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  • The Aristocrats (2004)
    Review preview for The Aristocrats

    Never could the warning, 'Stay away if you're easily offended,' be more appropriate.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about a filthy joke, told by a succession of professional comedians.
  • The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years (2016)
    Review preview for The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years

    Howard’s documentary is candid and enlightening.

    Luke Shaw · 4 out of 5
    A compilation of found footage.
  • Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
    Review preview for Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

    You'd have to be a real Grouch not to enjoy it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about the man behind the Muppet.
  • The Gospel According To André (2017)
    Review preview for The Gospel According To André

    Flashes a light to illuminate different stages in the life of the man who invented himself with style and grace.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of André Leon Talley.
  • Girl, Interrupted (1999)
    Review preview for Girl, Interrupted

    The film has every quality of a personal story.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A 17-year-old's stay in a mental hospital at the end of the Sixties - based on a true story.
  • How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
    Review preview for How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    Every opportunity is missed in favour of sentiment and gloss.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Career babe is forced to reconsider her life while on holiday in Jamaica.
  • JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass (2021)
    Review preview for JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass

    It’s quite a maze to pick your way through as a viewer and Stone does his best ease the path.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy.
  • The Lion King 3D (1994)
    Review preview for The Lion King 3D

    The 3D genuinely adds a layer of freshness to the experience, right from the opening frames when we fly into the heart of the film with Zazu, and the immersive effect makes you reconsider and appreciate the exquisite hand-drawn animation all the more.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A guilt-ridden lion cub goes on an adventure. Reissued in 3D.
  • Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
    Review preview for Misery Loves Comedy

    A tighter focus on the misery that drives people may have made this a more indispensable glance at the industry, but for anyone with a love of comedy, it’s sure to harbour a few gems.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    Comics are asked why they do it and whether it is necessary to be miserable to be funny?
  • Rat Race (2001)
    Review preview for Rat Race

    Everyone connected to this film should lose their licence to conduct acts of comedy in a public place.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Rowan Atkinson and a bunch of idiots race from Las Vegas to New Mexico to win $2million.
  • Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It (2021)
    Review preview for Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It

    Riera may not be breaking new ground with her techniques but she takes us for a breezy and enjoyable canter over the expected jumps.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Profile of the West Side Story star.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
    Review preview for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    The central plot is that old fave of the superhero genre - world domination

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The turtles battle to save New York from the evil plans of a billionaire scientist
  • Till (2022)
    Review preview for Till

    There are none of the big set piece speeches traditionally associated with winning awards. Instead we are presented with something which feels much more raw and natural.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism.
  • 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.

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