'.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Animated re-imaginging of a German invasion during the Second World War
  • The Last Samurai (2003)
    Review preview for The Last Samurai

    Elegant, disciplined and, ultimately, stirring.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    Tom Cruise goes native in Japan in the years when honour was prized more highly than life itself.
  • Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (2004)
    Review preview for Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events

    Jim Carrey makes a compelling villain, so much so that when he's not on screen, you want him back.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Stirring adventures of rich orphans on the run from a devious actor who plans their demise.
  • The Love Punch (2013)
    Review preview for The Love Punch

    You ache for Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn to show them how this is done

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Heist comedy.
  • Lucky Break (2001)
    Review preview for Lucky Break

    A good, solid British comedy.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    British cons plan an escape by staging a prison musical.
  • Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
    Review preview for Mrs Lowry & Son

    This is very much an actors' film and the two leads are both on superb form.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Story of the artist and his bed-ridden, controlling mother.
  • Mr. Turner (2014)
    Review preview for Mr. Turner

    What is truly amazing about the film is the way cinematographer Dick Pope evokes Turner’s colour palette.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A biopic of artist J.M.W Turner
  • My House In Umbria (2003)
    Review preview for My House In Umbria

    Feelgood and inoffensive.

    Emma Slawinski · 3 out of 5
    Victims of a terrorist train crash come to terms with tragedy in a sun-drenched Umbrian villa.
  • Our Mutual Friend (1998)
    Review preview for Our Mutual Friend

    Many of the performances outshine expectation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    BBC Adaptation of Charles Dickens classic.
  • The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
    Review preview for The Pale Blue Eye

    If you have a particular passion for the Gothic, you may find this film appealing despite its flaws.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man whom the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Pierrepoint (2005)
    Review preview for Pierrepoint

    Films as brave and intelligent as this are a rare commodity and should not be missed.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The most famous hangman in Britain goes about his business.
  • Rock Star (2001)
    Review preview for Rock Star

    Rock Star has the beat. It even has the vibe. But it ain't got the soul.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Mark Wahlberg rises from lead singer of tribute band to lead singer of the band itself
  • Rich Flu (2024)
    Review preview for Rich Flu

    There is certainly some pleasing schadenfreude, but it doesn’t have the nerve to go all out, and ultimately it’s not as clever as it thinks it is.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A strange disease threatens to kill anyone with any sort of fortune.
  • Spencer (2021)
    Review preview for Spencer

    There are strong supporting performances from a relatively small cast, but they pale in comparison to Stewart.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities, across which handful of days, the film is set.
  • 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.
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007)
    Review preview for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

    Johnny Depp gives one of the greatest performances of his career.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Musical mayhem, murder most foul, and meat pies with a difference in a gothic tale of doomed love and deadly obsession.
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
    Review preview for Topsy-Turvy

    It is the people who matter, not the frocks.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Loose biopic of Gilbert and Sullivan in the period leading up to the staging of The Mikado.
  • Vanilla Sky (2001)
    Review preview for Vanilla Sky

    Confusion is the name of what stops being a game because after the first hour it's no fun any more.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Tom Cruise is a millionaire New York publisher who falls for Penelope Cruz and smashes his face.
  • Wake Wood (2010)
    Review preview for Wake Wood

    Its plot borrows wholesale from “bringing back the dead” tales of yesteryear.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A Pagan ritual offers a grieving couple the chance to spend three more days with their dead daughter, but when the moment comes, they will do anything to keep from letting her go again.
  • Wicked Little Letters (2023)
    Review preview for Wicked Little Letters

    A curious case of real-life poison pen letters is given an oddly cosy retelling in this well-polished if tonally uneven drama.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    When people in Littlehampton start receiving scandalous and obscene letters, suspicion immediately falls on fiery Rose, who might lose the custody of her daughter. A group of women set out to solve the mystery.

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