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  • Bicentennial Man (1999)
    A robot strives to be human.
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

    Is it familiarity that makes the heart grow fonder? Or magic?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
  • Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

    No surprises. Nothing to write home about. And yet thoroughly entertaining.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The boy wizard's first adventure.
  • Home Alone (1990)
    Review preview for Home Alone

    There are some movies that work best at Christmas and this is one of them

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Macaulay Culkin is left in a big house in Chicago at Christmas time to fend off comic burglars.
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
    Review preview for I Love You, Beth Cooper

    Every time there is a gear change from ‘funny’ to ‘emotional’ it grates.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Mayhem ensues after a high school nerd declares his love for a cheerleader in his valedictory speech.
  • Jack Frost (1998)
    Review preview for Jack Frost

    Mushy as a melted doughnut and so absurd it's cute.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Dead dad comes back as snowman... but will he melt your heart?
  • Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
    Review preview for Mrs Doubtfire

    Williams is wonderful in this Granma Poppins role, except he's sugar-free, funnier and doesn't let you forget that he's Daniel inside, screaming to be a father again.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An estranged father dresses up as housekeeper in order to see his kids.
  • Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief (2010)
    Review preview for Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

    This is an entertaining time passer which should keep the kids happy.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Teenage gods and monsters - classical, but not a classic
  • Rent (2005)
    Review preview for Rent

    One of Rent's better-known songs, Seasons of Love, tells us that a year is 525,600 minutes, but believe me, this film seemed an awful lot longer than that.

    Martin Gray · 1 out of 5
    Big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical.
  • Stepmom (1998)
    Review preview for Stepmom

    At first, you think Chris Columbus is going to take the subject seriously, but when Susan Sarandon receives bad news from the cancer clinic, he skids on treacle and is lost.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A terminally ill divorcee has to come to terms with her kid's new stepmother.

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