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  • All Things To All Men (2013)
    Review preview for All Things To All Men

    All fur coat and no knickers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A bent copper tries to rip off a kingpin.
  • Believe (2013)
    Review preview for Believe

    Parents whose eight year olds have just gone crazy watching their first World Cup would be well advised to take them along, as they'll probably love it.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Matt Busby comes out of retirement to help a young football team.
  • Cousin Bette (1998)
    Review preview for Cousin Bette

    The film is neither fish nor fowl, one thing or another, comedy or tragedy. It wavers between vulgar and vapid.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Revenge and bed-hopping in Balzac adaptation.
  • Dark Corners (2006)
    Review preview for Dark Corners

    A refreshing change from all the hacked and mangled body parts that seem to be the only requirement for a horror film these days.

    Tony Sullivan · 2.5 out of 5
    She was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of her dream, too!
  • Die Another Day (2002)
    Review preview for Die Another Day

    [Brosnan is] put through his paces by Maori director Lee Tamahori and comes out of it stirred, but not shaken.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Pierce Brosnan as 007 and Halle Berry as the bird in the wetsuit fight North Korean face changers.
  • The Machine (2013)
    Review preview for The Machine

    What James has tried to do is film a Hollywood Blockbuster on an independent British budget, and it shows.

    Neil Mitchell · 2 out of 5
    A cybernetics expert tries to create an android super-soldier.
  • Marama (2025)
    Review preview for Marama

    One of the most impressive films of the year to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young Māori woman travels to Victorian England after receiving a letter promising information about her birth parents. As she peels back the layers of colonial deceit, she is driven to avenge her shattered ancestry.
  • Onegin (1999)
    Review preview for Onegin

    As an adaptation of Pushkin's narrative poem, Michael Ignatieff and Peter Ettedgui have delivered a modern screenplay that rips through convention to the pulsing heart of a country girl's passion for a sophisticated urban aristocrat.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Lavish version of Pushkin's poem about a jaded St Petersburg aristocrat.
  • Possession (2002)
    Review preview for Possession

    Aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An academic and a descendant of a poet find love is on the cards as they investigate a romance from the past.
  • Severance (2006)
    Review preview for Severance

    Good writing and committed performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A British armament firm's fun time out in Hungary turns nasty when they get lost in the forest.
  • The Severed Sun (2024)
    Review preview for The Severed Sun

    Right and wrong are blurry concepts here. What might mean justice for an individual could be devastating to the community.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange 'Beast' that lives in the forest.

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