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  • Bronson (2008)
    Review preview for Bronson

    Tom Hardy makes other movie hardmen look like they belong on the Muppet Show.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    Examination of the life of Britain's self-titled "most dangerous criminal". Out on re-release.
  • Child 44 (2015)
    Review preview for Child 44

    The ingredients are here, jumbled up, too confusing to fit the restrictions of a single screenplay

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A disgraced member of the military police investigates child murders from the Stalin era.
  • The Code (2009)
    Review preview for The Code

    Ridiculous doesn’t quite cover it.

    Leanne McGrath · 1 out of 5
    A renowned thief enlists the help of a petty thief to pull of one last heist.
  • Colditz (2005)
    The infamous PoW camp for persistant escapees during WWII is given a romantic twist.
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
    Review preview for The Dark Knight Rises

    One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Batman is back as newcomer Bane assembles an army beneath the streets of Gotham City.
  • The Drop (2014)
    Review preview for The Drop

    Bob may have the beefed up body of a bouncer but Hardy continually emphasises his softer, hesitant side, his body language screaming flight even though he is built to fight.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A barman finds himself embroiled in mob trouble after a robbery and facing personal threat after finding a puppy in a dustbin.
  • Dunkirk (2017)
    Review preview for Dunkirk

    This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Dramatic rescue of British soldiers, trapped on the beaches in France, at a critical moment in WWII.
  • EMR (2004)
    A dreamer's life starts to spiral out of control when he starts to take a new epilepsy drug.
  • Inception (2010)
    Review preview for Inception

    You will no doubt need to see Inception more than once to appreciate every nuance of Nolan's carefully balanced ambiguities – but, more importantly, you will also want to.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    DiCaprio's dream spy takes on the ultimate inside job.
  • The Inheritance (2007)
    Review preview for The Inheritance

    Road movies come with clichés attached. Thanks to dialogue that strips convention to the bone, they have no effect here because they wouldn’t survive the verbal onslaught.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two brothers who hate each other drive to Skye to search for their dead daddy's money.
  • Lawless (2012)
    Review preview for Lawless

    Compelling stuff.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Three brothers go all out to protect their small bootlegging business from corrupt lawmen during Prohibition.
  • Legend (2015)
    Review preview for Legend

    The fast pacing allied to some dark humour and a few absurd moments certainly makes for entertaining viewing, even though over time you keep waiting for the film to hit some deeper note.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    The story of gangsters the Kray twins.
  • Layer Cake (2004)
    Review preview for Layer Cake

    The latest piece of gangland roughage is suitably violent, with a who-gives-a-monkeys attitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Cockney drug dealer become enmeshed in gang war over stolen happy pills.
  • Locke (2013)
    Review preview for Locke

    It's like a suicide. And there's nothing to look at

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A man drives through the night, listening to mobile phone calls, as his life falls apart.
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    Review preview for Mad Max: Fury Road

    Baroque-n-roll does not begin to describe the petrol-headed delirium on offer here.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    In a post-Apocalyptic world, survivor Max hooks up with a mysterious woman to face off against murderous gangs.
  • Modernism, Inc. : The Eliot Noyes Design Story (2023)
    Review preview for Modernism, Inc. : The Eliot Noyes Design Story

    Filled with information and inspiration that elegantly carries over from the last century into this one.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A documentary exploring the life and work of influential mid-century architect and designer, Eliot Noyes, who is best remembered as the man behind IBM's landmark design program in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • RocknRolla (2008)
    Review preview for RocknRolla

    Entertaining and stylish.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    More gangster goings on from Guy Ritchie, this time centring on a property scam and a missing painting.
  • The Revenant (2015)
    Review preview for The Revenant

    Times are tough, women are either chattels or the stuff of magical realist dream sequences and dialogue is frequently cut adrift in favour of animalistic grunts and muscularity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A frontiersman sets out for vengeance.
  • Scenes Of A Sexual Nature (2006)
    Review preview for Scenes Of A Sexual Nature

    Light and dissatisfying.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Everyone's at it on Hampstead Heath.
  • Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
    Review preview for Star Trek: Nemesis

    The story requires a brain transplant. It's not complicated, so much as lost in the land of Loony.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A Picard clone threatens the peace, love and understanding of the Federation.
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
    Review preview for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    The cool colours and muted emotions of this John Le Carré adaptation fit the 1973 Cold War backdrop perfectly and are appropriate for the murky world of moralistic shades of grey.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A spy has to root out a mole at the top of the civil service.
  • Venom (2018)
    Review preview for Venom

    In an era of almost infinite possibilities for entertainment, Venom isn't one to recommend.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A man has to release his alter ego to save his life.
  • Warrior (2011)
    Review preview for Warrior

    O'Connor and cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi lay on some visceral bouts in the ring, thoroughly exploiting the fact that mixed martial arts makes for a less predictable combat sequence than a boxing match might.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime – and the wreckage of their broken family.

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