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  • Book Club (2018)
    Review preview for Book Club

    The boxes are ticked, the buttons pressed. You want happy endings? You got 'em.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    These ladies get hot and hotter reading 50 Shades Of Grey. They are mature enough to behave better, but, of course, don't.
  • Clueless (1995)
    Review preview for Clueless

    Silverstone immerses herself in the character of Cher.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A rich high school student tries to give a fellow student a makeover but finds herself falling in love.
  • The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion (2001)
    Review preview for The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion

    The plot is borrowed from a Sexton Blake penny dreadful, with fresh gags and terrific performances.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An insurance investigator and efficiency tsarina are hypnotised into a heist.
  • Chicken Little (2005)
    A story of misfits who save their high school (and the world) from alien invasion.
  • The Double (2013)
    Review preview for The Double

    I wished for Billy Wilder's spirit from The Apartment to take over the tone just a little bit.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
    Jesse Eisenberg finds his world turned upside down by the arrival of a confident and ambitious doppelganger.
  • The Haunted Mansion (2003)
    Review preview for The Haunted Mansion

    The film is based on a Disney theme park ride, but feels like a creaky merry-go-round compared with the thrilling rollercoaster that was Pirates Of The Caribbean.

    David Haviland · 1 out of 5
    A workaholic estate agent learns to appreciate his family when trapped in a haunted house.
  • The Incredibles (2004)
    Review preview for The Incredibles

    The best film of 2004 - and the best superhero movie ever!

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    The family life of superheroes, living incognito in the 'burbs, while saving the city from destruction.
  • The Last Impresario (2013)
    Review preview for The Last Impresario

    Otto's sensitively structured portrait of an engaging Peter Pan draws us irresistibly into his world.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    The story of producer and social butterfly Michael White.
  • A Late Quartet (2012)
    Review preview for A Late Quartet

    Once it has established itself it unfolds with an almost metronomic inevitability, but for all that, for all that, it still satisfies.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    When a cellist discovers that he has Parkinson's disease, the other members of his successful string quartet find their lives unravelling.
  • Maggie's Plan (2015)
    Review preview for Maggie's Plan

    Director Rebecca Miller gets terrific performances out of an admittedly terrific cast.

    Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
    A young woman’s determination to have a child catapults her into a nervy love triangle.
  • Melinda And Melinda (2004)
    Review preview for Melinda And Melinda

    For once, Allen's muse deserts him.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Two interwoven stories about one woman's life.
  • My Favourite Martian (1999)
    Review preview for My Favourite Martian

    This is a special effects bonanza on the lines of The Mask, with Lloyd hamming it outrageously and Daniels blundering about like a walrus in a tea shop.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A reporter befriends an alien.
  • Personal Velocity (2002)
    Review preview for Personal Velocity

    Miller's imagination appears steadfastly original. Her use of flashback memory, still photography and thought bites has a freshness that defies innocence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Three short stories about women and their yearning for freedom.
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
    Review preview for The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

    Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
    Ordinary farm boy Westley takes on the world to recover his true love in an enduringly popular comic fantasy.
  • Rifkin's Festival (2020)
    Review preview for Rifkin's Festival

    This new film, like all the others, has some of that old Woody sauce as well that gives it some charm, but it’s a mere shadow of its old self.

    Nikola Jovic · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a couple who attend San Sebastian Film Festival only to find their romance tested.
  • Southland Tales (2006)
    Review preview for Southland Tales

    Natural talent cannot entirely make up for lack of training and experience.

    Chris · 2 out of 5
    Interweaving science fiction stories set around a future L.A.
  • Toy Story In 3D (2009)
    Review preview for Toy Story In 3D

    The 3-D is subtly done... There are no obvious changes to the picture, which is to Disney's credit.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A 3D version of the kids' classic about a toy cowboy facing up to his owner's acquisition of a toy spaceman.
  • Toy Story (1995)
    Review preview for Toy Story

    Toy Story may be the first computer generated full-length feature, but it is also as close to perfection as it is possible to be.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    The 10th anniversary of the first CGI animated feature.
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
    Review preview for Toy Story 2

    Technically, imaginatively, emotionally, John Lasseter's sequel matches the original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Living toys take on a shady collector in excellent sequel.
  • Toy Story 3 (2010)
    Review preview for Toy Story 3

    A dazzlingly confident and magical picture.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    When their owner grows up and leaves home, his toys have to adapt to a new way of life in a day care centre.
  • Toy Story 4 (2019)
    Review preview for Toy Story 4

    The simple search and rescue plot is more than adequate an adventure in which to indulge the antics of our original toys, and allows space to throw in a few choice newcomers.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    The gang go on a road trip with a new toy named Forky.

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