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  • An Everlasting Piece (2000)
    Review preview for An Everlasting Piece

    However hard they try, the actors cannot lift the movie out of its time and place.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Selling toupees to the IRA is a moral, as well as a business decision for two likely lads.
  • The Bay (2012)
    Review preview for The Bay

    There's some fun to be had among the commotion of the outbreak, but it all seems too stretched to really bite deep as either satire or schlock.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Chaos breaks out in a small town in the wake of an ecological disaster.
  • Bandits (2000)
    Review preview for Bandits

    Willis turns on the charm and is so laid back, he lets Thornton and Blanchett steal scene after scene.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton are bank robbers in a menage a trois caper.
  • Envy (2004)
    Over-extended sketch about jealousy between pals.
  • Man Of The Year (2006)
    Review preview for Man Of The Year

    Uneven, but never less than entertaining.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Satire with thriller pretensions about a comedian who decides to run for the White House.
  • Rain Man (1988)
    Review preview for Rain Man

    This is not a great film. It is not a terrible film, either. It is a long film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A man discovers his humanity on a road trip with his autistic brother.
  • 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.
  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Review preview for What Just Happened?

    It’s the cinematic equivalent of Morris dancing: there’s lots going on, it’s entertaining enough – but you’re not entirely sure what the point is.

    Maria Realf · 3 out of 5
    A desperate film producer tries to stop his latest project (and himself) from going into meltdown.
  • Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
    Review preview for Young Sherlock Holmes

    Young Sherlock is a fine example of Chris Columbus' most sophisticated writing.

    Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
    Teenage Sherlock meets side-kick Watson and they set out to solve a mystery
  • You Don't Know Jack (2010)
    Review preview for You Don't Know Jack

    This intense, yet sidelong glance at a deeply polarising topic might just give new life to a debate that suffers from political hubris set against rather static public opinion.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A biopic of controversial doctor and euthanasia practitioner Jack Kevorkian.

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