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  • Black Swan (2010)
    Review preview for Black Swan

    As elegant and overblown as ballet itself.

    James Benefield · 5 out of 5
    A psychological thriller set in the world of the New York City ballet.
  • Black Tide (2018)
    Review preview for Black Tide

    Erick Zonca is less interested in solving the mystery than in exploring the damaged psyches of Visconti and Bellaile.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An alcoholic cop investigates the disappearance of a teenager who is the same age as his son.
  • Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001)
    Review preview for Brotherhood Of The Wolf

    It bites off far more than it can chew, but the result is still interesting and, in places, gripping viewing.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A naturalist philanderer and an Iroquois martial artist search for a peasant-eating beast in 18th century.
  • Birthday Girl (2001)
    Review preview for Birthday Girl

    Kidman continues to amaze.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Nicole Kidman is a Russian internet bride who ends up with a St Albans bank clerk.
  • 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.
  • A Dangerous Method (2011)
    Review preview for A Dangerous Method

    Keira Knightley... will be tough to beat at next year's Academy Awards for her portrayal of Spielrein

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley star in David Cronenberg's look at the early days of psychoanalysis.
  • Dobermann (1997)
    Review preview for Dobermann

    The humour bites your face. The popvid camera tricks are tempered by a storyline that demands attention.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Violent action flick sees sadistic cop hunt a gang of dangerous nutters.
  • Derailed (2005)
    Review preview for Derailed

    Owen can do this kind of thing standing on his head, while balancing a cage of turtledoves.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The terrible cost of flirting with an attractive banker on a commuter train.
  • Eastern Promises (2007)
    Review preview for Eastern Promises

    With its underworld themes and ambiguous protagonist, Eastern Promises plays like a companion to A History of Violence.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    An idealistic young midwife inadvertently stumbles across a crime syndicate trafficking prostitutes.
  • Elizabeth (1998)
    Review preview for Elizabeth

    The performances walk up and touch you.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Events leading up to and following the crowning of the Virgin Queen.
  • Guest House Paradiso (1999)
    Review preview for Guest House Paradiso

    They went down to Ealing Studios and shot the film. Dead.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson run the worst hotel in Britain.
  • Irreversible (2002)
    Review preview for Irreversible

    For all its confrontational posturing, there are moments when the film fails to take the leap into the abyss.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Brutal story of a violent rape, told in reverse. Now out to own in special collectors edition.
  • It's Only The End Of The World (2016)
    Review preview for It's Only The End Of The World

    The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    A writer returns home after a long absence to tell his family he is terminally ill.
  • Jason Bourne (2016)
    Review preview for Jason Bourne

    The powerfully cathartic ending of The Bourne Ultimatum is a long shadow to get out of, and this film never quite manages it.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Bourne tries to uncover the secrets from his past.
  • The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999)
    Review preview for The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc

    The only thing of quality is the poster. Its artistic imagination outstrips anything in the movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Tale of the French peasant girl who rose to oust the English.
  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
    Review preview for Mesrine: Killer Instinct

    The raw energy that Cassel brought to his role in La Haine has been harnessed again.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    The rise to fame of a violent modern day Robin Hood.
  • The Monk (2011)
    Review preview for The Monk

    Structured like a Greek tragedy, steeped in Gothic gloom, this is a bold and dramatic tale but also a sly one.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The tragedy of a devoted servant of God whose very righteousness leads him on the path to damnation.
  • My King (2015)
    Review preview for My King

    If you ever threw safety to the wind and sailed deeply into the love that could be your undoing, you will be able to identify with what Maïwenn and her brilliant actors are exploring.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An injured woman in a rehabilitation centre recalls an all encompassing love.
  • Ocean's 12 (2004)
    Review preview for Ocean's 12

    Twelve is the new 11 and mediocre is the new good.

    Josh Morrall · 3 out of 5
    Danny Ocean gets the gang back together to pull of a trio of European heists.
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
    Review preview for Ocean's Thirteen

    If ever a film seemed aimed squarely at a family matinee audience, this is it.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    The team undertake another heist.
  • Our Day Will Come (2010)
    Review preview for Our Day Will Come

    Anarchic humour morphs into madness, coupled with racist overtones and a disregard for sensibility.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A bullied youth and a troubled psychiatrist embark on a strange journey together.
  • Partisan (2015)
    Review preview for Partisan

    Chabriel, in his first ever screen role, is a revelation.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A boy grows up in a commune, trained to become an assassin, and begins to doubt its leader.
  • Rio, I Love You (2014)
    Review preview for Rio, I Love You

    It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A series of short films set in the Brazilian metropolis.
  • Read My Lips (2001)
    Review preview for Read My Lips

    The script avoids sentimentality. The performances offer little gratification to romantics.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Deaf secretary and ex-con plan robbery of drugs money from night club owner.
  • Satan (2006)
    Review preview for Satan

    At times hilarious, at others stomach-churning and always exceptionally weird, Sheitan is destined to become a cult hit.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    Oversexed teenagers and Satanic rituals in a remote farmhouse.
  • Spy Bound (2004)
    Review preview for Spy Bound

    What action exists is exciting.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    Inside the lives of France's best secret agents.
  • Shrek (2001)
    Review preview for Shrek

    An instant classic and far too good for children.

    Symon Parsons · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of Shrek the Ogre, a creature that looks like a cross between Danny de Vito and something that just fell out of your nose...
  • Tale Of Tales (2015)
    Review preview for Tale Of Tales

    On balance, the dexterity of Garrone’s vision papers over the cracks and finds the poetic dimensions of the magical material.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Collection of fairy tales. In one, Salma Hayek is a jealous queen and in another Vincent Cassel plays a king who encounters two mysterious sisters. In a third a king raises a gigantic flea.
  • The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
    Review preview for The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

    It's big, traditional, film-making, anchored in some quality performances.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.
  • The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023)
    Review preview for The Three Musketeers: Milady

    Dumas may have provided the mettle but everyone here has sharpened it.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    D'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances.
  • Trance (2013)
    Review preview for Trance

    Boyle makes excellent use of London's roofscape and some dazzling modern apartments whose glass provides both reflective and transparent surfaces which help confuse dream and reality.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An art auctioneer and a hypnotherapist try to recover a stolen painting.

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