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  • 1985 (2018)
    Review preview for 1985

    What is not said is every bit as important as what is, and we are invited to observe the numerous ways in which the characters communicate without words.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A closeted gay man spends Christmas with his strict Christian family.
  • Better Watch Out (2016)
    Review preview for Better Watch Out

    Miller is outstanding.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    As a 12-year-old prepares to confess his romantic feelings for his babysitter one Christmas Eve, something starts trying to break into the house.
  • Candyman (1992)
    Review preview for Candyman

    Philip Glass' brilliantly constructed score gradually shifts from very formal minimalism to something far more complex.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A researcher investigates an urban legend in which the vengeful victim of a racist murder appears to kill those who say his name five times in front of a mirror.
  • Dune (1984)
    Review preview for Dune

    The film's real trouble stems from the fact that Lynch just wasn't the right man for the job.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Epic science fiction set around rival clans on a desert planet which is home to giant worms.
  • Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
    Review preview for Dead Rising: Watchtower

    This film's attempt to contextualise a zombie threat as something more deeply political is clumsy at best.

    Luke Shaw · 1 out of 5
    Video game spin-off sees a group of people try to survive a zombie attack.
  • Firewall (2006)
    Review preview for Firewall

    A creaky thriller with less suspense than Reese Witherspoon and an awards ceremony.

    The Exile · 1 out of 5
    Kidnap blackmail thriller has aging action star battling with a computer.
  • Give Me An A (2022)
    Review preview for Give Me An A

    Give Me An A is a vital piece of filmmaking.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    16 women filmmakers make their voices heard with this anthology of genre-themed short films, all made in direct response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
  • The Haunting In Connecticut (2009)
    Review preview for The Haunting In Connecticut

    Elevated by sharp direction from Peter Cornwell in his feature debut.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    A family move into a house with a gory past and face a horrific future.
  • The Haunting (1999)
    Review preview for The Haunting

    Remakes don't have to be ten times the size. They usually are. And ten times worse.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Awful remake of the 1963 classic chiller.
  • Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
    Review preview for Highlander II: The Quickening

    There are plenty of low budget science fiction films with weak acting, bad scripts and tacky plots that remain great fun to watch. This isn't one of them.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A sequel which reveals the extraterrestrial origins of the combatants from Highlander.
  • Joy (2015)
    Review preview for Joy

    As wild as it seems at times, the film is deeply grounded in an emotional truth for each of the protagonists.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop.
  • The Number 23 (2007)
    Review preview for The Number 23

    Horribly unlikely, indulgent murder mystery, the outcome of which you're likely to guess at least half an hour before the end.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    Parallel murder mysteries have mathematical and literary connotations - perhaps.
  • The Portrait (2023)
    Review preview for The Portrait

    There is an effort here to do something new with this type of heroine, and to give her fresh agency, whilst exploring something of what it is that intrigues many women about the monstrous men in the Gothic.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorise her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind.
  • A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
    Review preview for A Prairie Home Companion

    A delightful, genial, lovable movie - the product of an idiosyncratic artist and master storyteller.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Garrison Keillor's live radio variety show bows out with a final performance.
  • Prey For The Devil (2022)
    Review preview for Prey For The Devil

    From the outset, it has something of the cool visual flair of a Seventies thriller.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A nun prepares to perform an exorcism and comes face to face with a demonic force with mysterious ties to her past.
  • The Rainmaker (1997)
    Review preview for The Rainmaker

    Not typical Grisham, it is closer to autobiography than fiction.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young lawyer with high ideals takes on a corrupt insurance firm.
  • Sideways (2004)
    Review preview for Sideways

    The writing is consistently intelligent and even if the moral boundaries are breached with careless abandon, there is no feeling of irresponsibility towards the concept of wild oats.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The adventures of two middle-age men on a wine-drinking stag weekend.

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