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  • 2012 (2009)
    Review preview for 2012

    Never fear, the requisite monuments duly get what's coming to them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Solar activity brings about the end of the world as we know it, but a handful of people are determined to survive.
  • After The Sunset (2004)
    Light-hearted take on To Catch A Thief, transplanted to the Bahamas.
  • Anger Management (2003)
    A businessman attends anger management sessions with comic consequences.
  • The Big White (2005)
    Review preview for The Big White

    The main problem lies with predictability and a fundamental lack of originality.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    Black comedy set in Alaska revolving around a death, a cover up, a swindle and a vendetta.
  • Doc Hollywood (1991)
    Review preview for Doc Hollywood

    An underrated and decidedly charming affair.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    A hot-shot plastic surgeon has to come to terms with being stranded in a small town.
  • The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)
    Review preview for The Edge Of Seventeen

    Hope is the antidote. Really? They all say that. Can it be true?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    How to be a teenage misfit without killing yourself.
  • EDtv (1998)
    Review preview for EDtv

    None of the characters are interesting. They slip into stereotype and stay there, grinning.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Man invites reality TV cameras into his life, without considering the consequences.
  • Fly Me To The Moon (2024)
    Review preview for Fly Me To The Moon

    For all its star-power there's not much shining.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on NASA launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.
  • Friends With Benefits (2011)
    Review preview for Friends With Benefits

    It's the sort of film that couples should enjoy equally; there's serious eye candy whatever your preference, and the film's energy and good humour is infectious.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    Two ambitious young people find that sleeping together with no emotional complications is trickier than they anticipated.
  • Full Phil (2026)
    Review preview for Full Phil

    As with many Dupieux films, beneath the laughter there’s a fair bit of insight into the absurdity of human relationships.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Absurdist comedy centring on a wealthy American industrialist trying to reconnect with his daughter on a luxury trip.
  • Free Birds (2013)
    Review preview for Free Birds

    The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history and get turkey off the holiday menu for good
  • The Glass Castle (2017)
    Review preview for The Glass Castle

    What makes this better than a smack in the face with a wet cliche is Woody Harrelson's performance

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with an artist mother and an alcoholic father.
  • The Grand (2007)
    Review preview for The Grand

    Penn has come up trumps.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Poker movie comes up trumps.
  • The Highwaymen (2019)
    Review preview for The Highwaymen

    The title suggests derring-do, when No Country For Grumpy Old Men would better set the mood.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of Bonnie & Clyde as seen through the eyes of a pair of Texas Rangers on the hunt for them.
  • The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
    Review preview for The Hi-Lo Country

    Harrelson proves once again that he is a fine physical performer and Arquette hints at the sexuality of Rita Hayworth.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Will a woman come between two men's friendship?
  • The Hunger Games (2012)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games

    Ross avoids the hyperbole of gore and mayhem to keep the emotions of what is happening so near the bone it hurts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Set in a dystopian future, a young boy and girl must fight to the death on live television.
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    It's easy to forgive the fact that nothing's happening when it's not happening around Jennifer Lawrence.

    Max Crawford · 2.5 out of 5
    The stakes are raised for survivor Katniss as she is forced join a champion of champions tournament.
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Jennifer Lawrence's expressions stretch from worried to confused

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Now the games are over, it's civil war in Part 1 of the final chapter
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
    Review preview for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The plot stutters into absurdity

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The rebels escort Katniss Everdeen into the Capital to assassinate President Snow, or die trying.
  • Indecent Proposal (1993)
    Review preview for Indecent Proposal

    Probably the most romantic picture Lyne has attempted.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A loving couple in dire financial straits are offered a million bucks... if the wife to spend the night with another man.
  • Last Breath (2025)
    Review preview for Last Breath

    Establishing shots of boats and docks and archive footage are not only more genuine than the film's version of events but more convincing.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A true story that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
  • The Messenger (2009)
    Review preview for The Messenger

    There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 4 out of 5
    Two soldiers form a unique bond as they cope with their assignment with the Army Casualty Notification department.
  • Natural Born Killers (1994)
    Review preview for Natural Born Killers

    The film is gratuitous and gross, treating the audience as cretins.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Two psychopathic murderers become glorified by the media.
  • Now You See Me (2013)
    Review preview for Now You See Me

    It's just clever enough to keep you guessing.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    A quartet of magicians turns its hand to crime.
  • No Country For Old Men (2007)
    Review preview for No Country For Old Men

    Against the whisper of wind and buzz of flies, the Coens manage to find tension in the subtlest of movements and cut the dialogue through with humour as arid as the landscape.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A man goes on the run from a psychopath in Texas after coming across a briefcase of stolen cash.
  • North Country (2005)
    Review preview for North Country

    What finally raises the film above its somewhat programmatic, fight-the-power formula is its willingness to provide a believable context for the abuse.

    The Exile · 4 out of 5
    One woman fights sexual harassment in the mines of Northern Minnesota.
  • Now You See Me 2 (2016)
    Review preview for Now You See Me 2

    Any attempt to explain the detailed confusion of the storyline will cause brain damage.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
  • Play It To The Bone (2000)
    Review preview for Play It To The Bone

    Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas are terrific and director Ron Shelton's script plays hard ball from the start.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Two boxers drive from LA to Las Vegas with their ex-girlfriend to fight for a title chance.
  • 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.
  • Rampart (2011)
    Review preview for Rampart

    Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A dirty cop in LA struggles to keep his job.
  • Scorched (2003)
    Review preview for Scorched

    A car wreck has more style.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Three employees in a small Nevada bank have plans to rob it on the same weekend.
  • Semi-Pro (2008)
    Review preview for Semi-Pro

    A strange, tepid mixture of basketball drama and comedy set in what television and dull popular culture remembers as being the 70s.

    Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
    Basketball comedy with a loud mouth.
  • Seven Psychopaths (2012)
    Review preview for Seven Psychopaths

    McDonagh just about makes this ultra violent meta train ride all hang together.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A booze-fuelled screenwriter becomes entangled in the Los Angeles underworld.
  • A Scanner Darkly (2006)
    Review preview for A Scanner Darkly

    It's difficult to imagine any fan of Dick's failing to adore this film; but as it retains the genius of his work, so it retains the flaws, and this could be a big problem for some other viewers.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An undercover agent with a drug habit watches his other self through a scanner.
  • Seven Pounds (2008)
    Review preview for Seven Pounds

    It’s refreshing to see an unconventional plot in a Hollywood feature, especially with an actor such as Smith involved.

    Rick Derisz · 3.5 out of 5
    A man tries to atone for the lives he took accidentally by sacrificing himself for seven others before dying.
  • She Hate Me (2004)
    Review preview for She Hate Me

    Me hate it.

    David Haviland · 1 out of 5
    Sacked biotech whistleblower starts a business inpregnating lesbians who want babies.
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Review preview for Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo is an exercise in retroactive continuity, and its ability to create peril is itself imperilled by what we know to follow after.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
  • Transsiberian (2008)
    Review preview for Transsiberian

    One increasingly unlikely incident follows another, saddling the characters with exceptionally dumb behaviour and silly dialogue until the whole thing goes off the rails.

    Tony Sullivan · 1.5 out of 5
    Mystery on the Tran Siberian Express.
  • Triple 9 (2016)
    Review preview for Triple 9

    The film is confused about what it is trying to be - is it a high octane thriller, a gritty police drama or a tragedy? It certainly isn't all three.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
    Review preview for The Thin Red Line

    Nil points for originality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Exploration of the Guadalcanal conflict during the Second World War.
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Review preview for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A grieving mother takes on a town's police chief after the murder of her daughter goes unsolved.
  • Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
    Review preview for Triangle Of Sadness

    A roller-coaster of the effects of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A yacht for the super-rich sinks, leaving its passengers marooned on an island.
  • 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.
  • The Walker (2007)
    Review preview for The Walker

    A real cinematic gem disguised as a rhinestone.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Investigating a murder mystery, a sophisticated male escort discovers some unexpected things about himself.
  • War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)
    Review preview for War For The Planet Of The Apes

    While the last of the trilogy succeeds in preserving its substantial core, the coating this time feels forced and overpowering.

    Evelin Toth · 3 out of 5
    As the apes suffer catastrophic losses, Caesar wrestles with his desire for revenge.
  • White Men Can't Jump (1992)
    Review preview for White Men Can't Jump

    Shelton's direction is at its best in the action sequences.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    Black and white basketball hustlers unite in the pursuit of greenbacks.
  • Wag The Dog (1998)
    Review preview for Wag The Dog

    The humour is knuckle-to-knuckle, accurately sending up the media's hunger for a story, any story.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A spin doctor and a film producer concoct a war to draw attention away from a presidential sex scandal.
  • Zombieland (2009)
    Review preview for Zombieland

    Everything about Zombieland works, from the expositional flashbacks, to Columbus’ voice-over narration, to the well-judged but sudden changes in tone.

    Daniel Hooper · 4.5 out of 5
    When the world is overrun by zombies, four people try to survive.

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